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Department of Commerce

Varghese Joy

Designation : Assistant Professor

Qualification : M.Com, NET

Email-ID : varghesejoy@rajagiri.edu

Currently pursuing his Doctoral studies from DIT University, Dehradun. He holds a Master’s and Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India. He has been to WFI School of Management, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany, as a visiting scholar to take part in International Summer School on ‘Firms in Society’ during 2018.  He is a FDP alumni of Indian Institute of Management – Ahmedabad (IIM A), where he has completed the Faculty Development Programme on General Management Module. He has qualified UGC – NET (Commerce) in 2017. His teaching and research interests include Corporate Law, Mercantile Law, Corporate Sustainability, Consumer Behaviour, General Management. He has published and presented his research outcomes in national and international conferences. He has to his credit various online certifications from prestigious International Universities.

  • M.Com Finance
  • B.Com Finance and Taxation
  • Mercantile Law
  • Corporate Law
  • Sustainability
  • Quality Improvement Systems
  • General Management
  • Marketing Management
  • Resource person for the session titled "Art and Science of Communication" for students of Bachelor's programme in Sree Sankara College, Airapuram on October 17, 2023.
  • Resource person for the session titled "Speak louder - Demystifying the skill of communication" for the students of St. Peter's College, Kolenchery on September 14, 2022.
  • Resource person for Online Tutelage Talk 4 as part of Erudite Lecture Series on the topic "Performance with Purpose- A Sustainable Approach", organized by St. Peter's College, Kolenchery.
  • Resource person for National Webinar on Redefining Sustainability, organized by St. Mary’s College, Thrissur.
  • Resource person for the webinar on Sustainability: A Corporate Perspective, organised by Yuvakshetra Institute of Management Studies, Palakkad.
  • Resource person for a talk on “Being Student”, organized by Department of Commerce, Sree Sankara Vidyapeetom College, Airapuram, Perumbavoor.
  • Resource person for UGC/CBSE NET Coaching class on the topic Business Management, organized by Post Graduate & Research Department of Commerce of Nirmala College Muvattupuzha- 12 & 13 August, 2017
  • Examining ChatGPT's Impact: Challenges, Opportunities, and Future Directions for Enhancing Educational Experiences, in the Book Title: Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 390. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-2716-2_22 (Scopus Indexed).
  • Economic Research Output among the Shanghai Cooperation Organizations (SCO) Countries - A Scientometric Analysis, in Inquietud Empresarial, Volume 24, No. 1. (Web of Science Indexed)
  • Contributed a chapter titled "A study to understand the critical determinants in enhancing job satisfaction through work from home during pandemic crisis like COVID 19" in the book titled Opportunities and Challenges of Human Resource Management Approaches during COVID 19 Pandemic - ISBN - 978-1-68576-400-5, IIP Publishers.
  • "Green Marketing: A Social Response of Brand Communication with Customer" in IEEE Proceedings of 2023 3rd International Conference on Advancement in Electronics & Communication Engineering (AECE) - Scopus Indexed.
  • "Designing a Green Library in Alignment with the UN's Sustainable Development Goal: a Case Study of Rajagiri Business School Library, Kerala, India" in Electronic Green Journal. Issue 49, Volume 1 (January 2024) - Scopus Indexed.
  • Indian Patent publishes on the titled: "The effect of Remuneration on the Performance of employees on the Private sector" - Application No.202241015570 A - March 2022
  • Filed an Indian Copyright with the title: Role of Capital Market in Economic Development - Registration number: L-105868/2021
  • "Revisiting Determinants of Social Entrepreneurial Intentions among Indian Students using Interpretive Structural Modelling" in Elementary Education Online; Vol 20 (Issue 5): pp.4299-4310, ISSN : 1305-3515 (Scopus Indexed - Q3).
  • “Corporate Sustainability – An Academic Review” in International Journal of Social Quality, Volume 10 (2020): Issue 1, 2020. Online ISSN: 1757-0352, Print ISSN: 1757-0344
  • "Management: Art and Science of Manipulation" an abstract in Proceedings of Rajagiri National Conference on New Paradigms of Management [RNCNPM'18], p - 6, ISBN: -978-93-5300-329-6
  • "Influence of Social Media in Building Social Capital" in Proceedings of National Research Conference on Commerce, Management and Social Sciences [NRCCMS'17], pp 225-233, ISBN: 978-93-5281-856-3
  • "Why Not Industrialization ?" in International Journal of Research in Social Sciences- IJMRA, Volume No.6, 2016, Issue no. 11 (November) ISSN: 2249-2496
  • "Problems and Prospects of Kudumbasree Linked Micro Enterprises" in International Journal for Research in Commerce, IT & Management, Volume No.6, 2016, Issue no. 9 (September), ISSN 2231-5756
