DOCTORAL RESEARCH
PSGIM builds opportunities in practice-based research to deliver indigenous knowledge through cutting-edge research. The institute has produced more than 50 doctoral students who currently serve in various educational institutions and a multitude of industries. The focus areas of research include finance, human resource management, organizational behaviour, marketing, operations, strategy management, supply chain management and knowledge management.
On Going Research Scholars
| S.No. | Roll No. | Scholar Name | Gender | Supervisor Name | Department of Supervisor | Category (Internal Faculty/JRF/SRF/NDF/External Scholar) | Full-time/ Part-time | Status |
| 1 | 1607RG01 | Yogesh S G | Male | Dr.Sudharani | PSG IM | External Scholar | FT | Ongoing |
| 2 | 1707RG01 | Karthikeyan L | Male | Dr.Srividya | PSG IM | Internal | PT | Ongoing |
| 3 | 1801RG02 | Viswanath Ananth | Male | Dr.Sudharani | PSG IM | External Scholar | FT | Ongoing |
| 4 | 1807RG01 | Kiruba Natesan | Male | Dr.Srividya | PSG IM | External Scholar | FT | Ongoing |
| 5 | 1907RG01 | Usha M | Female | Dr.Ramkumar | PSG IM | External Scholar | FT | Ongoing |
| 6 | 1907RG02 | Yogeswari S | Female | Dr.Sujatha | PSG IM | External Scholar | FT | Ongoing |
| 7 | 1907RG03 | Yeshwanth R | Male | Dr. Joshua Selva Kumar | PSG IM | External Scholar | PT | Ongoing |
| 8 | 1907RG04 | Arthi T S | Female | Dr. Joshua Selva Kumar | PSG IM | External Scholar | FT | Ongoing |
| 9 | 211RJPI01 | Manikandan Subramaniam | Male | Dr.Srividya | PSG IM | Internal | PT | Ongoing |
| 10 | 217RJFX01 | Divya Prabha S | Female | Dr.Kirupa Priyadharsini | PSG IM | External Scholar | FT | Ongoing |
| 11 | 217RJFX02 | S Siraj Basha | Male | Dr.Kirupa Priyadharsini | PSG IM | External Scholar | FT | Ongoing |
| 12 | 217RJFX03 | Thilagavathi S T | Female | Dr.Nalini P | PSG IM | External Scholar | FT | Ongoing |
| 13 | 217RJFX04 | Veena Raghavi M | Female | Dr.Nalini P | PSG IM | External Scholar | FT | Ongoing |
| 14 | 221RJFX01 | Krishna Rubigha | Female | Dr.Nalini P | PSG IM | External Scholar | FT | Ongoing |
| 15 | 227RJFX01 | Pavithra M | Female | Dr.Nalini P | PSG IM | External Scholar | FT | Ongoing |
Completed Research Scholars
| S.NO | CANDIDATE NAME | SUPERVISOR | TITLE | YEAR OF COMPLETION |
| 1 | G. Suganya | Dr.Joshua Selvakumar | A comprehensive model on the Enablers and outcomes of Supply Chain collaboration for sustainable growth and performance in the garment value chain | July 15, 2022 |
| 2 | Shabeena Begam M | Dr.Vivek N | Exploration and Analysis of Lean Management Practices in Manufacturing Industries of Coimbatore- An Empirical Study | Dec 17,2021 |
| 3 | Harish V | Dr. Sudharani D | A study on awareness acceptance and adoption of ebooks among management students and faculty | Jan 27, 2021 |
| 4 | Krishnaveni V D | Dr. Swamynathan R & Dr.Vivek N | Sustainable Agriculture – Investigation of Drivers, Practices and Impact in Coimbatore Region | Nov 13, 2020 |
| 5 | S.Chandrasekaran | Dr. Joshua Selva Kumar | A study of service quality for faculty members in using b-school library resources in Tamil Nadu | DEC 16,2019 |
| 6 | Krishnamoorthy R | Dr. Krishnaveni R | Building leadership competencies through training activities: a mediation model with transfer of training | JAN 2,2020 |
| 7 | Monica R | Dr. Krishnaveni R | Identifying the determinants and its impact on employee engagement in IT sector, Coimbatore | JAN 3,2020 |
| 8 | Renu Lata Rajani | Dr. Sudharani D | Effective use of capacity and demand management strategies in services supply chains towards risk mitigation and improving company performance | Nov 15, 2020 |
| 9 | S. Vaishnavee | Dr. Nandagopal R | A study on the influence of brand perception, luxury value and country of origin on the purchase intention towards luxury cars | Oct 15,2020 |
