Academic Positions
Assistant Professor- Strategy & General Management
International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi
July 2022 - July 2026
Taught core and elective PGDM courses including Strategic Management, Digital Business Strategy, and doctoral-level courses for the Fellow Programme in Management (FPM). Lead funded research on IP strategy and sustainability, served on the Research & FPM Committee, and contributed to institutional development through the EAMSA Conference organizing committee and international partnership initiatives with the University of Exeter Business School.
Postdoctoral Fellow & Teaching Assistant
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru
July 2019 - July 2022
Conducted postdoctoral research at one of India's premier science institutions as part of the internationally funded IPACST project (Belmont Forum / NORFACE), examining intellectual property models for sustainability transitions. Delivered sessions on Science & Technology Policy, IP Policy in India, and Data Analysis. Co-ordinated training workshops for the Government of Karnataka's Directorate of Urban Land Transport and co-facilitated a workshop at the International Science Council's Sustainability Research Congress (2022).
Adjunct Fellow
CUTS Institute for Regulation and Competition (CIRC), Delhi
November 2019 - June 2020
Contributed to policy research at the intersection of intellectual property, competition law, and technology markets.
Fellow
CUTS Institute for Regulation and Competition (CIRC), Delhi
September 2018 - May 2019
Led research under a Qualcomm-funded project on Promoting Innovation and Competition for Efficient Use of Intellectual Property. Co-organized the 4th Winter School on Economics of Competition Law (2018) for legal practitioners, corporate representatives, and students.
Research Analyst
Industrial Research & Development (IRD), IIT Delhi
June 2018 – August 2018
Teaching
Teaching Interests
Strategic Management; Digital Business Strategy; IP Strategy & Value Capture; Technology & Innovation Management
Training
- Resource Person, ITEC Certificate Course on Strategic Management and Sustainable Development for Emerging Markets, IMI Delhi (January–February 2023) - delivered 4 sessions on IP strategies for sustainability and resource-based competitive advantage to 29 international participants
- Co-Facilitator, Workshop on Diffusion of Sustainable Innovation - IP Models for Increasing Technology Transfer, Sustainability Research Congress, International Science Council (June 2022)
- Coordinator & Instructor, Workshop on Data Analysis for Directorate of Urban Land Transport, Govt. of Karnataka, IISc Bangalore (August–September 2021)
- Organiser, 4th Winter School on Economics of Competition Law, CUTS Institute for Regulation & Competition (December 2018) - 20 participants from law firms, corporates, and academia
Significant Publications
Transformations to sustainability: Processes, practices, and pathways.Global Environmental Change, 92. (ABDC: A*)
Exploring the interplay between intellectual property models and sustainability transitions: A multi-level analysis. Business Strategy and the Environment, 33(7), 1-31 (ABDC: A)
Global Dominance and Local Innovation: Unravelling Nonlinear Ties in India's Pharma Sector. Vision - The Journal of Business Perspective.
The Nexus between Labor Mobility and Innovation: An Empirical Analysis. Journal of Industrial and Business Economics. 51. 551–584
Responsible intellectual property strategy for transition towards sustainable development. World Patent Information, 73, 102195 - Editors' Top-Choice Article of 2023.
To patent or not? Factors and motivation affecting Indian academic patenting. Economics and Political Weekly, 58(6), 43–53)
IP Strategies for Green Innovations - An Analysis of European Inventor Awards, Journal of Cleaner Production, 377, 134325
Can the restrictive boundaries of intellectual property create a larger social impact? Current Science, 120(11), 1667 – 1669.
