Aston India Centre for Applied Research

Aston India Centre undertakes India-related research activities at Aston University

Our purpose is to conduct impactful research and create and disseminate multidisciplinary knowledge to help scholars, practitioners, policy makers and other stakeholders in understanding and furthering sustainable development and performance in India, or with India related interests

Contact: Pawan Budhwar or Prasanta Dey

Meet the Team

Research Areas

  • Circular Economy, Bio-energy and Waste Management
  • People Management and Organisational Performance
  • Project Management, Digital Supply-Chain, Operations Management
  • Management of Foreign Direct Investment and Trade Agreements
  • Internationalisation and Commonwealth
  • Knowledge-based Decision Support Systems
  • Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development
  • Corporate Governance
  • Sustainability Management in SMEs
  • Ocular Surface and Contact Lens
  • AI, Blockchain, Machine Learning and Cyber Security
  • Disaster Management
Publications since 2021 (Academic)
  1. Arunmozhi, M., Persis, J., Sreedharan, V. R., Chakraborty, A., Zouadi, T., and Khamlichi, H. (2022). Managing the resource allocation for the COVID-19 pandemic in healthcare institutions: a pluralistic perspective. International Journal of Quality & Reliability Management, 39(9), 2184-2204.
     
  2. Arunmozhi, M., Venkatesh, V. G., Arisian, S., Shi, Y., and Sreedharan, V. R. (2022). Application of blockchain and smart contracts in autonomous vehicle supply chains: An experimental design. Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 165, 102864.
     
  3. Arunprasad, P., Dey, C., Jebli, F., Manimuthu, A., and El Hathat, Z. (2022). Exploring the remote work challenges in the era of COVID-19 pandemic: review and application model. Benchmarking: An International Journal, 29(10), 3333-3355.
     
  4. Babu, N., Fletcher, L., Pichler, S. and Budhwar, P. (2024) What’s Trust Got to do With it? Examining Trust in Leadership, Psychological Capital, and Employee Well-being in a Cross-National Context during Covid-19. European Management Review, 21(1): 31-44.
     
  5. Basu, S., and Munjal, S. (2023). Strategic Imports, Multiple Principal Problem and International Performance of Emerging Market Firms. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2023, No. 1, p. 17547). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.
     
  6. Buckley, P., Cavusgil, S. T., Elia, S., and Munjal, S. (2023). The evolution of emerging economy multinationals. Journal of Business Research, 160, 113746.
     
  7. Buckley, P., Clegg, J., Khorana, S., Munjal, S., Sewak, M., Bahl, M., and Zaman, A. (2023). Enhancing Intra-Commonwealth Trade and Investment: An International Business Research Agenda. Commonwealth Trade Hot Topics, (187).
     
  8. Chatterjee, S., Khorana, S. and Kizgin, H., (2022), Harnessing the Potential of Artificial Intelligence to Foster Citizens’ Satisfaction: An empirical study on India. Government Information Quarterly, 39 (4).
     
  9. Datta, S., Budhwar, P., Agarwal, U. and Bhargava, S. (2023) Impact of HRM Practices on Innovative Behaviour: Mediating Role of Talent Development Climate in Indian Firms. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 34(6): 1071-1096.
     
  10. De, D., Dey, P. K., Malesios, C., and Albores, P. (2023). Impact of institutional pressures and dynamic capabilities on sustainability performance of oil and gas sector. International Journal of Energy Sector Management.
     
  11. Devarajan, J. P., Manimuthu, A., and Sreedharan, V. R. (2021). Healthcare operations and black swan event for COVID-19 pandemic: A predictive analytics. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 70(9), 3229-3243.
     
  12. Farndale, E., Agarwal. P. and Budhwar, P. (2022) Outcomes of Talent Identification in Economically Liberalized India: Does Organizational Justice Matter: Journal of Business Research, 144(May): 740-750.
     
  13. Farndale, E., Thite, M., Budhwar, P. and Kwon, B. (2021) Deglobalization and Talent Sourcing: Cross-national Evidence from High-tech Firms. Human Resource Management, 60(2): 259-272.
     
  14. Jackson, S.E., Jiang, Y., Shim, H., Budhwar, P., Renwick, D.W.S., Jabbour, C.J.C., Jabbour, A.B.L.S, Tang, G., Müller-Camen, M., Wagner, M. and Kim, A. (2022) Culture as Context: A Five-Country Study of Discretionary Green Workplace Behavior. Organization & Environment, 35(4): 499-522.
     
