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Sanju Kaladharan

Faculty Associate, Amrita School of Business, Kochi

Qualification: B.Pharm, M.Pharm, Ph.D - Management(Pursuing)
k_sanju@asb.kochi.amrita.edu
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Research Interest: Sustainable Development, Sustainable Healthcare, Sustainable Consumption, Sustainability Marketing, Social Marketing, Circular Economy, Policy Analysis, Public Health Management, Healthcare Consumerism, Pharmaceutical Management, Healthcare and pharmaceutical marketing, Health Economics, Access to Medicines, Medication Waste Management, Patient-centered Healthcare

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Sanju Kaladharan is an accomplished professional with interdisciplinary expertise in pharmacy, management, and sustainability. She holds a Master’s and Bachelor’s degree in Pharmacy from The Tamilnadu Dr. M.G.R Medical University, Chennai, India. She is currently pursuing her PhD in Management at Amrita School of Business, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Kochi, focusing on sustainable medicine consumption, patient and consumer behavior, medical neoliberalism, consumer responsibilization, and the circular economy. Her unique academic and professional background enables her to explore the intersection of pharmaceutical management, marketing, and sustainable development.

Before her current assignment, she was a full-time PhD scholar (Senior Research Fellow under the University Grants Commission- Savitribai Jyotirao Phule Fellowship For Single Girl Child) at Amrita School of Business, Kochi until December 2024, and she is now continuing her PhD in a part-time mode. Before embarking on her PhD journey, she accumulated two years of administrative experience in a business firm in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, over two years of graduate and post-graduate teaching and research experience at a leading college in Coimbatore, India, and six months of experience in healthcare administration role.

Sanju’s teaching and research approach is shaped by a passion for inquiry. She envisions higher education as a process of collaborative learning, where students and educators engage as equals in knowledge creation. Looking ahead, she aims to contribute meaningfully to sustainable Healthcare by bridging the gap between research and practice. Her vision is to translate sustainability frameworks into tangible solutions, fostering positive changes for a healthier and more sustainable future.

Publications

Journal Article

Year : 2025

Recycling End-of-Use Medicines for sustainability: an empirical investigation of return intention

Cite this Research Publication : Kaladharan, S., Manayath, D. & Rejikumar, G. Recycling End-of-Use Medicines for sustainability: an empirical investigation of return intention. J Mater Cycles Waste Manag 27, 369–386 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10163-024-02116-0

Publisher : Springer Nature Link

Year : 2024

Out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure in emerging economies: Evidence from panel data analysis

Cite this Research Publication : Kaladharan S, Manayath D. Out-of-pocket healthcare expenditure in emerging economies: Evidence from panel data analysis. J Med Access. 2024 Aug 20;8:27550834241262108. doi: 10.1177/27550834241262108. PMID: 39170728; PMCID: PMC11337179.

Year : 2024

Regulatory Challenges in AI/ML-Enabled Medical Devices: A Scoping Review and Conceptual Framework

Cite this Research Publication : Kaladharan, S., Manayath, D., & Gopalakrishnan, R. (2024). Regulatory Challenges in AI/ML-Enabled Medical Devices: A Scoping Review and Conceptual Framework. Journal of Medical Devices, 18(4). https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4066280 (

Publisher : ASME

Year : 2024

Understanding Consumer Perceptions About Smartwatches: Feature Extraction and Opinion Mining Using Supervised Learning Algorithm

Cite this Research Publication : Manayath, D., Kaladharan, S., Soman, N.V., & Vijayakumaran, A. (2024). Understanding Consumer Perceptions About Smartwatches: Feature Extraction and Opinion Mining Using Supervised Learning Algorithm. Acta Informatica Pragensia, 13(1), 100-113. doi: 10.18267/j.aip.231

Year : 2024

Minimizing medicine wastage through sustainability-oriented anti-consumption: An exploration of enablers using M-TISM and MICMAC approach

Cite this Research Publication : Kaladharan, S., Manayath, D., G, R., & Kishore Sahib, K. (2024). Minimizing medicine wastage through sustainability-oriented anti-consumption: An exploration of enablers using M-TISM and MICMAC approach. Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 40, 101637. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scp.2024.101637

Publisher : Elsevier

Year : 2024

Barriers to blockchain-enabled drug recycling: A TISM-MICMAC approach

Cite this Research Publication : Kaladharan, S., Manayath, D., & Patri, R. (2024). Barriers to blockchain-enabled drug recycling: A TISM-MICMAC approach. Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy, 41, 101737. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scp.2024.101737 (SCOPUS Q1, IF=5.5)

Publisher : Elsevier

Year : 2023

Fuzzy logic approach to assess the effectiveness of online course delivery in management education: a case of B-school from India

Cite this Research Publication : Patri, R., Manayath, D. and Kaladharan, S. (2023), "Fuzzy logic approach to assess the effectiveness of online course delivery in management education: a case of B-school from India," Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning, Vol. 13 No. 3, pp. 609-624.

