Mallika Nawal



The Eleventh Commandment - An Introduction to Religio-Marketing

Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D.), IIT Kharagpur

Ph.D., (Marketing) 2006-presently

Mallika is currently pursuing her Ph.D. from the department of Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSOM) at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur; under the guidance of Prof. Biplab Datta. Her research theme revolves around...

The Impact of Religiosity and Demographic Variables on Buyer Behavior of Muslim Consumers

The thesis looks at the consumer behavior of Muslim consumers and attempts to measure the extent to which religiosity (religious levels) of individuals impact their buyer behavior.

Masters of Business Administration (MBA)

MBA, (Marketing) 2003-2005

Mallika completed her Masters in Business Administration from Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM), New Delhi. She holds a dual degree, a majors in Marketing and a minor in Human Resource Managment.

Work Experience

Academics
Assistant Professor
  • Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar, presently
  • S. P. Jain Center of Management, Dubai/Singapore, 2009
  • Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, 2006-09
  • Indian Institute of Business and Management, 2005-2006
  • Indian Institute of Planning and Management, 2005


  • Lectured faculties from different B-Schools on Distributed Leadership Management (DLM) at IIT Kharagpur's Faculty Development Program (FDP) organized by Ministry of HRD
  • Guest Faculty and Speaker at several colleges

Mallika's major teaching interests span the following fields -

  • Business Communication
  • Corporate Etiquette
  • Basic Marketing
  • Marketing Research
  • Consumer Behavior
  • Cultural Marketing
  • Strategic Marketing

Interesting Titbits

Mallika - Shades of Grey

Family Background

Mallika comes from a family of royals, statesmen, jouranlists and lawyers. She inherited her flair for writing from her father, who's a journalist and her late grandfather, an IAS officer and author of several books on Economics. Her family mainly resides in India and US, while she herself works in Dubai and Singapore. A passionate animal-lover, she is extremely fond of her two German-Spitzs, 'Mani' and 'Frenzy'. She plans on writing several books in the field of religio-marketing; the work for which is already underway.

So, watch this space for more...

Interests

  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Travelling

Favorite Sports

  • Chess
  • Pool
  • Cards

Favorite Places

  • India
  • Egypt
  • Rome
  • Europe

Favorite Passtimes

  • Sketching
  • Arts and Craft
  • Documentaries
  • Astrology
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