  • IJMRA IC - Prospects and problems of start-ups in Kerala – A Study with Special reference to Cochin Start-up Village.
  • Published an article title "Trust - Attitude - Perceived Benefits an Analysis on Online Consumer Behviour, in an E-book with e-ISBN: 978-93-89947-22-9
  • Presented a research paper titled "Green Marketing: A Social Response of Brand Communication with Customer" in the 3rd International Conference on Advancement in Electronics & Communication Engineering (Technically Sponsored by IEEE) - November 23 - 24, 2023.
  • Presented a paper titled Responsible Consumption and its Well Being", in the International Conference on Insights in Marketing at Rajagiri Business School - February 4 - 5, 2022
  • Presented a research paper titled Modelling Drivers of Social Entrepreneurial Intention among Indian Students, on First Virtual International Conference on Rural Tourism – Challenges Scope and Entrepreneurship Development, organized by DIT University, Uttarakhand, September 12 – 13, 2020.
  • Presented a research paper titled Trust - Attitude - Perceived Benefits; An Analysis on Consumer Behaviour,  on 4th National Conference on "Consumption or Credit - The Impediments in India's Current Growth Story", organized by IPER Bhopal. 
  • Presented a paper titled "Management: Art and Science of Manipulation" in National Conference on New Paradigms of Management held at Rajagiri Center for Business Studies, Kochi - January 30, 2018.
  • Presented a paper titled "Influence of Social Media in Building Social Capital" in National Research Conference on Commerce, Management and Social Sciences held at Maharajas College Ernakulam- August 2017.
  • Seminar Paper at International Conference ICIBF-2015 Sub: Prospects and problems of start-ups in Kerala – A Study with Special reference to Cochin Start-up Village.
  • Paper presented in the All Kerala Project Fest 2015: Problems and Prospects of Kudumbasree Linked Micro Enterprises.
  • Attended the Roundtable Conference on CGMA, organised by NSE Academy, in Chennai on August 07, 20204.
  • Attended the Train the Trainer session on Transformative Teaching Techniques organised by ACCA on May 29, 2024.
  • Attended FDP on Structural Equation Modeling With Smart PLS-4 and Fuzzy AHP, organised by KOACH Scholar - April 11 - 15, 2024.
  • Attended a one day multi session research workshop on "From Concept to Publication: A workshop on Scholarly Writing" organised by Data Analytics Club of Rajagiri College of Social Sciences on March 22, 2024.
  • Attended FDP on Curriculum Framework in line with NEP 2020, OBE and AI Advancements organised by Mar Thomas College for Women, Perumbavoor in association with KSHEC - October 12 - 19, 2023.
  • Participated in the pre-conference workshop on Qualitative and Quantitative Research Techniques at Rajagiri Business School on February 04-05, 2022
  • Attended National Workshop on “ICT Tools for Interactive Teaching and Learning” organized by Christ College (Autonomous), Irinjalakuda, October 28, 2020.
  • Attended “Illuminate 2020 – A Series of Pre-eureka! Business Model Workshops” organized by The Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Bombay.
  • Attended Seven Day International Webinar on “Emerging Trends in Commerce”, organized by Yuvakshetra Institute of Management Studies, August 2020.
  • Attended Five Fay National Webinar on 3 years of GST @ 360”, organized by Department of Commerce, Morning Star Home Science College, Angamaly, October 2020.
  • Attended Faculty Development Programme on General Management Module from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A), July - August, 2019.
  • Attended International Webinar on "Ethical Investing" organized by IQAC of Aquinas College, Kochi, May 21, 2020.
  • Attended National Webinar on "Business and Society: Post COVID Thoughts", organized by Department of Commerce, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), May 17, 2020.
  • Attended National Webinar on " Marketing in a Vuca World”, organised by IQAC in association with Computer Applications Stream, Department of Commerce, Naipunnya Institute of Management and Information Technology on July 17, 2020.
  • Attended National Webinar on “Managing Your Finance and Investment in Covid Times”, organized by Dept. of Commerce – SF, St.Peter’s College, Kolenchery, Kerala in association with Finmark Trainers India Pvt Ltd. on July 23, 2020.
  • Attended One Day seminar on 'Wetlands and Climate Change' organised by Dept. of Social Work, RCSS in association with the Kerala State Council for Science, Technology & Environment (KSCSTE), Govt. of Kerala - February 08, 2019.
  • Attended Faculty Development Programme on "Teaching through Games", organized by School of Commerce, with content support by Cool Guru (Gurusthaan LLP) on March 09, 2018
  • Attended International Conference on "Demographic Dividend: Skill Development Challenges for India", organized by Department of Vocational Studies, MES College Marampally, Aluva - in association with DDUKK, CUSAT on Mach 23, 2018
