Author: Ram Kumar

Dr Joya John awarded the ICAS:MP short-term fellowship 2024-2025

Ram Kumar Research Spotlight

Dr Joya John, Assistant Professor of Literature, SIAS, Krea University has been awarded the ICAS:MP short-term fellowship 2024-2025.

The M.S. Merian – R. Tagore International Centre of Advanced Studies: ‘Metamorphoses of the Political: Comparative Perspectives on the Long Twentieth Century’ (ICAS:MP) is an open, interdisciplinary forum for intellectual exchange. Located in New Delhi it critically intervenes in global debates within the social sciences and humanities. It is one of the five Maria Sibylla Merian Centres constituted by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) as centres of advanced studies. Scholars associated with ICAS:MP examine and compare, from a wide array of disciplinary and methodological approaches, how ‘the political’ has been conceptualised, articulated and performed in specific arenas of contestation during what we call the ‘long twentieth century.’

Dr John will be in residence in Delhi from February 2025 to April 2025 as part of the thematic sub-group “Theory from the Global South”. She will use this time to develop her book project titled: Nature Displaced: Reading Hindi Literature in the Age of Climate Change. 

Professor Madhuri Saripalle presents at Prof K N Raj Centenary Celebrations at CDS

Ram Kumar Faculty & Staff Spotlight

Professor Madhuri Saripalle, Professor, Economics and MBA Chairperson, IFMR GSB, Krea University recently participated in a conference hosted for Prof K N Raj Centenary celebrations at CDS (Centre for Development Studies),  Thiruvananthapuram from 19-22 October, 2024. Professor Saripalle presented in the session on Agriculture and Rural Economy, on the topic, Structural break and volatility in Rice prices in India: pre and post Covid Analysis. 

Dr Sathya Samindan pens an article for The Indian Express – Indulge, Kolkata

Ram Kumar Faculty & Staff Spotlight

Dr R S Sathya Saminadan, Associate Professor of Practice, IFMR GSB, Krea University has penned an article titled Marketing to Aliens: The next frontier in Commerce, published in The Indian Express – Indulge The Morning Standard, Kolkata edition. 

The article examines the intriguing idea of intergalactic marketing with strategies, challenges, and ethical considerations involved in selling products and services to alien civilisations.

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Book co-edited by Dr Sabah Siddiqui is now in print, includes a paper co-authored by Dr Sarabjeet D Natesan

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A book co-edited by Dr Sabah Siddiqui, Assistant Professor of Psychology, SIAS, Krea University is now in print. A People’s History of the Farmers’ Movement, 2020–2021 also includes a co-authored paper by Dr Sabah Siddiqui and Dr Sarabjeet D Natesan, Associate Professor of Economics, SIAS, Krea University.

Instigated by the contentious farm laws of 2020, the Farmers’ Movement burgeoned into a year-long saga of protest and perseverance, ending only in December 2021 after the passing of the Farm Laws Repeal Bill, 2021 by the Indian Parliament. From the initial demand for law repeal to the multifaceted growth of the movement, the book traces the journey of the Farmers’ Movement, as each essay dissects the socio-political dynamics, cultural nuances, and mass solidarity that underpinned the protests, including focused analyses from Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, and the Sikh diaspora in the United Kingdom.

The book can be found listed on the Routledge website.

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Dr Jayasankar Ramanathan writes for BW Education 

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Dr Jayasankar Ramanathan, Associate Professor, Marketing, IFMR GSB, Krea University has penned an article in BW Education titled Integrating Death Management Into India’s Engineering & Management Curriculum.

Dr Jayasankar advocates inclusion of death management as a foundational course in engineering and management programmes in India, emphasising its importance in preparing students for life’s unpredictable nature and fostering responsibility.

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Professor Madhuri Saripalle pens an article in The Hindu BusinessLine

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Professor Madhuri Saripalle, Professor, Economics and MBA Chairperson, IFMR GSB, Krea University has penned an article in The Hindu BusinessLine titled, Looking into our export basket.

The article examines the export share of India’s top exporting industries from 2017-18 to the first quarter of 2024-25, covering both pre- and post-Covid years and concludes that India’s export landscape has undergone significant shifts in this time periods, with certain industries emerging as clear gainers while others have seen decline or stagnation. The article firmly suggests the need for export diversification and an effort to sustain growth in high-performing sectors.

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Dr Sushant Raut at XVII International Conference on Interconnections between Particle Physics and Cosmology (PPC 2024) 

Ram Kumar Faculty & Staff Spotlight

Dr Sushant Raut, Assistant Professor of Physics, SIAS, Krea University, was a convenor of the neutrino physics group at the XVII International Conference on Interconnections between Particle Physics and Cosmology (PPC 2024) organised at IIT Hyderabad from 14-18 October, 2024. The conference included talks and posters on experimental and theoretical aspects of the Standard Model of particle physics, beyond Standard Model searches, astrophysics, and cosmology. 

Editorial Article by Sayantan Datta published in Indian Journal of Medical Ethics

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An editorial article by Sayantan Datta, Assistant Professor of Practice, Krea-CWP ( Centre for Writing and Pedagogy) has been published in the Indian Journal of Medical Ethics. In the editorial titled, Beyond Anxiety: Autonomy and Harm Reduction Approaches to DIY Hormone Replacement Therapy, Sayantan discusses the implications of the prevalence of DIY Hormone Replacement Therapy practices for transgender persons, the medical ecosystem, and the relationship between the two. Drawing upon the principles of harm reduction and patient autonomy, they recommend against blanket anxieties around DIY practices, instead suggesting simultaneous bolstering of efforts to bridge the gap between transgender people and medical practitioners, and the wide dissemination of HRT-related knowledge to transgender people, particularly those further marginalised by poverty and a lack of formal education.

The Indian Journal of Medical Ethics is a multidisciplinary and multicultural peer-reviewed academic journal publishing original material and discussion on all aspects of bioethics, healthcare ethics and the humanities.


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Research article by SIAS Faculty Professor Shanti Pappu published in ESPL Wiley

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A research article co-authored by Professor Shanti Pappu, Visiting Professor in Archaeology and History, SIAS, Krea University has been published in ESPL ( Earth Surface Processes and Landforms) Wiley.

The Thar Desert, India has desert pavements comprising angular-subangular to well-rounded gravels at marginally higher elevations than the surrounding terrain. Sedimentological and geomorphic analyses suggest that the pavements are lags of weathered Mesozoic and older bedrock. The presence of Palaeolithic artefacts on the pavement surfaces and occasionally within their matrix was used to infer their antiquity and landscape stability. Titled, Cosmogenic 10Be- and 21Ne-based model exposure ages of desert pavements in the Thar Desert, India, the study presents the first surface exposure ages based on cosmic-ray-produced 10Be and 21Ne for pavements at four sites in the Thar Desert, viz Bhojka, Hamira, Solanki and Jayal.

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