Dr Sayandeb Chowdhury, Senior Assistant Professor of Literature, SIAS, Krea University recently authored two articles.
The article titled The Spectre Of Sergei Eisenstein In Cinema, published in the magazine Outlook India, can be read here.
The article titled Mistimed Politics: Why The Left Is Partly Responsible For The BJP’s Rise In West Bengal, published in The Wire, can be read here.
Dr Sambaiah Gundimeda, Associate Professor of Politics, SIAS, Krea University was invited to participate as a special guest at the two-day international conference on New Media and Its Publics in India, hosted by SRM University, AP on 18-19 April, 2024. During a roundtable discussion on New Media: Realities and Divergences, Dr Gundimeda delivered a presentation on Vicissitudes of Caste in Indian Cinema.
Read more here.
The debate team at SIAS secured the runner-up position at the National Law School of India University (Bengaluru) in the Novice Debate Category. The team secured first place in the prelims and then went on to qualify for semi finals, won the semis, and made it to the finals. The team consisted of Siya Girisaballa (Cohort of 2025) as the first speaker, Tejas Narayan (Cohort of 2025) as the second speaker, and Sibhi Aravindan (Cohort of 2027) as the third speaker. Sibhi secured the ‘Best Speaker’ award in the finals of the Novice Category. Congratulations team!
Eshita Chaturvedi and Malyaj Jain of IFMR GSB’s MBA Cohort of 2025 recently bagged top honours in the EY Young Leaders Business Case Competition. The team competed with tough opponents and showcased their strategic skills and innovative ideas to solve real-world problems. In the first round, they presented a startup idea focusing on the theme of – building a better working world. After winning the round, they presented it to the EY panel and emerged victorious. The event was held towards the end of 2023.
Dr Vinod Kumar Saranathan, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences, SIAS and Dr Annu Jalais, Associate Professor of Anthropology, SIAS have co-authored an article on the history of blue colour in nature and culture, titled La couleur bleue : des pigments à l’auto-assemblage, published in Photoniques, the official journal of the French Optical Society.
Read the article here.
Role-based and environment-based flexibilities could be the real game-changers for controlling ongoing employment issues. Dr Pallavi Pandey, Assistant Professor, HR & OB, IFMR GSB, Krea University pens an article in The Economics Times discussing flexible practices other than work-from-home and how these strategies are reshaping the modern workspace.
Read the article here.
Dr Sushant Raut, Assistant Professor of Physics, SIAS, Krea University has been invited to deliver lectures at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences in Bangalore as a part of their Understanding the Universe through Neutrinos school (22 April to 3 May, 2024). This programme is aimed at PhD students who are starting their research in particle physics. Dr Raut will train the students in simulating long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments which help us to probe the masses of subatomic particles and the symmetries underlying their interactions.
Dr Debasish Mishra, Assistant Professor, Data Science & Information Systems, IFMR GSB, Krea University co-authors a research article on the applications of machine learning in manufacturing. Titled Tool Wear and Remaining Useful Life Estimation in Precision Machining Using Interacting Multiple Model, published in the Journal of Manufacturing Systems, the article demonstrates a methodology for diagnosis and prognosis of cutting tools in precision machining processes, which has been validated using machining tests conducted on three different machines with varying machining parameters to develop a generalised solution.
Access the publication here.
Professor Madhuri Saripalle, Professor, Economics & MBA Chairperson, IFMR GSB, Krea University along with Dr Vijaya Chebolu-Subramanian recently published her paper, Impact of COVID-19 on production decisions of marginal, small and medium farmers: empirical evidence from South India in the Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies.
This study analyses the impact of COVID-19 on agricultural production in South India by evaluating the influence of market channels and socioeconomic conditions on the production decisions of farmers during two key cropping seasons. The authors base our analysis on primary data from 200 marginal, small and medium farmers, primarily focusing on the key seasonal crops, namely paddy and black gram in Villupuram district of Tamil Nadu.
After the easing of lockdown measures in June 2020, their research revealed substantial disruptions in agricultural production during the critical Kharif and Rabi seasons. Most farmers refrained from returning to their fields during the Kharif season; those who did, produced millet as the main crop. Factors such as choice of market channels in previous seasons, economic status, access to all-weather roads, labour availability, gender and coping strategies played an important role in the return to production in the subsequent Kharif and Rabi seasons. This study contributes to the literature on factors influencing farmer choice and decision-making and provides nuances to discussions by analyzing crop-specific supply chains, highlighting the critical role of socioeconomic factors. It also highlights the role of demographics and infrastructural factors like access to all-weather roads and access to markets that influence farmers’ production decisions.
Access the publication here.
Dr Praveen Bhagawan, Associate Professor, Finance, Accounting and Quantitative Finance & Area Chair – Finance, Accounting and Quantitative Finance, IFMR GSB, Krea University actively participated in the Financial Markets and Corporate Governance (FMCG) 2024 Conference, held on 2–4 April, 2024, at Monash University, Malaysia.
During the conference, Dr Bhagawan presented two papers, engaged in discussions on three papers, and served as the chair for a technical session.
Dr Bhagawan presented the following papers:
Additionally, he contributed to discussions on the following papers:
Dr Bhagawan also chaired Technical Session 2.2 on Sustainable Finance and Corporate Finance during FMCG 2024.
Furthermore, he was part of the PhD programme committee of FMCG 2024.
For further details, please refer to the attached 14th FMCG Conference Program Handbook here.