An essay by Dr Srajana Kaikini, Assistant Professor, Philosophy, titled Sub-cultures as Spaces for Social Change has been published in Sub:version Issue 02 (2025), Special Issue on Subcultures.
Dr Srajana Kaikini’s essay in Sub:version
Category: Faculty & Staff Spotlight
Dr Sairam Moturi conducts sessions on Personal Finance
Dr Sairam Moturi, Assistant Professor, Finance, Accounting and Quantitative Finance, IFMR GSB, conducted sessions on Personal Finance for undergraduate students of colleges affiliated to Delhi University, Bharati Vidyapeeth’s College of Engineering, and Delhi Skill Entrepreneurship University.
Dr Vivek Tewary presents at the GANIT symposium at IIT Gandhinagar
Dr Vivek Tewary, Assistant Professor, Mathematics, SIAS, presented a talk on ‘Regularity Theory for Nonlocal p-Laplace Equations’, at the GANIT symposium on ‘Stochastic Processes and Related Topics 2025’, at IIT Gandhinagar from 13-15 September 2025.
About the talk: Brownian motion is related to the Laplace operator as jump Levy processes are related to the nonlocal Laplace operator. Similarly, the p-Laplace operator has a probabilistic interpretation in a tug-of-war game with noise and the nonlocal p-Laplace operator comes from a nonlocal version of this tug-of-war game. A recent turn is to study these operators using non-probabilistic methods. While the probabilistic interpretations are linked to non-divergence type operators, in this talk, they focussed on one of their divergence type counterparts. In particular, they discuss the local boundedness and local Holder regularity of solutions of the parabolic divergence type nonlocal p-Laplace equation.
About the workshop: The aim of this meet is to bring together researchers in the country working on stochastic processes and related areas (such as partial differential equations, dynamical systems) for a series of stimulating lectures and discussions. It is hoped that this can be the first meet in an annual tradition and provide a forum for explorations of new ideas and forging of new collaborations.
Dr Vijaya C presents case study at INDAM Special Conference
Dr Vijaya C, Assistant Professor, Finance, Accounting and Quantitative Finance, IFMR GSB presented her case study titled, ‘Saroja Modern Rice MIlls: Complexity of Sales and Operations Planning’, co-authored with Professor N Chandrasekran, Professor, Operations and Strategy, at the INDAM Special Conference on ‘Vibrant MSME 2025 – Leadership and Sustainable Growth in Focus”, held on 12-13 September 2025 at K J Somaiya Institute of Management, Mumbai.
INDAM Special conference, on the theme of “Vibrant MSMEs – Leadership and Sustainable Growth in Focus”, was a joint event of Indian Academy of Management (INDAM) and KJ Somaiya Institute of Management (KJSIM), Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Mumbai. The conference focused on three sub-themes – Business Growth, Circular Economy & Sustainability, and Leadership & Succession. The conference interweaved the perspectives of academicians and practitioners through discussions in the form of panel discussions, paper presentations, case studies, poster presentations, exhibition and experts’ discourses.
The case study on ‘Saroja Modern Rice Mills: Complexity of Sales and Operations Plan’, brought out the challenges of a classified small business in the modern technology oriented rice mill in planning its sales, operations and working capital requirements. The case also highlights the need for a champion as the business leader who truly realises the value of a small business as an asset, amidst various challenges inherent in the cyclical agri-business.
Dr Anannya Dasgupta’s poem in EPW
A poem titled Passing Time by Dr Anannya Dasgupta, Director, Krea-CWP and Associate Professor, Literature and Arts, SIAS has been published in The Economic and Political Weekly.
Dr Chirag Dhara delivers talks at International Conference on Sustainable Development and European Commission’s Joint Research Centre
Dr Chirag Dhara, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, SIAS recently delivered two talks. ’Reconceptualizing sustainable development’ at the International Conference on Sustainable Development in Rome on 10 September 2025 and ‘A new development classification for the 21st century’ at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre in Ispra, Italy on 15 September 2025.
Dr Sambaiah Gundimeda writes for Frontline
Dr Sambaiah Gundimeda, Associate Professor, Politics, SIAS has penned an article in The Hindu’s Frontline titled Andhra Pradesh’s opposition row tests the spirit of democracy.
The article discusses how ruling TDP’s refusal to grant LoP status to Jagan Reddy follows the rulebook but drains dissent of dignity and weakens India’s democratic balance.
Dr Vivek Tewary presents at GANIT Symposium on Stochastic Processes and Related Topics 2025
Dr Vivek Tewary, Assistant Professor, Mathematics, SIAS presented a research talk on Regularity theory for nonlocal p-Laplace equations at GANIT Symposium on Stochastic Processes and Related Topics 2025 held at IIT Gandhinagar from 13-15 September 2025.
About the talk: Brownian motion is related to the Laplace operator as jump Levy processes are related to the nonlocal Laplace operator. Similarly, the p-Laplace operator has a probabilistic interpretation in a tug-of-war game with noise and the nonlocal p-Laplace operator comes from a nonlocal version of this tug-of-war game. A recent turn is to study these operators using non-probabilistic methods. While the probabilistic interpretations are linked to non-divergence type operators, in this talk, we focus on one of their divergence type counterparts. In particular, we discuss the local boundedness and local Holder regularity of solutions of the parabolic divergence type nonlocal p-Laplace equation.
About the workshop: The aim of this meet is to bring together researchers in the country working on stochastic processes and related areas (such as partial differential equations, dynamical systems) for a series of stimulating lectures and discussions. It is hoped that this can be the first meet in an annual tradition and provide a forum for explorations of new ideas and forging of new collaborations.
Dr Proma Raychaudhury teaches at the Reactionary Politics Summer School 2025
Dr Proma Raychaudhury, Assistant Professor, Politics, SIAS facilitated and taught a session at the Reactionary Politics Summer School 2025, organised by the University of Bath, United Kingdom. The workshop was held on 11 and 12 September 2025.
Krea faculty members attend IN-SPACe event
Krea faculty members, Dr Lakshmi Narayanan, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, SIAS; Dr R S Sathya Saminadan, Associate Professor of Practice, Marketing, IFMR GSB; Professor Lakshmi Kumar, Dean, IFMR GSB,Dr Aishwarya Krishnaswamy, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Finance IFMR GSB and Professor Vijayalakshmi C, Professor, OB & HR participated and spoke at the event conducted by IN-SPACe in connection with LEAD at Krea University. The event was IN-SPACe Short-term Skill Development Course on “Entrepreneurship Development for the Space Sector”. IN-SPACe is the newly created authorising agency under privatisation drive of Space Sector for approving space sector activities in India including that of ISRO. The skill development programme was held from 31 August to 5 September 2025. Dr Lakshmi Narayanan was also invited to release the abstract book along with Shri Kiran Kumar, Former Chairman ISRO, Dr Vinod Kumar, Director of IN-SPACe and other dignitaries.
