Congratulations to Harshi Shah, Ansh Bhargava, Tejas Narayan, and Krithi Raghavan from the School of Interwoven Arts and Sciences (SIAS) at Krea University for advancing to the national round of the HSBC India Business Competition.
Out of the 12 participating teams from prestigious institutions, they were selected as one of the six to proceed to the nationals, scheduled to be held in Mumbai this month.
Prof Jayaram Ramakrishnan, Professor of Practice of Finance at IFMR GSB, Krea University delivered an invited talk on the topic of Foundry Cost Accounting Practice & Procedure at the MSME Conclave of the 72nd Indian Foundry Congress held at Sheraton, Bengaluru on 24 February, 2024.
On 2 February, 2024, Krea University inaugurated its Virtual Trading Floor and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Zerodha Broking Ltd. Jobosco Das, Senior Associate Vice President at Zerodha Broking, inaugurated the Virtual Trading Floor, and also conducted a seminar on the ‘Building Blocks of Personal Finance’ for the students.
Also present at the event were Professor Nirmala Rao, Vice-Chancellor of Krea University, Professor Lakshmi Kumar, Dean of IFMR Graduate School of Business (IFMR GSB), Krea University, Sundara Rajan, Registrar and Chief of Staff, Krea University, Professor Srinivasan Kalyasundaram, Professor of Practice in Finance, IFMR GSB, Krea University, along with other faculty members and students.
The state-of-the-art Virtual Trading Floor provides students of IFMR Graduate School of Business (IFMR GSB) and the School of Interwoven Arts and Sciences (SIAS) at Krea University with an opportunity to apply their theoretical knowledge of financial securities and derivatives in a real-world, simulated trading environment. The platform simulates a real-time market environment, allowing students to test investment strategies with virtual funds, gaining valuable insights into risk management and decision-making in a dynamic market.
The Virtual Trading Floor, equipped with the latest technology and market simulation software, including Bloomberg Terminal, serves as a platform for students to engage in mock trading sessions, portfolio management exercises, and real-time market analysis. IFMR GSB has scheduled several trading workshops for its MBA students in this facility, significantly enhancing their employability and market readiness.
The MOU signing between Krea University and Zerodha Varsity signifies a significant collaboration between academia and industry. The partnership enables Krea University students to have free access to all online training modules and, at a nominal fee, certifications offered by Zerodha Varsity. This includes courses on various aspects of investing, trading, and financial markets, all delivered by industry experts and practitioners. The partnership aims to integrate practical experience with academic learning, bridging the gap between theoretical financial knowledge and its practical application, and preparing students for successful careers in the world of finance.
Emphasising the importance of practical learning in finance, Professor Lakshmi Kumar, Dean of IFMR GSB, Krea University, stated, “The Virtual Trading Floor will provide our students with an invaluable opportunity to experiment and learn from their mistakes in a safe environment. Coupled with access to Zerodha Varsity’s comprehensive online training material and certifications, this initiative will equip them with the skills needed to thrive in the competitive financial landscape.”
View the highlights of the event here.
Dr Srajana Kaikini, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Dr Vivek Radhakrishnan, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at SIAS, Krea University will deliver talks at the Workshop on Reason, Feeling and Experience. The workshop is co-organised by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Tirupati and the Philosophy Department, SIAS, Krea University. The event is set to take place on February 10, 2024.
Dr Kaikini will present on the topic Life-Images: Curatorial Transcendence, while Dr Radhakrishnan’s talk is on Feeling and Moral Agency: Recalibrating Kant towards Okin.
For details about the workshop, click here
Dr Srajana Kaikini, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at SIAS, Krea University has curated Shimmering Whispers from a Kanakambaram Summer – A tribute to time and space, 2018–2023, a debut show by Shivapriya, a self taught visual artist mentored by artist Ravi Kumar Kashi, residing in Chennai.
The Inauguration, followed by a conversation between the artist and the curator, took place on February 3, 2024, at Alliance Française of Madras. The art exhibition is open from February 3–7, 2024.
