Dr. Sridevi has a work experience of over 22 years in teaching, research, and corporate training and is currently the Director at IFIM School of Management.

She holds an M.Com and a Ph.D. from Osmania University. Her thesis was “Working of Online trading in Indian Capital Market.” ,2005. Dr.Sridevi is a gold medalist.
At IFIM, she teaches courses like financial statement analysis, Corporate Finance, Financial Markets, and Valuation.

Dr. Sridevi was engaged in a faculty-led research project on “A Study on Total Expense Ratios of Mutual Funds in India,” a report submitted to the regulator. She is associated with leading organizations as a corporate trainer and Subject Matter Expert.

A. M. Sakkthivel has 29+ years of a diversified experience and expertise in industry (Health, Telecom, FMCG, Technology), research, academic (national and international), consulting and training. He held academic and administrative positions in India, Turkey, Oman, and UAE. He worked in leading international and Indian universities such as, Skyline University College, Sharjah, European University of Lefke, TRNC, Turkey, UAE, Sur University College, Oman, Jagdish Sheth School of Management, Bangalore, India, Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai, India, PES University, Bangalore, to name a few. He is a visiting faculty at IIM Indore, India. Recipient of CMO Asia’s Best Professor in Marketing Management in Singapore (2010) (Best B-School Awards). He holds MBA and PhD in Business Administration and has a coveted EEC – Honors Certificate from Stanford University, USA, IIM Bangalore and NEN, India. He has published 100+ scientific papers in leading indexed journals (WOS, ABDC, ABS, Scopus) and conferences (international and national) all over the World.

Dr. N.Ramu is currently working as Associate Professor in PG Department of Management (MBA) – Marketing and Finance area at IFIM College, Bangalore.

He holds an MBA Marketing and Finance. His Ph.D research is in the area of Psychographics from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore. He also completed M.Phil in Buying Behaviour from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore.

He has been in the teaching profession for more than 20 years to Post Graduate and Undergraduate of Business Studies affiliated to various Universities viz., Bharathair University, Anna University and Bangalore University.

He has published various research papers in national and international Scopus indexed journals. He has also a peer reviewer of various Scopus indexed international journals published by Inderscience Publishers, UK. He is a certified ISO Internal Auditor by Bureau Veritas.

Dr. Purnima Gupta Associate Professor and Area Chair– Finance Dr. Purnima Gupta is a finance educator and researcher with over 17 years of teaching experience, primarily with MBA students. She holds a Ph.D. in Behavioral Finance from the University of Mysore and dual MBAs in Finance and Marketing. Her expertise includes behavioral finance, Investment Analysis and Financial Mangement. She has taught at institutions like IFIM, XIME, and Alliance University, and is UGC-NET qualified and CFA Level 1 certified.