Awards and recognition
What the work has been given, and where it has landed.
Awards for the research, the places the research reached, and what the press made of it. Every entry links to the source that records it. Where I could not verify something beyond my own CV, the entry says so.
- 7awards and prizes
- 2policy citations
- 9press mentions
- 2funded projects
The ones that matter most

Faculty Excellence in Research Award
PRME Chapter India
Awarded by PRME, the Principles for Responsible Management Education, a United Nations initiative, for research contributions in development and their social impact.
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Top Viewed Article, 2025
Wiley, Journal of Consumer Affairs
Recognised by Wiley as a top viewed article in the Journal of Consumer Affairs, counted over the twelve months after publication.
Read the story →Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development
Global Development Network
A USD 10,000 award for a multi-method study on using social media to produce, disseminate and increase the uptake of development research.
Read the story →Sir Julian Hodge Prize, three times
Cardiff Business School
Ranked 1 of 425 for best overall performance in the taught MBA, a University First, with two further prizes for the Information and Control module and the Managerial Finance elective. Graduated with Distinction and the University Gold Medal.
Read the story →Economic Survey of India 2019–20, Chapter 4
Government of India
My research on pharmaceutical price regulation informed Chapter 4, “Undermining Markets: When Government Intervention Hurts More Than It Helps”.
Read the story →Catalogued by the United States Library of Congress
Library of Congress, Collection of Foreign Digital Materials
“Effects of Pharmaceutical Price Regulation: Evidence from India” is held in the Library of Congress Collection of Foreign Digital Materials.
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Every award and prize
- 2024Faculty Excellence in Research AwardPRME Chapter India · Social Impact Awards 2024, hosted by SPJIMR, Mumbai
- 2025Top Viewed Article, 2025Wiley, Journal of Consumer Affairs · Journal of Consumer Affairs
- 2019Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on DevelopmentGlobal Development Network · 19th Global Development Conference, Bonn, Germany
- 2026Second Best Paper Award5th International Marketing Conference, IIM Shillong · IIM Shillong
- 2017Stigler Center Research AwardUniversity of Chicago Booth School of Business · Chicago Booth
- 2012Award for Academic Excellence, first year PGPIIM Ahmedabad · IIM Ahmedabad
- 2007Sir Julian Hodge Prize, three timesCardiff Business School · Cardiff University
Where the research reached
A government and a national library are not audiences you can apply to. These are the two places the pharmaceutical price regulation work ended up.
Funded research
- 2023–24Smart Cities Mission: Impact of SCM on TourismMinistry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Government of India · Principal investigator. Completed and signed off on 8 December 2025.
- 2020Creating and Managing a Science, Technology and Innovation Hub in Bolpur–Sriniketan Block, Birbhum, West BengalDepartment of Science and Technology, Government of India · With S. Bandyopadhyay.
In the press
Coverage of the research and the programmes. Each links to the original.
- 2024India's drug price regulation leads to decline in availability of essential medicines, finds studyBusiness Today · 30 June 2024
- 2024How an Indian Government Policy Backfired: Prescription Drug Price Regulations Led to More Marketing for Unregulated MedicationsAmerican Marketing Association · 4 June 2024
- 2024Press release on the Journal of Marketing article "Do No Harm? Unintended Consequences of Pharmaceutical Price Regulation in India"EurekAlert · 4 June 2024
- 2024Press release: IIM Calcutta Advanced Programme in AI for Leaders, led by Prof. Saravana Jaikumar (syndicated)The Week (wire) · 20 September 2024
- 2020IIM-C to offer programme in AI-powered marketingThe Week (PTI wire) · 26 February 2020
- 2019How brands have become "publishers".The Hindu BusinessLine · 28 February 2019
- Choosing who to buy from: Why user reviews are more important than just a low price in e-commerce.Retail TouchPoints
- 2016DPCO dose too strong, hits medicine access: IIM study.The Financial Express (front page) · 6 April 2016
- 2015Investors value ethics over returns: IIM-A paper.Business Standard · 24 May 2015