“Shivapriya’s works made assiduously over the past five years from 2018 to 2023, lyrically entwine mindscape and landscape through the magnanimity of content and fragility of form. A manner of flow can be seen in these works. The refusal to indulge in the artifice or techniques of an academic painter and an almost childlike yet grandmotherly vision percolating her mindscapes – taking the form of alter-egos, mythical characters, allegorical shadows or just exuberant and uncontrollable beings. The works range from almost photographic to almost abstract, resisting complete formations, many perhaps trying to catch in-betweens caught in the state of becoming or just taking shape. These stories and moments are as if tamed and set free by the most agile and tenacious of mediums in art history – the watercolour. Watercolours take on a very unusual form in Shivapriya’s works – offering a different kind of strength promised by paper as opposed to canvas. Through all these works, a witness figure may be seen – a subject that looks on, alongside the spectators yet appearing twice removed; with us but not quite, within the painting but not quite. What follows these witnesses? Glimmering ruptures that disrupt and shine forth.”
Excerpt from the text by Srajana Kaikini
Click here for more information about the show.
Dr Namrata Sathe, Postdoctoral Fellow at SIAS, Krea University has co-edited a special section titled Media and the Police State for the academic journal Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media. This special section brings together the works of several international media and film scholars focused on examining the relationship between media representations and the legitimisation of police violence and brutality in society.
The entire section is available as part of the current issue of Jump Cut, here: https://www.ejumpcut.org/currentissue/index.html
Also read Namrata’s co-authored editorial to the special section, titled Media and the police state: defining the contemporary police state, here: https://www.ejumpcut.org/currentissue/Sathe-Pal/index.html
Manasi B, PhD student at IFMR GSB and Prof Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Associate Professor, Economics and Area Chair, Economics at IFMR GSB, Krea University have co-authored a paper titled Definition, measurement and determinants of energy poverty: Empirical evidence from Indian households. The paper was published in Energy for Sustainable Development, a peer-reviewed journal classified as Q1 journal by Scopus, with IF=5.5 and SJR (2022)=1.2.
Dr Shuchita Goyal, Assistant Professor of Mathematics at SIAS, Krea University delivered an invited talk titled Graph Colouring and Some Bounds on It at Curry Leaf, the Math Club of MTTS Alumni, on January 20, 2024.
About the Talk: In this talk, we defined and understood the concept of (proper) graph colouring. Having done that, we then saw the chromatic number of a graph (a graph theoretic parameter) and noted several bounds on the chromatic number of a graph in terms of the graph’s other attributes. The session ended with Brook’s theorem.
Nidhin M, a PhD student in Finance & Accounting, Dr Vinod Kumar, Associate Professor of Finance, Accounting & Quantitative Finance, and Prof G Balasubramanian, Senior Professor & Advisor, Finance, Accounting & Quantitative Finance at IFMR GSB, Krea University have co-authored a paper titled The Effect of Environmental, Social, and Governance Disclosure on Cost of Debt: A Life-Cycle Perspective, published in the international strategic management journal Managerial and Decision Economics (ABDC: B, SJR: Q2).
About the publication: Drawing on life cycle theory, the paper explores the relationship between Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) disclosure and the cost of debt, utilizing data from 556 Indian-listed firms. The study’s findings indicate that enhanced ESG disclosure is associated with a reduction in firms’ cost of debt. Notably, this impact is more pronounced during the growth and mature stages compared to the introduction, decline, and shakeout stages. Additionally, the study observes that the environmental and social aspects of ESG disclosure exert a more significant influence on the cost of debt when compared to the governance component.
To access the publication, click here.
Prof Chandrasekaran N, Professor, Operations Management at IFMR GSB, Dr Sathya Saminadan R S, Associate Professor of Practice at IFMR GSB, and Dr Indira Ananth, freelance academic have co-authored a case study titled Campusutra: A Fusion of Opportunities for Growth, published by Ivey Publishing.
Campusutra was a leading information and partially transactional portal operating in India that helped aspiring higher education students select appropriate educational institutions. It was founded in 2011 and initially focused on supporting a student’s choice of management education. It added support for engineering schools. It was known for offering distilled and unbiased objective information about offerings, fee structure, peer-level engagement, and placement opportunities, and potential students remained loyal to the portal. Later, a friend advised the founder to make a strategic alliance with an EdTech company to monetize the intangible value it had created. The founder’s dilemma was whether to pursue such an opportunity and risk diluting its mission.
