IFMR GSB Faculty members author an article in The Management Accountant

IFMR GSB faculty members, Professor Srinivasan Kalyanasundaram, Professor of Practice, Professor Balasubramanian G, Senior Professor and Advisor, Finance, Accounting and Quantitative Finance and Professor Jayaram Ramakrishnan, Professor of Practice, Finance have authored an article on, Navigating Digital Transformation in BFSI Organisations. The same has been published in the 25 March issue of The Management Accountant, the prestigious official magazine of The Institute of Cost Accountants of India. The magazine has a readership in over 94 countries globally.
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(please refer pages 85 – 88)

Kaustav Mehta’s undergraduate capstone thesis published in BMC Neurology

Kaustav Mehta, Teaching Fellow, Data Science, SIAS’ undergraduate capstone thesis titled ‘Exploring comorbidity networks in mild traumatic brain injury subjects through graph theory: a traumatic brain injury model systems study’ has been published in BMC Neurology. The paper is co-authored by Dr Shyam Kumar Sudhakar, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences, SIAS.

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Dr Jyoti Kumari awarded ICSSR Project Grant under the Major Research Projects Grant

Dr Jyoti Kumari, Assistant Professor, Finance, Accounting and Quantitative Finance, IFMR GSB has been awarded the ICSSR Project Grant under the Major Research Projects Grant for 2024-25. The recommended title of the research project is, ‘The Role of Alternative Data in Expanding the Credit Access: A Study of Fintech Innovations in India.’

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Dr Rangachary Kommanduri publishes paper in the Neurocomputing journal

Dr Rangachary Kommanduri’s paper titled, ‘STAD-AI: Spatio-temporal Anomaly Detection in Videos with Attentive Dual-Stage Integration’ has been published in the Neurocomputing journal (Q1, Impact Factor = 5.5).

This work presents STAD-AI, a novel framework for video anomaly detection that combines spatio-temporal attention-based feature extraction with an attentive U-Net architecture for precise anomaly prediction.

Dr Kommanduri is Visiting Assistant Professor, Data Science at SIAS.

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Dr Srajana Kaikini authors a book chapter as part of the book Nation, Region, Modernity: The Art of K. Venkatappa, Routledge India (2025)

Dr Srajana Kaikini, Assistant Professor, Philosophy, SIAS has penned a book chapter ‘The Plant Studies of K. Venkatappa : The Artist’s Kinship with Nature, Truth, and Rationality’ is published as part of the book Nation, Region, Modernity: The Art of K. Venkatappa, Routledge India (2025) edited by Deeptha Achar and N Pushpamala. In her chapter, Dr Kaikini situates the philosophical bearings of Venkatappa’s aesthetic and his pre-occupation with truth, nature and scientific precision by tracing his creative kinship with his contemporaries—C V Raman, the scientist, James H. Cousins, the theosophist and B G L Swamy, the botanist. 

Critical Review of the Book:

‘Bringing together a stellar group of scholars, this inter-disciplinary volume reminds us of the aesthetic importance for the study of both Indian modernity and the history of modern Indian art of K. Venkatappa as painter, sculptor, musician, art educationist, and much more.

The first comprehensive and definitive analysis of this largely overlooked but significant Telugu-origin artist of Karnataka, Nation, Region, Modernity: The Art of K. Venkatappa deftly demonstrates how the nation lives in and through the region, but also, frequently, at the expense of the region. The volume also valuably offers a model of how to engage with the lives and legacies of pioneering figures of the past in a manner that is both a necessary corrective and a critical celebration.’

—Sumathi Ramaswamy, James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of History, Duke University, USA

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Professor Bishnu Mohapatra’s Barshavatara published by Speaking Tiger Books

We are thrilled to share Professor Bishnu Mohapatra’s most recent volume of poetry, Barshavatara, has been published in English translation as Rain Incarnations by Speaking Tiger Books. The Odia volume was published in 2022 by Paschima Publications, Bhubaneswar. Professor Mohapatra is Professor, Politics, SIAS and Director, Moturi Satyanarayana Centre for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences, Krea University.