| 10 | Sathyapriya M | Dr. Joshua Selva Kumar | A study on examining the personal finance attitudes, behaviors and knowledge level among private and public sector bank employees in Coimbatore city | Dec 3,2020 |
| 11 | Subhashini D | Dr. Krishnaveni R | Designing a leaf based performance metric model for organizational effectiveness (PMMOE) with special reference to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) | July 7,2020 |
| 12 | Suja S | Dr. Krishnaveni Muthiah | Marketing orientation in emerging economies with special reference to experiential marketing in food retailing outlets | July 7,2020 |
| 13 | Susana D | Dr. Srividya V | A study of investor behaviour based on financial literacy and volatility index | JAN 7,2020 |
| 14 | V Rubini | Dr. Sudharani D | A study on the sensory experiences and the influence of lovemarks on the overall brand equity and price premium in café retail outlets | Dec 16, 2020 |
| 15 | R Arthi | Dr. Krishnaveni R | A study of impact on cross cultural adjustments and cultural intelligence on job performance of expatriates | Aug 13,2019 |
| 16 | Priya Shanmugham | Dr. Krishnaveni R | Employee Engagement and its Impact on Individual work behaviour and discretionary Effort | Jan 18, 2019 |
| 17 | S Sowmya | Dr. N Ramkumar | Impat of competency mapping practices on employee engagement | Dec 17, 2018 |
| 18 | Vaidehi Priyal V | Dr. N Ramkumar | resoluteness of Individual’s spiritual growth and their performance orientations across different generations | April 3, 2018 |
| 19 | S.M.Deepa | Dr. Krishnaveni R | Job Characteristics and Organizational Justice as predictors of Employee Engagement | – |
| 20 | Sathish M | Dr. Nandagopal R | The influence of relationship selling behaviour and brand on sales performance of life insurance agents in an indian context | 2017 |
| 21 | Mansurali A | Dr. Swaminathan R | A Study on purchase intent drivers and empowerment of women by Micro Finance Institutions | 2017 |
| 22 | Uma Maheswari B | Dr. Nandagopal R | A study on the determinants and deterrents of the environmental economic and social sustainability practices in small and medium enterprises | 2017 |
| 23 | Umesh Chandrasekhar | Dr. Nandagopal R | Socio-Economic drivers of behavioural intent towards mobile payment adoption in the indian context: A three stage study | 2017 |
| 24 | Senthil Kumar A | Dr. Srividya V | Cointegration among stock markes: Evidences from emerging market economies | 2017 |
| 25 | Sathish M | Dr. Vivek N | A Study on the impact of Supply Chain initiatives and supply chain maturity on the competitive advantage and performance of companies | 2017 |
| 26 | Parvadavardini S | Dr. Vivek N | A study on the impact of quality management practices on the quality results and profitability of the manufacturing firms. | 2017 |
| 27 | Lakshmanan R | Dr. Swamynathan R | A study on sustainable business practices in Apparel Industry and its impact on business performance | 2017 |
| 28 | Araamudhan | Dr. Krishnaveni R | Human resource management capacity building with special reference to Automotive Manufacturing Firms | 2016 |
| 29 | Maharajan | Dr. Krishnaveni R | Enhancing the effectiveness of resettlement for inclusive management of the ex-service vetrans in India | 2016 |
| 30 | Sharma SC | Dr. Nandagopal R | Integration of Website usability with an E-Commerce Acceptance Model | 2015 |
| 31 | Hemamalini | Dr. Vijay TG | A study on work family balance and its impact on organisational commitment among medical sales representatives of Tamilnadu | 2015 |
| 32 | Balachandran A | Dr. Sudha Rani D | A study of business incubation environment influences impacting performance of incubate ventures. | 2015 |
