IIT Madras

Department of
Management Studies

Dr. Richa Agrawal
Faculty Profile

Dr. Richa Agrawal

Associate Professor Advisor: Entrepreneurship - Cell (E-Cell), IIT Madras
Ph.D. (2007) — S.J.M. School of Management, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
M.B.A. (1996) — (Specialization in Marketing), Monirba Allahabad University
B.A. (1994) — (Economics, Political Science, Geography), Allahabad University
richa[at]iitm[.]ac[.]in +91-44-2257 4564 Office: DoMS 307

Experience

  • Faculty In-charge NIRMAN: The Pre-incubator (April 2022 - 2023).
  • Sabbatical: Columbia Entrepreneurship Innovation and Design Studio, Columbia University (July - Dec 2020).
  • IIT Madras: March 2010 to present.
  • MICA (Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad): July 2007 to March 2010.

Teaching Interests

  • Customer Relationship Marketing (CRM)
  • Consumer Behavior
  • Marketing Tools: Strategies and Innovation
  • Insights and Innovations in Marketing
  • Design Thinking

Research Interests & Guidance

  • Gamification in marketing
  • Human engagement with AI powered devices
  • Consumer behaviour (Online & Offline)
  • Consumption communities & Luxury/Environmentally Responsible Consumption
  • Developing Psychometric measures/scales

Scholars Graduated: Post-doc (1), PhD (2), MS (4). (4 Scholars received Best Thesis awards).

Publications

International Research Papers

  • Agrawal, R. (2018). “Envisioning a Sustainable Future by Doing What It Takes”, in Legends in Strategic Marketing: Rajan Varadarajan. Sage Publications.
  • Agrawal, R. and Gupta, S (2018). “Consuming Responsibly: Exploring Environmentally Responsible Consumption Behaviors”, Journal of Global Marketing.
  • Gupta, S. and Agrawal, R. (2017). “Environmentally Responsible Consumption: Construct Definition, Scale Development, and Validation”, Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management.
  • Narayanan, S. and Agrawal, R. (2017). “Privacy and Information Trading on Social Media App(lication)s”, Routledge – New York.
  • Agrawal, R. and Ramachandran, G. (2017). “Flocking Together – Benefits and Costs of Small Group Consumption Community Participation”, European Journal of Marketing.
  • Raja, S. and Agrawal, R. (2013). “Perceived Brand Greenness: Scale Development and Validation”, Yale China India Insights Conference, NY.
  • Agrawal, Richa, SS Gaur and Archana Narayanan (2012). Determining Customer Loyalty: Review and Model, the Marketing Review journal.
  • Gaur, SS and Richa Agrawal (2007). Service Quality Measurement in Retail Store Context... the Marketing Review.
  • Agrawal, Richa and SS Gaur (2007). Customers Relational Behavior in a Pseudo-relationship Context. AMA Conference Proceedings.

Conference Proceedings (Selected)

  • Richa Agrawal, Narayanan S. and Vishwadeep R. (2018). “Impact of Ad Personalization on CTR”, Global Marketing Conference, Tokyo.
  • Sudhanshu Gupta and Agrawal R. (2017). Papers on Environmentally Responsible Consumption presented at Emerging Markets Conference Board.
  • Varuna Newatiya and Agrawal R. (2015). “Beyond Status! Why new luxury customers in India are buying luxury”, Annual London Business Research Conference.
  • Giridhar Ramachandran and Agrawal R. (2013). “Coffee Shops Yesterday, Running Groups Today", ACR Conference, Chicago.

Case Studies & Books

  • Book: Changing Trends in Management: Challenges and Opportunities, Excel Books (2003).
  • Case: Agrawal, Richa (2009). Threat of a ‘Me Too’ Perception: A Case of Café Coffee Day, Marketing Review.
  • Case: Agrawal, Richa et al. (2007). Dynadrives at Cross Roads (ECCH).
  • Case: Radio Mirchi - A Success Story (ECCH).

Industrial Training & Consultancy

Training & Workshops (Selected)

  • IIT Madras Incubation Cell (2020): Insightful Marketing Workshop for Startups.
  • MADITSSIA (2020): Designing Insight Based Solutions.
  • Samanvay (2019/2020): Design Thinking Workshops for Startups and Entrepreneurs.
  • Larsen & Toubro (2019): Multiple workshops on Negotiation Skills, Customer Satisfaction & Value Creation.
  • Hyundai Motor India Ltd. (2019): Designing Solutions: Better-To-Best workshop.
  • CVRDE (2019): Principles of Design Thinking.
  • Indian Bank (IMAGE) (2019): CRM Concepts for Banking.
  • AAVIN (2013): Strategic use of Marketing for Selling Milk and Milk Products.
  • Indian Postal Services (2006): CRM for Marketing of Services.

Faculty Development Programs (FDPs)

  • Theory Construction for Model Specification Workshops (2017, 2018).
  • Scale Development Workshops (2016, 2017).
  • Case Writing Workshops (2009, 2010, 2011).
  • QIP on Marketing Advancements (BHU, 2010).

Honours, Awards & Grants

  • Best Paper Award: "What is Environmentally Responsible Consumption...", Arun K. Jain Award at EMCB IIM Lucknow (2017).
  • Best Paper Award: "Benefits of Flocking Together...", Syndicate Bank Award at IMR Doctoral Conference, IIMB (2014).
  • Top 30 Research Proposal: AMS Doctoral Consortium 2016, Orlando (Environmentally responsible consumption).
  • Top 50 Research Proposal: AMS Doctoral Consortium 2015, Denver (Consumption Community Participation).
  • Fellowship: National Doctoral Fellowship in Management (First recipient), AICTE.
  • Grant: DAAD Germany for Teaching Design Thinking (2019).
  • Grant: Erasmus+ Staff Mobility for Teaching and Training (2019).
  • Travel Grants: Academy of Marketing Science (2015), AICTE (2008), Dorabji Tata Trust (2005, 2006).
  • Academic Excellence: Highest CPI (9.75/10) ever at SJM SOM, IIT Bombay.

Foreign Engagements

  • University of Passau, Germany (2019): Teaching Design Thinking.
  • University of Turku, Finland (2019): Teaching Consumer Perception & Cultural Influences.
  • EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland (2011): Marketing & Innovation for Entrepreneurs.

Research Collaborations

  • NYU Stern School of Business, New York, USA
  • Columbia University, New York, USA
  • Nanyang Technological University, Singapore