Francis Cherunilam, M.A. (Economics), M.B.A., D.D.P., Ph.D.
Professor & Director
Dr. Francis Cherunilam, a recipient of the first Air India Excellence Award for teachers, is a scholar of international repute whose books are recommended for postgraduate and graduate courses in Management, Commerce, Economics, Architecture, Computer Science, Urban and Regional Planning, Law, Public Administration, Sociology, Demography, Habitat, etc., by universities and institutes throughout India and by some foreign universities. Earlier he was Professor and Chairman, Marketing Area, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, and Professor, School of Management Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology. The highly acclaimed Master of International Business (M.I.B.) course of the Cochin University is a brainchild of Dr. Cherunilam who is a doctorate in the field of International Business.
Dr. Cherunilam, a prolific writer who has to his credit more than two dozen books, over 150 research papers / articles and a large number of papers presented at national and international conferences, contributes a regular feature entitled Corporate Scene to the quarterly Organisational Management. His popular books include International Business, International Economics, International Business Environment, Global Economy and Business Environment, International Trade and Export Management, Economic Reforms in India and Abroad, International Marketing, Industrial Marketing, Business Environment, Business and Government, Business Policy and Strategic Management,Industrial Economics, etc. His books such as Urbanisation in Developing Countries, Migration : Causes, Correlates, Consequences, Trendsand Policies; Fisheries: Global Perspective &Indian Development and Housing in India are widely acknowledged as basic references for research in these areas. Some of his works have been translated into foreign and Indian languages, including Hindi.
He is a member of the Advisory Committee of a Central Government organisation, a Director of a hundred percent export - oriented company and a consultant to several public and private organisations.
Dr. Cherunilam, a member of several national and international professional organisations, represented Kerala in the Executive Committee of the Indian
Economic Association for three years. He is a member of the Academic Advisory Committees, Boards of Studies and other academic bodies of several institutes and universities. |