Bhabani Shankar Nayak
Biographic Data
| ID | 205031 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bhabani Shankar Nayak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bhabani Shankar |
| FAMILY NAME | Nayak |
| SIGNATURE | NAYAK B S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University for the Creative Arts |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4927-0055 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 21 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Artificial intelligence (AI) and ideology
Purpose Artificial intelligence (AI) is embedded with different aspects of social, economic, political, cultural, religious and technological lives of individuals and their everyday ideological interactions. Ideology continues to be the core of technological innovations and transformations. Therefore, AI is not free from ideological engagements. The paper outlines 11 level of conceptual framework to locate ideological foundations of AI. Design/me…
The future of platforms, big data and new forms of capital accumulation
Purpose The paper argues that the classical Marxist theory of capitalist accumulation is inadequate to understand new forms of capitalism and their accumulation processes determined by “platforms” and “big data”. Big data platforms are shaping the processes of production, labour, the price of products and market conditions. “Digital platforms” and “big data” have become an integral part of the processes of production, distribution and exchange re…
Eurocentric Fables of International Debt and China
The article outlines different trajectories of the international debt trap diplomacy, which uses debt as a tool to control resources and to undermine state and governments in countries outside the Westphalian outlook. The debt is not only an economic tool but also a weapon of political leverage. Developed countries use debt as tool of their economic and political agenda to dominate world economy and politics in order to pursue the project of debt…
Transforming Gender Relations through Digital Financial Inclusion in India
This article provides a brief overview of digital financial inclusion for marginalised and vulnerable populations, particularly women. The focus is on understanding the status and how digital financial inclusion for women is critical for achieving gender parity, their empowerment and overall gender equality. The article assesses the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), which claims to promote financial inclusion and gender equality by extendin…
Interdisciplinary Reflections on South Asian Transitions
This book on "Interdisciplinary Reflections on South Asian Transitions" explores the economic drivers of far-right politics within South Asia.
Interdisciplinary Reflections on South Asian Transitions
Understanding the Triumph of Hindutva and Its Social Contract in India
The Bhagavad Gita in the making of conscious capitalism
Interdisciplinary limits of creative business education
Colonial World of Postcolonial Historians and the Neoliberal Reinvention of Tribal Identity in India
Political Economy of Development and Business
Gender Stereotypes and Their Impact on Women’s Career Progressions from a Managerial Perspective
Gender stereotypes continue to exist and are transmitted through media, and through social, educational and recreational socialization, which promote gender prejudice and discrimination. This paper argues that contemporary management culture does not critically engage with the social theories of gender studies, which could help in developing gender-neutral affirmative action-oriented managerial perspectives. The paper outlines different aspects o…
Rethinking of Marxist perspectives on big data, artificial intelligence (AI) and capitalist economic development
Disenchanted India and Beyond
Disenchanted India and Beyond: Musings on the Lockdown Alternatives engages with the lineages of the present disenchantment and everyday issues of people in India and beyond. It depicts local, regional, national and global transitions in politics, economy and society. It rejects the ideals that promotes ‘there is no alternative’ narratives. It unravels the way reactionary and right-wing forces weaponize pessimism that helps capitalist forces and …
Disenchanted India and Beyond
Disenchanted India and Beyond: Musings on the Lockdown Alternatives engages with the lineages of the present disenchantment and everyday issues of people in India and beyond. It depicts local, regional, national and global transitions in politics, economy and society. It rejects the ideals that promotes 'there is no alternative' narratives. It unravels the way reactionary and right-wing forces weaponize pessimism that helps capitalist forces and …
Colonial World of Postcolonial Historians
This article develops a critical analysis of the colonial world of the postcolonial historians whose works inadvertently contribute to the process of reconstituting the colonial construction of tribal identities in neoliberal India. The monolithic and colonial construction of tribal identities in postcolonial India reinforces and preserves tribal identities along the lines of the colonial methods of identity formation based on territorialization.…
Evolution and Effects of the Legal and Regulatory Framework on Microfinance in Brazil
This article argues that a strong legal and regulatory framework can contribute to the expansion of microfinance in Brazil. First, it outlines the regulatory framework in the enhancement of microfinance in the country; it then reviews different patterns of regulation and supervision for the success of this microfinance. The findings suggest mixed results; a stringent regulatory regime and rules have limited the growth of most microfinance institu…
Bhagavad Gita and Hindu modes of capitalist accumulation in India
Purpose The paper aims to understand and expand the idea of capitalist accumulation process from social structures of accumulation theory to religious structures of accumulation within the Indian context. It analyses the philosophical tenets of Hindu religious philosophy as outlined in the Bhagavad Gita. It argues that the ideological narratives within the Bhagavad Gita are concomitant with the logic of capitalism. Design/methodology/approach The…
Critical perspectives on “manufactured” risks arising from Eurocentric business practices in Africa
Purpose This paper considers the Eurocentric conceptualisation of risk, which reinforces language, culture and business practices that are in conflict with Africa’s own traditional business methodologies. It attempts to identify the rent-seeking methods and resource-seeking strategies that sustain the hegemony of global corporations in Africa. Design/methodology/approach The paper explores non-linear historical narrative around the concept and co…
From “Needs”-Based Development to “Desired”-Development
This paper addresses tribal development in India, where tribal people are not only marginalized but also dispossessed in the process of economic reform. Within the tribal societies a massive transformation is taking place, with a crisis-ridden “needs”-based society being transformed into a “desires”-based consumer society. The process is accelerated by neoliberal public policies that promote the idea of “desired development.” This article seeks t…
Sector-wide Approaches and Mainstreaming Gender in Education in Ghana
