KIIT

INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE
on Management Research
26-27
(Saturday-Sunday)

www.ksom.ac.in
THEME:
Chaos, Complexity, and Resilience: Business and Society in Pandemic Context

Business or social organisation has many intertwined aspects, which constantly

interact with each other, raising the complexity of its dynamics. Additional
aspects make systems more complex. Modelling a complex system is difficult
due to dependencies, spontaneity, and adaptive behaviour.However, such
complex adaptive systems self-reorganise and become sustainable.Chaos is a
close related concept, indicating that a delta change in the initial conditions can
bring out randomness, even with deterministic laws. Thus, with same underlying
deterministic principles but with minor initial variation can bring out drastic
change in outcomes. Interestingly however, rational human beings intuitively try
to avoid chaos and complexity to take decisions. The need for predictability,
simple rules or heuristics, and generalisability govern decision-making. Though
the chaos and complexity theories are interrelated and multi-disciplinary in
nature, we see much less application in business or social organisations.

The onset of Covid-19 pandemic has presented a unique social context for chaos
and complexity. The healthcare, family systems, business organisation, and
social organisations are exposed to unprecedented level of chaos and
complexity. It is also manifested in international relations, research, and supply
chain among myriad others. The complex adaptive behaviours vis-à-vis the
activities to bounce back from adversitiescould be observed from the
perspectives of individual, family, business, and other social institutions. As both
theories indicate,the status may not be exactly reversible. The pandemic context
raises several interesting questions worth investigation. For example, how the
additional social distancing, isolation, and sanitising practices have influenced
our behaviour in general? To what extent these changes are fundamental or
persistent. Is the planning for business any different now? How the pandemic plan
or response is going to get integrated? Given that the prediction of World Health
Organisation (WHO) on increase in pandemic attacks, what should be done?
These changes due to pandemic are changes in paradigm or a just point in the
continuum.This conference seeks to understand and extend the behaviour of
business and social organisations in the light of chaos and complexity.

Venue: The conference,is proposed to be held in virtual mode as the global

pandemic has proved to be unpredictable for movement of speakers and
participant scholars during the second wave and with a prognosis of third wave
coming.
 SUBTHEMES
The scope of this conference extends to models of
business, management and economic operations,
across all functional areas. Original research papers
are invited from academic scholars, industry experts,
and entrepreneurs,on the following illustrative
sub-themesor related to the main theme of
conference:
1. Modelling of Chaos and
Resilience
2. Business or decision models
dealing with complexity and
ambiguity
3. Sustainability best practices
4. Group dynamics in virtual
relationship
5. Planning during extreme
situations
6. Entrepreneurial
decision-making
PAPER GUIDELINES
7. Adaptive behaviour models
Papers will be checked for of social institutions during
plagiarism and sent for pandemic
double blind review.
Allpapers (written in 12 point 8. Proactive/ Adaptive Digital
Times New Roman)should Transformation
abstract (within 150-200 9. Industry 4.0
words), keywords(limited to 5
only), referencing in APA(7th Papers not fitting to sub-theme
edition) style. The detailed but to the broad theme can also
guideline will be available for be considered. Research papers
papers in the website. should broaden our
understanding and extend the
Selected papers will be theories of chaos or complexity,
publishedin different reputed contributing to the literature.
journals (regular or special
issue) and edited books. The
journal and book information
will be updated continually.
Upon selection, the papers
processing will be as per the
specific journal policy and
style. Depending upon
authors’ choice, few articles
will be selected for
publication in the journal
Parikalpana.
REGISTRATION (ONLINE):
• Participation and presentation: Online
• Online registration by 15-Sept-2021
• Registration Fee: INR 1000.00 for participation (Certificate of Participation to
be given to all registered participants. Separate certificates willbe given to
paper presenters and invited speakers.)

Best Paper Awards

One Best Paper Award ` 10000
Two Second Best Paper Awards ` 5000

IMPORTANT DATES Dates

1. Last date of abstract submission: 15-Sept-2021
2. Notification of acceptance of abstracts: 01-Oct-2021
3. Date of full paper submission: 03-Jan-2022
4. Notification of full paper acceptance: 10-Feb-2022
5. Dates of the Conference: 26-27-Feb-2022
Paper presentations in parallel tracks

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION

CHIEF PATRON: CONFERENCE CHAIR:

Prof. Achyuta Samanta Prof. SK Mahapatra
Founder KIIT & KISS
The Director, KSOM, KIIT

ADVISORS:
Prof. Hrushikesha Mohanty CONFERENCE CO-CHAIR:
Vice Chancellor, KIIT-DU Prof. SN Misra
The Dean, KSOM, KIIT
Prof. Sasmita Samanta
Pro Vice Chancellor, KIIT-DU
CONVENER:
Prof.Kundu, Director Prof. Brajaballav Kar
Research, KIIT Deemed to be University (braja.kar@ksom.ac.in)

Prof PKJ Mohapatra

CO-CONVENER:

Prof Damodar Suar Prof. Shikta Singh

(shiktasingh@ksom.ac.in)

Prof Sudsrshan Nanda

Research Chair, KIIT Deemed to be University

Prof JR Mohanty
Registrar, KIIT DU
 MEMBERS OF ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Prof. Ashok Kumar Sar
PGP Chairperson KIIT School of Management
Prof. Ipseeta Satapathy
KIIT School of Management
Prof. Rabi N Subudhi
KIIT School of Management
Prof. Sumita Mishra
Ph.D Chairperson, KIIT School of Management
Prof. Abhishek Kumar
KIIT School of Management
Prof. Pradeep Kumar Mallick
KIIT School of Computer Engineering
Prof. Sushanta Tripathy
KIIT School of Mechanical Engineering
Prof. Damodar Jena
KIIT School of Rural Management
Prof. KK Ray
Area Chairperson, F&A
KIIT School of Management
PROGRAMME COMMITTEE
Prof. Surjit Kumar Kar
IBS Hyderabad
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Programme committee members and Keynote speakers
will be added after their acceptance of invitation.
CONFERENCE EXECUTIVES
Mr. Sanjay K Ghadai
Email: sanjaya.ghadai@kiit.ac.in
Ms Srividya
Email: srividya.avc@gmail.com
Prof. Manoj Jena
Area Chairperson, Business Analytics
KIIT School of Management
Prof. JR Hota
Area Chairperson, Operations & IT
KIIT School of Management
Prof. Mohibullah
School of Civil Engineering
Prof. Isha Mishra
BBA Chairperson
KIIT School of Management
Prof. Joydeep Biswas
Area Chairperson, Marketing
KIIT School of Management
Prof. Sugato Tripathy
KIIT School of Management
Prof. Surya Mishra
KIIT School of Management
Prof. Ramakrushna Padhy
IIM Sambalpur
Conference Web-page:
https://ksom.ac.in/international-conference
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Conference correspondence:imrc@ksom.ac.in
Or to the Convener: Email: braja.kar@ksom.ac.in