PINAKI MAJUMDAR
Jamshedpur, April 13: As a part of its 75th Year Platinum Jubilee Celebrations, XLRI Jamshedpur hosted a Doctoral Colloquium for three days from April 8-10.
The theme of the conference was based on “Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability.”
Presentation of 62 papers
The three-day event observed 117 paper submissions from 5 countries: India, Nepal, Oman, Spain, and the UK.
Upon review, 62 papers were invited for presentations – 19 doctoral scholars from XLRI Jamshedpur and 43 doctoral scholars affiliated with other universities and institutions.
The inaugural event, held at XLRI Jamshedpur on April 8 was introduced by Prof. Prashant Kumar (Convener of XLRI Doctoral Colloquium and Associate Professor – Marketing), XLRI Jamshedpur.
In a welcome address at the inauguration of the event, Fr. George Sebastian S.J. (Director), XLRI Jamshedpur, stressed the need for research to have societal consequences and for academics to focus on the broader societal needs of the hour. He also drew attention to the rise of Artificial Intelligence in everyday life at one end and the roles of sustainability at the other end.
Fr. Donald D’Silva S.J., (Dean – Administration & Finance), XLRI Jamshedpur, highlighted the need to balance work and self-investment to avoid stress during a doctoral programme.
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Academic leaders discuss research priorities and challenges
Dr. Sanjay Patro, (Dean – Academics), XLRI Jamshedpur, emphasized the need for meaningful research, particularly given the nascent nature of Artificial Intelligence in Research.
He shared examples of various use cases of AI from the industry and the need to study the implications of their usage in academic articles.
Prof. Madhu Veeraraghavan (Pro-Vice Chancellor, Manipal Academy of Higher Education and T A Pai Chair Professor of Finance) explained the ways to target top journals for publications and recounted personal experiences where he followed the UT Dallas and FT-50 list.
He also emphasized upon staying physically fit in order to deliver the best forms of research.
Another invited guest, Prof. S Gupta (Mani Ayer Chair Professor of Marketing, MICA, Ahmedabad), discussed the need for having relevance and rigour in the research programmes.
She explained ways to work on ideas that have good potential for research and impact on society.
Prof. Rajendra Nargundkar (Vice-Chancellor, Prestige University, Indore), emphasized the need to balance quality of research with quantity of research.
He highlighted that the scholars should focus on ticking their publication requirements in the early years of their research.
Prof. Rajiv Bhushan (Associate Professor, NIT Jamshedpur), spoke for the need to focus on sustainable topics in research and the present reality of the world and the need to find that voice in academic circles.
Prof. Ajith Kumar J (Associate Dean, FPM Programme and Member of the Advisory Board of the Doctoral Colloquium), XLRI Jamshedpur, brought about the salient features and the details of the FPM programme at XLRI.
Seven workshops at colloquium
Prof. H K Pradhan, (Professor of Finance and Member of the Advisory Board of the Doctoral Colloquium), XLRI Jamshedpur, recounted his personal experience in doing PhD program and his inclination for teaching, that led him to this path.
He also motivated the scholars to find their true calling in the course of the journey.
Seven workshops covered at the colloquium included: how to revise and resubmit in top journals by Prof. Madhuveeraraghavan, writing conceptual articles by Prof. S Gupta, developing constructs in the Indian context by Prof. Aashish Pandey, innovative teaching pedagogies by Prof. Sanjay Patro, game theory and computerized lab experiments by Prof. Sumit Sarkar, and Signals and Spillover Workshop by Prof. Ameet Banerjee.
The 62 papers as part of this event were divided across seven tracks and 14 paper presentation sessions.
