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RESEARCH WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS FOR

STUDENTS

WORKSHOPS
WORKSHOP ON RESEARCH
WRITING SKILLS

7 MARCH
IIM Visakhapatnam hosted an online work-
shop on research writing skills for doctoral
students on 7 March 2021. The workshop
was jointly conducted by Dr. Sachin Mangla
Kumar, Faculty, Plymouth Business School,

University of Plymouth, UK, and Dr. Yigit Kazancoglu, Faculty, Yaşar Üniversitesi (Yaşar University), Turkey.
IIM Visakhapatnam hosted an online workshop on research writing skills for doctoral students on 7 March
2021. The workshop was jointly conducted by Dr. Sachin Mangla Kumar, Faculty, Plymouth Business School,
University of Plymouth, UK, and Dr. Yigit Kazancoglu, Faculty, Yaşar Üniversitesi (Yaşar University), Turkey.

WORKSHOP ON BLOCKCHAIN FOR BUSINESS
EXECUTIVES
MARCH 10

A workshop on Blockchain for Business Executives was
organized by Prof. M Shameem Jawed for the PGPEx
students. The resource person for this workshop, Professor.
Marisetty, is currently working as fintech and analytics
Professor at the University of Hyderabad.

This workshop introduced students to the corporate world of blockchain. First, Prof. Marisetty introduced
the students to the foundations and principles behind blockchain. This was followed by an outline of busi-
ness processes in several domains and a description of how blockchain disrupts the traditional business
process with process innovation, transparency, traceability, and disintermediation. Participants received
hands on knowledge on how to write simple smart contracts that automate business transactions. In the
end, participants worked as groups and created their own blockchain model as a proof of concept.

WORKSHOP ON SURVEY RESEARCH

27-28 MARCH
Dr. Kamalika Ghosh, Analyst, Talent & Culture at
Lockton Companies, USA, conducted a 2-Day Work-
shop on Survey Research for Doctoral students. The
workshop comprised of sessions on survey develop-
ment and validation processes, translation and
cross-cultural adaptation of surveys, and offered
hands on training through practical exercises in
survey design and item analysis

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