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 a Registrar and Associate Professor in Management with over 27 years of experience in teaching, research, and academic administration. He holds a Ph.D. and M. Phil in Marketing from Bharathiar University, an MBA from Kongu Engineering College, Perunduari, Erode.

His primary teaching and research interests include consumer behavior, marketing research and metrics, and management research methods. He has taught a range of postgraduate and undergraduate programs.

Prof. N.Ramu has published over 15 research papers in reputed national and international journals and has presented his work at several academic conferences. He has also authored a few book chapters. He chaired the various national and international seminars and conference technical sessions.

He has been honored with the Best Faculty of IFIM Institutions Award for the academic year 2016 -17 and serves as the peer reviewer of various Scopus Scopus-indexed international Journals. He is an Indian examiner for various Indian universities to evaluate the Ph.D theses.

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.