Disclaimer
The rapid spreading of COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) was observed in South Asian countries, especially in India. India was the fourth most COVID-19 affected country until July 10, 2020. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) characterized COVID-19 as a pandemic, pointing to over 3 million cases and 207,973 deaths in 213 countries and territories. The infection has not only become a public health crisis but has also affected the global economy. The significant economic impact has already occurred across the globe due to reduced productivity, loss of life, business closures, trade disruption, and decimation of the tourism industry. The coronavirus pandemic has reached almost every country in the world and has driven radical shifts in demand, buying patterns, and perceived value across value chains, which in turn have led to sharp spikes in commodity prices.
As businesses emerge from the pandemic, more than 80 per cent face critical skills gaps. In these new circumstances, we believe the age-old art of apprenticeship can be central to an organization’s strategy for improving capabilities. In addition to marked health inequalities, especially in countries without universal healthcare coverage, the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will be heterogeneous across the country's income distribution. For example, office workers are more likely to transition to flexible working arrangements during the restrictions, while many industrial, tourism, retail, and transport workers will suffer a significant reduction in work due to community restrictions and low demand for their goods and services.
Most of the pandemics in the 20th and 21st centuries have either been caused by an influenza virus or a coronavirus. The 2003 SARS coronavirus pandemic had a much smaller impact than the current coronavirus pandemic and killed fewer than 1,000 people. In terms of the number of deaths, COVID-19 has caused (349,095 as of 27 May 2020), it is more comparable with previous flu pandemics. The Asian flu in 1957-1958 killed an estimated 1.1 million people, close to the 1 million people who were thought to have been killed by the Hong Kong flu pandemic of 1968-1970.
It is no secret, thanks to the widespread "glorification" of mental health issues in media -- especially social media -- that a lot of us were in a state of despair due to COVID-19, a condition commonly known as Post COVID Stress Disorder. News sources, like The Indian Express, report that India observed a 10% rise in suicide cases during 2020. Fear was a common symptom amongst, probably, all of us.
Statistics show that education for 9 out of every 10 students was disrupted, small businesses faced a devastating shut-down, gender pay gap increased, anticipating that "more women will be pushed into extreme poverty than men." The impacts on society were countless and constantly increasing.
The only positive impact of COVID-19 was the impact on our environment, particularly during the mass lockdown. Due to limited anthropological activities, flora and fauna were restored to their natural habitats and numbers in a lot of places. Since even the industrial emissions were much lower than usual, water pollution was reduced, resulting in clear water bodies. All sorts of pollution were in check and the environment was much healthier than before. Even though these changes did not last for a long time, because of the sudden increase in human movement post lockdown, it is reported that the "reductions in environmental pressures are significant", but if these reductions would persist for a long time depends upon the economic drivers and their regional impacts, in the future.
Where do you think all of the impacts of COVID-19 end? Is there even an end to its impacts? If not, how can humanity ever get over the scars that the pandemic has left behind?
KHOJ, through the Conference, seeks participants' views and opinions regarding COVID- 19 and its impacts on human existence in the past 1.5 years.
The organising committee of KHOJ welcomes research papers from a wide variety of interdisciplinary and theoretical perspectives. The submissions are organised into the following subtopics:
1. Impact of Covid-19 on business and economy.
2. A comparison between Covid-19 and earlier pandemics.
3. Impacts of the pandemic on Mental Health.
4. Catching up with the education and the environment during the pandemic.
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION
1. The participants are requested to send a 500-words long Abstract to researchunit@jdm.du.ac.in with a 50-100 words Bio- note attached to it. (The participants must attach a bio-note with their abstracts.)
{Bio-note approaches a note with a brief introduction of yourself. Start your Bio with a quick introduction that suggests who you are. Keep it concise. Use 3rd person narrative. Write strategically. It may relate to a person's qualifications, achievements, failures and activities. Include your contact as well. Adhere to the word limit and edit throughout}.
2. The File must be Microsoft Word Format following MLA Style, Times New Roman with Font Size 12, 1.5 space and both sides justified.
3. Only Original Work will be accepted. It is mandatory to submit a Self-Declaration along with the abstract regarding the originality of the work, confirming that it has not been published/sent for publication anywhere else. Cite the sources used under the abstract. The selected abstracts would be called for the presentation at the proposed conference( to be held in January 2022).
POINTS TO REMEMBER
Link to the form:
https://forms.gle/PJuhE9NcM2EBSjA19
For any queries, please write to researchunit@jdm.du.ac.in
The unit seeks research papers from various interdisciplinary streams for the Annual Research Conference to be held in *January 2022*.
Kindly refer to this link for the topics and guidelines- https://docs.google.com/document/d/10VgYbZGqEKCQWih9rN3NhuMYyEoC6rNNocpA5qFrLzs/edit?usp=sharing
The participants are requested to send a *400-words long abstract to researchunit@jdm.du.ac.in with a *60- words bio note attached to it by 25 December 2021
Last Date to Submit Abstracts:* 25 December 2021
Conference dates:* To be announced soon.
To Participate in the *Researchkraft Conference 2022*, follow these steps and get yourself registered:
Step1: Fill in the details in the form given below:
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Perspectives is the Annual Bilingual Inter-College Paper Presentation Competition of the Research Unit. Khoj organised the first edition of Perspectives in 2021. The curated theme for this year was “Pop Culture”. The theme was decided keeping in mind the diverse group of enthusiastic researchers that the competition planned to entertain. As our generation consumes huge amounts of content through online streaming platforms, Pop Culture becomes a huge influence on the kind of narratives built around in our social realities. The aim was to conduct research on its nuances and develop a deeper understanding of its function. There were diverse sub-topics listed under the umbrella of Pop Culture for the participants to choose from.
Initiated on 10th of February, 2021 with overwhelming submissions of abstract papers, Khoj officially commenced Perspectives’21 with a Webinar on the "Fundamentals of Quantitative Research Process" by the renowned professor Dr. Aman Borkar on 21st February, 2021. He is an assistant professor at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences and has more than nine years of experience in the field of academia and research paper writing. The webinar was concluded with the announcement of the qualifying participants for Perspectives’21.
The ultimate day, 6th March, 2021, the first-ever Paper Presentation Competition-
Perspectives was a huge success with twelve very well research papers presented by students from across the universities of India. The winning papers were presented on the following topics incorporated within the pop culture-
1st position- Anushka Bhattacharya, Miranda House, University of Delhi:
The representation of the criminal justice system in pop culture
2nd position- Siya Singh, Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi:
The influence of American Pop culture on the world economy
3rd position- Vasvi Khanna, Kirori Mal College, University of Delhi:
The portrayal of sexuality in pop culture and its psychological effects on body image and mental health
Honourable mention- Samik Chakraborty, Sri Venkateshwara College, University of Delhi: Representation of feminist ideals in contemporary fiction