Dr. Rachana Patil

Associate Professor & Program Incharge-Rural Management

about faculty

Education experience-

• PhD, Economics, RTM Nagpur University Thesis topic: "Economic Analysis of Production & Marketing of Tur/ Arhar in Akola District of Maharashtra (1998-2008)".
• MA Economics - Tilak Maharashtra University. Pune.
• M.Sc. Ag Economics - Dr. PDKV, Akola
• B.Sc. Agriculture - Shri Shivaji Agri College, Dr. PDKV, Akola.

Teaching Experience-

• 14 years’ experience in Teaching, Research, Mentoring and Consultancy in the domain of Agriculture Economics, Market research, Qualitative research, PRA research tools, Rural Consultancy, Agriculture & Rural Research projects and Training.

Academic Affiliation-

• Editorial board member for the International Journal of Agricultural Economics, USA.
• Editorial board member for the journal trends in biosciences ISSN0974-8.
• Global Research & Development Services (Association for Development of Teaching, Education and Learning (ADTEL)) Life-Time member.
• Editorial board member for the Dharohar research Journal of Management by DMIMS.
• Invited as resource person.
• Invited as a Member of the Expert Committee for Rural Syllabus Review committee, DMIMS, December 2015.
• Invited as a speaker for “A two days Online Faculty Development Programme on Pedagogy in Management and Computer Science education in Post Covid era”, organized by KCES's Institute of Management & Research, Jalgaon on 12th & 13th June 2020.

Professional Affiliation --

• Indian Economic Association.
• Indian Society for Agricultural Development and Policy

teaching & research

Teaching Interest: Rural Management, Agriculture, Economics, General Management-

Subject Expert / taught
• Managerial Economics
• Market Research
• Research Methodology
• Agricultural Economics
• Micro Economics
• Macro Economics
• Production Economics
• Agricultural Finance & Cooperation
• Agricultural Marketing
• Agribusiness Management

Subject Expert / taught
• Managerial Economics
• Market Research
• Research Methodology
• Agricultural Economics
• Micro Economics
• Macro Economics
• Production Economics
• Agricultural Finance & Cooperation
• Agricultural Marketing
• Agribusiness Management

Research Interest
• Entrepreneurship
• Circular Economy
• Sustainable development goals (SDGs)
• Women Empowerment
• Rural Economy

consulting

NABARD- An Evaluation Study of the Cluster Offices initiated by NABARD in three states: Haryana, Punjab, Telangana of India.

Research project from Mast Management and Measurement, Canada. Study on improving relevance of Vocational Education and Training in Bulgaria country

Core team member in Designed a training module and conducted training on branding and marketing for women SHG for entire Maharashtra under MSRLM project.

publications

Publications –

• Rachana Patil & Vineel Bhurke, Impact of rural entrepreneurship on migration- A case study of Dahanu (Maharashtra), India. Indian Journal of Agricultural Research. Vol 53 Issue 4 (August 2019), 500-503. Print ISSN:0367-8245 / Online ISSN:0976-058X.
• Vineel Bhurke and Rachana Patil Agriculture Students’ Career Aspiration and Awareness of Opportunities in Emerging Rural Market: A Collaborative Framework for Enhancing Employability. International Journal of Agricultural Sciences. Vol 14 No. 2, June 2018.
• Rachana Patil & Aisha Mohani, Entrepreneurship Leads to Reduction in Migration: A Case Study of Woman Entrepreneur in Palghar District of Maharashtra, India. Proceedings of The 6th Annual Conference of Economic Forum of Entrepreneurship & International Business at Oxford University United Kingdom. ISBN:978-09869581-9-9.
• Economic Analysis of Marketing Channel of Grapes in Maharashtra, Proceedings of the Annual conference on the Reaching consumers of emerging markets IIM Lucknow January 5-7,2017.
• Rachana Patil and Vineel Bhurke. 2016. Challenges and critical success factors in Rural Entrepreneurship - A case study of Dahanu, Maharashtra. Presented in International Conference on Agricultural Economics – 2016. Published in International Conference Issue Volume 19(1) 2016-17 of Maharashtra Journal of Agricultural Economics ISSN 2348-0793.