  15. Jain, N. K., Choudhary, P., Panda, A., Jain, S., and Dey, P. K. (2023). Impact of institutional pressures and dynamic capabilities on sustainability performance of oil and gas sector. International Journal of Energy Sector Management, 17(5), 841-864. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJESM-01-2022-0019
     
  16. Kalaiselvan P, Konda N, Pampi N, Vaddavalli PK, Sharma S, Stapleton F, Kumar N, Willcox MDP, and Dutta D. (2021) Effect of Antimicrobial Contact Lenses on Corneal Infiltrative Events: A Randomized Clinical Trial. Transl Vis Sci Technol. Jun 1;10(7):32.
     
  17. Kalaiselvan P, Dutta D, Bhombal F, Konda N, Vaddavalli PK, Sharma S, Stapleton F, and Willcox MDP (2022). Ocular microbiota and lens contamination following Mel4 peptide-coated antimicrobial contact lens (MACL) extended wear. Cont Lens Anterior Eye. Feb; 45(1):101431. doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2021
     
  18. Kalaiselvan P, Dutta D, Konda N, Vaddavalli PK, Sharma S, Stapleton F, and Willcox MDP (2022). Biocompatibility and Comfort during Extended Wear of Mel4 Peptide-Coated Antimicrobial Contact Lenses. Antibiotics (Basel). Jan 3,11(1): 58.
     
  19. Khorana, S. (2023) The Indian Response to the EU’s Regulatory Standardization: The Case of Public Procurement and Social Standards Under the EU-India FTA. In Francesco Duina and Crina Viju-Miljusevic ed. Standardizing the World: EU Trade Policy and the Road to Convergence, Oxford University Press.
     
  20. Khorana, S. (2021), The European Union–India Strategic Partnership: An Examination of the Economic Aspects. In: Gieg, P. and Lowe, T., eds. EU-India Relations. Springer.
     
  21. Malik, A., Nguyen, M., Budhwar, P., Chowdhury, S. and Gugnani, R. (2024). Leveraging High Performance HRM Practices and Knowledge Sharing for Managing Technological and Social Change in Emerging Market Healthcare Providers. Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 205 (August): https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2024.123463
     
  22. Malik, A., Budhwar, P., Mohan, H., and Srikant, N.R. (2022) Employee Experience –The Missing Link: Insights from an MNE’s AI-assisted Digitalized HR Ecosystem. Human Resource Management, 62(1): 97-115.
     
  23. Malik, A., Budhwar, P., Varma, A., Del Giudice. M., Athota, S. and Pereira, V. (2022) Sustainable Innovations in an Indigenous Indian Ayurveda MNE. Journal of Business Research, 145(June): 402-413.
     
  24. Malik, A., Budhwar, P., Patel, C. and Srikanth, N.R. (2022) May the Bots be with You! Delivering HR Cost-effectiveness and Individualised Employee Experiences in an MNE. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 33(6): 1148-1178.
     
  25. Malik A. Budhwar, P. and Kandade, K. (2022) Nursing Excellence: A Knowledge-based View of Developing a Healthcare Workforce. Journal of Business Research, 144(May): 472-483.
     
  26. Malik, A., Budhwar, P., Patel, C. and Laker, B. (2021) Holistic Indigenous and Atomistic Modernity: Analyzing Performance Management in Two Indian Emerging Market MNCs. Human Resource Management, 60(5): 803-823.
     
  27. Manimuthu, A., Venkatesh, V. G., Shi, Y., Sreedharan, V. R., & Koh, S. L. (2022). Design and development of automobile assembly model using federated artificial intelligence with smart contract. International Journal of Production Research, 60(1), 111-135.
     
  28. Mathivathanan, D., Mathiyazhagan, K., Khorana, S., Rana, N.P. and Arora, B., (2022), Drivers of circular economy for small and medium enterprises: Case study on the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Journal of Business Research, 149, 997-1015.
     
  29. Munjal, S., Varma, S., and Bhatnagar, A. (2022). A comparative analysis of Indian and Chinese FDI into Africa: The role of governance and alliances. Journal of Business Research, 149, 1018-1033.
     
