Best Practices in Finance Education in COVID Era: IIM Sirmaur

This piece of contribution is the experience sharing from the finance educators teaching various finance courses at Indian Institute of Management Sirmaur.

First person – Amlan Barai

ABSTRACT First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Journal of Cell Science, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Amlan Barai is first author on ‘ α-Actinin-4 drives invasiveness by regulating myosin IIB expression and myosin IIA localization’, published in JCS. Amlan is an Institute Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Prof. Shamik Sen at Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, where he uses multidisciplinary approaches to understand cell behavior and cellular dynamic processes including cancer development, metastasis and tumor heterogeneity.

Simulation of storm surge associated with cyclones land falling Bangladesh coast

This paper describes the basic features of storm surge phenomena using Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) model (installed at Bangladesh Meteorological Department) for the Bay of Bengal. To capture the storm surge scenarios, after the entrance of the cyclone into the northern part of the Bay of Bengal, high resolution IIT model has been used. The analysis area is from 18° N to 23° N and 83.5° E to 94.5° E. Bathymetric data required for the model has been taken from Royal Admiralty Table and ETOPO2 dataset. In this paper, various scenarios of storm surges are developed and then investigated for varying input parameter values. This paper also examines the time-series of surges at the fixed landfall point by using the data of three severe cyclonic storms when the cyclone approaches the landfall point.

A retrospective study of the epidemiology of esophageal cancer and its management in a Central Indian Institute

Background: The aim of the study was to better understand the epidemiology of esophageal cancer and its management in Indian patients.Methods: This was a retrospective study conducted in a Central Indian institute in which 42 patients of esophageal cancer admitted during a 2 year period were evaluated and treated. All underwent upper gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopy and computed tomography (CT) scan to assess site and extent of tumor.Results: There were a total of 42 patients in the study of which the mean age group was 50-65 years with the disease occurring more commonly in males (65%). The male -female ratio was 1.8:1. The most common histological type was squamous cell carcinoma with 32 patients (76.2%) followed by adenocarcinoma with 10 patients (23.8%). The most common site of the esophagus involved was the lower third and gastro-esophageal junction in 23 patients (54.76%) followed by mid esophagus in 14 patients (33.3%). Most patients were inoperable as the most common stage of presentation was IV in 18 patients. Esophagectomy was possible in 8 patients while 26 underwent feeding jejunostomy and 8 underwent esophageal stenting before being sent for chemoradiation. The 1 year survival rate in this study was 16.6%.Conclusions: Cancer esophagus is still a disease that presents late for treatment in India with majority of patients managed with palliative interventions followed by chemoradiation. The survival rate is poor. Squamous cell carcinoma is far more common with adenocarcinoma showing increasing trends, both occurring more commonly in the lower esophagus.

Conversando con... Balkrishna Doshi

El arquitecto indio Balkrishna Doshi, Premio Pritzker 2018, ha cumplido recientemente noventa y dos años en plena y entusiasta dedicación a su vocación arquitectónica y a su familia. El catedrático de proyectos arquitectónicos de la UPV, José María Lozano Velasco, ha tenido la oportunidad de encontrarse con él en Sangath -su estudio en Ahmedabad- el pasado mes de agosto, para compartir preocupaciones comunes y aprender de este maestro de la arquitectura que no desea ser llamado así.Cuando apenas acaba de clausurarse la segunda oportunidad –esta vez en el Architekmuseum der TUM de la Pinacoteca Moderna de Munich- para conocer de manera cuidadosa su obra, a través de la espléndida exposición denominada Architecture for the people que produjera el VITRA museum de Weil an Rhein, las reflexiones de primera mano y de viva -muy viva- voz de su autor resultan esclarecedoras para su mejor compresión.Es conocida la inestimable colaboración que Doshi prestó al gran maestro Le Corbusier en la concepción y ejecución de Chandigarh. También la imprescindible participación de nuestro arquitecto en el Campus del Indian Institute of Management de Ahmedabad de Louis Khan. E interesante estudiar la influencia de uno y otro en su obra primera. Como observar su evolución hacia la magia de Amdavad ni Gufa o su profunda atención por el Low cost housing, que en el distrito construido de Aranya, Indore, cobra realidad.No han faltado los estudios de colegas y amigos como William Curtis o Kenneth Frampton que, con más autoridad que nosotros, se han pronunciado al respecto.Este artículo es el resultado del conocimiento de todo ello y de las visitas realizadas a gran parte de la obra, más la enriquecedora conversación sostenida con su autor. Y su enfoque es otro. Hemos querido indagar en aquellas razones que hicieron denominar la primera época de Doshi como “Tradition and modernity”, en las más mágicas (o míticas, como él mismo las denomina) y en la principal herramienta para transmitirlas: el dibujo (y el dibujo de color).El artículo incluye transcripciones literales o adaptadas de algunos pasajes del encuentro, contextualizadas oportunamente.

