Faculty AchievementsAcademic Year 2019-20

CONGRATULATIONS!

Dr. Anita PatankarPapers and Research Projects

Research Paper titled: ‘India’s Innovation in Liberal Arts Education for Sustainability- a Conceptual Framework Using Interpretive Structural Modelling’ published in Journal of Advanced Research inDynamical and Control Systems.

Research Paper published in the International Journal of Management and Business Research- A Theoretical Framework Showing the Contextual Relationship Between Corporate Branding and Its Dimensions Using ISM and Fuzzy MICMAC Analysis.

Paper Published in Prabandhan-Indian Journal of Management: Title “ Comparing Deemed and State Universities on Perception of Educational Offerings Using Factorial MANOVA”.

‘Exploring the Relationship between Youth Leadership and Sustainability with Mediation Effects from an Indian Perspective using Path Way Analysis’ in Indian Journal of Commerce and Management Studies.

Appointment on the Adhoc Board of Studies in Liberal Arts – Savitribai Phule Pune University

Resource person for the 15th FICCI Higher Education Summit 2019 on Creative Economy. Nation Building: Higher Education as the catalyst. (EAIE and SCIE Master Class on Internationalisation)

Nominated as a national member of the CII India-Africa Committee for 2019-20

Speaker at the Second Annual Presidents’ Forum of the Alliance of Asian Liberal Arts Universities (AALAU) - Hong Kong

Research Project on Developing a Grass-Root Centre in Rural India: Scoping Study to Understand Local Maternal Health, Ageing and Wellness with Bournemouth University along with Dr Shanti Shanker and Prof. Edwin van Teijlingen as “Principal Investigators” and Dr Anita Patankar, Director.

Conferences and Workshops attended

Workshop conducted to sensitize members of the Internal Committees of the University

Dr. Shweta Sinha Deshpande

Conferences and Workshops attended

Attended the workshop WISCOMP- Gender Equity and Inclusion: Transformative Pathways in Higher Education organized jointly by WISCOMP and Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts in Pune on August 22-24, 2019.

Attended a meeting on the MAAR project with UNESCO that SSLA have been working on with Bournemouth University.

Participated in the 15th FICCI Higher Education Summit 2019 and secured second Runner Up position at Poster Presentation on the theme Higher Education-the Catalyst to a Creative Economy

Invited as a speaker and a chair for the seminar 'South Asia in Transition' organised by Christ College, Bangalore, on the topic “Culture of Migration in the Indian context, especially Punjab”

Papers and Research Projects

Presented virtually at the "Ontario International Development Agency International Conference on Sustainable Development 2019, Boston, USA along with students and faculty from SSLA on “Curriculum and Community - the 2Cs for Community Based Academic Learning with Research, Action and Service (CBALwRAS): a Case Study from India“

Dr. Suchetana BanerjeePapers and Research Projects

Received Minor Research Project grant from Symbiosis International (Deemed University) for the project “Traditions of Devotion: Narratives and Lived Experiences”, CO PIs Gayatri Mendanha and Ananya Dutta

Published an article titled “ACTS OF CHANGE: IPTA” in a Delhi based online magazine Art Dose (Link: http://artdose.in/acts-of-change-ipta/)

Conferences and Workshops attended

Attended the workshop WISCOMP- Gender Equity and Inclusion: Transformative Pathways in Higher Education organized jointly by WISCOMP and the Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts in Pune on August 22-24, 2019.

Speaker and attendee at WISCOMP - Gender Equity and Inclusion: Transformative Pathways in Higher Education - A Workshop, Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, Bhubaneswar.

Invited to be a part of the Board of Studies, Department of English at St. Mira's College Pune.

Invited as a key speaker for National Seminar on New Dimensions of Women Empowerment jointly organized with Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune and Association of Indian Universities.

Dr. Manjari JonnalagaddaPapers and Research Projects

Presented a poster on 'Exploring the demographic histories of South Asian population using dense genomic data' at the American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting 2019, which has also been been selected for a Developing Country Award.

Subsequently, her application for the International Travel Grant to SERB was selected for funding to travel to the “American Society of Human Genetics Annual Meeting 2019” in October.

Atiya FathimaWorkshops Attended

Attended the WISCOMP- Gender Equity and Inclusion: Transformative Pathways in Higher Education organized jointly by WISCOMP and the Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts in Pune from August 22-24, 2019.

Dr. Barry RodriguePapers and Research Projects

Article published in the Malaysian Education Ministry newsletter - ‘Integriti: Satu Kajian Terhadap Sekalian Alam’, Buletin Integriti Siri 2: Nikmat Keamanan, Hasil Pengorbanan, Kementerian Pendidikan Malaysia, [Malay language]; translated by Tan Chee Keong; ‘Integrity: A Study of the World’, in the Malaysian Education Ministry’s Integrity Newsletter 2, December 2019, pp. 12–13.

