A set of haiku by Dr Anannya Dasgupta, Director, Krea-CWP (Centre for Writing and Pedagogy) is hot off the press as a part of an anthology of haiku poetry entitled Late-Blooming Cherries (Harper Collins India, 2024). Compiled and edited by Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih and Rimi Nath, Late-Blooming Cherries features contributions from some of the most prominent haiku artists in India.
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Sathyanarayanan Ramachandran, Sundram Fasteners Associate Professor, Marketing, IFMR GSB, Krea University publishes a guest article titled Taking the franchise places, in The Hindu BusinessLine, discussing the logistics aspects of the Indian elections. The article discusses how multimodal logistics is key to the democratic exercise India undertakes every five years.
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Neha Mishra, Assistant Professor of Practice at the Centre for Writing and Pedagogy (CWP) at Krea University led an online workshop titled From Chit to Chat(GPT): Ethical Conundrums in the Age of AI for undergraduate students enrolled in the Academic Writing course at Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Bengaluru Campus. Hosted by the Department of Liberal Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Bengaluru Campus, the workshop took place on 25 April, 2024.
This workshop explored two questions: while it began with the question Should ChatGPT do your homework?, it ended by answering the question Can ChatGPT do your homework?. It did so by looking at some of the existing policies formulated by leading science and humanities journals on ChatGPT use as well as through a close study of how and why ChatGPT fares poorly at scholarly work.
Dr Shuchita Goyal, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, SIAS, Krea University has been selected to participate in the American Mathematical Society’s Mathematics Research Community (MRC) summer conference on Homotopical Combinatorics. The conference will take place at the Beaver Hollow Conference Center in Java Center, New York, USA, from 30 June to 6 July, 2024. Now in its sixteenth year, the MRC programme has chosen Dr Goyal as the sole Indian national to join this year’s conference.
Dr Swayam Sampurna Panigrahi, Assistant Professor, Operations, IFMR GSB, Krea University published a paper titled Exploring barriers towards effective coal supply – A non-core perspective using ISM-DEMATEL in the journal Resources Policy. The publication is co-authored with Dr Rajesh Katiyar, International Management Institute, Bhubaneswar, Dr Ranjit Roy Ghatak, International Management Institute, Bhubaneswar, and Dr Ritu Singh, Indian Institute of Management, Raipur.
While other energy sources are becoming more popular, India is expected to continue to depend on coal in the coming years. This study aims to identify and assess barriers to the efficient supply of coal to non-core industries reliant on this energy source. Employing a hybrid approach combining Interpretive Structural Modeling (ISM) and Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL), the authors analyse the hierarchical structure and causal relationships among barriers affecting the coal sourcing process. The hybrid model emphasizes that the ‘biased government approach’ and ‘lack of mining technology and infrastructure’ are crucial barriers. These key barriers exert a substantial influence on other factors within the scope of our study. Unlike earlier studies, this research enhances theoretical understanding by thoroughly exploring barriers to effective coal sourcing strategies. Policymakers engaged in decision-making for the non-core coal-dependent sector in India can benefit from this research. Attention should be directed towards addressing key barriers influencing effective coal sourcing, specifically focusing on ‘biased approach by the government’, ‘lack of mining technology and infrastructure’, ‘social and political constraints’, ‘low research and development’, and ‘lack of skilled personnel’.
Dr Vivek Radhakrishnan, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, SIAS, Krea University and Dr Srajana Kaikini, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, SIAS, Krea University have been included as research collaborators on a project titled Debates and Dialogues in Modern Indian Philosophy (2023-25). This project is led by faculty from IIT Tirupati under the Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC).
Dr Sambaiah Gundimeda, Associate Professor of Politics, SIAS, Krea University has been invited by the Centre for Development Studies (CDS), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, to deliver the 6th Dr B R Ambedkar Memorial Lecture titled Democracy and Social Justice: Reading Ambedkar in Our Times, on 3 May, 2024.
Abstract: According to the Paris-based Reporters without Borders, India has fallen to 161st place out of 180 countries on the World Press Freedom Index. Similarly, in the V-Dem Academic Freedom Index, India is ranked in the bottom 20-30% category, below countries such as Libya, Pakistan, Ethiopia, and others.
How would Ambedkar have responded to the shrinking space for dissent in contemporary India?
For the past three decades, there has been a serious divide between some Dalit castes that accessed reservations and others who could not. While the latter demand sub-classification of SC reservations in the name of social justice, the former counter such demands in the name of unity within the Dalit category.
If Ambedkar were to be alive, what kind of solution would he have offered?
In a move toward eradication of caste, Ambedkar in his “Annihilation of Caste” argued that only ‘fusion of blood’ can truly evoke the sense of kinship.
How can we advance Ambedkar’s project of the annihilation of caste?
Drawing from Ambedkar’s insights, the proposed lecture aims to reflect upon the questions of freedom of speech, social justice and annihilation of caste in our times.
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Dr Vivek Radhakrishnan, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, SIAS, Krea University has authored two recent publications:
1. An article titled Immaṉuel Kāṇt: Maṉithaṉai Aṟiyum Vaḻi (Immanuel Kant: Knowing the Human), published in The Hindu – Tamil Thisai
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2. Crito (allathu, Naṉṉaṭatai Patṟi) (Translation of Plato’s Crito), published in Kanali – Online Cultural-Literary Magazine, 34
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Dr Sayandeb Chowdhury, Senior Assistant Professor of Literature, SIAS, Krea University recently authored two articles.
The article titled The Spectre Of Sergei Eisenstein In Cinema, published in the magazine Outlook India, can be read here.
The article titled Mistimed Politics: Why The Left Is Partly Responsible For The BJP’s Rise In West Bengal, published in The Wire, can be read here.
Dr Sambaiah Gundimeda, Associate Professor of Politics, SIAS, Krea University was invited to participate as a special guest at the two-day international conference on New Media and Its Publics in India, hosted by SRM University, AP on 18-19 April, 2024. During a roundtable discussion on New Media: Realities and Divergences, Dr Gundimeda delivered a presentation on Vicissitudes of Caste in Indian Cinema.
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