  30. Munjal, S., Pereira, V., Andersson, U. R. and Budhwar, P. (2021) Exploring Reverse Knowledge Transfer and Asset Augmentation Strategy by Developed Country MNEs: Case Study Evidence from the Indian Pharmaceutical Industry. International Business Review, 30(6): 101882. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibusrev.2021.101882
     
  31. Nayak, S., Pereira, V., Kazmi, B. and Budhwar, P. (2024) To Buy or Not to Buy? Exploring Ethical Consumerism in an Emerging Market – India. Journal of Business Ethics.
     
  32. Nayak, S. and Budhwar, P. (2022) Negative Effects of Enterprise Social Networks (ESNs) and Technostress: Empirical Evidence from R&D Centres in India. Aslib Journal of Information Management, 74(5): 956-988.
     
  33. Nayak, S., Bhatnagar, J., Budhwar, P., Mukherjee, J. (2022) Commitment Based Human Resources Practices and Knowledge Creation in Ambidextrous Organizations: A Moderated Mediation Study on Expatriates Working in India. Thunderbird International Business Review, 64(5): 511-529.
     
  34. Nayak, S., Budhwar, P., Pereira, V. and Malik, A. (2022) The Dark-side of E-HRM: A Qualitative Exploration of Social Networking and Deviant Workplace Behavior in an Emerging Country Context. International Journal of Manpower, 43(1): 89-115.
     
  35. Pandey, A., Budhwar, P. and Bhawuk, D. (2022) (Eds) Indigenous Indian Management: Conceptualization, Practical Applications and Pedagogical Initiatives. Palgrave Macmillan.
     
  36. Patnaik, S., Munjal, S., Varma, A., and Sinha, S. (2022). Extending the resource-based view through the lens of the institution-based view: A longitudinal case study of an Indian higher educational institution. Journal of Business Research, 147, 124-141.
     
  37. Prajapati, D.K., Mathiyazhagan, K., Agarwal, V., Sunder M, Khorana, S., and Gunasekaran, A. (2024), Enabling industry 4.0: Assessing technologies and prioritization framework for agile manufacturing in India, Journal of Cleaner Production, 447, 141488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2024.141488.
     
  38. Soni, V., Dey, P. K., Sharma, S., and Das, D. (2023). Negotiating oil and gas resource ownership for equitable sharing: A problematization approach and evidence from India. Resources Policy, 85, Part A, August, 103819.
     
  39. Subramaniam, Radhakrishnan, Prashobhan Palakeel, Manimuthu Arunmozhi, Manikandan Sridharan, and Uthayakumar Marimuthu. (2024) "Factors driving business intelligence adoption: an extended technology-organization-environment framework." Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science 34(3): 1893-1903.
     
  40. Subramaniam, R., Palakkeel, P., & Arunmozhi, M. (2023). Revolutionizing business intelligence: Pioneering an enhanced adoption Framework through the Technology-Organization-Environment Paradigm.
     
  41. Varma, A., Mathew, J., Wang, C.H., Budhwar, P. and Katou, A. (2021) Indian Expatriate Nurses in the United Kingdom: A Two-phase Study of the Expatriate-host Country National Relationship. European Management Review, 18(3): 329-341.
Publications since 2021 (Selected Practitioner Oriented)
  1. Coulson-Thomas, Colin (2022), A Reflection on the Human Goal and Influencing Factors, Abhinava Prabandhan, International Research Journal of Indian Ethos & Wisdom for Management – The Vivek Management, Vol. 9, Combined 1st and 2nd April-September, pp 1-28.
     
  2. Coulson-Thomas, Colin (2022), A Reflection on the Human Goal and Influencing Factors, www.indiacsr.in, https://indiacsr.in/a-reflection-on-the-human-goal-and-influencing-factors/, 15th April.
     
  3. Coulson-Thomas, Colin (2022), ESG Strategies for Creating a Sustainable Corporate Future (Plenary Keynote speech to 15th International Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Ethics and Compliance Conference), www.indiacsr.in [https://indiacsr.in/esg-strategies-for-creating-a-sustainable-corporate-future/, 19th May] [As delivered on 18th May: https://global-health-permalinks.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/ipc_2022/video/day2_130.mp4]
     
  4. Coulson-Thomas, Colin (2022), Integrating Sustainability as a Board Strategy [Special Address], www.indiacsr.in , https://indiacsr.in/integrating-sustainability-as-a-board-strategy-prof-dr-colin-coulson-thomas/, 1st July.
     
