About Department
The Department of Business Administration was established in 2008 with a vision to be a leading University based Department of research and academic excellence. The Department works with missionary zeal to develop professional expertise and leadership skills and is committed to empowering its faculty and students to contribute meaningfully towards the nation’s socio-economic development and progress. The Department offers three years Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration (BBA) and two year full time Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) Degree. All these courses have been tailor-made, keeping in mind industry needs.
Vision
To be a leading University based Business School of research and academic excellence.
Mission
- Dedicated to develop professional expertise and leadership skills.
- Committed to empower its faculty and students to contribute meaningfully towards socio-economic development and progress of the nation.
DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA
H.O.D
hoddba@ravenshawuniversity.ac.inCourses Offered
| Serial No | Courses Offered | Number of Seats | Duration | Download Syllabus |
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| 1 | Master in Business Administration (MBA) | 60 | 2years | |
| 2 | Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA) | 128 | 3years / 4years | Download |
Faculty
Publications
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| 1 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Ray, S. S., Patra, S. K. & Mahapatra, D. M. (2026). Migrant Workers as Living Infrastructure: A Novel Policy Lens for Real Estate and Construction Management, 40 (1-2), https://doi.org/10.1177/29776570251406338 | UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 2 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Ray, S. K., Mahapatra, D. M. & Patra, S. K. (2025). Corporate Climate Commitments and the Net Zero Transformation: Strategic Implications and Organisational Dynamics, FOCUS: Journal of International Business, 12(2), 53-68, doi:10.17492/jpi.v12i2.1222503. | UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 3 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Patra, S. K., Sarangi, P. P., Routra, N. K., Jagadevv, A. K. & Paikaray, B. K. (2024). Fuzzy inventory modelling: addressing uncertainty in economic order quantity analysis within nonlinear science, International Journal of Applied Nonlinear Science, InderScience, 4(4), DOI: 10.1504/IJANS.2024.10066705. | Inderscience Scopus Indexed |
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| 4 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Sundaray, B.K., Sarangi, P. and Patra, S.K. (2024), ‘Perceived Stress and Use of Social Media Among Management Students during Covid-19 Pandemic: An Emphasis on Fatalistic Attitude and Mental Well-being’, South Asian Journal of Management, AMDISA, Vol.31, No.2, 112-129. https://doi.org/10.62206/sajm.31.2.2024.112-129 | AMDISA Scopus Indexed |
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| 5 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | 4) Patra, S. K. & Singh, P. (2024). Leadership, Governance, Institution Building, Quality Assurance and the Role of Stakeholders in Accreditation of Higher Education Institutions, published in IMIB Journal of Innovation and Management, 2 (1), 100 - 118, DOI: DOI: 10.1177/ijim.231209870, sage publication. | UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 6 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Mohanty, P. P, Patra, S.K. & Pathak, D. (2024). ‘Community-based Ecotourism in Protected Areas towards Inclusive Development: An Evidence of Bhitarkanika Wildlife Sanctuary of India’, International Journal of Business and Society, Vol.26, No.2, DOI:10.33736/ijbs.7633.2024, 810-831 | Inderscience Scopus Indexed |
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| 7 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | 3) Mahapatra, D. M. &, Patra, S. K. (2024). Dropshipping: A New Business Model, published in Third Concept, 38 (446), 0970-7247, 31. | Third Concept UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 8 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Behera, M. K., Patra, S. K. & Mohapatra, S. R. (2023). ‘Cannot make an omelet without breaking a few Eggs” Employee Satisfaction (ES) and Employee Commitment (EC) in bringing Organisational Effectiveness (OE) on Public Sector banks in Odisha’. European Economic Letters (EEL), 13(5), 1041–1050. https://doi.org/10.52783/eel.v13i5.867. 