Category: Faculty & Staff Spotlight

Dr Chirag Dhara’s study in spotlight in an article by The Times of India

Ram Kumar Faculty & Staff Spotlight

Cleaner air abroad could mean stronger monsoons over India, finds IITM study, an article in The Times of India discusses how global efforts to reduce air pollution could unintentionally make India’s monsoon stronger in the coming decades. The article cites a study conducted by Dr Chirag Dhara, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, SIAS in collaboration with ​researchers from the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune and the University of Reading, UK​.

​The paper in reference is titled, ​Future intensification of Northern Hemisphere monsoons due to declining remote aerosol pollution​.​

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Dr Jayaram Ramakrishnan pens an article in MSME Titbits

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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).

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Dr Vijaya C presents a paper at 53rd EBES Conference

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​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 facilitated six workshops at the Indigenous Women’s Writing Residency held in Lalitpur, Nepal

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​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.

Professor Jayaram Ramakrishnan authors a book chapter

Ram Kumar Faculty & Staff Spotlight

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.