Piyush H. Kadethankar
Research Assistant, Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester
- July 2026
Conference
Paper presented at the Academy of International Business Annual Meeting 2026
Manchester, United Kingdom
- May–Sep 2026
Research
MSc dissertation research
Alliance Manchester Business School · Supervisor: Dr Mark P. Healey
- Mar 2026–now
Membership
Member, Academy of International Business
- Dec 2025–now
Research
Research Assistant to Professor Peter J. Buckley
Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester
- Sep 2025–Sep 2026
Education
MSc International Business and Management
Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester
- Sep 2025
Recognition
Best Research Paper Award at ICEC2NT 2025
Pune, India
- Sep 2025
Conference · Best Research Paper Award
Paper presented at ICEC2NT 2025
Pune, India
- Aug 2025
Conference · Fully funded
Paper presented at ICIT 2025
Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok, Thailand
- 2025
Conference
Paper presented at IEEE ICITEICS 2025
Bengaluru, India
- Nov 2023–Aug 2024
Leadership
Technical Secretary, Student Council
SGGS Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nanded
- May 2023–Aug 2024
Leadership
Founding President, Entrepreneurship Cell
SGGS Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nanded
- Jan–Nov 2023
Leadership
Main Student Coordinator, AICTE IDEA Laboratory
Government of India Initiative. SGGS Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nanded
- Dec 2021–May 2025
Education
B.Tech. Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
SGGS Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nanded (Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University)
- Jun 2019–Jun 2021
Education
Junior college, Science
S.B.E.S. College of Science, Aurangabad (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar)
- Jun 2014–Jun 2019
Education
School
Anant Bhalerao Vidya Mandir, Aurangabad (Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar)
- Jun 2009–Jun 2014
Education
Primary school
Arya Chanakya Vidya Mandir, Paithan, Maharashtra, India
About
Piyush H. Kadethankar is a Research Assistant at Alliance Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester, where he works with Professor Peter J. Buckley. His research interests lie in international business, particularly the strategies of multinational enterprises (MNEs) and middle-power economies under geopolitical rivalry. His parallel strand of research focuses on the role of artificial intelligence in managerial and entrepreneurial decision-making. His research has earned multiple R&Rs from prestigious journals such as Journal of International Business Studies and Small Business Economics.
He completed his MSc in International Business and Management at Alliance Manchester Business School in September 2026, with a dissertation supervised by Professor Mark P. Healey. Before that, he earned a B.Tech. in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from SGGS Institute of Engineering and Technology, Nanded (affiliated with Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada University), where he worked with Professor Ramchandra R. Manthalkar on EEG signal processing and applied machine learning.
- Based in
- Manchester, United Kingdom
- Quantitative methods
- Advanced statistical analysis (regression, moderation and mediation), conditional process analysis (Hayes PROCESS), trade and FDI data analysis.
- Programming and tools
- Python (proficient), R (working knowledge), C/C++ (working knowledge), Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint (proficient).
- Research skills
- Medium-scale surveys on Qualtrics and Prolific, theory development, literature synthesis, research design, leading independent projects, conducting peer review, academic writing for peer-reviewed journals.
- Domain expertise
- International business strategy, geopolitics, AI and managerial decision-making, AI and entrepreneurial judgement.
- Languages
- English (IELTS 8.0), Hindi (proficient), Marathi (native), Sanskrit (working knowledge)
Publications and presentations
References follow APA 7th edition. Each one can be copied for your own reference list.
Conference proceedings (peer-reviewed)
- 2025
Kadethankar, P. H., & Manthalkar, R. R. (2025). Mental state transitions and their impact on decision accuracy: An EEG based cognitive lens on organizational judgment. In 2025 International Conference on Electronics and Computing, Communication Networking Automation Technologies (ICEC2NT) (pp. 1–8). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICEC2NT65402.2025.11380112
- 2025
Kadethankar, P. H., Manthalkar, R. R., Nirde, K. D., Khode, S. G., & Rathod, R. P. (2025). PEFT-driven LLMs for pharmaceutical business intelligence: A scalable framework using LoRA with retrieval-augmented decision support. In 2025 IEEE 2nd International Conference on Information Technology, Electronics and Intelligent Communication Systems (ICITEICS) (pp. 1–6). IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICITEICS64870.2025.11341315
Data
- 2026
Kadethankar, P. H., & Healey, M. P. (2026). When the machine advises: AI advice and managerial judgment in international business [Data set]. The University of Manchester. https://doi.org/10.48420/33741574
Conference presentations
- 2026
Kadethankar, P. H. (2026). The twin's whisper: How voluntary epistemic capture destabilises international management [Paper presentation]. Academy of International Business Annual Meeting 2026, Manchester, United Kingdom.
- 2025
Kadethankar, P. H., & Manthalkar, R. R. (2025, August). Interpretable GNNs for personalized risk stratification of drug–drug interactions from electronic health records [Paper presentation]. 10th International Conference on Intelligent Technologies (ICIT 2025), Bangkok, Thailand.
Book
- 2025
Kadethankar, P. H., & Manthalkar, R. R. (2025). Strugglers' electronics: Introduction to electronic devices and circuits. White Falcon Publishing.
Academic service and reviewing
- 2026
Ad hoc peer reviewer, Journal of Technology Transfer (Springer; 3* ABS; Journal Impact Factor 5.4, 2025; Q1).
Outside research
I ride horses, and during my MSc I rode with the university's equestrian society in Manchester. I play the guitar and am learning the violin. I enjoy DIY woodworking projects (Apologies.... Couldn’t find any woodworking pictures).
Contact
Hello,
I welcome correspondence on research and possible collaboration. Please write to either address.
Piyush
University email
piyush.kadethankar@postgrad.manchester.ac.ukPersonal email
phkadethankar@gmail.com