  5. Coulson-Thomas, Colin (2022), ESG and Existential Challenges and Corporate and Collective Opportunities Talk to Indiacsr ESG Summit, 31st May [https://ims-productivity.com/4058-2/]
     
  6. Coulson-Thomas, Colin (2022), ESG and Existential Challenges and Corporate and Collective Opportunities, www.indiacsr.in, https://indiacsr.in/esg-and-existential-challenges-and-corporate-and-collective-opportunities/, 1st July.
     
  7. Coulson-Thomas, Colin (2022), Critical Thinking and Responsible Board Leadership, www.indiacsr.in [https://indiacsr.in/critical-thinking-and-responsible-board-leadership/, 15th September]
     
  8. Coulson-Thomas, Colin (2022), Enhancing Board Committee Performance, www.indiacsr.in [https://indiacsr.in/enhancing-board-committee-performance/, 21st November] [https://ims-productivity.com/enhancing-board-committee-performance/]
     
  9. Coulson-Thomas, Colin (2022), How effective boards lead to growth and the development of organisations, www.indiacsr.in [https://indiacsr.in/how-effective-boards-lead-to-growth-and-the-development-of-organisations/, 21st November] [https://ims-productivity.com/how-effective-boards-lead-to-growth-and-the-development-of-organisations/]
     
  10. Coulson-Thomas, Colin (2023), Reviewing Yoga’s Role in Relation to Contemporary Collective Concerns, Abhinava Prabandhan [International Research Journal of Indian Ethos & Wisdom for Management – ‘The Vivek Management’, Vol. 10 Issue 1, January 2023 – June 2023, pp 62-73.
     
  11. Coulson-Thomas, Colin (2023), Board’s Strategy towards a Green Economy – Climate Change, Biodiversity and Pricing of Natural Capital, www.indiacsr.in [https://indiacsr.in/board-green-economy-climate-change-biodiversity-nature/, 26th April]
Grants since 2021
  • Biomimetic and phytotechnology Designed for low-cost purification and recycling of (INDIA H2O) water – 5 years (2019 – 23), Horizon 2020 EU. Grant Value: £4.5M
     
  • UKRI-NERC Understanding geohazard processes and their impacts across India (2024-2028) ‘Quantifying earthquake hazard and enhancing resilience in India’. Grant Value: £1M
     
  • Making Growth Inclusive and Sustainable: Promoting responsible business practices in global value chains in India – 3 years. International Development Research Centre, Canada (2019 – 2022). Grant Value: £400,000
     
  • ESRC New Investigator (2024-2026) ‘Disaster Impact, Risk Reduction and Regime Type in Southeast Asia’. Grant Value: £294,000
     
  • Adopting circular economy – British Council Erasmus plus (2021 – 23). Grant Value: £150,000
     
  • Circular economy to combat climate change challenges through water, energy, and food nexus: Technology and business solutions – 1-year British Council, Going Global (2022 – 2023). Grant Value: £90,000
     
  • Waste heat recovery and reuse in foundation industries (WHR-FIND) – 6 months (2022) UKRI, Innovate UK. Grant Value: £80,000
     
  • Rice Initiative for Carbon Efficiency (RICE) 1 year (2022 – 2023) Coromandel: Fertiliser company for Crop Protection and Nutrients, India (under CSR funding) Grant Value: £49,770
     
  • Circular Economy in SMEs to combat climate change issues (Jan 2023 – Dec 2023) British Council. Grant Value: £40,000
     
  • Facilitating Circular Economy adoption in Indian SMEs in three regions through capacity building within industries and academia (Jan 2024 – June 2024), Going Global Partnerships Industry Academia Collaborative Top Up Grant. Funded by British Council. Grant Value: £10,000
     
  • Special grant by the Consulate General of India for organizing a conclave on Global Outlook of Indian Industries @75, February 2022. Grant Value: £3,000
     
  • A project titled "Developing A Framework To Counter Cyber-enabled Human Trafficking (CEHT)" under U.S. MISSION INDIA PUBLIC DIPLOMACY GRANTS PROGRAM (Developing A Framework To Counter Cyber-enabled Human Trafficking), with Amrita University, Grant Value: $150,000
     
  • FCDO Cyber India (£8M) CO-I (2023) This 3-year project will deliver the India Cyber Programme (ICP), collaborating with EY as an alliance (EYA) with i) experience, networks, and presence across India (national/state level) ii) world leading cybersecurity, strategic communications, MREL, ‘mainstreaming’ and research skills iii) deep understanding of the ICP/CSSF results framework.
Key Events/Engagement since 2021
  • Organised 6th Annual Aston India Centre for Applied Research Conference, 1-2 September 2024 (Surender Munjal and Pawan Budhwar).
     
