Rate My Professor Purushottam Bung

Dr. Purushottam Bung serves as Professor and Director at RV Institute of Management, Bengaluru, a prestigious autonomous B-school affiliated to Bengaluru City University with NAAC A+ accreditation. He holds a Ph.D. in Management from Karnataka University, Dharwad, where his research focused on a comparative study of the fruit processing industry between India and Brazil, specifically mango processing. His international academic qualifications include an MBA from Monash University, Australia, with first division honors, and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) from Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne, also with first division. Additionally, he earned a B.E. in Electronics and Communications from Mysore University. Prior to his current role since February 2018, Dr. Bung has over 25 years of academic experience, including as Professor and Director at Karnataka Law Society’s Institute of Management Education and Research (KLS IMER), Belgaum from July 2011 to May 2017, Professor and NAAC/IQAC Coordinator there until January 2018, and Post Graduate Faculty in the Department of Agriculture Business Management at University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad from 1996 to 2008. His early career encompassed industry roles as Production Engineer at REPL (Videocon group) and various operations positions in Australian companies from 1991 to 1995.

Under Dr. Bung's leadership, RV Institute of Management has attained significant recognitions, including QS I-Gauge Diamond rating in 2022, NAAC A+ grade with CGPA 3.38 in 2019, and multiple awards such as Outstanding Institution with excellent infrastructure (2023), AIMS National Management Week award (2023), Best Private Management Institute in India for Industry Interface (2022), and Top Business School of the Year South India (2020). He has personally received the D.Litt (Doctor of Letters) from International Economics University in 2018, Enterprising Academic Leader of the Year (South India) in 2018, Adarsh Vidya Saraswati Rashtriya Puraskar (Best Teacher) in 2017, and Best Director of a B-School in Karnataka in 2015. His research interests encompass strategy, entrepreneurship, management, YOGA, and fruit processing, evidenced by 71 citations on Google Scholar. Dr. Bung holds certifications as a Level 7 Strategic Leadership instructor from NOCN, UK, and Yoga Protocol Instructor from the Ministry of Ayush, Government of India. He has contributed to entrepreneurial mentoring via the Navodyami program and as a TiE member, alongside administrative roles like NAAC coordination and launching programs such as Diploma in Business Analytics with IBM.