Rupambika Bharati

Designation: Assistant Professor of Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Email: [email protected]



Dr. Rupambika Bharati holds a PhD in Strategic Management from Xavier Institute of Management Bhubaneswar. She has worked as an assistant professor for four years at Amrita School of Business before joining BIMTECH.

2018 Ph.D.  Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar
2008 M.B.A., Amrita School of Business
2006 B.Sc., Ravenshaw Autonomous College, (Utkal University)

Business Groups, Corporate Strategies, Diversification, Firm Performance, Emerging Markets, Firm Political Ideology, Gender in Organizations

Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Strategic Management, Organizational Theory and Design, CSR and Sustainability

January 2019- June 2023 : Amrita School of Business

  1. Bharati, R., & Sahoo, B. K. (2022). Evaluating the profitability and marketability efficiency of group‐affiliated vis‐à‐vis nonaffiliated firms: A study on Indian manufacturing firms. Managerial and Decision Economics, 43(7). (ABDC-B, ABS-2, H Index-55, Scopus)
  2. Bharati, R. (2021). The Existence and Evolution of Business Groups in Emerging Economies: A Selective Review of the Literature. American Review of Political Economy, 16(2). (ABDC-C)

  1. Title: Evaluating the profitability and marketability efficiency of group affiliated firms based on group diversification: A study on Indian Manufacturing Firms, Co- author: Dr Biresh Sahoo, Target Journal: Applied Economics(ABDC-A) Stage- (Final draft is ready)
  2. Title: The impact of reform variables and Regulatory substances on electricity Prices : The Indian experience, Co-authors: Dr Muralee Krishna and Dr Asish K. Pradhan, Target Journal: Energy Policy(ABDC-A) (Stage- Final draft is being prepared)
  3. Title: Relationship between Board Gender Diversity and Performance in IT and ITES Firms, Co-authors: Dr. Bhawana Jain and Dr. Asish K. Pradhan, Target Journal: Management Decision(ABDC-B) (Satge- Final draft is being prepared, data analysis is over)

  1. Bharati, R., & Sahoo, B. K (2013) Understanding Efficiency and Productivity: A DEA Approach, Eleventh AIMS International Conference on Management, IMT
  2. Bharati, (2015) Understanding Business Groups: An Emerging Market Context, The Third PAN-IIM World Management Conference, IIM, Indore
  3. Bharati, R., & Tobias, J. (2016) A Synthesis of Business Events in India: Redefining the link between the past and the present, International Conference on Facets of Doing Business in Emerging Markets, IMT
  4. Bharati, R. (2017) Existence and Evolution of Business Groups in Emerging Economies, International Conference on Management and Information Systems, Bangkok (Thailand).
  5. Bharati, R., & Sahoo, B. K. (2019) Diversification and Firm Performance: An Industry-wise Analysis, Thirteenth International Conference “Challenges of Europe”, University of Split, Faculty of Economics, Bol Island, Brac (Croatia) (Paper Accepted)