Debapratim Purkayastha Explained

Debapratim Purkayastha
Birth Place:Assam, India

Debapratim Purkayastha (Bengali: দেবপ্রতিম পুরকায়স্থ; born 1976) was a professor of strategy, academic leader and case method expert.[1] [2]

Early life and education

Purkayastha was born in Hailakandi, Assam, to Dilip Kumar Purkayastha, a bureaucrat and former Regional Passport Officer, and Anima Purkayastha.[3] He spent most of his childhood and did his early education in Guwahati, completing his BSc from Cotton College, Gauhati University.[4] Purkayastha completed his MBA from Utkal University, and PhD from Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar.[5]

Career and roles

Purkayastha joined ICFAI in 2006 after a stint in the pharmaceutical industry. Before that, he had worked in sales, sales force management and product management, at companies such as Torrent Pharmaceuticals, Zydus Cadila, Themis Medicare, and Hetero Drugs.

In addition to teaching Strategy at ICFAI Business School Hyderabad (ICFAI Foundation for Higher Education, Hyderabad), Purkayastha headed the IBS Case Research Center first as an Associate Dean,[6] Dean and then as Director.[7] [8] [9] His main areas of scholarship include corporate social responsibility as strategy; inclusive business models; and social entrepreneurship.[10]

Purkayastha was also the consulting editor of Case Folio – The IUP Journal of Management Case Studies,[11] a member of the Editorial Board for Case Research Journal, published by North American Case Research Association; and an Editorial Advisory Board member of ‘The CASE Journal’, the official journal of The CASE Association (published by the Emerald Group) and ‘Case Focus’, published by The Case Centre.

Awards and recognition

Purkayastha was conferred the 'Outstanding Contribution to the Case Method' award in 2015, from The Case Centre's Executive Committee.[12] [13] He was the youngest, and the first educator from India to receive this award.[14] He was also the first educator from outside North America and Europe to feature on the list of The Case Centre's all-time top authors list[15] (covering 40 years, i.e., from 1974 to 2014) released in 2014.[16] [17]

Purkayastha was The Case Centre's bestselling author every year since 2016, when the list was first made public.[18] [19] [20] He was recognized for developing case studies in different innovative topics and formats including graphic novel (comic book) format.[21] For instance, in 2019, his case 'Turbulence on the Tarmac', illustrated by Sid Ghosh, won the 'Outstanding Compact Case' award from The Case Centre.[22]

Purkayastha's other awards are from the Academy of Management,[23] [24] [25] Association of MBAs, EFMD,[26] [27] [28] [29] CEEMAN,[30] Emerald Group, North American Case Research Association,[31] [32] oikos International,[33] The Case Centre,[34] [35] [36] [37] John Molson School of Business (Concordia University),[38] [39] China Europe International Business School,[40] [41] AESE Business School,[42] Syracuse University,[43] etc.[44] [45] [46]

In March 2018, Purkayastha received the Career360's “Faculty Research Awards”, which recognized India's top educators. The award was presented by Prakash Javadekar, the then Minister of Human Resource Development, Government of India.[47]

In 2021, Purkayastha won his eleventh Case Centre Awards, placing him just two awards behind the record thirteen awards won by Sumantra Ghosal.[48] [49]