476-483. | . European Economic Letters (EEL UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 9 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Nayak, Y. & Patra, S. K. (2023). ‘Tribal Entrepreneurship Opportunities and Development: A Review From 2010-2021’. European Economic Letters (EEL), 13(5), 1023–1035. Retrieved from https://eelet.org.uk/index.php/journal/article/view/865. | EEL UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 10 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Behera, M. K., Patra, S. K., & Mohapatra, S. R. (2023). ‘Does Employee Satisfaction (ES) lead to Employee Commitment (EC)? Scenarios of Private Sector banks,’ Journal of Informatics Education and Research, ISSN: 1526-4726, https://doi.org/10.52783/jier.v3i2.336, Vol.3, No.2, ABDC., 1937-1947. | EEL UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 11 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | 5) Patnaik, R., Patra, S. K., Mahapatra, D. M. & Baral, S. K. (2022). Adoption and Challenges Underlying OTT Platform in India during Pandemic: A Critical Study of Socio-Economic and Technological Issues, published in FIIB Business Review, 13 (3), 356-363, 2455-2658 (P), 2319-7145 (O), doi.org/10.1177/23197145221101676 | UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 12 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Patnaik, R., Mahapatra, D. M. & Baral, S. K., Patra, S. K. (2022). Personalised Customer Experience Cohorts through Self-Service Technologies (SSTs): A Study on Coastal Region Banks of Odisha during Pandemic Period, published in Indian Journal of Commerce, Vol.75, No.2&3, 0019-512X (P), 2454-6801 (O). | UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 13 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Patra, S. K., Sundaray, B. K. & Mahapatra, D. M. (2021). Are university teachers ready to use and adopt e-learning system? An empirical substantiation during COVID–19 pandemic, Quality Assurance in Education, ISSN: 0968-4883, https://doi.org/10.1108/QAE-12-2020-0146. | Scopus Indexed |
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| 14 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Mahapatra, D. M., Baral, S. K. & Patra, S. K., (2021). Labour Reforms in India during post Covid-19: A Study of GIG and Inter-state Migrant Workers as Shine to Whine, published in Pranjana: The Journal of Management Awareness, Vol.23, No.1, pp.21-29. ISSN: 0971-9997 (P), 0974-0945 (O), DOI:10.5958/0974-0945.2020.00003.5 | UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 15 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Behera, M. K., Patra, S. K., Mohapatra, S. R.(2021). ‘The Effect of Employee Satisfaction (ES) on Employee Commitment (EC): An Explorative Analysis on Private Sector Banks in Odisha’, Journal of University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, ISSN: 1007-6735, Vol.23, No.3, PP.21-35. | JUST Peer-reviewed (Non-indexed) |
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| 16 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Patra, S. K., Baral, S. K. & Mahapatra, D. M. (2021) Inventory Management Practices and Operational Performance of Entrepreneurs: An Empirical Analysis on Steel Industry of India’ published in MANTHAN Journal of Commerce and Management, Vol.8, Issue 1, ISSN: 2347-4440 (P), 2395-2601(O). | UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 17 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Sundaray, B.K., Sarangi, P. and Patra, S.K. (2021). ‘Psychological vulnerability and coping among management students during COVID-19 pandemic’, The Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice,. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMHTEP-05-2021-0041. Vol. 16 No. 6, pp. 454-467. https://doi.org/10.1108/JMHTEP-05-2021-0041. ISSN: 1755-6228. | Emerald Scopus Indexed |
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| 18 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Patra, S. K., Mahapatra, D. M. & Baral, S. K. (2021) ‘The Big Billion Days’ Vs. ‘Great Indian Festival’ E-shopping: A Study on New Consumer Behavior’ published in PRAGATI Journal of Indian Economy, Vol.8, No.1 ISSN: 2347-4432 (P), 2395-261X (O). DOI: 10.17492/jpi.pragati.v8i1.812107 | UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 19 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Patra, S. K., & Mahapatra, D. M. (2020) ‘Revisiting Empowerment of Women in India: An Overview’ published in AIMS Journal of Management, ISSN 2395-6852, Vol.6, No.1, pp.91-100. | Peer-reviewed (Non-indexed) |
