Dr. Vijayakumar Srinivasan

Welcome to MCC BTSB - Future of Business

Research Interests :

  • Entrepreneurship and Innovation

 

  • Financial Analysis and Financial markets

 

  • Teaching Pedagogies in Higher Education

 

Research Supervisor :

Guided dissertations/ projects in Postgraduate and Undergraduate courses. (Anna University, Chennai, University of Wolverhampton (UK) and Coventry University (UK) at both Undergraduate and Post graduate levels.

 

Consultancy Carried :

  • Consultant with Rapha Education Private Limited (Chennai), an Education Consulting Company which offers multifarious services in Education.
  • Acted as Consultant for MoHERI, Oman for new programme Reviews

Work Experience :

  • Feb 2015 – March 2025 – Assistant Professor, Assistant Head and Acting Head of Dept. of Management Studies, Middle East College, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman

 

  • (Coventry University, UK, and University of Wolverhampton, UK and Breda University of Applied Sciences-Netherlands – Academic Programmes)

 

  • Feb 2015 – March 2025 – Assistant Professor, Dept. of Management Studies

  • Oct 2015 – Sep 2017 – Programme Manager (University of Wolverhampton)

 

  • Oct 2017 – March 2025 – Assistant Head, Dept. of Management Studies

 

  • Oct 2022 – March 2025 – Acting Head of Department, Department of Management Studies

 

  • July 2006 – Feb 2015 – Assistant Professor, Head of Department of Commerce and Coordinator of Shift II, Alpha Group of Institutions, (Affiliated to University of Madras and Anna University), Chennai, Tamilnadu, India

 

  • July 2006 – Oct 2008 – Lecturer, Department of Commerce, Alpha Arts & Science College, (Affiliated to University of Madras). Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

 

  • Oct 2008 – June 2014: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Management Studies Alpha Engineering College, (Affiliated to Anna University, Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India.

 

  • June 2014 – Feb 2015: Head of Department of Commerce and Coordinator of Shift II Alpha Arts & Science College, (Affiliated to University of Madras), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

 

  • June 2004 – June 2006: Lecturer, Department of Commerce, Shree Chandraprabhu Jain College, (Affiliated to University of Madras) Tamil Nadu, India

 

  • Feb 2003 – Feb 2004: Tele-calling Officer, E-Serve International (CITI BANK’s backend Office), Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

 

Subjects Taught :

  • Financial analysis for Managers

 

  • Banking and Financial products

 

  • Principles of Financial Investment

 

  • Management and Cost Accounting

 

  • Corporate reporting and Analysis

 

  • Entrepreneurship and New venture creation

 

  • Core life skills and strategies

 

Professional Certifications :

  • Post Graduate Certificate in Academic Practices in Higher Education (PG Cert.), Coventry University, UK

 

Professional Body Memberships:

  • Fellow, Higher Education Academy-UK,

 

  • Member in Chartered Management Institute (CMI)-UK

 

  • Member in Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Society (IEOM)-USA.

 

Community Engagement:

  • Faculty Advisor of award winning SIFE (now ENACTUS) team of Alpha Arts and Science College and represented India in SIFE World Cups held in Singapore and Germany.

Research Grants and Awards:

  • Value relevance of international financial reporting standards (IFRS) accounting numbers: evidence from listed companies in the Sultanate of Oman (2024-26) project worth 5000 OMR (USD 13,000/ INR 11 Lakhs) funded by TRC (The Research Council under the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation) to study the IFRS practices in Oman. (in progress)

 

  • Covid-19 and Current Business Challenges in Oman from an Entrepreneurial Perspective (2022-25), project worth 6600 OMR (USD 17,000/ INR 14.5 Lakhs) funded by TRC (The Research Council under the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation) to study the challenges in Businesses in Oman from an Entrepreneur’s perspective. (in progress)

 

  • IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP (2020-22), project worth 5600 OMR (USD 14,000/ INR 12 Lakhs) funded by TRC (The Research Council under the Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Innovation) to study the impact of social media among entrepreneurs. (completed)

 

  • Oman’s Entrepreneurial Leaders Project (2018-19) – A project under Joint Academic Development Programme UK/Gulf and Sponsored under Gulf Science Innovation and Knowledge Economy Programme, managed by British Council. With specific focus on Leaders in Higher Education Institutions and and other important stakeholders including Industry, Government and Non-governmental Organizations. The partners involved were Middle East College, Coventry University and National Centre for Entrepreneurship in Education. The grant amount was 20,000 GBP/ OMR 10,000/ USD 26,000/ INR 22 Lakhs. (completed)

 

Publications/ Outputs of research and scholarly activities:

  • Massive Open Online Courses/ Moocs: A Gateway To Enrich E-Learning in Management Education, International Journal Of Innovation, Creativity And Change, Issn No. 2201- 1323, Issue 5 Volume 7, Nov 2019 – (SJR 2019 Q2)

 

 

 

  • COVID-19 and Current Business Strategies in Oman from an Innovative Perspective” presented in ICBIM 2023 held in Bangkok, Thailand in August 2023

 

  • Pre and post Covid 19 Digitalization of Entrepreneurship Education: Challenges and opportunities at the 2nd international conference on Banking, finance and business – ICBFB 2023 by CBFS, Muscat held on March 2023