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Suneel Kunamaneni's work focuses on current sustainability and inclusivity trends: packaging, agri-food and social inclusion. He has spent the past five years evangelizing social and eco innovation and entrepreneurship through his various teaching, mentoring, research and consultancy activities.
Suneel drives innovation ecosystems for developing and diffusing ideas and solutions to address pressing socio-environmental problems. A calculated risk taker with deep technical knowledge of materials, Suneel has championed commercialisation of eco materials and technologies with both MNCs and startups, and has built a reputation for developing new business strategies and incubating new business models that minimise the impact on the environment. In his current role as an academic, Suneel has also fed his insatiable interest in sustainable innovation in emerging countries and inclusive growth. His interest in emerging countries is rooted in his concerns that current western growth based business models cannot solve issues surrounding the environment, and affordable access to food and well-being. Suneel also advises social enterprises in the UK working on refugee entrepreneurship and mental health for the BAME community, thus facilitating the inclusion of marginalised communities.
Suneel delivers teaching and training widely across enterprise and entrepreneuship subjects including Business planning, Commercialising technology, Social enterprise and Agri-food entrepreneurship. He is a Senior fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and a fellow of Enterprise Educators UK (FEEUK).
Education/Academic qualification
Master of Business Administration, Alliance Manchester Business School - Executive Education
2009 → 2011
Doctor of Philosophy, Polymer Physics, University of Leeds
2000 → 2003
Master in Science, Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science - Bangalore
1997 → 1999
Bachelor of Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Bangalore University
1993 → 1997
External positions
External Examiner, London Institute of Banking and Finance
2024 → …
External Examiner, University of Salford
2024 → …
External Examiner, Kingston University
2020 → …
External Examiner, Richmond, The American International University in London
2020 → 2024
Visiting Professor, Symbiosis International University
Research Beacons, Institutes and Platforms
- Sustainable Futures
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 2 Zero Hunger -
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being -
SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities -
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Does Career Planning Drive Agri-entrepreneurship Intention Among University Students?
Banerjee, M., Biswas, S., Roy, P., Banerjee, S., Kunamaneni, S. & Chinta, A., 20 Nov 2020, In: Global Business Review.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Promoting reuse behaviour: Challenges and strategies for repeat purchase, low-involvement products
Kunamaneni, S., Jassi, S. & Hoang, D., 11 Jul 2019, In: Sustainable Production and Consumption. 20, p. 253-272 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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CHALLENGES in MOVING from INCREMENTAL to RADICAL LOW-COST INNOVATION in EMERGING and TRANSITION COUNTRIES: Institutional Perspectives Based on Rechargeable Battery Innovation in China and Point-of-Use Water Purification Innovation in India
Kunamaneni, S., 1 Apr 2019, In: International Journal of Innovation Management. 23, 3, 1950028.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Rheological and film-casting properties of well-characterised polyethylenes with different branching structure
Auhl, D., Kunamaneni, S., Seay, C. W., Mcgrady, C. D., Baird, D. G. & Mcleish, T. C. B., 2008, The XVth International Congress on Rheology - The Society of Rheology 80th Annual Meeting. p. 12-14 3 p. (AIP Conference Proceedings; vol. 1027).Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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Entanglement transition of randomly branched polymers in the hyperbranched class
Kunamaneni, S., Buzza, D. M. A., Read, D. J., Parker, D., Kenwright, A. M., Feast, W. J. & Larsen, A. L., 19 Sept 2006, In: Macromolecules. 39, 19, p. 6720-6736 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review