Vrajlal K. Sapovadia
Associate Professor, Finance & Accounting, Indian Institute of Management, India
sapovadia@iimidr.ac.in
prof_sapovadia@yahoo.co.in
Professional Experience:
• Currently Associate Professor In Finance & Accounting area at IIM, Indore, M. P. India
• B.K. School of Business management, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India (2005-2008)
• NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India (1999-2005)
• As a Practicing Chartered Accountant (1998-2005) - Practice in Taxation, Audit & Management Consultancy
• Independent Management Consultant (till 1998) - Consultancy provided to small & medium size units, from concept to commissioning the unit
Administrative Experience:
• Member of Committees at NICM - Library, Student, Examination, MDP
• Member/coordinator at BK School in committees - AICTE, UGC, Research, Library, Placement, Port Program
• Liasioning/representation with various government departments
Affiliation:
• Fellow Member - ICAI, India
• Guide - Micro Finance community, Development Gateway, USA
• Observer Member, ALNAP, UK
• Consultant - World Bank
• Consultant - Asian Development Bank
International Exposure:
• Lead Facilitator with WORLD BANK, Course facilitator in World Bank Institute, web course: Intergovernmental Relations, Decentralization and Public Finance (2003-2006)
• Seminar director in International conference by NICM & Global Development Learning Network, World Bank Institute on "Poverty reduction strategies through cooperatives" (April 2003)
International Papers Presented:
• Cooperatives in new millennium, Europe Study tour by ICAI - Meringen, Switzerland - July 2000
• Fishermen Cooperative - A tool for socio-economic development, IIFET, Tokyo University, Japan - July 2004
• Optimizing Decision Model: Empirical study of successful and vanished organization, ICA Research Conference, Chiang Mai, Thailand - November 2004
• NDDB - a case study on woman empowering women in dairy cooperatives, ICA Research Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka - August 2006
• A Critical Study of Urban Land Ownership by an Individual vis-à-vis Institutional Based Ownership - The Impact of type of ownership on Spatial Growth, Efficiency & Equity: A case study of Ahmedabad, Urban Research Symposium, World Bank, Washington DC, USA - May 2007
• Evaluating Effectiveness among Cooperatives vis-à-vis other Social Institutes - A case study of NABARD's Rural Innovation Fund and Rural Infrastructure Development Funds and Micro Financing Schemes, Canada Congress 2007, Saskatoon University, Canada - June 2007
• Evaluating Effectiveness among Cooperatives vis-à-vis other Social Institutes - A case study of NABARD's Rural Innovation Fund and Rural Infrastructure Development Funds and Micro Financing Schemes, Victoria University, Canada 1st CIRIEC conference - October 2007
Visiting/Guest faculty:
• Sardar Patel Institute of Public Administration, Government of ujarat Training Centre, Ahmedabad
• Institute of Indian Bankers, Gandhinagar
• Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Ahmedabad
• Institute of Companies Secretaries, Ahmedabad
• Institute of Cost & Works Accountants, Ahmedabad
• School of Commerce, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad
• Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar
• Nirma Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad
• National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
Publications: (Selected)
• "Cyber-Law" in "Commerce - 2000" Souvenir published by College of Gujarat Law Society
• Case Study on Financial Ratios of Shri Rajkot District Central Cooperative Bank Ltd., Rajkot
• Case study on AMUL, Anand (largest cooperative dairy in Asia)
• Case study on Warananagar Cooperative complex
• Research paper: "Construction of farm roads by farmers cooperatives from local material, labour and technology"
• Cooperative and Taxation, Supreme Court of India on Cooperatives and many other publications
• Labor Laws: HARVARD INTERNATIONAL REVIEW, June 2004
• Supreme Court of India on control of HIV/AIDS, Legal means to curb HIV/AIDS, contribution in e-conference of World Bank, 2003
• Fisherman Cooperatives: Socio Economic Tool for Development, Tokyo University, IIFET, 2004 (award winner)
• Optimizing Decision Model: Empirical study of successful and vanished organisation, ICA Bangkok, 2004
• Cooperatives and Taxes, NHCF, New Delhi
• Core Labor Standards: Impetus and pre-requisite for FDIs, GDN, USA
• Gender & Equity, Women in Panchayati Raj Institute, World Bank Institute
• Decentralisation & Panchayati raj Institute, NICM BULLETIN
• Micro Finance, NICM BULLETIN (Series of 5 articles)
• Corporate Governance and Accounting Standards
• Urban Development, MDG and Housing Cooperatives
• Labor Laws - Harvard International Review
• NDDB - a case study on woman empowering women in dairy cooperatives. Paper presented (award winner) at ICA, Colombo, Sri Lanka
• Forrest in India - Research by World Bank Team- NICM Bulletin (2006)
• Competitiveness of Indian Business and Legal Framework - IIM Kozhikode, International Conference on Competitiveness
• Indian Fisheries Cooperatives Vis-À-Vis Achieving MDGs (A Study On Fishermen's Cooperatives Performance Measurement, IIFET 2006
• Optimizing Ocean Management for better Fisheries and Balancing the Ecosystem through Two Layer Fishermen Cooperatives IIFET 2006
• A Critical Study of Urban Land Ownership by an Individual vis-à-vis Institutional (or Community) Based Ownership - The Impact of type of ownership on Spatial Growth, Efficiency and Equity: A case study of Ahmedabad, India (Paper selected and award winner at Urban Symposium 2007 Washington DC, USA, to be presented in May 2007)
• Pillars of Micro Finance - A tool to socio-economic development, NICM Bulletin, India & Development Gateways, USA
• NDDB - a case study on woman empowering women in dairy cooperatives NICM Bulletin, India
• Evaluating Effectiveness among Cooperatives vis-à-vis other Social Institutes - A case study of NABARD's Rural Innovation Fund and Rural Infrastructure Development Funds and Micro Financing Schemes, paper selected for presentation at Canada Congress, Saskatoon University, Canada.
• Comparative Analysis of Accounting Standards vis-à-vis Corporate Governance Practice in India vs. China, working paper
• Appraisal of Accounting Standards vis-à-vis Corporate Governance Practices in Contending Potential Super Power Nations (India, Japan, Germany, Brazil, South Africa), ongoing study.
• "Understanding the System and Process as an Instrument to Curb Corruption: Transformation Experiences from India"
• Good Cooperative Governance as a Tool to withstand Urban Coop Bank Crisis - A Case Study of Rajkot Nagarik Coop Bank, India
• Cooperative Social Responsibility Audit: Strategy or Compulsion?
• The Emerging Trend of Indian Cooperatives (Accepted for presentation in Research Conference by ICA Europe, paper will be presented in October 2008, Italy, recipient of partial grant from ISSAN, Italy)
• Good Cooperative Governance as a Tool to withstand Urban Coop Bank Crisis - A Case Study of Rajkot Nagarik Coop Bank, India (Accepted by ICA Asia Pacific for Research Conference in Vietnam, paper will be presented in Hanoi in December 2008, result awaited for application made for grant from Japan Consumer Cooperative Institute)