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Conferences and Workshops attended

Appointment to the editorial board of the Institute of History, Archeology, and Ethnography, Daghestan Scientific Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences Journal.

Attended the workshop WISCOMP - Gender Equity and Inclusion: Transformative Pathways in Higher Education organized jointly by WISCOMP and Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts.

Invited to be a speaker on ‘Climate Crisis and Preparation in India’ at the Well Being and Justice Vikalp-Sangam.

Published a chapter called ‘Our Place in the Multiverse: Anthropology, Civilization, and Big History’, in The Routledge Handbook of Big History, eds. Craig Benjamin, Esther Quaedackers and David Baker, Abingdon: Routledge, 2019, pp. 109–155.

Invited as keynote speaker on ‘Studying All Existence for the Unification of Knowledge & Humanity: Asia’ at the symposium on Big History: The Ultimate Form at the Liberal Arts College of Arts & Sciences, J.F. Oberlin University.

Invited speaker - “The Study of all Existence : Big History Universal Studies and a Global Conjuncture” at International Seminar, Jnana – Deepa Vidyapeeth (JDV)

Appointment to the editorial board of the Indian anthropological journal, Man in India.

Article ‘Humanity in the Meta-Galaxy: Anthropology’s Shifting Perspectives’ published in История, археология и этнография Кавказа (History, Archaeology and Ethnography of the Caucasus), vol. 15, no. 2, June 2019, pp. 224–248

Dr. Vaidyanatha GundlupetPapers and Research Projects

Presented a Paper titled “Understanding ‘Nationalism’ in Contemporary India: An Inquiry into the Delhi High Court Orders in the Case of Kanhaiah Kumar” in the Eighth International Annual Research Conference on Rule of Law in Context: Indian and Global Perspectives

Workshops Attended

Attended the WISCOMP - Gender Equity and Inclusion: Transformative Pathways in Higher Education workshop organized jointly by WISCOMP and Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts in Pune on August 22-24, 2019

Dr. Sumithra SurendralalWorkshops Attended

Invited to attend the Pressing for Progress 2019 conference, Hyderabad

Invited to attend as a resource person for the RBPT workshop in Udaipur

Dr. Richa MinochaPapers and Research Projects

Presented a paper at the IGC 2020 conference at SSLA, titled “Marginalisation of Women in Urban, Peri-urban, and Rural areas: A Case Study of Simla in Himachal Pradesh”

Conferences and Workshops attended

Attended the workshop WISCOMP- Gender Equity and Inclusion: Transformative Pathways in Higher Education organized jointly by WISCOMP and the Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts in Pune from August 22-24, 2019.

Addressed and then interacted with the Steans Center Academic Service Learning Team

Special Lecture under the course Geography, Food, and Justice.

Invited as a panelist for a discussion at the Bombay Press Club on the theme "Marginalised Women making place in the Urban Jungle".

Invited Speaker for the Seminar on “Gender Sensitization; He or She?: Time to change the mindset”

Anurupa GhatgePaper presented

Presented a paper titled “Role of Training Transfer and personality characteristics on intercultural training success outcomes” at the 11th International Conference at Gwalior organised by the Prestige Institute of Management in collaboration with the Association of International Business and Professional Management, Indonesia.

Conferences and Workshops attended

Attended the workshop WISCOMP- Gender Equity and Inclusion: Transformative Pathways in Higher Education organized jointly by WISCOMP and the Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts in Pune on August 22-24, 2019.

Gayatri MendanhaWorkshops Attended

Attended the workshop WISCOMP- Gender Equity and Inclusion: Transformative Pathways in Higher Education organized jointly by WISCOMP and the Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts in Pune on August 22-24, 2019.

Participated in the 15th FICCI Higher Education Summit 2019 and secured second Runner Up at Poster Presentation on the theme Higher Education - the Catalyst to a Creative Economy

Invited- Workshop on Gender Equity and Inclusion: Transformative Pathways in Higher Education Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences - Bhubaneswar

Sonia SathePapers presented

Presented a paper at the International Gender Conference 2020, at SSLA titled “Impact of Family Support on Education and Career Choices of Women in the IT Sector in India “

Conferences and Workshops attended

Attended the workshop WISCOMP- Gender Equity and Inclusion: Transformative Pathways in Higher Education workshop organized jointly by WISCOMP and the Symbiosis School for Liberal Arts in Pune from August 22-24, 2019.

Was invited to attend a talk show on Blockchain called “Adapt on your way to understanding Block Chain Technology” at MIT World Peace University. Invite to attend a Guest Talk on Blockchain Technologies, Applications, and Research Areas at Symbiosis Institute of Technology

Ananya DuttaPapers presented

Presented a paper at the IGC 2020 conference at SSLA titled “Fighting Gender Bias in Newsrooms and on the Field: A Case Study of Women Journalists in Pune”

CONGRATULATIONS!