Prof. D. Suar

Damodar Suar is a professor at IIT Kharagpur in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences and in the Vinod Gupta School of Management. He was the Head in the Department of Humanities & Social Sciences from 2007-2010. Currently, he is the President of National Academy of Psychology India and the Editor of the journal Psychological Studies (Springer). He teaches Research methodology, Organisational behaviour, and Psychology. His research focuses on leadership, laterality, cognition, values, post-disaster trauma, disaster preparedness, and pro-environmental behaviour. He has authored over 125 scientific/professional articles including book chapters. He has authored a book on Psychological aspects of polarisation phenomenon and co-edited three books. He has produced 25 Ph.D. students, handled more than 30 research/consultancy projects, and co-ordinated 20 training programmes.
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Prof. Priyadarshi Patnaik

Priyadarshi Patnaik is a Professor of English and Communication at the Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, IIT Kharagpur. His is also the Secretary, Nehru Museum of Science and Technology, IIT Kharagpur, and Rector’s Nominee, Technology Students Gymkhana, IIT Kharagpur. His areas of research include Visual communication, Music and emotion, Communication and culture, Media communication, Translation, and Digital humanities. He has authored and edited more than 14 volumes of text, reference, and creative work. He has a number of research papers, translations, poems, short stories, illustrations and photographs in many national and international journals. He is currently one of the Co-PIs involved with a number of cultural and heritage projects under the MHRD Mega-Project, SandHI.
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Prof. V. N. Giri

Vijay Nath Giri is a Professor & Head in the Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, IIT Kharagpur. He has been teaching subjects related to Communication Studies. He has received many awards including DAAD-Fellowship, Germany. He has published a book, number of book chapters, and more than fifty research papers in referred journals. He has supervised eight students for Ph.D. degree. He was on the editorial board of ?¢â‚¬ËœCommunication Theory?¢â‚¬Â? published by International Communication Association, USA and member editorial board ?¢â‚¬Å“Encyclopaedia of Communication Theory?¢â‚¬Â? published by Sage, USA. His current research interests include organizational, interpersonal and intercultural communication, communication styles, and conflict management.
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