Wise decision-making across cultures

Project Leader: Igor Grossmann (University of Waterloo, Canada); SPJIMR faculty members: Surya Tahora and Ajinkya Navare. A multidisciplinary international collaboration involving scholars from various countries, with SPJIMR overseeing its execution in India. The research employs a range of methodologies, including surveys, and natural language processing (NCWIL aims to create a practical impact on individual and collective wisdom through research, scholarly papers, white papers, etc.

How is wisdom defined in Indian tradition?

Ajinkya Navare and Surya Tahora

This research aims to study how wisdom (often referred to as jñāna) is defined and explained in the Indian tradition.It would include the operational definition, conceptual framework, and building blocks of wisdom in the Indian tradition.

Karma yoga as a wise practice for salespeople.

Ajinkya Navare, Renuka Kamath, Aakash Kamble (BITS-Dubai)

Job burnout levels among salespeople have become a crucial issue in the retail sector. The study examines the impact of Karma Yoga practice on the burnout level of salespeople working predominantly in the FMCG sector.

The liberals and the making of modern India (book)

Dinyar Patel

This is an ongoing book project on the history of early Indian nationalism, examining global connections and how early nationalists interpreted and adapted western liberal ideas to fit Indian conditions.