Dr. M. Iftekhar Ahmad is presently assistant professor at Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi (Patna Campus). He did his MBA and Ph.D. in Management, both from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra and is Certified Management Consultant from Consultancy Development Centre (CDC), Ministry of Science & Tech, Govt. of India. His research area includes Marketing Management, HR Practices, Strategic Management, Materials management, Supply chain management, Distributed Inventory Flow Forecasting approach adaptation in India and E-Commerce implementation in GCC countries. He also serves on the editorial board of management journal. He has more than 18 years of teaching experience at post graduate and graduate levels at national as well as international academic institutions. He is also having six plus years of industrial experience in the field of Marketing and Logistics management.

• Supply Chain Management with focus on circular supply chain management

• HR Practices and policies

• E-Commerce implementation in GCC countries

   

Research Papers published in International Refereed & indexed Journals

1. Ahmad, I. (2014). Implementation of E-Commerce in commodity & distributive sectors in the economy of Kuwait: An assessment of implementation results, International Journal of Business Research & Management, Volume 4, Issue 4, 65-72

2. Ahmad, I. and Agrawal, A. M. (2014). Major impediments in the growth of B2B ecommerce market in Kuwait: An Empirical Study from industrial perspective, European Journal Of Business & Management, Volume 6, Issue 17, pp 19-25

3. Ahmad, I. and Agrawal, A.M. (2012). ‘An Empirical Study of Problems in Implementation of Electronic Commerce in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’, International Journal of Business and Management, Volume 7, Issue 15, pp 15-26

4. Ahmad, I. and Agrawal, A. M. (2012). ‘Problems in implementing E-Commerce in Oman’, International Journal of Research in Computer Application & Management, Volume 2, Issue 5, pp 8-12

5. Ahmad, I.  (2009). ‘ICT in the development of GCC nations : Emerging Issues & Challenges’, Pacific Business Review, January -March Issue, pp 56-63

Research Paper presented in International Conferences & published in conference proceedings: 

1. 3^rd  NCT International Symposium on Industry-Academia Collaboration for Technological Innovation, 28-29 May’ 2012, Nizwa, Sultanate of Oman

2. International Conference on Knowledge Management & Resource Sharing, 27-28 February’ 2012, Muscat , Sultanate of Oman

3. International Conference On Service Industry : Challenges & Opportunities,  13^th-14^th September’ 2006, Muscat , Sultanate of Oman

Details of Papers presented in above mentioned conference / symposium  …...

Conference Proceeding :

Faculty Development Programme

Certified Management Consultant from  Consultancy Development Centre (CDC) , Ministry of Science & Technology, Govt. of India

Executed sponsored projects

Successfully completed sponsored project for M/s Sadolin Oman LLC. for re-positioning its interior and exterior paint brands in Oman and UAE.

• Member of Editorial Review Board of “Amity Journal of Management Research"- An International, Biannual, Refereed Journal of Management Research