As the pioneer in Management education and leading MBA college in Kerala, SMS CUSAT has the onus of cultivating a rich research culture amongst Higher education institutions. The university campus provides the necessary infrastructure in terms of space, equipment, and support services for doing research. All faculty members and research scholars are encouraged and empowered to come out with cutting edge research in contemporary Management domains.

Major facilities in SMS for Research include a Management Library with access to more than 15,000 core and peer-reviewed journals, free access to journal databases like JSTOR, Science Direct, ProQuest, Emerald, Wiley, Cambridge and JGate to name a few. The library also has access to 45 national and international periodicals on the subscription list including Print Journals, Periodicals, Magazines, Business Dailies, Newspapers etc.

The School has a Data Processing Lab with free accessibility to Prowess & EPW databases. It also offers refresher programs for library orientation and reference management and webinars/workshops for research writing. Workshops in research methodology, Bibliometric analysis and Data analytics are also periodically conducted.

Training Consultancy at SMS

A three-day Executive Development Programme for the technical executives of Admod Technologies Pvt. Ltd. was conducted by the School of Management Studies (SMS), CUSAT, from July 5–7, 2023. Designed and led by Dr. Smarty Mukundan, the programme focused on enhancing managerial performance and leadership capabilities. The program developed after a thorough Training Need Analysis, helped participants strengthen key managerial skills, improve decision-making, and prepare for future growth and leadership opportunities.

Consultancy Assignment

An impact assessment study was carried out for Cochin Shipyard Ltd for the CSR project “Thalir” Model Anganwadis at Wayanad district. SMS has internal expertise of faculty resources who are experienced in carrying out impact assessments and monitoring and assessment of development projects. Dr Sangeetha K Prathap and Dr. Devi Soumyaja, internal faculty of SMS carried out the study as a consultancy assignment.

Project Merry Metro

Project Merry Metro for gamifying commuter engagement at Kochi Metro was inaugurated by Prof. Dr. K N Madhusoodanan (Honourable Vice Chancellor, CUSAT) by releasing the logo of the project. The one-month project engaged 6000 passengers in Kochi Metro through 5 major gamification interventions.

Hrudayapoorvam CIAL

Project Hrudayapoorvam CIAL for gamifying health care awareness at Cochin International Airport Limited was inaugurated by S.Suhas, Managing Director, CIAL by releasing the Mascot of the Project “CIAL Sweetheart”. The two weeks project engaged 1000 passengers through three gamified interventions.

Varnashalabhangal

Project Varnashalabhangal for gamifying child development at Govt. Children’s Home, Kakkanad was inaugurated by Sri. Jaffer Malik, IAS (Collector, Ernakulam) by giving the plant saplings to Smt. Deepa M S (superintendent, Govt. Children’s Home, Kakkanad). The one-month project engaged all the girls of the children’s home through multiple gamification interventions.

Gamifying NAULS five year LLB Curriculum

Consultancy Agreement of gamifying NAULS LLB Curriculum was shared by Prof. Dr. K N Madhusoodanan (Honourable Vice Chancellor, CUSAT) to Prof. Dr. K C Sunny (Honourable Vice Chancellor, NUALS). The initiative was the first in the country to integrate gamification into the curriculum of a course offered by a university.

The School has undertaken a project exploring the factors affecting scalability of women led micro-enterprises in Kerala. The ongoing project, funded by the National Commission for Women, New Delhi is being executed under the mentorship of Dr. Sangeetha K Prathap, Assistant Professor, SMS, CUSAT and her team of eminent co-investigators. Literature available on micro enterprises at the bottom of the pyramid, concentrates on aspects like microfinance, financial inclusion, poverty eradication, empowerment and enterprise formation and building. However, there are only limited studies that deal with problems of micro-enterprises at the bottom of the pyramid, particularly women enterprises. Though micro credit concept has taken off, micro enterprises are still struggling to gather the required momentum for sustenance. In this backdrop, it is pertinent to analyse the problems faced by the Kudumbasree micro enterprises in Kerala in scaling up their businesses. The study also offers need based solutions on the basis of identified problems.