  • Organised 5th Annual Aston India Centre for Applied Research Conference, 8-9 September 2023 (Krishna Balthu, Prasanta Dey and Pawan Budhwar).
     
  • Organised 4th Annual Aston India Centre for Applied Research Conference, 1-2 July 2022 Gajanan Panchal, Prasanta Dey and Pawan Budhwar).
     
  • Organised Faculty Development Programme for Scholars from India based Partners, 27 June – 01 July 2022 (Pawan Budhwar and Prasanta Dey).
     
  • March – October 2022: HMG Department for Business and Trade – secondment to support with UK India FTA (Sangeeta Khorana).
     
  • August 2022- September 2022: Global Affairs Canada –Conduct Intercultural Effectiveness workshop on ‘Trade and Negotiation support for Canada India FTA (Sangeeta Khorana).
     
  • Dec 2021-March 2022: LSE Trade Policy Hub for British High Commission for study ‘India Market Access Cross Country Study (Sangeeta Khorana).
     
  • Member of the UK Government’s Department of Business & Trade Higher Education Mission to India, September 2023 (Pawan Budhwar).
     
  • Delivered a keynote at the 2023 Annual Indian Academy of Management Conference, Goa (Pawan Budhwar).
     
  • Delivered Keynote at CEG, Anna University, Sep 2024 (Manimuthu Arunmozhi)
     
  • Delivered Keynote and Conducted workshop "Securing Tomorrow: Exploring the Interplay of Cybersecurity and Generative AI" at ECAICS 2024, Madurai Kamaraj University, India (Manimuthu Arunmozhi).
     
  • Delivered Parallel workshop session, International Conference on Educational Professionalism at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, 2024 (Manimuthu Arunmozhi).
     
  • Delivered 3 MDP sessions at IIM Mumbai (NITIE formerly) (Manimuthu Arunmozhi).
     
  • Delivered 5 FDPs at multiple colleges and universities like SRM- Chennai, VIT- Vellore and Chennai, Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College (Manimuthu Arunmozhi).
     
  • Delivered sessions under AICTE-ISTE refresher programme, Sree Vidyanikethan Engineering College (Manimuthu Arunmozhi).
     
  • Invited lecture (in person), L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad India – October 2023 (Debarun Dutta).
     
  • Invited Lecture (PhD Seminar) on Ethics in AI, IIM Sambalpur, 2023 (Shubhadeep Mukherjee).
     
  • Module on Sports Analytics at XIM University, 2023 (Shubhadeep Mukherjee).
     
  • Cyber Security Workshops - Symbiosis Pune 2024 (Anitha Chinnaswamy).
     
  • Colin Coulson-Thomas provides the Theme Papers for all Institute of Directors (IOD) India international events 2022-24 (Global Conventions, International Conferences).
     
  • Prasanta Dey, Pawan Budhwar, Krishna Balthu and other Centre members regularly deliver developmental workshops in India.
Key Positions Held
  • Vice Chancellor, Symbiosis International Deemed University, Pune (Ramakrishnan Raman)
     
  • Governing Board Member, Centre for Responsible Business, New Delhi (2016 – present) (Pawan Budhwar)
     
  • Member, Board of Studies, NMIMS Business School, Mumbai (2023-2025) (Pawan Budhwar)
     
  • Member Advisory Board, GITAM School of Business, India (2024-2026) (Pawan Budhwar)
     
  • Visiting Professor – Symbiosis International Deemed University, Pune and Management Development Institute, Gurgaon (Pawan Budhwar)
     
  • House of Lords, International Trade Committee: UK-India trade Deal. 3 March 2022 (Sangeeta Khorana).
     
  • June 2014-August 2024: Non-executive Director, Satin Creditcare Ltd, India. Listed microfinance institution in India providing financial inclusion loans to 3.5 million underprivileged women in 29 Indian states (Sangeeta Khorana).
     