Death

On 7 May 2021, Dr. Purkayastha passed away due to COVID-19.[50]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chakravorty. Reshmi. 13 December 2016. Professor Debapratim Purkayastha: The case study expert. 2020-06-03. Deccan Chronicle. en.
  2. Book: Sauerbronn, Fernanda Filgueiras, Diochon, Pauline Fatien, Mills, Albert J. and Raufflet, Emmanuel (Eds). The Dark Side 3: Critical Cases on the Downside of Business. Routledge. 2017. 9781783537570. XI.
  3. Web site: 17 November 2016. Cotton alumnus bestselling author of case studies in management. 2020-08-18. The Assam Tribune Online.
  4. News: 25 February 2015. Āntaḥrāsṭriẏa pōrajāẏōt jilikila adhyāpak Dēbapratim Purakāẏastha. Ājir Dainik Bāṭōri (Assamese Daily Newspaper).
  5. Web site: Team. E. I. S.. 26 October 2020. Case Method Virtuoso Debapratim Purkayastha Tops Bestselling List Again!. 2020-11-07. East India Story. en-US.
  6. 13–26 April 2015. Case for a Cause. Business India Magazine. 96.
  7. Web site: BLoC. Team. 27 April 2020. ICFAI Business School among world's most successful case publishers. 2020-06-03. @businessline. en.
  8. Web site: McCracken. Richard. 16 November 2019. Teaching cases: Vision, realisation and impact. 2020-06-04. @businessline. en.
  9. Web site: InsideIIM Career Services. 28 August 2020. Dr. Debapratim Purkayastha's Expert Views Published In "India's Top 500 Companies 2020". 2020-09-09. InsideIIM. en.
  10. Web site: 40th anniversary bestselling author: Debapratim Purkayastha. 2020-11-07. thecasecentre.org. en. 14 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201114081530/https://www.thecasecentre.org/educators/aboutus/40anniversary/bestsellingauthors/purkayastha. dead.
  11. Book: Diochon, Pauline Fatien, Raufflet, Emmanuel and Mills, Albert J. (Eds). The Dark Side 2: Critical Cases on the Downside of Business. Greenleaf Publishing. 2013. 978-1-906093-92-1. 126.
  12. Web site: Outstanding Contribution to the Case Method 2015 winner. 2020-06-03. thecasecentre.org. en. 3 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200603160528/https://www.thecasecentre.org/educators/casemethod/awards/winners/contribution2015. dead.
  13. Web site: Kamath. Vinay. 9 June 2015. Case studies help students apply theories and concepts in a real-world scenario. 2020-06-06. @businessline. en.
  14. News: Reporter. B. S.. 27 February 2015. ICFAI B-school professor gets global recognition. Business Standard India. 2020-06-04.
  15. Web site: Open Magazine. 8 November 2019. Dr. Debapratim Purkayastha: Best Selling Case Author. 2020-09-09. Open The Magazine. en-GB.
  16. Web site: Hindustan Times. 9 April 2015. Achieving New Milestones in Education. 2020-06-04. PressReader.
  17. Web site: 40th anniversary bestselling authors. 2020-06-19. thecasecentre.org. en. 26 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200426035331/https://www.thecasecentre.org/educators/aboutus/40anniversary/bestsellingauthors/intro. dead.
  18. Web site: Top 40 Bestselling Case Authors 2018/19. 2020-06-03. thecasecentre.org. en. 16 June 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200616095148/https://thecasecentre.org/educators/casemethod/bestsellingauthors/2019/intro. dead.
  19. Web site: ICFAI Business School Professor Tops 2018-19 Bestselling Authors List. 2020-06-03. ANI News. en.
  20. Web site: The New Indian Express. 28 October 2020. Hyderabad prof in bestselling author list. 2020-11-07. The New Indian Express.
  21. Web site: Dhoul. Tim. Spring 2017. Cinematic Scenarios and Comics: The Case Method in Context. 2020-06-04. QS TopMBA Career Guide. pp. 16-17. en.
  22. Web site: Ethier. Marc. 25 February 2019. Who Is Writing, & Who Is Teaching, The Best MBA Cases?. 2020-06-04. Poets&Quants. en-US.
  23. Web site: Telangana Today. 3 September 2018. ICFAI Business School Wins Dark Side Case Award in the US. 2020-06-04. Telangana Today. en-US.
