PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY KARAIKAL CAMPUS

RESEARCH PROGRESS REPORT

Submitted by

Shashikiran.L Research Scholar, Department of Management, Karaikal Campus, Pondicherry University

Research Supervisor

Dr. C. Madhavaiah Assistant Professor Department of Management Karaikal Campus Pondicherry University

Doctoral Committee Members

Dr. M. DharmalingamAssociate ProfessorDepartment of Management Karaikal Campus Pondicherry UniversityDr. R. Vishnu VardhanAssistant ProfessorDepartment of StatisticsRamanujan School of Mathematical SciencesPondicherry UniversityPaper Presentations

1. March 2015- Presented & won 3rd prize in Best Paper Award for the research paper. Impact of Socio-economic factor on purchase behaviour of organic food products in National Conference held at Jain University, Bangalore, Karnataka. 2. January 2015- Presented & won Best Paper Award for the research paper Impact of demographics on willingness to pay for organic food products in National Conference held at Bapuji Institute, Davangere, Karnataka. 3. February 2014- Presented Paper titled Indian Agritourism Industry- Challenges and Strategies in international Conference held at Pondicherry University. 4. April 2013- Published & presented a paper on Consumers perception about Organic Food at National seminar on held at RV Institute of Management, Bangalore. 5. February 2013- Presented paper on Consumers' Attitude and Understanding of Organic Food: A Case of Bangalore City in International seminar at Sheshadripuram College, Bangalore.

Conferences/Seminar participated

December 2014- IMRDC sixth annual Doctoral Students' Conference held at IIM-Bangalore. December 2014- National Conference on Emerging Trends in business at Christ University, Bangalore. November 2014 COSMAR- Consortium of Student Management Research Scholars held at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. August 2013- VIII International Conference on Public Policy & governance held at IIM- Bangalore during August 12-14th 2013. February 2013- UGC sponsored National Seminar on Foreign Direct Investment in Retail Trade- Opportunities & challenges held at Sourashtra College, Madurai. Tamilnadu.

Journal Publication: RVIM Journal of management research, January 2015 Issue, ISSN 0974-6722

Other Updates: Membership at International Competence Centre for Organic Agriculture