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Dr Lakshmi Narayanan awarded PM Early Career Research Grant by Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF)

Dr Lakshmi Narayanan, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, SIAS has received funding for his proposal under the PM Early Career Research Grant scheme, awarded by Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF) — a newly established initiative by the Government of India. The project, titled Early Morning Ionosphere-Thermosphere System (EMITS): Knowledge Gaps and Importance in the Low and Mid-Latitudes, aims to enhance our understanding of the outer reaches of the Earth’s atmosphere during the early morning hours.

As part of the project, a multi-frequency GNSS receiver will be installed on the Krea University campus. This instrument will track signals from navigation satellites such as GPS and NaVIC to study the state of the ionosphere. These radio signals, transmitted in the L and S bands from satellites in medium Earth and geosynchronous orbits, must propagate through the intervening ionosphere before reaching us. By analysing the minor refraction and scattering these signals undergo, researchers can gain valuable insights into the ionosphere. Additionally, archived satellite datasets will be utilised to investigate the early morning upper atmosphere and ionosphere.

The duration of the project is three years, with funding of approximately Rs 60 lakh.

Dr Lakshmi Narayanan co-authors an article in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

Dr Lakshmi Narayanan, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, SIAShas co-authored an article titled ‘Resolving the generation mechanisms and electrodynamical effects of Medium Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances (MSTIDs)’ which has been published in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences. The work is a perspective article resulting from detailed deliberations of an international team of researchers for 2-3 years led by a NASA scientist. The team has gathered twice at Bern to discuss outstanding problems regarding an ionospheric phenomenon called Medium Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances (MSTIDs). MSTIDs are perturbations propagating in the ionosphere of earth, and they are caused by different mechanisms that are not well understood/characterized. MSTIDs affect satellite based communication, navigation and radio astronomical observations. In this article, they discuss the most important issues in their characterisation and point to some of the inconsistencies that exist in the literature. They also provide some recommendations to the community to address these issues.

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Dr Chirag Dhara co-authors the paper, ‘A scalability-centric perspective on global human development within environmental limits’.

Dr Chirag Dhara co-authors the paper, ‘A scalability-centric perspective on global human development within environmental limits’.

Dr Chirag Dhara, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, SIAS, recently co-authored a paper titled, ‘A scalability-centric perspective on global human development within environmental limits.’

Nordic countries epitomise “sustainable development:” that is the general global perception. Dr Dhara has co-authored a paper demonstrating that this perception is based on a fundamentally flawed understanding of planetary climate and ecological limits – one that most international organisations, including the UNDP, suffer from. Their research shows that certain middle-income, developing countries offer a better vision for sustainable development.

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Research Article by Dr Tanmoy Chakrabarty, published in the “Applied Physics Letters”

Research Article by Dr Tanmoy Chakrabarty, published in the “Applied Physics Letters”

A research article by Dr Tanmoy Chakrabarty, Assistant professor, Physics, SIAS titled, “Spin glass and complex magnetism in a high-entropy spinel oxide with five cations at both tetrahedral and octahedral sites” has been published in the “Applied Physics Letters”. In this publication, Dr Chakrabarty is one of the two corresponding authors.

In this work, the team has reported spin glass behavior and complex magnetic properties of a high-entropy spinel oxide with five cataions at tetrahedral and octahedral sites. They have carried out structural studies by XRD and SEM and studied magnetic properties using AC and DC magnetic measurements. The data from the AC magnetization confirms this material’s cluster spin glass state. Although spin glass behavior is a well reported phenomena among magnetic frustration, the novelty of this work is here it is first time observed in a high entropy oxide with 5 cations in both the tetrahedral and octahedral sites. The work highlights the potential of entropy-driven design in tailoring multifunctional materials for advanced applications.

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