Category: Faculty & Staff Spotlight

Professor Srinivasan Kalyanasundaram, Professor of Practice in Finance, IFMR GSB, Krea University attended the Cryptocurrency Research Conference 2024 (CRC 2024) at Zayed University in Dubai and presented a paper titled Role of CBDCs in Shaping International Payments and Promoting Inclusive Finance. He co-authored it with Sanjana Mattaparthi, an SIAS student. His paper presentation was well received with interactive questions and answers at the conference. The conference was attended by experts in Cryptocurrency and Blockchain.

Dr Joya John, Assistant Professor of Literature, SIAS, Krea University, was an invited speaker at the Manipal Centre for the Humanities, Manipal University, for an International Conference on Modern Indian Literatures held on 23 September, 2024. The conference included the release of the Oxford Handbook of Modern Indian Literatures. Dr John contributed an article titled Adivasi Poetry: The Poetics of Indigeneity in Contemporary India. She participated in a roundtable discussion with the editors and fellow contributors, exploring the evolving directions of Modern Indian literature.

Dr Vivek Radhakrishnan, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, SIAS, Krea University presented a paper titled Motivational Skepticism and Moral Feeling in Kant at the 14th International Kant Congress: Kant’s Project of Enlightenment organised by Kant-Gesellschaft and the Institut für Philosophie, University of Bonn, Germany, from 8-13 September, 2024.

Dr Radhakrishnan also presented a paper titled KC Bhattacharyya’s Kant: Indian Reception with Universalist Spirit at Critical Philosophy for Cosmopolitan Justice and Perpetual Peace: Immanuel Kant 300th Anniversary Conference organised by The School of Arts and Humanities, University of Lisbon, Portugal, from 17-19, September, 2024.

The University Grants Commission and the University of Madras organised a two-week online refresher course for the commerce and management faculty members of several colleges in Tamil Nadu and other states.

On 17 September, 2024, Professor Sathyanarayanan R, Associate Professor of Marketing, IFMR GSB, Krea University, was invited to address the participants in this refresher course with the overarching theme Staying Ahead of the Curve: Understanding Emerging Markets and Global Trends.

Professor Sathyanarayanan delivered the module on Case Studies of Successful Business Models in Emerging Markets and discussed the 9Ps – Problem, Perception, Per Capita Income, Pricing, Provenance Paradox, Promotion, Partnerships, Path-breaking Ideas and the Paradigm Shift with interwoven case discussions on the business model strategies of brands like Mocemsa, Skinn, MG Hector, Desmondji, Kellogg’s, Starbucks, M-Pesa and Jumia in Africa, Mercado Libre of Latin America, Gojek Indonesia, Emirates, Mahindra, Infosys, Dr Reddy’s, Hero Motors, TVS Motors, Xiaomi, etc.  

The session was well received, with enthusiastic participation from the faculty members during the presentation and Q&A session.

Professor Mukund Padmanabhan, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, SIAS, authors an article for Sunday Magazine, The Hindu titled The long reach of India. The article explores an interview with historian William Dalrymple on his new book The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World.

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Kaveri Bharath, Visiting Faculty, Global Arts, SIAS, was part of a five-member delegation representing India at the Argilla Italia Ceramics Festival in Faenza, Italy, from 30 August to 1 September, 2024. Following the festival, the delegation exhibited their ceramics at the C.R.E.T.A. Gallery in Rome from 6 to 8 September, 2024. Kaveri showcased her ceramic piece, Ladybug, at both venues. Krea University’s research funding partially supported her travel.

An interview with Sayantan Datta, Assistant Professor of Practice, Krea-CWP (Centre for Writing and Pedagogy) has been featured in Vividh: Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity and Accessibility in Science in India. Published by IndiaBioScience.org, Vividh is a compilation of inspiring and thought-provoking stories, interviews and insights on DEIA in life science research and education in India. A previously published article by Datta titled Queer-trans people in STEM talk about their mental health was also reprinted in IndiaBioScience.org.

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Dr Jyoti Kumari, Assistant Professor of Finance, Accounting & Quantitative Finance, IFMR GSB, Krea University recently penned an article in TheBuckStopper titled Robo Advisors and the Digital Wealth Management: The Future of Indian Capital Markets. The article analyses and predicts the role of virtual robotics and robo-advisors in the Indian financial market in reshaping the financial industry and bringing financial inclusion, in the near future.

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Dr Soumya Dey is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at SIAS, Krea University. Along with other researchers and academics in the field, Dr Dey co-organised World of GroupCraft IV. This was a short, international conference. It ran for 24 hours straight on 9 September, 2024.

Dr Shyam Kumar Sudhakar, Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences, SIAS, Krea University penned a story for IndiaBioscience on his journey as a young investigator and teaching at a Liberal Arts institution.

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