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PAPER DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP FOR THE
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION

SYSTEMS (ICIS)

6th April:

Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam, in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and
the Indian Chapter of the Association for Information Systems (INAIS), hosted a full-day paper development
workshop for the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) on April 6, 2023, at its campus. The
workshop received 59 submissions related to contemporary topics such as Artificial Intelligence, Digital
Transformation, Digital healthcare, Cybersecurity, Metaverse, Quantum computing, Sustainability, etc. Out of all the
submissions, the authors of 11 articles presented their work and received constructive feedback for further
development of their paper.
During the inaugural talk, Prof. Anuradha M. V., Dean (A), IIM Visakhapatnam, briefed the attendees about the
institution and how it has been able to create a niche for itself in the area of management education and research
already, despite being a relatively new IIM. During the Know You Community session, Prof. Saji Mathew, IIT Madras,
Vice President INAIS, and Professor Sujeet K. Sharma Sharma, IIM Nagpur, Secretary INAIS, informed the participants
about the origin and various activities of the India chapter of AIS. The keynote address for the event was given by
Prof. Arpan K. Kar, IIT Delhi, who talked about some of the best practises for writing a good-quality research paper.

The post-lunch session started with a plenary talk by Prof. Priya Seetharaman, IIM Calcutta, President INAIS, on
thinking beyond the publish or perish aphorism. Following this, a panel discussion with experts Dr. Shankhadeep
Banerjee of IIM Bangalore, Prof. Amit Shankar of IIM Visakhapatnam, Prof. Saji Mathew of IIT Madras, Professor Sujeet
K. Sharma of IIM Nagpur, Prof. Neena Pandey of IIM Visakhapatnam. This session was moderated by Prof. Agam Gupta
of IIT Delhi. In this panel discussion, experts shared their research journeys and the nuances of developing a
successful career in academia. Dr. Srinivas Josyula, Prof. Bhavya Peapully Shroff, and Prof. Abhishek Srivastava from
IIM Visakhapatnam were the chairs of the paper presentation tracks.
ICIS is a prestigious gathering of Information Systems academicians and practitioners around the world. In the
context of ICIS, Indian institutes of national importance have been conducting yearly paper development workshops
in association with the AIS India Chapter to help Indian scholars and researchers. Previous versions of this workshop
have been organized by IIM Bangalore, IIM Lucknow, IIM Shillong, IIM Kashipur, IIM Trichy, and IIIT Bangalore.

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