Sri Lanka Journal of Management Studies new volume dedicated to Prof. K.S. Chandrasekar

Prof. K.S. Chandrasekar

The new issue of Sri Lanka Journal of Management Studies(SLJMS) is dedicated to Professor K.S. Chandrasekar .Currently he is serving as Campus director at the  Institute of Management in Kerala, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala state, India. Professor Chandrasekar can be considered a rare intellectual with competencies in scholarly contribution and leadership. His teaching areas are Marketing Management and Entrepreneurship which prompted him to write twelve leading textbooks through nationally renowned publishers. He was also instrumental in getting two national patents which can be seen practicing in the industry. He is an author and reviewer for many internationally reputed journals and won four best paper awards for papers presented at International conferences. More importantly, Professor Chandrasekar won the gold medal for the model of “Chandrasekar Action Attitude Model (CAA)” from the Indian Commerce Association. 

Professor K.S. Chandrasekar has so far supervised 63 scholars to complete their Ph.D. in Management and of which many scholars belonged to Afghanistan, Kenya, Iran and Ethiopia. He has been on the research committees of many South Indian universities and offered his research expertise. Professor Chandrasekar has offered his research and academic expertise to many International and Indian universities. For nearly eight years, he adorned the position of Dean of the Faculty of Management Studies and was instrumental in launching many innovative management programs in Food processing management, Travel and Tourism, Logistics Management and Tourism and Hospitality. Through external funding to University of Kerala, was able to obtain about Rs. 1570 million for research and infrastructural development. He was the first to bring in the novel concept of Chair Professorship at University of Kerala. In his quest for developing Entrepreneurship in the State of Kerala, he was able to work closely with the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. On the administrative front, Professor Chandrasekar held the posts of Acting Vice Chancellor, Registrar in charge, Director of the School of Business Management and Legal Studies and Head of the Department for more than a decade. He is also on the national council of the All India Management Association, and the Indian Society for Training and Development. He got fellowships from many reputed institutes and was honoured for his research output by many international and national agencies. Professor Chandrasekar   is also considered of the Top 10 Thinkers 2023 by MTC Global, Won Asia’s best Professor in Marketing by CMO, Singapore. He was instrumental in launching Executive MBA, Distance MBA, Evening MBA, Energy management etc., through various universities. A proud alumnus of prestigious BITS, Pilani, BSMED, Bharathiar University, and Alagappa University, he is continuing to contribute to management education and research on a global scale

As mentioned earlier in the Asian context rarely you can observe scholars with leadership skills. Some may argue that in management disciplines despite writing policy papers many scholars are merely looking for “impact” for their articles and “celebrators of citations”. As Editor-in-Chief of SLJMS, I firmly believe scholars with leadership skills should be one of the Key Performance Indicators (KPI) for the sustainable development of any developing country. Hence we have taken a decision to dedicate this volume to Senior Professor K.S. Chandrasekar for his great contribution with the utmost respect.

We proudly released Volume Four, Issue Two of the Sri Lanka Journal of Management Studies (SLJMS) with seven articles under the following headings.

1. The Emergence of the Work from Home (WFH) Phenomenon during Covid-19 and Its Effect on the Information Technology Industry: A Review of Literature 

2. Factors Affecting the of Employees in Lean Success: Case Study of a Leading Sri Lankan Apparel Manufacturing Company based on Value Stream Mapping

3. Impact of Facebook Advertising on E-brand Equity: examining the Moderating Effect of Negative Sentiments with the Special Reference to Telecommunication Industry in Sri Lanka

4. Is Inflation in Sri Lanka always and Everywhere a Monetary Phenomenon?

5. Temporal Flexibility in Business Process Outsourcing Industry: Organisation of Work/Non-Work around Time Zone Dependent Work Schedules in a Gendered Cultural Context

6. A Critical Revisit to the Principles of Cooperatives: A Case Study of Multipurpose Cooperatives in Sri Lanka

7. Sensitivity of Exports to Change in Relative Prices and Nominal Exchange Rate: Case of Manufacturing Exports of Sri Lanka

The above papers were selected after a rigorous review process. To get published in Sri Lanka Journal of Management Studies(SLJMS)  you  need  to follow the journal guidelines and the review process aligns with the scope of the journal. Hence it can be considered as a quality output altogether with a great experience for all stakeholders .The current issue of the journal can be referred via https://sljms.sljol.info/.

The editorial team invites all researchers, specialists and professionals in various disciplines of Management Studies to make a worthy contribution to the upcoming issue of this journal. Any questions, suggestions or concerns may be directed to SLJMS Editor-in-Chief, Professor Nalin Abeysekera at [email protected].