Dr. Harshavardhan Reddy Kummitha
Department of Tourism and Hospitality
senior research fellow
PhD
Contacts
- Office:1054 Budapest, Alkotmány utca 9-11.
- Building:2nd Floor, Room 207
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- Email:kummitha.harshavardhan@uni-bge.hu
Introduction
Dr. Harshavardhan Reddy Kummitha is a Senior Researcher at the Budapest University of Economics and Business, Hungary. His research focuses on social entrepreneurship, community development, and ecotourism-based organizations. His doctoral research examined the role of ecotourism in promoting sustainable development and improving community livelihoods. He received his PhD in June 2019 and holds a Master’s degree in Tourism Studies from Pondicherry University, India (2013).
Subject(s) taught
- Tourism systems, (English), Responsible and Sustainable company (English), Tourism Business (English), Research Methodology (English), Social Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Business models (English)
Professional career
- 2018-2019Kaposvár University (MATE University), As a research assistant
- 2015-2019Kaposvár University (MATE University), As a PhD Student
- 2014-2015Orbitz tours as a consultant in India
- June-2013 to July-2014Thomas cook Ind Pvt Ltd
- 2011-2013Pondicherry University, As a Masters student
Research areas
- Ecotourism
- Community tourism Development
- Sustianbe development
- Smart destinations, and Social entrpenurship
- Prosocial business
- Hospitality Management
- Rural tourism
- Detination management
- Tourism economics
- Tourism Marketing and Research Methodology
Featured publications
- Kummitha, H. R., & Kummitha, R. K. R. (2021). Sustainable entrepreneurship training: A study of motivational factors. The International Journal of Management Education, 19(1), 100449.
- Kummitha, H. R., Kolloju, N., Jancsik, A., & Szalók, Z. C. (2021). Can tourism social entrepreneurship organizations contribute to the development of ecotourism and local communities: Understanding the perception of local communities. Sustainability, 13(19), 11031.
- Song, Y., Paramati, S. R., Ummalla, M., Zakari, A., & Kummitha, H. R. (2021). The effect of remittances and FDI inflows on income distribution in developing economies. Economic Analysis and Policy, 72, 255-267.