Year : 2023

Transforming food systems: a case of Eat Right India

Cite this Research Publication : Kaladharan, S., Dhanya, M. and Rejikumar, G. (2023), "Transforming food systems: a case of Eat Right India", International Journal of Health Governance, Vol. 28 No. 4, pp. 453-465. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJHG-05-2023-0048

Year : 2023

Household Pharmaceutical Disposal Practices in India

Cite this Research Publication : Sanju Kaladharan, Dhanya M, Rejikumar G, " Household Pharmaceutical Disposal Practices in India", HomeISSN (Print) - 0012-9976 | ISSN (Online) - 2349-8846, Vol. 58, Issue No. 11, 18 Mar, 2023

Conference Paper

Year : 2024

Unleashing the Power of Data: An Analysis of Nifty 50 Pharmaceutical stocks

Cite this Research Publication : Dhanya, M., Kaladharan, S., Manjima, R., Sreekumar, N., Vijayakumaran, A. (2024). Unleashing the Power of Data: An Analysis of Nifty 50 Pharmaceutical stocks. In: Choudrie, J., Mahalle, P.N., Perumal, T., Joshi, A. (eds) ICT for Intelligent Systems. ICTIS 2024. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 1111. Springer, Singapore

Publisher : Springer Nature Link

Year : 2024

Optimizing Service Quality of Waste Management Apps: A Taguchi Approach

Cite this Research Publication : G. Rejikumar, S. Kaladharan, D. Manayath and M. J. Bisheko, "Optimizing Service Quality of Waste Management Apps: A Taguchi Approach," 2024 5th International Conference on Smart Electronics and Communication (ICOSEC), Trichy, India, 2024, pp. 1069-1074, doi: 10.1109/ICOSEC61587.2024.10722570

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2024

Fuzzy Assessment of Sustainable and Responsible Tourism: Tourist Behaviour in South India

Cite this Research Publication : Menon, R., Patri, R., Kaladharan, S., Shivdas, A., Menon, D. (2024). Fuzzy Assessment of Sustainable and Responsible Tourism: Tourist Behaviour in South India. In: Choudrie, J., Mahalle, P.N., Perumal, T., Joshi, A. (eds) ICT for Intelligent Systems. ICTIS 2024. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 1111. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-6681-9_27

Publisher : Springer Nature Link

Year : 2024

Strengthening Health Systems Toward Dynamic Sustainability

Cite this Research Publication : Kaladharan, S., Dhanya, M., Viswanathan, Pozhamkandath Karthiayani, V., Sahib, K.K. (2024). Strengthening Health Systems Toward Dynamic Sustainability. In: Choudrie, J., Mahalle, P.N., Perumal, T., Joshi, A. (eds) ICT for Intelligent Systems. ICTIS 2024. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 1111. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-6681-9_39

Year : 2023

Perceptions towards the return of end-of-use medicines for health sustainability: An empirical investigation

Cite this Research Publication : Kaladharan S, Dhanya M, Rejikumar G. Perceptions towards the return of end-of-use medicines for health sustainability: An empirical investigation. American Marketing Association winter academic conference.2023(34) PP 1369.

Year : 2023

Intention to Use eSanjeevani-OPD App: An Empirical Investigation Using Health Belief Model

Cite this Research Publication : Kaladharan.S, M. Dhanya, R. Drisya and M. B. Raj, "Intention to Use eSanjeevani-OPD App: An Empirical Investigation Using Health Belief Model," 2023 IEEE- Advanced Computing and Communication Technologies for High Performance Applications (ACCTHPA), 2023, pp. 1-6,

Publisher : IEEE

Year : 2023

Sustainability Triangle Framework for Digital Health Systems: A Conceptual Model for Sustainable Health Care

Cite this Research Publication : Kaladharan, S., Dhanya, M., Rejikumar, G., Puthanpurayil, J. (2023). Sustainability Triangle Framework for Digital Health Systems: A Conceptual Model for Sustainable Health Care. In: Senjyu, T., So-In, C., Joshi, A. (eds) Smart Trends in Computing and Communications. SmartCom 2023. Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, vol 650. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-0838-7_46

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