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DISTINGUISHED GUEST LECTURES, FACULTY RESEARCH SEMINARS AND
      INVITED TALKS



      II. TEXT MINING AND TEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF CORPORATE FILINGS FOR DEVELOPING

      PREDICTIVE MODELS AND RISK ASSESSMENTS
          17 APRIL

       Dr. Rajendra P. Srivastava, Professor at Emeritus of Accounting
       and  Information  Systems  School  of  Business,  University  of
       Kansas, USA, delivered a faculty research seminar on the topic
       ‘Text Mining and Textual Analysis of Corporate Filings for Devel-
       oping Predictive Models and Risk Assessments’. In his presenta-
       tion, Dr. Srivastava provided a live demonstration of the features
       of SeekiNF for gathering information by querying the system. An
       intelligent  search  engine,  SeekiNF  (https://www.seeked-
       gar.com),  a  Cloud  based  technology,  was  developed  at  The
       University of Kansas. It provides incredible set of tools to gather
       financial and nonfinancial information from SEC filings, perform
       textual analysis with its built-in features, and develop analytical
       predictive  models  for  assessing  risks  such  as  financial  risk,
       litigation risk, fraud risk, etc.


      INVITED TALKS

      SPEAK LIKE A PRO

                   6 APRIL

                Mr. Divas Gupta, an IIM Kashipur alumnus, TEDx speaker, Ikigai
                and public speaking coach, delivered a talk on the topic ‘Speak
                like a Pro’. His talk focused on the recipe one needs to keep in
                mind to speak without inhibitions and with confidence.


                                         SHODH SAMVAD

                                            8 APRIL
                                         IIM  Visakhapatnam  organized  an  Editors’  Talk  series  ‘Shodh  Samvad’,
                                         with the objective to understand editors’ views on publishing in high-im-
                                         pact factor journals. The guest speakers were (1) Prof. Yogesh K. Dwivedi,
                                         founding director of the Emerging Markets Research Centre (EMaRC) and
                                         Co-Director of Research at the School of Management, Swansea Univer-
                                         sity, Wales, UK. He is the Editor in Chief of the International Journal of
                                         Information Management (ABDC A*); and (2) Prof. Paul Jones, Head of
                                         Business Department at the School of Management, Swansea University,
                                         Wales, UK. He is the Editor in Chief of International Journal of Entrepre-
                                         neurial Behavior and Research (ABDC B). Both the guest speakers offered
                                         insights about world of publishing and offered information on best prac-
                                         tices to ensure publication of research work. The discussion was moderat-
                                         ed by our Professor, Dr. Amit Shankar.



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