Dr Jayaram Ramakrishnan, Professor of Practice, IFMR GSB has authored an article titled Is ABC for MSME’s too? – The Answer is an Emphatic YES – Case study of an MSME Pressure die casting Unit. The article has been published in MSME Titbits, the bi-monthly flagship Journal of MSME ; Start up Promotion Board of The Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICMAI), in their October 25 edition (Volume 5).
Dr Vijaya C, Assistant Professor, Finance, Accounting and Quantitative Finance, IFMR GSB presented her research paper titled, ‘Enhancing Liquidity in Commodity Derivatives’, co-authored with Rahul Kumar, MBA Cohort of 2024-26, FMR GSB, at the 53rd Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) Conference hosted by the Faculty of Economics and Business at the Universidad Complutense, Madrid and held from 16-18 October 2025.
The conference brought together many distinguished researchers from all over the world for presenting new research, exchanging information, and discussing current issues in Europe and Asia. The research paper analysed the impact of market and macroeconomic factors on commodity market liquidity and attempted to provide practical insights to policymakers on enhancing liquidity.
Nangsel Sherpa, Faculty Teaching Associate, Krea-CWP facilitated six workshops at the Indigenous Women’s Writing Residency held in Lalitpur, Nepal, from 16 to 18 October 2025. The Residency was organised by The Pomelo with the support of Goethe-Zentrum Kathmandu and in collaboration with GAN Resource and Learning Centre (GRLC). The residency brought together women from diverse indigenous communities and lived experiences across Nepal to reflect on what it means to be an indigenous woman, especially at a time when climate change, displacement, and development threaten ancestral lands and ecosystems.
Dr Sarabjeet D Natesan, Associate Professor, Economics, SIAS presented her autoethnographic work at the Indian Network of Memory Studies organised by IIT-Madras, in the opening session on 27 October 2025. Dr Natesan’s presentation was titled ’Burden of Inherited Stories-Violence of Abandoned Dreams.’
Dr Swarnamalya Ganesh, Associate Professor of Practice, Literature and Global Arts, SIAS and The Ranga Mandira Sadir Melam took their premier work ‘When Stories Take From’ to GD Birla Sabhagar, Kolkata. Dr Ganesh also presented a Lec-dem for the students of Gender studies, Performance studies and Literature at Visva Bharati University, Shantiniketan.
A haibun by Dr Anannya Dasgupta Director, Krea-CWP and Associate Professor of Literature, SIAS has been published in the October 2025 issue of Cattails Journal. The haibun is titled When it is all good and appears on page 120.
Professor Jayaram Ramakrishnan, Professor of Practice, Finance, IFMR GSB, has authored a
chapter titled A Three-Pronged Strategy for Production Cost Optimisation in MSMEs and
Role of CMAs, in the special publication titled Role of CMAs in Viksit Bharat 2047,
published by the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICMAI). The book was launched by the
honourable Governor of West Bengal Dr CV Ananda Bose at Governor’s House, Kolkata.
Dr Sayandeb Chowdhury, Senior Assistant Professor, Literature, SIAS, has penned a piece titled The Commodious Melancholy of László Krasznahorkai’s Fiction in the The Wire. He sheds light on how Krasznahorkai challenges conventional fiction by demanding silence, attention and existential engagement from the reader.
Dr Suryodaya Sharma, Assistant Professor, Psychology, SIAS is presenting his paper titled “Caste Prejudice and Persisting Inequality in India: Role of Social Identity and Belief Systems” at the 53rd Annual conference on South Asia at University of Wisconsin, Madison. The paper is part of a panel ‘Critical Perspectives on Structural Inequality: Explorations in Psychology of Caste’ in the conference.
Vikas Kumar Choudhary, Faculty Teaching Associate, Krea-CWP presented a paper titled “Theorising Mnemonic Injustice: Caste, Politics and Memory” at the Conference Theorizing Justice, jointly organised by Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai in association with Dr B R Ambedkar Centre for Economics and Socio-Legal Research, Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University.
