The Department of Business Administration at USTM offers research opportunities in various thrust areas for Ph.D. in Management:

A. Human Resource:
- Organizational Behaviour (OB)
- Labour Welfare
- Industrial Relation
- Compensation Management
- Leadership
- Team building and Team Management
- Motivation
- Training and Development
- Capacity Building
- Work Life Balance and Stress Management
- Emerging concepts related to the HR field

B. Finance:
- Non-Performing Assets
- Risk Management
- Stock Market
- Derivatives
- Working Capital Management
- Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
- Micro Finance
- Banking sector
- Financial inclusion
- Corporate finance
- Carbon Finance
- Emerging concepts related to the Finance field

C. Marketing:
- Consumer Behaviour
- Brand Awareness and its impact
- Marketing Strategy
- Pricing Strategy
- E-Commerce
- Advertising
- Promotional activities
- Emerging trends related to the Marketing field

D. Entrepreneurship:
- Rural Agri-entrepreneurship
- Diversified areas of Entrepreneurship with special emphasis on the North Eastern region
- Women Entrepreneurship
- Conceptualizing small-scale livelihood options to commercialization
- Emerging trends in the Entrepreneurial field

Ph.D. candidates in Management have the opportunity to conduct research in these areas, contributing to the advancement of knowledge and practice in the field of management.