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JAMMU: The second and final day of the first-ever virtual International Conference on ‘Sustainable Finance, Economics & Accounting in The Pre and Post-Pandemic Era’, was started with a high-profile keynote address.
Jointly organized by the Indian Institute of Management Jammu, India, and the University of Bradford, UK, this conference featured 118 research papers from five countries.
The first keynote speaker was Prof. Douglas Cumming, Finance & Entrepreneurship at College of Business, Florida Atlantic University.
While speaking on ‘Death, Destruction & Manipulation’, he gave comprehensive perspectives on market manipulation and insider trading and its impacts.
Dr. Mia Mikic, Faculty of Economics and Business, Zagreb University, explained why climate change has transformed from future risk to imminent risk and how trade can be made adequate to mitigate climate change.
CS Devendra V Deshpande, the Vice President at ICSI, explained the role of ESG in sustainability. He mentioned the changing perception of ‘Risk’ and ‘Return’ as investors develop the approach to consider sustainability and not just one year profit.
The insights of the Journal Review process were shed light on by Prof Bruce Hearn, Professor of Accounting and Finance, School of Management, University of Bradford.
The keynote address session was concluded by Prof Hisham Farag, Professor of Finance at the University of Birmingham. He discussed the importance of the CEO’s managerial human capital and corporate culture.
After branching out into ten parallel tracks and 20 technical sessions, twelve papers were reviewed per track. These were thoroughly reviewed for the Best Paper Awards.
For the Valedictory Ceremony, Prof. Jabir Ali shared a brief overview of the two days. He shared clinching details about the event like how the conference spanned across 87 institutions including IIMs (11 papers); IITs (5), NITs (2); Central Universities (6), Rest from States Universities and reputed Institutes. Prof. Sankar Sivrajah, Head of the School of Management, University of Bradford, UK highlighted how this event was a culmination of the tireless efforts of individuals from both institutes.
Prof B.S. Sahay, Director of IIM Jammu delivered the ‘Valedictory Address’ and presented awards to leading research scholars.
The ICMAI Best Paper Award was awarded on the theme of “Financial Management” to: “Corporate Social Responsibility and Firm Financial Performance: A Moderating Effect of Economic Policy Uncertainty” by Jadhav Chakradhar & Ritika Gupta, from Center for Economics & Social Studies, Hyderabad. The ICSI Best Paper Award on the theme of “Sustainable Governance” goes to “Antecedents to Short-Term Migration of Labour: An Empirical Investigation” by Farah F. Shah & D P Priyadarshi Joshi, from Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Jammu & Kashmir.
Prof. B. S. Sahay urged participants to get their work published in reputed journals. In his speech, he shared his vision for the next international conference to be organized in collaboration with the University of Bradford, UK. He also gave a Call-To-Action to the Organising Committee to invite papers from 15-20 countries.
Finally, Prof Saeed Akbar from School of Management, University of Bradford, UK delivered the ‘Vote of Thanks’. His uplifting words cemented the shared understanding that the event was a resounding success.