| 33 | Fezeena Khadir | Dr. Swamynathan R | Inpatient complaining behavior of private and Co-oerative Hospital Services in Kerala | 2015 |
| 34 | Sujatha R | Dr. Krishnaveni R | Enhancing Human Capacity Through Diagnosing, Assessing And Building Knowledge Management Practices Among Pump Manufacturing Firms | 2015 |
| 35 | Vanathi R | Dr. Swamynathan R | Supply Chain Strategies and their impact on competitive advantage in textile industry. | 2015 |
| 36 | Senthilkumar T | Dr. Srividya V | A study on post reform Bank mergers in India: Implications on stock returns and efficiencies | 2015 |
| 37 | Santhosh Birur | Dr. Krishnaveni Muthiah | A Study on turnover intention of repatriated employees – Experience from the India Information Technology (IT) industry | 2015 |
| 38 | Sekar N | Dr. Krishnaveni Muthiah | HRD Climate and its relationship to role satisfaction – A study on manufacturing companies in krishnagiri district | 2015 |
| 39 | Sruthee Mayur | Dr. Swamynathan R | Study of the impact of Emotional Intelligence, Cognitive Competencies and locus of Control on the Performance of aspiring manager | 2015 |
| 40 | Kovaiselvan | Dr. Nandagopal R | Competency Management | 2014 |
| 41 | Hari Sundar G.Ram | Dr. Sudharani D | Influence Of Pester Power Consumer Behaviour Among Kids And Its Impact On Family Buying . A study with reference to packaged convenience food in Kerala | 2014 |
| 42 | Ajith K Thomas | Dr. Vivek N | The Role of In house travel arrangers on purchase of star hotel rooms: A study with reference to Kochi, The commercial capital of Kerala | 2014 |
| 43 | Kalaiarasi H | Dr. Srividya V | An study on Online Banking channel acquisition by customers | 2014 |
| 44 | Sudhakar S | Dr. Sudharani D | Adoption of CRM initiatives among the Small and Medium Enterprises- An analysis of factors and its impact on Organizational Characteristics | 2013 |
| 45 | Ramakrishnan M | Dr. Sudharani D | Measuring Retail Service Quality Using RSQS and Validating RSQS in the Context of South Indian Retail Stores | 2013 |
| 46 | Pughazhenthi | Dr. Sudharani D | A study on the Influence of Celebrity Endorsment oer the Perception and Purchase Intention of College Students | 2013 |
| 47 | Kalpana Jothimani | Dr. Sudharani D | Students satisfaction, attitude and behavioural outcome in higher educational institutions(with specific reference to Management Programme) | 2013 |
| 48 | Reji Kumar | Dr. Sudharani D | A Study on Linkage between Customer Expectation, Service Quality Perception, Customer Satisfaction and Related Behavioral Intentions in Banking Context | 2013 |
| 49 | Kavitha D | Dr. Nandagopal R | A Study on the Effect of Corporate Governance Mechanisms on the Discretionary Disclosures of Indian Firms | 2013 |
| 50 | Sri Gayathridevi K | Dr. Sudharani D | A Study on Nonverbal Communication of Salespersons and their Service Behavior Towards Customers in a Sales Encounter | 2013 |
| 51 | Sureshkumar K | Dr. Sudharani D | A study on the performance of technology business incubators with reference to members of infodev network | 2013 |
| 52 | Mohanavel P | Dr. Sudharani D | A study on knowledge management practices and strategies for marketing excellence with focus on ERP systems | 2012 |
| 53 | Deepa | Dr. Krishnaveni R | Assessing the Emotional Intelligence level and analyzing its impact on the well-being of IT/ITeS Professionals – with special reference to South India | 2012 |
| 54 | Vennila | Dr. Nandagopal R | Performance of mutual fund schemes in India: Pre and Post Recession period study | 2012 |
| 55 | Arul Rajan K | Dr. Nandagopal R | A study on buying behavior of rural families with respect to the purchase of durable goods in Tamilnadu | 2012 |
