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International Academia and Research Committee (IARC) was established in September 2020 under the aegis of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences by the BITS Pilani administration. The main purpose of this committee is to enable and facilitate productive long-term as well as short-term academic research collaborations with various international universities, research institutes and think tanks. As part of this mission, IARC is organizing monthly Webinars through inviting academic researchers and scholars of international repute to share their work with our faculty and the student body. IAR committee thus far has conducted international webinars with academic researchers coming from various countries, with a view to proactively engage with the state-of-art international research trends and processes.

Webinar Series

International Academia and Research Committee (IARC) Webinars (2020-2021) Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, BITS Pilani (Pilani Campus)

Webinar Month/Date Proposed by Name of the Speaker University/Institutional Affiliation Country of Work MOU with BITS Research area/Title of the Webinar
26-11-22 Prof. Sangeeta Sharma Arpan Bumb London Business School Holland & Barrett NA Digital Anlaytics and Applications : An Industry Perspective
21-3-22 Prof. Sailaja Nandigama Prof. Dr. Bas Arts Wageningen University Netherlands NA Forest Governance : Hydra or Chloris
7/2/2022 Prof. Sailaja Nandigama Prof. James Mulholland North Carolina State University USA NA From Archive to Page : Academic Writing and Research in the 21st Century
10/12/2021 Prof. Sailaja Nandigama Prof. Walter A. Rosenbaum Department of Political Science, University of Florida Florida, USA No Grow Where You're Planted: Bringing Sustainability to the Campus
3/12/2021 Prof. Sailaja Nandigama Dr. Naciba Chassagnon ESSCA School of Management, Lyon France No Environmental Studies for the 21st Century
30-11-21 Dr. Veena Ramachandran Dr. James D. Frankel   Hong Kong No Origins and Trajectories of Islam in China.
25-11-21 Dr. Chintalapalli Vijayakumar Dr. Maggie Charles Oxford University UK tbc Academic Writing for Higher Degree Students
28-09-21 Dr. Mohammed Afzal P Dr. Chih-ming Wang Academia Sinica, Taiwan Currently a Visiting Professor at Harvard Yenching Institute, USA No Unpacking the Nation in/as the State of Crisis: A Transnational Reflection on the Impact of the Pandemic in Taiwan
14-08-21 Prof. Sailaja Nandigama Prof. James D. Proctor Professor of Environmental Studies and Director of Environmental Studies, Lewis & Clark Lewis & Clark, Oregon, USA No The New Ecotypes
28-04-21 Prof. Sailaja Nandigama Prof.Niraj Prakash Joshi Hiroshima University, Japan Hiroshima, Japan Yes Agriculture and Climate Change in Nepal: GHG Emissions, Mitigation, Indications of Climate Change, Impact on Agriculture, Adaptation, and Co-benefits
6/5/2021 Prof. Sangeeta Sharma Prof. Janice Yoder Kent State University USA Kent, USA NA Asking “So What?” about our Scholarship: Why Values Matter when Planning, Doing, and Disseminating Research
15-03-21 Dr. Anupam Yadav Prof. Aleksandra Derra Institute of Philosophy, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Poland Torun, Poland NA Feminist Studies as an Attempt to Build Complementary Knowledge: The Case of Disease
23-02-21 Prof. Hari Nair Prof. Harsh Pant King's College, London and Observer Research Foundation England (currently on sabbatical at ORF, Delhi) No International Relations
28-01-21 Dr. Madhurima Das Dr. Payoshni Mitra Birkbeck College, University of London United Kingdom NA Gender, Sexuality, Race, Intersectionality and Sports Activism in Global South
20-11-20 Dr. Veena Ramachandran Dr Selbi Hanova UNICEF, Turkmenistan Turkmenistan NA Multilateralism, Regionalism and Sovereignty
22-10-20 Prof. Sailaja Nandigama Prof. Severine van Bommel University of Queensland Australia Yes Governance of Complex Agri-environmental Systems and Development Interventions: An Interpretive Approach
 
HoD : Prof. Devika Members - IARC : Prof. Kumar Sankar Bhattacharya, Prof. Hari Nair, Dr. Sunita Raina, Dr. Madhurima Das
Coordinator - IARC : Prof. 
Sailaja Nandigama
 

The Academia-Industry Interfacing Committee (AIIC) at Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at BITS-Pilani, Pilani Campus, endeavors to contribute to industry engagement through interaction with experts from industry. The broader agenda of the activities of the includes but not limited to connect the HSS Department, students and faculty, with industry experts, policy makers, practitioners and administrators to foster collaborative learning, curriculum development, skill development, entrepreneurial encouragement. The main activities that the AIIC plans to undertake include webinar series, invited talks and panel discussions.

