KUMAR SANJAY SAWARNI

Designation:

Professor, Chair: MBA Program & Co-Chair: Executive Education & TCEL

Area:

Accounting, Economics and Finance.

Education:

Ph D (IIM Ranchi), Post- Graduation in Business Management (IIM Ranchi), B Tech (IIT-ISM, Dhanbad)

Date of Joining:

2023-11-14

Dr. Kumar Sanjay Sawarni holds an engineering degree from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-ISM), Dhanbad, and a postgraduate degree in Business Management from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ranchi. He has earned his Ph.D. in Accounting and Finance from IIM Ranchi. With close to 32 years of professional experience, Dr. Sawarni has made significant contributions across consulting, project finance, transaction advisory, project management, corporate training, and business leadership. He brings valuable international experience, having worked in countries such as Australia and Mali (West Africa). Prior to joining TAPMI, he served as General Manager (Academics) at the Management Training Institute of the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL), Ranchi, where he led key academic and training initiatives.

Publications
Peer Reviewed Journal

 

  • Sawarni, K.S., Narayanasamy, S. &  Padhan, P. C. (2023), “Impact of Earnings Management on Working Capital Management Efficiency”, Finance Research Letters, Vol. 54, pp.103778 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2023.103778.
  • Sawarni, K.S., Narayanasamy, S. and Ayyalusamy, K. (2021), “Working capital management, firm performance and nature of business: An empirical evidence from India”, International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Vol. 70 No. 1, pp. 179-200. doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-10-2019-0468.
  • Sawarni, K.S., Narayanasamy, S., Chattopadhyay, S. and Chakrabarti, P. (2022), “Working capital management, financial performance and growth of firms: empirical evidence from India”, Journal of Indian Business Research, Vol. 14 No. 4, pp. 361-381. doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/JIBR-12-2020-0382.
  • Kumar, K., Sawarni, K. S., & Narayanasamy, S. (2024), “Does Efficiency in Working Capital Management Impact the Overall Performance of Firms? Evidence from India”. Global Business Review, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/09721509231213524
  • Kumar, S.S., Sawarni, K.S., Roy, S. and G, N. (2024), "Influence of working capital efficiency on firm’s composite financial performance: evidence from India", International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Vol. 73 No. 9, pp. 2787-2806. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-07-2023-0374
  • Sawarni, K.S., Narayanasamy, S., Gopal, N. and Shukla, A. (2024), "Whether Innovation Focused Companies Invest More in Working Capital: Evidence from India", International Journal of  Managerial and Financial Accounting , Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. DOI: 10.1504/IJMFA.2026.10066880
 Peer Reviewed Journal/Non Peer Reviewed Journal:
  • Sawarni, K. S. (2022), “Working Capital Determinants: Study of a Sample of Non-Financial BSE Listed Firms”, GROWTH: Journal of the Management Training Institute, SAIL, Ranchi, Vol. 50 No. 2, pp. 9-21.
  • Sawarni, K. S. (2022), “Corporate governance in India: An investigation into the evolution and recent developments”, GROWTH: Journal of the Management Training Institute, SAIL, Ranchi, Vol. 51 No. 1, pp. 7-18.
  • Investment Banking
  • Financial Management
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Financial Reporting and Analysis
  • Project and Infrastructure Finance

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  • Working capital management
  • Earnings management
  • Corporate governance
  • Project finance
Conferences and Workshops
Conferences:
  • Sivasankaran, N., Kumar, SS., Sawarni, KS., & Roy, S. (2023). Influence of working capital efficiency on firm’s composite financial performance- Evidence from India, Paper presented at International Finance and Accounting Conference (ICAF 2023), Indian Institute of Management Jammu, India.

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Best Paper Award for the paper titled “Influence of working capital efficiency on firm’s composite financial performance- Evidence from India” at International Finance and Accounting Conference (ICAF 2023), Indian Institute of Management Jammu, India.

Awarded BOG Chairman’s medal for securing the  First Position in the merit list of PGEXP at IIM Ranchi

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