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| 20 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Behera, M. K., Patra, S. K., Mohapatra, S. R.(2020). ‘A Comparative Study on Employee Satisfaction (ES) and Employee Commitment (EC)’ in Public and Private Sector Banks Of Odisha. ISSN: 2394-5125 Journal of Critical Reviews, Vol.7, No.11, 3340-3350. doi:10.31838/jcr.07.19.472. | UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 21 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Patra, S. K., & Mahapatra, D. M. (2020) ‘Preferences and Changing need of Business Travelers: An empirical study of Online Travel Portals in India’ published in Pratibimba the Journal of IMIS, ISSN 0972-5466, Vol.20, No.1, pp.57-64. | UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 22 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Behera, M. K., Patra, S. K., Mohapatra, S. R.(2020). ‘Employee Satisfaction (ES) and Employee Commitment (EC): An Impact Analysis of Organizational Effectiveness (OE) on Public Sector Banks in Odisha’, Journal of Adv Research in Dynamical & Control Systems, Vol. 12, 08-Special Issue, pp.476-483, DOI: 10.5373/JARDCS/V12SP8/20202547, ISSN 1943-023X. | UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 23 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Behera, M. K., Patra, S. K., Mohapatra, S. R.(2020). ‘Employee Satisfaction (ES) and Employee Commitment (EC): An Impact Analysis of Organizational Effectiveness (OE) on Public Sector Banks in Odisha’, Journal of Adv Research in Dynamical & Control Systems, Vol. 12, 08-Special Issue, pp.476-483, DOI: 10.5373/JARDCS/V12SP8/20202547, ISSN 1943-023X. | UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 24 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Patra, S. K., Baral, Mahapatra, D. M., Srirang, K. J. (2020). ‘Economic and Social Index of Slum Dwellers of the Temple City of Odisha’, India, Empirical Economic Letters A Monthly International Journal of Economics, ISSN:1681-8997, Vol.19 Special Issue, ERA accredited and included in ABDC journal quality list. | Peer-reviewed (Non-indexed) |
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| 25 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Patra, S. K., Baral, S. K., Mahapatra, D. M. (2020). ‘Sustaining Competitive Advantage through integrated Approach of Total Quality Management (TQM) and Green Supply Chain Management (GSCM): Analysis on Beverages Company’, Empirical Economic Letters A Monthly International Journal of Economics, ISSN:1681-8997, Vol.19 Special Issue, ERA accredited and included in ABDC journal quality list, PP.93-102. | UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 26 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Patra, S. K., & Mahapatra, D. M. (2020) ‘Women and Leadership: Revisited Women at Tumultuous Times’ published in AIMS Journal of Management, ISSN 2395-6852, Vol.5, No.1, pp.101-111. | UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 27 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | 18) Mahapatra, D. M. & Patra, S. K., (2019) ‘A New Destination of Online Travel Business: A Case Study’ published in SEDME (Small Enterprises Development Management & Extension Journal), SAGE Publication, ISSN 09708464, eISSN: 24561223 Vol.46, No.2, pp.130-137, Article DOI: 10.1177/0970846419852520. | UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 28 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Patra, S. K. & Singh, B., (2019) ‘Techniques for Effective Negotiation in B2B Buying’ published in The Orissa Journal of Commerce U.G.C CARE listed, A peer reviewed and referred Journal ISSN: 0974-8482, Vol.XXXX, No.1, Pp.47-54. | UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 29 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Pareek, A., Patra, S. K. & Mangaraj, S. (2017). ‘Work-Family Conflict of Working Mothers: A Literature Review’, published in Indian Journal of Training and Development (IJTD), ISSN 0971-5592, Vol.47, No.4, pp.4-20. | ijtd UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 30 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Sahoo, P. R., Pradhan, B. B., Lenka, S. K., Patra, S. K. (2017). ‘Review Research on Application of Information and Communication Technology in Tourism and Hospitality Industry’ published in International Journal of Applied Business and Economic Research, pp. 311 – 334, ISSN No: 0972 – 7302, Vol. 15, No.11 | UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 31 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Behera, M. K., Sundaray, B. K. & Patra, S. K. (2017). ‘The Role of Employee Satisfaction (ES) involvement in the Relationship among Employee Commitment (EC) and Organisational Effectiveness (OE)’, Published in International Research Journal of Management Science & Technology, ISSN 2250 – 1959 (Online), 2348-9367 (Print), Vol.8, No.2, pp.325 – 343, DOI : https://doi.org/10.32804/IRJMST | UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 32 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Patra, S. K., Lenka, T & Ratha, P. C. (2015). ‘A Time Dependent Order level Inventory Model for Beta Deterioration in Two Warehouse system’ published by International Journal of Operations Research and Information’s System (IJORIS), IGI Global 701 E, USA Vol. 6, Issue 2, pp.53 – 69, ISSN: 1947-9328. | igi gLOBAL UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 33 