  24. Web site: BLoC. Team. 21 August 2018. ICFAI Business School wins Dark Side Case Award. 2020-06-04. @businessline. en.
  25. Web site: Telangana Today. 28 August 2017. ICFAI Business School case on sexual harassment wins award. 2020-06-04. Telangana Today. en-US.
  26. Web site: Bradshaw. Della. 19 April 2012. Oxford and IBS in photo finish for case competition. 2020-06-04. www.ft.com. en-GB.
  27. Web site: The Hans India. 1 May 2019. IBS wins three EFMD Case awards. 2020-06-04. www.thehansindia.com. en.
  28. Web site: ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad Wins EFMD Case Award. 2020-06-04. BW Education. en.
  29. Web site: BLoC. Team. 17 June 2016. Authors from IBS Hyderabad win big at European case study awards. 2020-06-04. @businessline. en.
  30. Web site: CEEMAN. 4 September 2013. 19th CEEMAN Case Writing Competition in Cooperation with Emerald. 2020-06-04. www.ceeman.org.
  31. Web site: 14 November 2011. IBS Hyderabad wins CMA-Alberta Award for outstanding case in Corporate Governance. 2020-06-04. India CSR. en-US.
  32. Web site: BLoC. Team. 17 October 2015. Case from ICFAI Business School Wins Best Case Award at NACRA 2015. 2020-06-04. @businessline. en.
  33. Web site: Vatyam. Nirupa. 8 June 2018. ICFAI Business School sweeps Oikos Case Writing Competition 2018 - Times of India. 2020-06-04. The Times of India.
  34. Web site: BLoC. Team. 26 February 2020. ICFAI Business School bags two Case Centre awards. 2020-06-04. @businessline. en.
  35. Web site: Telangana Today. 6 March 2018. IBS wins 'Outstanding Case Writer' Award. 2020-06-04. Telangana Today. en-US.
  36. Web site: Bradshaw. Della. 22 February 2015. Harvard scoops the trophies in the business school 'Oscars'. 2020-06-04. www.ft.com. en-GB.
  37. Web site: 23 September 2014. ICFAI Business School faculty wins The Case Centre, UK Award. 2020-06-04. @businessline. en.
  38. Web site: 2 July 2019. ICFAI B-school wins two prizes in an International Writing Contest -. 2020-06-04. Unstop. en-US.
  39. Web site: Past cases John Molson MBA International Case Competition. 2020-06-04. en-US.
  40. Web site: Sridhar. G. Naga. 26 May 2016. ICFAI Business School authors win global case studies contest. 2020-06-04. @businessline. en.
  41. Book: Eds.. China-Focused Cases Selected Winners of the CEIBS Global Case Contest. Springer. 2019. 978-981-13-2706-3. 57 and 137.
  42. Web site: 5 March 2014. ICFAI study wins Case Award. 2020-06-04. @businessline. en.
  43. Web site: BLoC. Team. 7 June 2019. ICFAI B-school wins two prestigious awards. 2020-06-04. @businessline. en.
  44. Web site: 2 March 2016. Faculty from ICFAI Business School, Hyderabad, win Case Centre awards. 2020-06-04. @businessline. en.
  45. Web site: Irish Sun. 30 October 2020. ICFAI Business School Professor Tops Case Authors List. 2020-11-07. Irish Sun. en.
  46. Web site: Dare2Compete rebrands to Unstop. https://web.archive.org/web/20220625114434/http://bweducation.businessworld.in/article/Dare2Compete-Rebrands-To-Unstop-/27-04-2022-426730/. dead. 25 June 2022. Unstop.com (formerly Dare2Compete). 2021-05-12.
  47. Web site: Telangana Today. 26 March 2018. IBS professor in top faculty. 2020-06-03. Telangana Today. en-US.
  48. Web site: Team. E. I. S.. 5 March 2021. ICFAI Prof Purkayastha Wins 11th "Case Oscars". live. 2021-03-12. East India Story. en-US. https://web.archive.org/web/20210306072216/https://eastindiastory.com/icfai-prof-purkayastha-wins-11th-case-oscars/ . 6 March 2021 .
  49. Web site: Financial Express. 3 March 2021. ICFAI Business School Winner in 31st Case Centre Awards. 2021-03-23. epaper.financialexpress.com.
  50. Web site: 'A true explorer': COVID-19 claims ICFAI's Debapratim Purkayastha. 2021-06-08. news.careers360.com. 25 May 2021 . en.

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