Aravind R, an SIAS PhD scholar in Sociology, presented a paper titled ‘Digital Queer Intimacies in the City: Pleasure, Labour and Ghettoisation’ at the international conference ‘Digitality, Marginality and Plural Subjectivities,’ hosted by the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH), University of Edinburgh.
Aarthi Venkatesh, a third-year Psychology student at SIAS, has been awarded the highly selective Founding Generation Fellowship by the International Congress of Infant Studies (ICIS). As part of the fellowship, she will spend the summer at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver, conducting research at the Centre for Infant Cognition under the supervision of Dr Kiley Hamlin.
Her research will focus on investigating the early developmental foundations of moral cognition in infants. Through this work, she aims to develop both conceptual and methodological skills in developmental cognitive neuroscience. The fellowship marks an important milestone in her academic journey, deepening her long-standing interest in early cognitive development and the philosophical questions surrounding the nature of mind, knowledge, and morality.
Krea students recorded a strong showing at FLAME University’s Kurukshetra Fest 2026.
TBD Crew, Krea University’s official UG Western Competing Dance Team, secured first position in the Step-Off category. Led by Ananyaa Premanand, the team included Aarushi Chowdhury, Aashna Bhartiya, Ananya Sarath, Avani Bipinkumar, Diya Saravanan, Drishti Satpal, Ishita Vohra, Pranaya Khatri, Sanika Ostwal, and Trisha Bhar. The Women’s Football Team secured second position, and we also congratulate Aavya Kedia (Basketball) and Shilpi Rani (Football) for being recognised as Best Defensive Players.
At the 5th International Conference on Advanced Network Technologies and Intelligent Computing held at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management (ABV-IIITM), Gwalior, India, Lekhana Priya Gundapaneni, SIAS alum and now a Teaching Fellow and Purvikalyani Prasannah, SIAS, Cohort of 2027 presented papers that will be published in Springer CCIS (Scopus indexed proceedings).
1. Contribution:Alpha Band Power Modulation During Covert and Overt Articulation
Presenter: Lekhana Priya Gundapaneni
Authors: Lekhana Priya Gundapaneni, Rakesh Sengupta, Sayantan Mandal, Madhavilatha Maganti
2. Contribution:Modeling Recurrent Neural Networks in Serial Recall Paradigm With
Dynamic Self-Excitation
Presenter: Purvikalyani Prasannah
Authors: Purvikalyani Prasannah and Rakesh Sengupta
Purvikalyani Prasannah has also won the prestigious Young scientist DST Travel grant for the same.
Pratibha Jain, an IFMR GSB PhD Scholar, has been selected for the Global Early-Career Accelerator for Representation (GEAR) virtual programme workshop in the field of Business and Society. The workshop is conducted by the Centre for Business, Organisations and Society (CBOS) at the University of Bath, UK.
The GEAR programme is designed to support early-career researchers by strengthening their theoretical, methodological, and writing capabilities, with a particular focus on developing high-quality research articles suitable for submission to leading academic journals.
Mugdha Kinhikar, an IFMR GSB PhD Scholar, has been selected as a mentee for the Earth System Governance (ESG) Mentoring Initiative 2026. The one-year programme supports early-career research fellows in advancing their career trajectories and fostering future leadership. The Earth System Governance Project is a global research network focused on advancing knowledge at the interface of global environmental change and governance.
Yashvi Sharma, Cohort of 2022-26, SIAS and a star capstone student, represented India at the IKMF World Championship held in Hungary and delivered a remarkable performance by winning a gold medal in kettlebell sport. Competing in the one-arm long cycle marathon event, she completed an impressive 592 repetitions with a 12 kg kettlebell, securing the top position at the world stage.
Pratibha Jain, PhD scholar, IFMR GSB, presented her research proposal at the Academy of Management Perspectives (AMP) Paper Development Workshop during IMRC 2025, held at IIM Ahmedabad from 5-7 December 2025. Her proposal was selected for presentation among 31 proposals out of more than 120 submissions. The workshop included assistance from Professor Babita Bhatt, Associate Editor of AMP, on refining the paper for potential submissions.
A team of MBA students from IFMR Graduate School of Business (GSB) emerged as Joint Winners (1st Position) at the SAMANVAY 2025 – Fynergy Case Competition, hosted by IIT Madras. The winning team comprised Hardik Gupta, Parag Sachdev and Harshit Lawaniya, who presented a strategic acquisition model balancing profitability, scalability, and sustainability. Sharing the title with them are their juniors — Sparsh Jain, Aniket Jaiswal, and Gaurav Patil.
Tejas Rao, a Double Major in Data Science and Biological Sciences, UG Cohort of 2023-27, School of Interwoven Arts and Sciences (SIAS), has been selected as a LINC fellow. As part of the scholarship, he will be working at the LINC center on cutting-edge neuroscience projects.
