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Prof. Isaac Jacob, a Marketing Faculty and professional, holds an
MA in Economics and a Masters in Marketing Management from
JBIMS, Mumbai University. He has over 30 years of industry
experience and has held several responsibilities in his
professional life. He has 22 years of teaching experience in the
post graduate level. He has co-authored a book on “Strategic
Brand Management” with Kevin Lane Keller and M.G.
Parameswaran as co-authors. He has presented and published
research papers in both national and international level. He
regularly trains corporate executives across levels and runs
different consultancy assignments with the industry.

ACHIEVEMENTS: Prof. Issac Jacob

Prof. Isaac Jacob

Prof. Isaac Jacob has been conferred the "Best Teacher Award" at the 3rd Asian CEF Awards for
Excellence in Education at the awards ceremony held at the Taj Lands End on the 6th of December 2014.
Prof Isaac Jacob was also awarded the Best Teacher for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and
Education (Marketing Management-2014) by the Higher Education Forum and Free Press Journal at a
glittering ceremony held at the Oriental Management Institute, Vashi, Mumbai on the 13th of September
on the occasion of the Teachers Day celebrations.
The Higher Education Forum (HEF) is an advocacy group concerned with the issues and challenges in
the space of higher education in India. With a membership of over 4,000 members, HEF has a vision of
nation building through higher education.
Prof Isaac Jacob was conferred the Certificate of Best Performance (2013-14) by Director Prof (Dr)
Satish Ailawadi on the occasion of Teachers Day celebrations on 5th September 2014 in the SIMSR Red
Auditorium.

Prof (Dr) Monica Khanna is Professor and Area Chairperson of
Marketing at the K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies &
Research, Mumbai. Dr Monica is also the Chairperson of the
newly constituted Center for Consumer & Market Studies in
Emerging Economies. She has 18 years of experience in
academics at various institutes including Indian Institute of
Foreign Trade at New Delhi, IIT Bombay Shailesh J Mehta School
of Management and NITIE Mumbai, along with 4 years of industry
experience with Siemens Ltd.
Dr. Monica is an electrical engineer from NIT Warangal (1985),
MMS from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies,
Mumbai (1992), and Ph.D in Management from University of
Pune (2006).

Prof (Dr) Monica Khanna

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