 

Academia-Industry Interfacing Committee (AIIC) – Webinar Series

Webinar date

Proposed by

Invited by

Speaker

Affiliation

Topic

26-3-22

Academia-Industry Interfacing Committee (AIIC)

Dr. Sushila Shekhawat

Sandeep Sharma

Morgan Stanley

Building and effective career roadmap and importance of soft skills in career growth

23-12-21

Academia-Industry Interfacing Committee (AIIC)

Dr. Virendra Singh Nirban

Mr. Prannay Kumar

Head Media & Communications, Telangana State Innovation Cell

2021 Century Skills Requirements of Industry

27 March 2021

Academia-Industry Interfacing Committee (AIIC)

Dr. Tanu Shukla

Dr. L N Venkataraman

Department of Policy Studies, TERI-SAS

Academia-Industry Interfacing for a 21st Century Employment Readiness-Humanities Perspectives

Dr. Madhurima Das

Mr. Masoom Sachdeo

Rebel Foods

Dr. V S Nirban

Mrs. Rekha Gade

HR Advisor

Dr. Tanu Shukla

Mr. Salman Mahmood

Food Corporation of India

 

International Exchange Student Details

Student's Name ID.No. PhD Supervisor Professor/s in-charge Year & Duration of International Collaboration Programme, University & Country Ongoing/ Completed MoU with BITS
Aayushi Malhotra 2017PHXP0042P Prof. Sailaja Nandigama Prof. Sailaja Nandigama (BITS Pilani) & Prof. Niraj Prakash Joshi (Hiroshima University) 2022 (August) Taoyaka Program Onsite Training 2022 Completed Yes
Mayuresh Vijay Bhise 2017PHXF0418P Prof. Sailaja Nandigama Prof. Sailaja Nandigama (BITS Pilani) & Prof. Niraj Prakash Joshi (Hiroshima University) 2022 (August) Taoyaka Program Onsite Training 2022 Completed Yes
Ruchika Sharma 2019PHXP0426P Prof. Sailaja Nandigama Prof. Sailaja Nandigama (BITS Pilani) & Prof. Niraj Prakash Joshi (Hiroshima University) 2022 (August) ILDP programme - Hiroshima University, Japan Completed Yes
Shruti Majumdar 2020PHXF0462P Prof. Sailaja Nandigama Prof. Sailaja Nandigama (BITS Pilani) & Prof. Niraj Prakash Joshi (Hiroshima University) 2022 (August) ILDP programme - Hiroshima University, Japan Completed Yes
Aayushi Malhotra 2017PHXP0042P Prof. Sailaja Nandigama Prof. Sailaja Nandigama (BITS Pilani) & Prof. Niraj Prakash Joshi (Hiroshima University) 2021 (January- September) ILDP programme - Hiroshima University, Japan Completed Yes
Mayuresh Vijay Bhise 2017PHXF0418P Prof. Sailaja Nandigama Prof. Sailaja Nandigama (BITS Pilani) & Prof. Niraj Prakash Joshi (Hiroshima University) 2021 (January- September) ILDP programme - Hiroshima University, Japan Completed Yes
Ruchika Sharma 2019PHXP0426P Prof. Sailaja Nandigama Prof. Sailaja Nandigama (BITS Pilani) & Prof. Niraj Prakash Joshi (Hiroshima University) 2021 (January- September) ILDP programme - Hiroshima University, Japan Completed Yes
Neetika Mahajan 2020PHXP0111P Prof. Sailaja Nandigama Prof. Sailaja Nandigama (BITS Pilani) & Prof. Niraj Prakash Joshi (Hiroshima University) 2021 (January- September) ILDP programme - Hiroshima University, Japan Completed Yes
Anjali Punia 2020PHXP0037P Prof. Sailaja Nandigama Prof. Sailaja Nandigama (BITS Pilani) & Prof. Niraj Prakash Joshi (Hiroshima University) 2021 (January- September) ILDP programme - Hiroshima University, Japan Completed Yes
Merylin Das 2020PHXP0033P Prof. Sailaja Nandigama Prof. Sailaja Nandigama (BITS Pilani) & Prof. Niraj Prakash Joshi (Hiroshima University) 2021 (January- September) ILDP programme - Hiroshima University, Japan Completed Yes
Punita Raj 2020PHXF0428P Prof. Devika Prof. K.S.Sangwan and Prof. Christoph Herrmann (TU Braunschweig) 2021-2022 (Nov-Jan, visited in person 11-19 nov, 2021) IGCSM- TU Braunschweign Completed Yes
Shivangi Priya 2014PHXF007P Prof. Pushp Lata Prof. Pushp Lata from August 2016 to May 2017 Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) in the University of Utah Completed No
Vidhi Agarrwal 2013PHXF0431P Prof. Hari Nair Prof. GS Chauhan 18-29 August 2018 ILDP programme - Hiroshima University, Japan Completed Yes
Shrija Srinivasan 2016PHXF0411P Prof. Sushila Shekhawat Prof S.K.Choudhary 18 -25 August 2019 ILDP International On-site Training Advanced Completed Yes