  • Attended "International Conference on Management, Finance and Accounting", organized by Research and Post Graduate Department of Commerce - St. Peter's College, Kolenchery on 9 and 10 February2018.
  • Attended two day workshop on "Teaching with Simulations" organized by Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies, with content support by Harvard business publishing on January 2018.
  • Attended International Conference on "Leadership for Success", organized by Rajagiri Centre for Behaviour Sciences & Research, Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), in collaboration with Trinity Western University, Canada, November - 2017
  • Attended Three Day Workshop on "Multivariate Analysis, Scale Development and Structured Equation Modelling" organized by Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), May 2017
  • Attended One Day Workshop on "Foundations of Statistical Analysis using SPSS" organized by Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous), May 2017
  • Attended One Day Workshop on "Learner Centred Teaching/Training Methods" organized by Indian Society for Training and Development, April 2017
  • Attended Faculty Development Program on "Art of Edification- Contemporary and Innovative Practices for Effective Teaching" in NIT Trichy, April 2017
  • Attended Two Day National Workshop on "Statistical Analysis on Social Sciences and R Programming" in MES College Marampilly, Aluva March 2017.
  • Participated in "Start-O-Sphere" Entrepreneurship Summit and Workshop, IIM-Kozhikode, 10 Sep 2016.
  • Attended SAKSHAM - IT Champion Program in Rajagiri College of Social Sciences (Autonomous) May 2016.
  • Analytics for Business Process Modelling - Five Day Short Term Course, by Department of Management Studies, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur.
  • Design Thinking certification from Turnip Innovations - AICTE Evaluated 7 day Design Thinking Certification
  • Completed the Green Marketing Challenge (secured Advisor badge) from United Nations System Staff College Knowledge Centre for Sustainable Development.
  • Responsible Conduct of Research (University of Utrecht University offered through Coursera).
  • Market Research and Consumer Behavior (IE Business School  offered through Coursera).
  • Influencing People (University of Michigan  offered through Coursera).
  • Prompt Engineering Generative AI for Marketing & Advertising (Coursera Project Network).
  • Brand Management: Aligning Business, Brand and Behaviour (University of London  offered through Coursera).
  • Teamwork Skills: Communicating Effectively in Groups (University of Colorado Boulder  offered through Coursera).
  • Patent Analytics Course - Offered by Turnip Innovations
  • Completed a Course on "Firms in Society", as part of International Summer School, from WFI Ingolstadt School of Management, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany.
  • Qualified UGC - National Eligibility Test January, 2017
  • Undergone Twenty One Days Residential Programme in Basic IT Skills (ASAP).
  • Certificate of Tally Accounting Software.
  • Certificate of Tax Practitioner Course.
  • European Business Law: Doing Business in Europe (Authorized by Lund university offered through Coursera).
  • International Leadership and Organizational Leadership (Authorized by University of Bocconi offered through Coursera).
  • An Introduction to American Law (Authorized by University of Pennsylvania -- Law School - offered through Coursera)
  • Understanding Research Methods (Authorized by University of London and SOAS University of London - offered through Coursera)
  •  Corporate & Commercial Law I: Contracts & Employment Law (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign offered through Coursera).
  • Strategic Management (Authorized by Copenhagen Business School, offered through Coursera)
  • A Law Student's Toolkit (Authorized by Yale University, offered through Coursera)
  • Fundamentals of Management (Authorized by University of California, Irvine,  offered through Coursera)
  • Marketing Analytics (Authorized by University of Virginia,  offered through Coursera)
  • Introduction to Personal Branding (Authorized by  University of Virginia,  offered through Coursera)
  • Strategic Management (Authorized by Copenhagen Business School, offered through Coursera)
  • Contract Law: From Trust to Promise to Contract (Harvard University, offered through EdX). 
  • Commerce and Management association of India (CMAoI) - Life Membership
  • SII Delegate to Nepal in March 2023 (Birgunj and Kathmandu)
  • WFI School of Management, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany – International Summer School.
  • NAAC Core Team Member (Fourth Cycle)
  • SPAC in Charge for Admission and Branding Pillar
  • Programme Coordinator - CMA (India) May 2020 - June 2020
  • Programme Coordinator - ACCA (UK) since June 2020
  • Outbound Training (OBT) - Faculty in Charge (B.Com/BBA)
  • Alumni in Charge (Department) Oct 2021 - May 2024
  • Member Board of Studies - Commerce