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M.H. Bala Subrahmanya

Professor

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E-mail: bala@iisc.ac.in

Research Interests:
Primary research interest is confined to Industrial Economics covering the wide spectrum of industry: start-ups, micro firms, SMEs, large scale enterprises including TNCs, their structure and growth, industrial R&D and technological innovations, entrepreneurship, industrial energy consumption pattern and efficiency, industrial subcontracting, productivity and industrial performance.

Educational History

Ph.D. (Economics), (1993), Institute for Social & Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore, India.
M.A. (Economics), (1984), Mysore University, India, First Class and First Rank
B.A. (Economics), (1981), Calicut University, India, First Class

Courses offered
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Awards / Honours / Affiliations

Fellowships

  • Fulbright-Nehru Senior Research Fellowship (2009/10): J F Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board, Washington D C awarded the Fellowship through United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF), New Delhi, India for eight months from September 2009 to April 2010.
  • Japan Foundation Fellowship (2004): Japan Foundation, Tokyo awarded Japan Foundation Fellowship for 2004/2005 for one year: Visiting Research Fellow at the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Tokyo, Japan during March 2005 – February 2006.
  • Commonwealth Fellowship (1999): Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the United Kingdom awarded Commonwealth Fellowship in 1999/2000 for six months: Visiting Research Fellow at the Foundation for Small & Medium Enterprise Development, University of Durham, United Kingdom during February-July 2000.
  • ICSSR (Indian Council for Social Science Research) Fellowship for Ph.D. (1985)

Awards

  • Professor R S Sabnis Memorial Prize (2009): Marathi Arthashastra Parishad awarded the Prize for the article titled, “Development Strategy for Indian SMEs: Promoting Linkages with Global TNCs” published in Management Research News Journal, Volume 30, Issue 10, 2007, pp 762-774.
  • Emerald Literati Network Award (2008): Highly Commended Paper Award for the paper titled, “Industry Features and Energy Efficiency in Indian Small Enterprises: A Case Study of Auto Ancillaries and Brick Makers” essayonlinewriter.com published in International Journal of Energy Sector Management, Volume 1, Issue 2, 2007, pp 160-174, by the Emerald Group Publishing Limited, UK.
  • Intermediate Technology Development Group, London, United Kingdom (1997): Runner up Prize in Small Enterprise Development Journal Writers’ Competition 1997 for the Paper titled, “Shifts in India’s Small Industry Policy” published in Small Enterprise Development, an International Journal, Volume 9, Number 1, March 1998, pp 35-45.
  • Mysore University, India (1984):
    – Sir Hugh Daly Memorial Gold Medal
    – Sir M. Kantharaje Urs Gold Medal
    – Smt. Balamani M.A. Gold Medal
    – N.S.Subba Rao Prize
Publications
  1. Muralidharan, L and Bala Subrahmanya, M H (accepted for publication): “Efficiency of Entrepreneurial Universities in India: A data envelopment analysis”, Journal of the Knowledge Economy, a Springer Journal.
  2. Ganesaraman, K, Sitaram, R and Bala Subrahmanya, M H (2021 published online): “The Life expectancy of tech startups in India: What attributes impact tech startup failures?”, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, Emerald Journal. DOI 10.1108/IJEBR-01-2021-0025.
  3. Bala Subrahmanya, M H and Muralidharan, L (2021): “Global Value Chains of MNCs and Indian SMEs: Why to promote Linkages How?”, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. LVI, No.32, 86-94.
  4. Joshi, K, Deepak, C and Bala Subrahmanya, M H (accepted for publication): “Monitoring and Value-add by Venture Capital Firms in Investee Firms: A Case of Foreign Firms operating in India”, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Venturing, an Inderscience Journal.
  5. Shivalik Singh and Bala Subrahmanya, M H (2021 published online): “Sources of Finance for Tech Start-Ups over its Lifecycle: What determines their Approach of Sources and its Success?” International Journal of Emerging Markets, Emerald Journal. https://www.emerald.com/insight/1746-8809.htm.