IITKGP

Prabha Bhola

Assistant Professor Grade-I

Rajendra Mishra School of Engg Entrepreneurship

+91-3222-282417

prabha@see.iitkgp.ac.in

Research Areas

  • Entrepreneurship Modelling
  • Sustainability and Circular Economy
  • Energy
  • Energy Policy and Economics
  • Firm Performance and SMEs
Research Areas/ Interests:

Energy Policy & Economics: Community renewable energy, Business modeling around RE projects, DRE systems 

Sustainability & Circular Economy: Circular business models, Entrepreneurship development, Sustainable development

Technology Entrepreneurship: Innovation and Venture management, SMEs
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  • Emerging Associates of the Circular Economy: Analysing Interactions and Trends by a Mixed Methods Systematic Review Ghosh A., Bhola P., Sivarajah U. By Sustainability (Switzerland) 14 - (2022)
  • Critical Linkages between Quality Management Practices and Performance from Indian IT Enabled Service SMEs Basu R., Bhola P. , Ghosh I. , Dan P. K. By Total Quality Management & Business Excellence Taylor & Francis. Accepted 881-919 (2018)
  • Evaluation of barriers and enablers through integrative multicriteria decision mapping: Developing sustainable community energy in Indian context Vallecha H., Bhattacharjee D., Osiri J.K., Bhola P. By Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 138 - (2021)
  • Ecodesigning and improving performance of plugin hybrid electric vehicle in rolling terrain through multi-criteria optimisation of powertrain Bhattacharjee D., Ghosh T., Bhola P., Martinsen K., Dan P. By Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part D: Journal of Automobile Engineering 236 1019-1039 (2022)
  • Data-driven surrogate assisted evolutionary optimization of hybrid powertrain for improved fuel economy and performance Bhattacharjee D., Ghosh T., Bhola P., Martinsen K., Dan P.K. By Energy 183 235-248 (2019)
  • Sustainability and replicability framework: Actor network theory based critical case analysis of renewable community energy projects in India Vallecha H., Bhola P. By Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 108 194-208 (2019)
  • A heuristic synthesis of multistage planetary gearbox layout for automotive transmission Bhattacharjee D., Bhola P., Dan P.K. By Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part K: Journal of Multi-body Dynamics 233 336-347 (2019)
  • An Analytical Review on Automatic Gear Shifting in Automotive Transmission Bhattacharjee D., Bhola P. , Dan P. K. By International Journal of Vehicle Design 77 227-246 (2018)
  • A framework of quality management practices for Indian service SMEs Basu R., Bhola P., Das M.C. By Quality Management Journal 27 62-75 (2020)
  • Modelling interrelationships of quality management, information technology and entrepreneurial culture and their impact on performance from Indian IT enabled service SMEs Basu R., Bhola P. By Benchmarking - (2021)

Principal Investigator

  • Consultancy cum Research Program at Bankura District to Strengthen Three Tiers of Panchayats for a Sustainable Development

Co-Principal Investigator

  • Renewable Energy Empowering European and Indian Communities (Re-Empowered) Department of Science and Technology

Ph. D. Students

Abhishek Kulshrestha

Area of Research: Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Akanksha Jaiswal

Area of Research: Product Development and Operations Management

Animesh Ghosh

Area of Research: Rural Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Ankur Gandotra

Area of Research: Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Harshit Vallecha

Area of Research: Technological Forecasting and Innovation

Rajat Ghosh

Area of Research: Renewable Energy

Rohit Raj

Area of Research: Business Analytics

Sachin Kumar Malik

Area of Research: Sustainability of Start-ups and Circular Economy