Impact of Social Media on the lives of the Women of the Kantha Embroidery Industry By Prof. Anupam Das, IIM Kozhikode. Abstract: The Kantha is an indigenous piece of embroidery work created by the rural women of West Bengal and Bangladesh and has its origin as a traditional functional form of embroidery known for transforming worn out textiles into beautiful forms of …Read more »

Prof. Ram Krishnan, Research Professor at the School of Business Administration, University of Miami, USA delivered a seminar on the topic titled “Consumer choice, de-consumption and business innovations – a research dialogue”. Abstract of the talk: In this interactive session, Prof. Ram Krishnan initiated a research dialogue by sharing his perspectives on contemporary issues. He spoke on topics such as ‘Dynamic presentation …Read more »

Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK), in association with NITI Aayog conducted a Seminar on ‘Kerala state finances’ in its Kozhikode campus today. The day-long seminar was attended by academicians, researchers, delegates from think-tanks and government who shared their views on the problems and future prospects of the state government finances. Ajay Kumar Nema, Director, Niti Aayog and S Lakshmanan, …Read more »

Dr. Rishideep Roy, Assistant Professor of Decision Sciences and Information Systems at IIM Bangalore delivered a seminar on the topic titled “Extreme values of log correlated Gaussian fields”. Abstract of the talk: Extreme values and entropic repulsion for two-dimensional discrete Gaussian free fields are of significant interest and have been a subject of many recent works. Similarly works on extreme values …Read more »

Prof. Ajai Gaur, Associate Professor of Strategic Management and International Business at Rutgers Business School, delivered a seminar on the topic titled “Overcoming Institutional Voids: The Complementary Advantages of Business Groups and Multinationals”. Abstract of the Talk: Drawing on the literature on multinational corporations (MNCs) and business groups, we argue that the advantages of business groups and MNCs complement each …Read more »