| 56 | Natarajan | Dr. Krishnaveni R | A study on the impact of spiritual intelligence on workplace characteristics | 2012 |
| 57 | Sumathi Annamalai | Dr. Nandagopal R | A study on occupational stress among Indian ITES employees | 2012 |
| 58 | Meenakumari | Dr. Krishnaveni R | A study on the usage of impact of e-administration in Higher Education Institutions | 2012 |
| 59 | Ramakrishnan C | Dr. Krishnaveni R | Finance: Developing a DSS system for working capital management for seed industry | 2010 |
| 60 | Akilandeshwari | Dr. Nandagopal R | Marketing: Implications of Consumer Behavior on Marketing Strategy for Select products of FMCG Industry | 2009 |
| 61 | Kannadasan | Dr. Nandagopal R | Finance: Capital Budgeting and Decision Making | 2009 |
| 62 | Swamynathan R | Dr. Sudharani D | Marketing: A study on Supply Chain Management Practices in the garments Industry with Special reference to Tirupur garment Cluster in Tamilnadu. | 2009 |
| 63 | Senthil Raja CS | Dr. Krishnaveni R | HRD: “Research on the Knowledge Management Practices and ITS benefits in south Indian IT organization” | 2009 |
| 64 | Latha V | Dr. Nandagopal R | HRD: A study on the determinants and outcome of work family conflict | 2009 |
| 65 | RamKumar N | Dr. Krishnaveni R | HRD: A study of and its impact on organizational commitment and performance in Auto industry of Tamilnadu | 2008 |
| 66 | Sriprabhaa B | Dr. Krishnaveni R | HR: A study on Improving the effectiveness of Human Resource Department Functions through Capacity Building with specific reference to Textile Machinery Manufacturing Industries in India. | 2008 |
| 67 | Nithyanandan D | Dr. Nandagopal R | General mgt : A Study on the necessities, Characteristics, Sources, frame work, and Barriers to innovation in the Coimbatore based pump and wet grinder Manufacturing Engineering Companies | 2008 |
| 68 | Githa S Heggde | Dr. Sudharani D | Marketing-Bi-directional relationship between channel managers and distribution channel partners and their impact on effective channel management in RMCH, mobile telephony and life insurance sectors. | 2008 |
| 69 | Vivek N | Dr. Sudharani D | Marketing: A study on the influence of environmental uncertainity, supply chain practices,flexibilityand competitive advantage on organizational performance | 2008 |
| 70 | Anitha J | Dr. Krishnaveni R | HR: Impact of professional characteristics of educators on teacher self efficacy | 2008 |
| 71 | Subramani B | Dr. Krishnaveni R | HR: A study on employee Loyalty towards the organization in Coimbatore based Textile Industry | 2007 |
| 72 | Nirmala R | Dr. Krishnaveni R | Finance: Financial culture in housing finance industry – An analytical study. | 2007 |
| 73 | Chinnaiyan | Dr. Nandagopal R | Finance: A Study on Financing of Small Scale Industries and Entrepreneurial performance | 2006 |
| 74 | Divya Prabha D | Dr. Krishnaveni R | Marketing:A study on corporate customer relationship management in Banking Industry | 2005 |
| 75 | Shankaran G L | Dr. Krishnaveni R | Finance: Identifying discriminating Financial factors between well-run and not wel- run spinning mills in Tamilnadu | 2005 |
| 76 | EllanChezhiyan | Dr. Santhanalakshmi R | Training Effectiveness | 2001 |
| 77 | Dr. Krishnaveni R | Dr. Santhanalakshmi R | Identifying factors determining success of organizations using McKinsey Model | 1999 |
| 78 | Ranganayaki N | Dr. Thiagarajan MT | A study of factories influencing the job satisfaction of employees | 1985 |
| 79 | Surendra prasad | Dr. Thiagarajan MT | HR: Organizational Performance of Coimbatore Textile Industry – A study of Factors influencing performance. | 1985 |
| 80 | Santhanalakshmi R | Dr. Thiagarajan MT | A study of factories determining the effectiveness of Executive | 1985 |