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Patra, S. K. & Dash, P. K. (2015) ‘Designing a Computational tool for Supplier Selection using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP), published by International Journal of Mathematics in Operations Research (Inder Science), 361-371, Vol.7, No.4, USA. ISSN online: 1757-5869 ISSN print: 1757-5850. | Inderscience UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 34 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Dash, A & Patra, S. K. (2014) ‘Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction: An Empirical Investigation on Public Sector Banks in Odisha’ published by Journal of Research in Marketing (JRM), Vol.2, Issue 1, Canada, Tech Mind Research, Pp 113-118, ISSN:2292-9355. | Tech Mind Research UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 35 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Choudhury, D & Patra, S. K. (2013) ‘David v/s Goliath: FDI/ Organized Retail v/s SME Segment in India’ published by Dharohar, International Management Journal, Vol 2, Issue 1 & 2, Pp 1-12, ISSN: 2230 - 9357. | Peer-reviewed (Non-indexed) |
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| 36 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Dash, A & Patra, S. K. (2013) ‘Service Quality as a Key to Customer Satisfaction: an Assessment with Private Banks in Odisha’, published by European Journal of Commerce and Management Research (EJCMR), Vol.2, Issue 11, Pp 247-252, Online: ISSN 2051-8099 Print: ISSN 2051-8080 | UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 37 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Patra, S. K. & Sahoo, R. (2011) ‘Key Determinants of Internet banking in India: an Exploratory Study’ published by International Journal of Exclusive Management Research (IJEMR), Vol. 1, Issue 2, pp. 1- 15,Print - ISSN 2249 – 8672, Online: 2249 - 2585. | Peer-reviewed (Non-indexed) |
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| 38 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Patra, S. K. & Rathra, P. C. (2011) ‘An Inventory Replenishment Policy for Deteriorating Items under Inflation in a Stock Dependent Consumption Market with Shortage’ and published by International Journal of Transdisciplinary Research (IJTR), Vol. 6, No. 1, Pages 1-23, ISSN: 1559-8020. | UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 39 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Patra, S. K. & Ratha, P. C. (2011) ‘Two-warehouse inventory model for deteriorating items: a study with shortages under inflation and time value of money’ published by International Journal of Services and Operations Management (IJSOM)- Inder Science, Vol.10, No.3, pp.316-327, ISSN Print: 1744-2370, Online: 1744-2389. | Inderscience Scopus Indexed |
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| 40 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Patra, S. K., Lenka, T & Ratha, P. C. (2010) ‘An Order level EOQ Model for deteriorating items in a Single Warehouse System with Price Dependent Demand in Non-Linear (Quadratic) Form’ published by – International Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics (IJCAM), Vol. 5 No. 3, pp. 277–288, ISSN: 1819-4966. | UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 41 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Patra, S. K. & Mishra, M (2010) ‘Brand Personality Orientation to its Brand Loyalty: A Case Study on KILLER Brand’ published by the AIUB Journal of Business and Economics, Bangladesh, Vol.9, No.2, pp.19-30, ISSN: 1683-8742. | UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 42 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Patra, S. K., Bala, P. & Rathra, P. C. (2010) ‘An Economic Order Quantity Model for Deteriorating Items with Increasing item Varying Demand and Cost’ accepted and published by Journal of Modern Mathematics and Statistics (JMM&S) – Medwell Journals,Vol.4, Issue 2, Pp 63 – 67, ISSN : 1994-5388. | Medwell Journals UGC-CARE Listed |
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| 43 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Patra, S. K., Singh, S. & Mahapatra, D. M. (2022). ‘The dark side as a case study of OYO hotels aggregator: Do they really matter to Tourism Image in India’, International Journal of Finance, Entrepreneurship & Sustainability (IJFES), 2(1), ISSN: 2583-0899. | Scopus Indexed |
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| 44 | DR. SOUMENDRA KUMAR PATRA | Patra, S. K.(2010) “An order level inventory model for deteriorating items with partial backlog and partial lost sales” accepted and published by International Journal of Advanced Operations Management (IJAOM) – Inder Science, Vol. 2, Nos. ¾, pp.185-200, ISSN print: 1758-938X, online: 1758-9398. | Inderscience Scopus Indexed |
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