Research

Dr. Thomas Koshy

Name             

Dr. Thomas Koshy

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Reader in Commerce
Commerce Department
Mar Ivanios College, Trivandrum – 15

                        Res:

Kuzhiyil House, Convent Lane,
Nalanchira, P.O., Trivandrum - 15

Educational Qualification

M.Com., Ph.D., (Kerala University)

Experience    

Teaching: 30 years teaching experience in B.Com and M.Com Courses
Research: Approved Research guide of Kerala University since 1994; 13 years Research experience in guiding research activities.

Areas of Research

Financial Management, Security Analysis and Portfolio Management, Corporate Governance etc.
No. of Ph.D. produced : 1
No. of Ph.D. thesis submitted for Evaluation      : 1

Research Projects

Research projects undertaken and completed:

  1. Role of Non-Banking financial Institutions in the Industrial Development of Kerala – 1993
  2. Problems and prospects of Readymade Garment Industry in Kerala -2004

3) Role of Khadi and Village Industries Board in Promoting Khadi and Village Industries in Kerala – 2007.

Research Publications

No. of Research paper’s published – 11

  1. “Role of Kerala Financial Corporation in the Industrial Development of Kerala” Published in “Commerce and Business Research July – December : 1990”.
  2. ‘Role of Kerala State Industrial Development Corporation in the Industrial Development of Kerala” published in ‘Vyavaisaya Keralam’ July – August 1990.
  3. “Role of Financial Institutions in promoting Industrialisation in Kerala State” published in “Southern Economist” – Dec: 1993.
  4. “Problems and prospects of small scale industry under the New Economic Policy” – Published in “Indian Commerce Buttelin May – 1996.
  5. “Banking Etharastapanangalum Vyvasaya Valarchayum” – Vijayana Kairali – Feb : 1994.
  6. “Spices Export – A trend Analysis” – Kerala Calling August 1996.
  7. “Development of Tourism” – Kerala Calling June 1997.
  8. “Tourism Industry and Eco-Conversation in Kerala” India Commerce Bulletin Vol. 2, August 1998.
  9. “For Business and Industrial Development” – Kerala Calling March 1998.
  10. “Tourism Industry and Ecological conservation” – Teacher Learner and Society – June 2005.
  11. “Role of Non-Banking Financial Institutions in Industrial Development” – Indian Economy in the Globalization World, New Country Publications, New Delhi – 2006.

Papers Presented at Conferences

  1. “Problems and Prospects of small industries in the New Economic Order” – All India Commerce Congress ’96.

2) “Tourism Industry and Eco-conservation in Kerala” – All India Commerce Congress – ’98.

Conferences/ Seminars/ Refresher Courses/ Orientation Courses/ Workshops participated/ attended
  1. Attended the summer Institute in Commerce organized by Calicut University – 1979.
  2. Attended the National Seminar on Export promotion conducted by the Kerala University – 1990.
  3. Participated in the summer instituted cum workshop conducted by Kerala University - 1995
  4. Participated in the National Seminar on ‘Women Entrepreneurship in Kerala’ organized under the sponsorship of U.G.C Kerala University – 1998.
  5. Seminar on Commerce Education in India under globalization – Department of Commerce, Kerala University – 2005.
  6. Refresher Course in Commerce and Management Academic Staff College, Kerala -2002.
  7. Workshop for Restructuring the B.Com curriculum – Board of studies in Commerce, Kerala University 2005.

8) International Conference on Tourism – Dept. of Commerce, Kerala University – 2004.

Positions Held

  1. Chairman, M.Com Final Semester Examination Board -2006, Kerala University
  2. Examiner for the Evaluation of answer papers of the “Institute of Company Secretaries of India” – 1998 & 1999.
  3. Additional Chief Superintended for the conduct of Kerala University Examinations at Mar Ivanios College Centre – 2005.

4) Mar Ivanios College Council Member – 1995

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