Dr. Saikat Gochhait, passed out
his Ph.D from sambalpur university in Marketing from the department of Business
Administration on 2nd May 2014, under the guidance of Dr.P.C Tripathy from
Sambalpur University. He is son of Shri. Abhiram Gochhait, Ex-employee of Tata
Krosaki Refractories Ltd in Department of Community Development with 30
dedicated years of services. His rich experience with Tata Krosaki Refractories
Ltd as Trainees from 2005-2007.He has dedicated his career in the research and innovative
classroom activities. His thesis has received doctoral bursary award from
Coventry University, 2010 and Education Excellence Research Award 2014 for sharing the common platform with other research scholars around the world. His
thesis deals with the important subject related to present economic parameters
of refractory industries. The thesis depicts with the marketing aspect of the
refractory products related to the refractory industries in Odisha. The subject
is really an indicator to all the refractory manufacturers, user industries
like Steel, Copper etc. in taking up standardization of products in
establishing themselves in the domestic as well as international market. As
refractory industries have always been ignored due to the size in respect to the
user industries like Steel, Copper and Aluminum. So the study will surely be
eye opening for the entrepreneurs in getting a due recognition for establishing
new refractory industries and reviving the existing sick refractory industries
in the long run. The thesis has been highly acclaimed by renowned educationist Prof.
Dr. Devmalya Dutta of Burdwan University and Industrialist Shri Kamal Sarda CEO
of IFGL refractories Ltd. Dr. K. Abraham renowned educationist from Y.V
University, Andhra Pradesh has found Dr. Saikat Gochhait's thesis to be new and
innovative researches in the field of refractory industries in India, which
will be further very much beneficial to the industry as well as the government.
Dr.Saikat’s thesis depicts about the refractory industries
in Odisha faced with different challenges regarding the technological and
economical evolution which in some periods pointed out to be extremely severe
and putting a sustaining future into question. Nevertheless, The Refractory
Industry is one of the very basic industries, without which no thermal
processing in subsequent Industries is possible. Some of the major issues
considered in the studies are marketing strategies adopted by different
refractory industries in Odisha to have
competitive advantages in the local and global market.
Dr.A.K Chattapadhyay, Managing Director of Tata Krosaki Refractories Ltd, Kolkata
congratulated Dr. Saikat Gochhait for his achievement. Dr.Satya Bhusan Dash,
renowned professor from IIM, Lucknow has highly praised about the research work in the Doctoral Conference held in Jan’ 2012. Dr. Saji
Gopinath, renowned professor from IIM Kozhikode expressed positive review on
the paper at the doctoral colloquim convention held on March 2013.Dr. Saikat
presently working on the Post-Doctoral proposal with Dr. FabrÃcio Moraes de
Almeida, Federal University of Rondonia, Brazil.
Letter of Thanks : Dr.A.K Chattapadhyay
Shri Kamal Sarda