Benchmarking the assessment of barriers to the admission of management education in India during the COVID-19 pandemic

PurposeThis paper proposes a decision-making framework for assessing various dimensions and barriers that have affected the admission process in management educational institutions during the ongoing pandemic. The framework considers the interrelationship between the obstacles and highlights the importance of each barrier.Design/methodology/approachAn integrated method based on decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory and analytical network process is proposed to structure the barrier assessment framework. Results obtained from the study are validated by comparing them against the conventional analytical hierarchy process.FindingsThe results obtained from this study indicate four significant dimensions that hinder admission in Indian management institutes, namely, governmental, financial, sectoral, institutional and market. The top five barriers are demand shift towards technical (alternative) skills, acceptance of the graduated students, lack of industry–institute collaboration, lack of long-term vision and opening new Indian Institute of Technologies (IITs) and Indian Institute of Managements (IIMs).Research limitations/implicationsDuring this ongoing pandemic, many educational institutes have been forced to shift from the traditional classroom to a virtual teaching model. In this regard, this study helps identify and assess the barriers to admission in Indian management institutes during this epidemic and thus, contribute to the literature. The findings will assist all stakeholders and policymakers of management institutions design and develop appropriate managerial strategies. The study is conducted in the Indian management educational institute context and can be extended to technical education institutions for deeper insights.Originality/valueThe paper develops an assessment framework for analysing the barriers to admission in Indian management institutes during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Research implications are discussed in the context of a developing country.

COP 26 Futures We Want - India Country Profile

This regional profile for India was developed in the context of the BEIS COP26 Futures We Want project. It has been developed with input from in-country academic experts Professor Ambuj Sagar (Indian Institute of Technology, India) and Dr Suresh Babu (Dr B R Ambedkar University, India). It sets out a synthesis of the available evidence base on regional challenges and opportunities for mitigation, adaptation, and resilience measures for India associated with climate change and a global transition to an inclusive, desirable, and resilient net-zero future.

Variability of exotic ginger (Zingiber officinale Rosc.) accessions for quality parameters

Ginger (Zingiber officinale) is one of the important and widely used spices throughout the world in fresh and dried forms. The study on quality characterization and essential oil profiling of 13 ginger genotypes was conducted at ICAR-Indian Institute of Spices Research, Kozhikode, Kerala, during 2019-2020. The genotypes included eight promising exotic accessions (Acc. 393, Acc. 607, Acc. 736, Acc. 833, Acc. 869, Acc. 872, Acc. 873 and Acc. 874), four popular cultivars (Nadan, Himachal, Maran, Rio-de-Janeiro) and a released variety IISR Varada. Significant differences among the genotypes were recorded for various quality parameters such as oleoresin, essential oil and crude fibre content. Among the exotic genotypes, Acc. 869 recorded the highest essential oil content (2.44%), followed by Acc. 393 (2.42%), Acc. 833 and Acc. 873 (2.10%). The accessions, Acc. 869, Acc. 874, Acc. 873 and Acc. 393 recorded higher oleoresin content of 5.88 per cent, 5.63 per cent, 5.34 per cent and 5.28 per cent, respectively. Considering essential oil and oleoresin contents, the exotic accessions, Acc. 873, Acc. 393 and Acc. 869 were identified as promising genotypes. Among the other genotypes, Rio-de-Janeiro recorded the highest essential oil (2.76%) and oleoresin content (6.69%). The exotic genotypes, viz., Acc. 607, Acc. 736 and Acc. 393 recorded crude fibre content of less than 5 per cent whereas, Acc. 869 recorded the maximum of 7.85 per cent. Fifty compounds were identified through essential oil profiling, and the major classes were sesquiterpene hydrocarbons followed by monoterpene hydrocarbons. The major compound identified was α-zingiberene and was highest in Acc. 393 (30.49%), followed by Maran (30.32%).

First person – Bharti Nawalpuri

ABSTRACT First Person is a series of interviews with the first authors of a selection of papers published in Journal of Cell Science, helping early-career researchers promote themselves alongside their papers. Bharti Nawalpuri is first author on ‘ Distinct temporal expression of the GW182 paralog TNRC6A in neurons regulates dendritic arborization’, published in JCS. Bharti is a PhD student in the lab of Dr Ravi S. Muddashetty at the Centre for Brain Research, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, investigating mechanisms of translation regulation in neurodevelopment and synaptic plasticity.