  • March – October 2022: Secondment to Department for Business and Trade to support with UK-India FTA (Sangeeta Khorana).
     
  • Treasurer and Founding Secretary, INDAM (Surender Munjal).
     
  • Executive board member of AIB South Asia chapter (Surender Munjal)
     
  • Treasurer Yorkshire Indian Society (Surender Munjal)
     
  • Colin Coulson-Thomas
    - Member Board of Governing Directors, SRISIIM Foundation
    - Member, Global Advisory Council, IOD (Institute of Directors) India
    - Director General, UK & Europe Operations, IOD (India)
    - Member, Experts Committee, IOD India
    - Member, Advisory Board/Panel, Aravind Foundation
Partners & Collaborators
  • Symbiosis International (Deemed) University
  • Thapar University
  • MDI Gurgaon
  • AIB South Asia
  • Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore
  • Anna University
  • Central University of Himachal Pradesh
  • Chandragupta Institute of Management (CIMP), Patna, Bihar, India
  • IIM Calcutta
  • IIM Mumbai (Previously NITIE)
  • IIM Nagpur
  • IIM Sambalpur
  • IISER Kolkata
  • IIT Kharagpur
  • INDAM
  • Jadavpur University
  • KJ Somaiya Institute of Management
  • L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India
  • Madurai Kamaraj University
  • National Centre for Seismology, Ministry of Earth Sciences
  • NMIMS University
  • SCIT Pune
  • Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra
  • Sri Sharada Institute of Indian Management Research
  • University of Delhi
  • XIM University
  • Yorkshire Indian Society
  • Indian Academy of Management
  • Commonwealth Secretariat
  • Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industries
  • Institute of Directors (India)
  • Consulate General of India, Birmingham
Media Coverage
Media Quotes
Examples of Impact
  • The H2O project is making an impact on the provision of clean water in India (Prasanta Dey and Pawan Budhwar).
     
  • The Waste Management and Circular Economy projects are helping SMEs and local municipalities creating awareness to change their practices and policies (Prasanta Dey, Krishna Balthu and Pawan Budhwar).
     
  • The input offered on international trade negotiations is seriously considered by key decision makers (Sangeeta Khorana).
     
  • Internationalization of Small Enterprises from India: Our research is influencing business strategy and policy making in India. It has informed managerial decision making with regard to location choice and business development. At the same time, it has inspired formation of the ‘Intra-Commonwealth Small Business Association’ (ICSA) launched jointly by the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India and the Commonwealth Secretariat, which subsequently paved the way for the first India-Commonwealth SME Trade Summit held in New Delhi. The research has also informed the India’s National Logistics Policy intended to reduce transaction costs (Surender Munjal).
     
  • Much of our work with collaboration has been on development of antimicrobial contact lenses with Bausch and Lomb Contact Lens centre, L V Prasad Eye Institute. Current collaboration is aimed at contact lens discomfort and contact lens related adverse events (Debarun Dutta).
     
  • Our advisory role for microfinance innovations with Svatantra Microfin, has helped digitize the loan disbursal process, incorporating blockchain to ensure secure, transparent transactions for rural entrepreneurs, fostering financial inclusion in South Indian regions - Chennai, Bangalore and Salem (Manimuthu Arunmozhi).
Others
  • Patent: Intelligent Metering and Controlling System for Transformers (Grant. No: 375680) (Manimuthu Arunmozhi)
     
  • Global Excellence Award in Renewable Energy (of Energy and Environment Foundation) (Colin Coulson-Thomas)
     
  • Award presented in India relating to corporate transformation and leadership (Colin Coulson-Thomas)
     
  • Change Agent and Transformation Leader Award (Colin Coulson-Thomas)
     
  • CSR Lifetime Achievement Award (Colin Coulson-Thomas)
     
  • Award picked up relating to all aspects of my work include (Colin Coulson-Thomas)
     
  • Suryabharat Global Award 2023 (Colin Coulson-Thomas)
     
  • Honorary Doctoral Fellow: Doctor of Humane Letters (Honoris Causa) SRI SIIM (Colin Coulson-Thomas)
     
  • Recognition of work relating to leprosy and corporate governance in India: Meritorious Service Medal (OSLJ) (Colin Coulson-Thomas)
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