Case studies published:

Rachana Patil and Vineel Bhurke. 2017. First-Generation Entrepreneurship’s Dilemmas and Prospects – A Case of Hemlata Foam House. ET cases. Case ID: ENTP-1-0026, ENTP-1-0026A.

Paper presented-

Presented research paper at 62nd Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE) being organized by IIT Roorkee. On topic "A Study on Consequence and Impact of Lockdown on Migrant labors in India.

Presented research paper at 4th International Conference on Operations Management -Digitalization: A New Age of Business Innovations & Decision Making, ICFAI Business School Hyderabad

Presented research paper 'A study on Rural Education: Pre and Post Pandemic in Maharashtra, in online International Conference Changing global economic landscape: sustainable strategies for the new normal held on 23 & 25 March 2022 organized by CHRIST University in collaboration with Institute of Management Accountants, USA & Associate Partner Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment, UK.

Presented a research paper in International Conference on circular economy, Management & Industry 4.0: leading towards Sustainability. Organised by Bharati Vidyapeeth's, Institute of Management studies & research Navi Mumbai & Apeejay School of Management, New Delhi 21-22 Oct 2021.

National Conference on Catalyzing Change and innovation in Women Entreleaderhip – India perspectives, Organised by Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development & Research (WeSchool) Bengaluru, held on 29th -30th November 2021.

Participated & presented a research paper in the Convention on "Rediscovering Management Education For The Pandemic World: The Road Map Ahead" from 26 to 28 August 2021.

Participated in a Faculty Development Program on “Research Methods and Publications” July 12-16, 2021 organised by Prin. L. N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research.

Participated in Innovation Ambassador training (Advanced Level, Total 16 Sessions of 30 contact hours) conducted by MoE's Innovation Cell & AICTE during the period from 30th June - 30th July 2021.

Participated and successfully completed the 5-day online FDP on the theme “Inculcating Universal Human Values in Technical Education” organized by All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE) from 26th July, 2021 to 30th July,2021

Presented research paper in 2nd International Conference on Management Skills and Growth Strategies in the Post-Pandemic Period. organised by Prin. L.N. Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research, Mumbai – January 21-22, 2021.

Presented research paper on “Role of Management Education in Entrepreneurship Development”. In International conference. Jointly organized by IIT Bombay & University of North Texas, USA, 9th Jan – 11th Jan 2020.

Presented a research paper Titled "A Journey from Black Board to Smart Board: A Study in Schools of Rural Maharashtra India" in 4FIR- Fourth Industrial Revolution Transforming Business Conference, 2020 organized by Sharjah Women Campus, Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), Sharjah, United Arab Emirates on 24th Sept, 2020.

Presented research paper Application of Circular Economy Philosophy in Urban Waste Management for Growing Healthy Food in 2nd International Conference on Challenges in Emerging Economies held at K. J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research, Mumbai. On 22nd to 23rd November,2019.

Presented research paper on Entrepreneurship leads to reduction in migration: A case study of woman entrepreneur in Palghar district of Maharashtra India. In 6th Annual Conference of Economic Forum of Entrepreneurship & International Business held at Oxford University, United Kingdom. On 28th Jan – 30th Jan 2017.

Presented research paper on “Economic Analysis Of Yield Gaps Of Soybean In Vidarbha Region Of India”. In Fourth PAN IIMA World Management Conference held at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. On 13th- 15th December, 2016.

awards & honors

Received Best Paper Presentation Award in an International Conference on circular economy, Management & Industry 4.0: leading towards Sustainability Organised by Bharati Vidyapeeth's, Institute of Management studies & research Navi Mumbai & Apeejay School of Management, New Delhi 2021.

Received Bharat Ratna Mother Teresa gold medal award for outstanding individual achievement in education and Research by Global Economic Progress & research Association New Delhi.

Received Young Female Scientist Award 2016' in the field of Agri Economics, with a silver medal in the memory of Lt. M. P. Mahindre. In 18th International Conf. held at Dapoli Agri University, Maharashtra on 12th & 13th Feb 2016.

Received the Best Paper Presentation Award in State Conference on Topic “SEZ”, 2011.

Received Best Paper Presentation Appreciation Award in National Seminar 2009 for the Topic “Value Addition of Soybean” held at CIRG, Mathura (U.P.)