Sustainability Transitions in Manufacturing – The Role of Intellectual Property. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. 49, 118-126
The Business Model in Sustainability Transitions: A Conceptualization. Sustainability, 13(11), 5763
Public funds and outputs in higher academic technical institutions: Insights from India, Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 32(9), 1-13
Measuring Research Efficiency of Higher Academic Technical Institutions of India: A Malmquist Productivity Index Approach, International Journal of Intellectual Property Management, 10(1), 52-79
Whether social media use differs across different personality types? Insights for managing human resources, International Journal of Work Organisation and Emotion, 7(3), 241-256
Research and patenting in Indian universities and technical institutes: An exploratory study, World Patent Information, 38, 62-66
Research Areas
Innovation and Intellectual Property Strategy; Open Innovation; IP Models for Sustainability Transitions; Technology Transfer; Innovation in Emerging Markets
Conferences, Seminars & Talks
Invited Talks & Keynotes
- Basics of Sustainability, Sustainable Technologies & Sustainability Impact Assessment — British Council Going Global Partnership Pilot Course, IISc Bangalore (December 2022)
- Intellectual Property Rights – Policy and Practice — PGDM students, ABES Business School, Ghaziabad (June 2022)
- The Space Between Theory, Research, Practice and Policy for Transformation to Sustainability — Sustainability Research Congress, International Science Council (June 2022)
- Intellectual Property for Sustainability in the New Normal Era — First Japan-India Joint Seminar, Osaka University (January 2022)
- IP Strategies and Sustainability Transition: Role of University-Industry Technology Transfer — International Webinar on Industry-Academia Innovation, Govt. Mahaveer College Petlawad (January 2021)
- Critical Social Science Perspectives on Transformations to Sustainability — Sustainability Research Congress, International Science Council (June 2021)
- Text Analysis – Qualitative Content Analysis — Workshop for Directorate of Urban Land Transport, Govt. of Karnataka, IISc Bangalore (May 2022)
Conference Proceedings
- Jain, A., Goyal, S., Mathur, D., & Patil, R. (2025). Women Leadership and Patenting: Evidence from Indian HealthTech Startups. 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Copenhagen, Denmark. [Link]
- Jain, A. (2025). IP Openness and Social Sustainability: Evidence from Indian Health-Tech Startups. 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Jain, A., Eppinger, E., Gurtoo, A., Vimalnath, P., & Tietze, F. (2023). IP Strategy for Sustainability-Oriented Innovations – An Exploratory Analysis of New Entrants. International Confluence Conference on Startups and Innovation, IIT Madras.
- Jain, A., Vimalnath, P., Gurtoo, A., Eppinger, E., & Tietze, F. (2023). Intellectual Property Strategies for Sustainability Transitions. European Policy for Intellectual Property (EPIP) Conference, Krakow.
- Jain, A., Gurtoo, A., Eppinger, E., Vimalnath, P., & Tietze, F. (2022). Sustainability Transition Spectrum and Intellectual Property Dynamics – Firm Level Exploration. EPIP Conference, University of Cambridge, UK.
- Jain, A., Gurtoo, A., Eppinger, E., Vimalnath, P., & Tietze, F. (2022). Intellectual Property Strategies for Social Sustainability: Evidence from Mission Driven Firms. R&D Management Conference, University of Trento, Italy.
- Jain, A., Gurtoo, A., Eppinger, E., Vimalnath, P., & Tietze, F. (2022). IP Usage and Sharing Models for Sustainability Transitions – Firm-Level Case Analysis. 7th Biennial Conference of the Indian Academy of Management (INDAM), IIM Rohtak.
- Vimalnath, P., Tietze, F., Eppinger, E., Jain, A., & Gurtoo, A. (2021). Responsible Intellectual Property Strategies: Insights from Case Studies of Sustainable Companies. R&D Management Conference.
- Vimalnath, P., Tietze, F., Jain, A., Gurtoo, A., & Eppinger, E. (2021). An Empirical Investigation of Intellectual Property for Sustainability and Its Relevance to IPR Policy. Eu-SPRI Annual Conference, Oslo.
- Jain, A., Vimalnath, P., Gurtoo, A., & Tietze, F. (2020). Intellectual Property and Sustainability Transitions: Co-Evolution and Continuous Innovation Perspectives. 21st International CINet Conference, Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
- Hernandez Chea, R., Jain, A., & Bocken, N. (2020). A Conceptualization of Firm Activities toward Sustainability Transitions. 80th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Vancouver, Canada. [Link]
- Patil, R., Jain, A., & Gurtoo, A. (2020). Sustainability Transition in Established Corporations: Role of Technological Innovation. 6th Biennial INDAM Conference, IIM Tiruchirappalli. [Link]
- Vimalnath, P., Tietze, F., Jain, A., & Prifti, V. (2020). IP Strategies for Green Innovations – An Analysis of European Inventor Awards. 20th EURAM Conference, Dublin.
