IIMA Doctoral Summer School 2018

April 1 to April 5 2018

IIM Ahmedabad is organizing the IIMA Doctoral Summer School 2018 (DSS18) from April 1 – 5,
2018. DSS18 invites applications from doctoral students and young faculty for its research methods and
research development workshops. DSS18 is spread over 5 days and includes hands-on workshops on
research methods, research design, theory and literature review, and crafting and publishing research. The
methods workshops are designed to provide the participant with theoretical and conceptual knowledge as
well as providing the participant with a hands-on experience in deploying the method. Participants will
get to be a part of Individual and/or group assignments which will help in networking besides contributing
to mutual learning among participants. All the participants will be given a certificate of attendance at the
end of the program.

Program Details
Time Day 1 - April 1, 2018
08:30 – 09:00 Inauguration and Introduction
09:15 – 13:45 Designing Research
13:45 – 15:00 Lunch Break
15:00 – 19:15 Theory, Literature Review, and Argumentation
19:15 – 20:30 Dinner Break
20:30 – 22:00 Research Ideation in Groups (Groups will be informed later)
Time Day 2 - April 2, 2018
08:00 – 13:45 Research Methods – Quantitative Track & Qualitative Track
13:45 – 15:00 Lunch Break
15:00 – 19:15 Crafting and Publishing Research
19:15 – 20:30 Dinner Break
20:30 – 22:00 Research Ideation in Groups (Groups will be informed later)
Time Day 3 - April 3, 2018
08:00 – 13:45 Research Methods – Quantitative Track & Qualitative Track
13:45 – 15:00 Lunch Break
15:00 – 19:15 Research Methods – Quantitative Track & Qualitative Track
19:15 – 20:30 Dinner Break
20:30 – 22:00 Research Ideation in Groups (Groups will be informed later)
Time Day 4 - April 4, 2018
08:00 – 13:45 Research Methods – Quantitative Track & Qualitative Track
13:45 – 15:00 Lunch Break
15:00 – 19:15 Research Methods – Quantitative Track & Qualitative Track
19:15 – 21:00 Paper presentations by each group
21:00 onwards Dinner Break
Time Day 5 - April 5, 2018
08:00 – 10:45 Causality in Management Research
11:00 – 12:15 Modern methods of research communication
12:15 – 13:30 Valedictory Session
13:30 onwards Lunch Break and End of Workshop
Research methods covered in DSS18 and Tentative faculty
Quantitative Track Qualitative Track
Data Cleaning and Preparation Qualitative Research Methods in Business History
Research
Advanced Data Analysis Interpretive Research Methods
Meta-Analysis Grounded Theory
Experiments
Tentative Faculty
Prof. Abhiman Das Prof. Amit Karna
Prof. Anish Sugathan Prof. Arnab Laha
Prof. Chinmay Tumbe Prof. Ernesto Noronha
Prof. George Kandathil Prof. Neharika Vohra
Prof. Rama Mohan Turaga Prof. Vegard Iversen
Prof. Vijaya Sherry Chand
Registration and Fees
IIM Ahmedabad is organizing the IIMA Doctoral Summer School 2018 with the objectives of encouraging
the development of and collaboration among doctoral students and young faculty. There are no registration
and participation fees for DSS18. However, participants will have to bear their food and accommodation
expenses which are provided on campus. Accommodation will be provided to all participants in dormitory
rooms on campus on a single-occupancy basis. Indicative costs are given below. Selected candidates will
be notified by the first week of March 2018 and are expected to make the payment within a week of
notification of their acceptance.
Cost Head Cost
Registration and participation 0.00
Accommodation + Food + Miscellaneous operational costs 5932
Total Cost (inclusive of 18% GST) 7000.00

There are limited openings for DSS18 and we encourage interested candidates to register at the earliest.
All registered participants will be required to attend all the combined sessions on Day 1 and the afternoon
of Day 5.
Methods Track No. of openings
Quantitative Track 40
Qualitative Track 40

DSS18 is designed to benefit doctoral students and young faculty and preference will be given for such
applicants. We suggest interested applicants not to delay submitting their application. We are not
responsible for, nor will we entertain late submissions.

Click here to apply

Registration open from 30th January, 5:00 pm till 13th February, 5:00pm
Contact the team at: summerschool@iima.ac.in (expect response in 24 – 30 hrs.)
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