Meena bhatia
Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur, Birla Institute of Management Technology, IMT, Bimtech, IIFT, Bombay Stock Exchange Institute
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About
Dr. Meena Bhatia is Professor of Finance and Accounting at the Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur. With over 28 years of experience across academia and industry, she combines deep financial expertise with proven leadership in academic administration and quality assurance.
She has previously served as Dean – Executive Education at BIMTECH, where she led executive training, faculty development, and online education, in addition to steering key institutional initiatives such as AACSB, NAAC, NIRF, and NBA accreditations, and serving as Convener for Assurance of Learning (AoL). Earlier, as Dean of the University of Bradford’s India Programme, she ensured academic parity with the UK campus and successfully navigated QAA validations. She also held the role of Director, IILM Graduate School of Management, overseeing curriculum design, academic governance, faculty development, and international collaborations with AACSB and EFMD.
Her research spans capital markets, behavioral finance, and valuation, with publications in leading national and international journals. She actively mentors Ph.D. scholars and contributes to academic conferences. Alongside research, she designs and delivers management development programmes in finance, investment analysis, and strategic costing for corporates, PSUs, and SMEs, and has provided consultancy to small and medium enterprises. She is currently engaged in a research project with the Multi-Commodity Exchange on commodity options strategies for enhancing participation of hedgers and small stakeholders.
Dr. Bhatia holds a Ph.D. and professional qualifications including FCMA, CFA, MBA, and B.Com (Hons.). A merit holder from the Institute of Cost Accountants of India and a scholarship awardee from ICFAI, she brings a strong blend of academic rigor and practical insights to her work.
Employment
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Indian Institute of Management Sambalpur Professor2025 - Present
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Birla Institute of Management Technology Professor2013 - 2025
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IMT, Bimtech, IIFT, Bombay Stock Exchange Institute Visiting Professor2012 - 2013
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Institute for Integrated Learning in Management Professor, Director2005 - 2012
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Rai Business School Associate Professor2002 - 2005
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HB Portfolio ltd. Assistant Manager2002 - 2002
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Wigan and Leigh College Faculty1998 - 2002
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International Management Centre Faculty1997 - 1998
Education
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Publications (39)
- Green Project Investments and Corporate Responsibilities: Enablers, Challenges, and Strategies for Mitigating Risks Save
- Emission reduction strategies and negative emission solutions-pathways, drivers, and challenges Save
- Drivers and Challenges in Achieving Corporate Carbon Neutrality—Qualitative Investigation of Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage Technologies Save
- Interplay Between Financial Literacy, Firm’s Characteristics, Behavioural Biases and Investment Choices—A Conditional Mediation Model Save
- Mapping the Conceptual and Intellectual Structure of the Investor’s Financial Behaviour: A Bibliometric Analysis Save
- Artificial intelligence and corporate carbon neutrality: A qualitative exploration Save
- Current Dynamics and Future Growth of Online Travel Agencies Save
- Digital technologies and carbon neutrality goals: An in-depth investigation of drivers, barriers, and risk mitigation strategies Save
- Drivers and barriers of smart technologies for circular economy: Leveraging smart circular economy implementation to nurture companies' performance Save
- Identifying the motivating factors to promote socially responsible consumption under circular economy: A perspective from norm activation theory Save