- Sodhi, G., Jain, A., & Singh, R. (2019). Technology Start-ups and IP Protection in India. 10th Annual Asia Pacific Innovation Conference (APIC), Peking University, Beijing.
- Jain, A., Sharma, R., & Ilavarasan, P. (2018). Factors and Motivation of Academic Patenting Behaviour: An Empirical Study of India. 9th APIC, Delhi School of Economics.
- Jain, A., & Gurtoo, A. (2019). E-Waste and Sustainability: Impact Assessment Indicators. International Conference on Transformational Strategies for Business Sustainability, Christ University, Bangalore.
- Jain, A., Sharma, R., & Ilavarasan, P. (2016). Measuring Research Efficiency of Higher Academic Premier Technical Institutions of India. 3rd International Conference on Management of IP Rights and Strategy (MIPS), NIEM Mumbai. (Best Paper Award)
- Jain, A., Gera, N., & Ilavarasan, P. (2016). Whether Personality Type Determines the Nature of Social Media Use? An Empirical Study among Aspiring Managers. ICROSMOS, Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida.
- Jain, A., & Ilavarasan, P. (2015). Out-of-Cycle Review of India's Intellectual Property Rights by US: A Review. 4th Biennial IAM Conference, IIM Lucknow (Noida Campus).
- Sharma, R., & Jain, A. (2015). TRIPS and Free Trade. National Conference on the Evolving Regime in Intellectual Property Protection, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi.
- Jain, A., Sharma, R., & Ilavarasan, P. (2015). Measuring Innovation by Universities & Higher Academic Technical Institutions in India: Interpretive Structural Modelling based Framework. GLOGIFT 15, Symbiosis International University, Pune.
- Jain, A., & Sharma, R. (2013). An Analysis of Current Research Profile of Indian Universities and Technical Institutions and Their IPRs Policies. 6th Annual Conference for Academy of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (AIE 2013), Oxford University, UK.
Working Paper
- Intellectual Property Models for Sustainability Transitions: A Multi-Level Perspective — University of Cambridge, CTM Working Paper (2024) [Link]
- IP Strategies for Green Innovations – An Analysis of European Inventor Awards — University of Cambridge, CTM Working Paper Series (2020) [Link]
- E-Waste and Sustainability: Impact Assessment Indicators — SSRN Working Paper (2019) [Link]
- Sustainability Impact Assessment 'Need-to-Know' for Researching Sustainability Transitions — IPACST Knowledge Brief (2019) [Link]
Policy & Industry Reports
- Technology Start-ups and IP Protection in India – Case Studies - CUTS Institute for Regulation and Competition (2020) [Link]
- Technology Start-ups and IP Protection in India - CUTS Institute for Regulation and Competition (2019) [Link]
Views on Business
Magazine & Practitioner Articles
- From Protection to Diffusion: Intellectual Property as a Tool for Transitioning to a Low-Carbon Economy — Chemical Industry Digest (June 2024) [Link]
- Intellectual Property Challenges in the Digital Era: Case Studies and Emerging Issues — IMI Insights (September 2024) [Link]
- Promoting Sustainable Technology Transition through Innovative Intellectual Property Strategies — IMI Insights (August 2023) [Link]
- GST and Income Inequality in India — IMI Insights (January 2023) [Link]
- Critical Social Science Perspectives on Transformations to Sustainability — International Science Council Blog (June 2021) [Link]
- Patenting by Universities: Weighing Costs and Benefits — Times of India Blog [Link]
Awards
- Editors' Top-Choice Article of 2023 - World Patent Information, Elsevier
- Best Paper Award - 3rd International Conference on Management of IP Rights & Strategy, NITIE Mumbai (2017)
- University Gold Medal - First rank, VBS Purvanchal University (2007)
- UGC NET Scholarship - MHRD, Government of India (2012–2017)
- Travel Grant - IIT Delhi / IRD for paper presentation at Oxford University (2013)