The article aims to provide a brief overview of the gender perspective in the Sector-wide Approaches (SWAp) and its ability to integrate gender equality concerns in education in Ghana. This approach has been strategically adopted by various aid agencies as an effective and efficient tool to ensure mainstreaming gender in different fields. In this article, we will try to analyse some of the ways in which mainstreaming gender has taken place throug…
Silenced Drums and Unquiet Woods
This article seeks to question the process of industrialization and its negative impact on the economic and social development of the people in Orissa, India. While preparing the balance sheet of industrialization, it takes into account the resistance movement as well. A comparative analysis of this transitional process shows how lives and human conditions of the population are affected. It explodes the myth that industrialization would bring dev…
Transforming Gender Relations through Digital Financial Inclusion in India
This article provides a brief overview of digital financial inclusion for marginalised and vulnerable populations, particularly women. The focus is on understanding the status and how digital financial inclusion for women is critical for achieving gender parity, their empowerment and overall gender equality. The article assesses the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), which claims to promote financial inclusion and gender equality by extendin…
Colonial World of Postcolonial Historians
This article develops a critical analysis of the colonial world of the postcolonial historians whose works inadvertently contribute to the process of reconstituting the colonial construction of tribal identities in neoliberal India. The monolithic and colonial construction of tribal identities in postcolonial India reinforces and preserves tribal identities along the lines of the colonial methods of identity formation based on territorialization.…
Silenced Drums and Unquiet Woods
This article seeks to question the process of industrialization and its negative impact on the economic and social development of the people in Orissa, India. While preparing the balance sheet of industrialization, it takes into account the resistance movement as well. A comparative analysis of this transitional process shows how lives and human conditions of the population are affected. It explodes the myth that industrialization would bring dev…
Sector-wide Approaches and Mainstreaming Gender in Education in Ghana
The article aims to provide a brief overview of the gender perspective in the Sector-wide Approaches (SWAp) and its ability to integrate gender equality concerns in education in Ghana. This approach has been strategically adopted by various aid agencies as an effective and efficient tool to ensure mainstreaming gender in different fields. In this article, we will try to analyse some of the ways in which mainstreaming gender has taken place throug…
From “Needs”-Based Development to “Desired”-Development
This paper addresses tribal development in India, where tribal people are not only marginalized but also dispossessed in the process of economic reform. Within the tribal societies a massive transformation is taking place, with a crisis-ridden “needs”-based society being transformed into a “desires”-based consumer society. The process is accelerated by neoliberal public policies that promote the idea of “desired development.” This article seeks t…
Critical perspectives on “manufactured” risks arising from Eurocentric business practices in Africa
Purpose This paper considers the Eurocentric conceptualisation of risk, which reinforces language, culture and business practices that are in conflict with Africa’s own traditional business methodologies. It attempts to identify the rent-seeking methods and resource-seeking strategies that sustain the hegemony of global corporations in Africa. Design/methodology/approach The paper explores non-linear historical narrative around the concept and co…
Bhagavad Gita and Hindu modes of capitalist accumulation in India
Purpose The paper aims to understand and expand the idea of capitalist accumulation process from social structures of accumulation theory to religious structures of accumulation within the Indian context. It analyses the philosophical tenets of Hindu religious philosophy as outlined in the Bhagavad Gita. It argues that the ideological narratives within the Bhagavad Gita are concomitant with the logic of capitalism. Design/methodology/approach The…
Evolution and Effects of the Legal and Regulatory Framework on Microfinance in Brazil
This article argues that a strong legal and regulatory framework can contribute to the expansion of microfinance in Brazil. First, it outlines the regulatory framework in the enhancement of microfinance in the country; it then reviews different patterns of regulation and supervision for the success of this microfinance. The findings suggest mixed results; a stringent regulatory regime and rules have limited the growth of most microfinance institu…
Gender Stereotypes and Their Impact on Women’s Career Progressions from a Managerial Perspective
Gender stereotypes continue to exist and are transmitted through media, and through social, educational and recreational socialization, which promote gender prejudice and discrimination. This paper argues that contemporary management culture does not critically engage with the social theories of gender studies, which could help in developing gender-neutral affirmative action-oriented managerial perspectives. The paper outlines different aspects o…
Rethinking of Marxist perspectives on big data, artificial intelligence (AI) and capitalist economic development
Disenchanted India and Beyond
Disenchanted India and Beyond: Musings on the Lockdown Alternatives engages with the lineages of the present disenchantment and everyday issues of people in India and beyond. It depicts local, regional, national and global transitions in politics, economy and society. It rejects the ideals that promotes ‘there is no alternative’ narratives. It unravels the way reactionary and right-wing forces weaponize pessimism that helps capitalist forces and …
Disenchanted India and Beyond
Disenchanted India and Beyond: Musings on the Lockdown Alternatives engages with the lineages of the present disenchantment and everyday issues of people in India and beyond. It depicts local, regional, national and global transitions in politics, economy and society. It rejects the ideals that promotes 'there is no alternative' narratives. It unravels the way reactionary and right-wing forces weaponize pessimism that helps capitalist forces and …
Colonial World of Postcolonial Historians
This article develops a critical analysis of the colonial world of the postcolonial historians whose works inadvertently contribute to the process of reconstituting the colonial construction of tribal identities in neoliberal India. The monolithic and colonial construction of tribal identities in postcolonial India reinforces and preserves tribal identities along the lines of the colonial methods of identity formation based on territorialization.…
The Bhagavad Gita in the making of conscious capitalism
Interdisciplinary limits of creative business education
Colonial World of Postcolonial Historians and the Neoliberal Reinvention of Tribal Identity in India
Political Economy of Development and Business
Interdisciplinary Reflections on South Asian Transitions
This book on "Interdisciplinary Reflections on South Asian Transitions" explores the economic drivers of far-right politics within South Asia.
Interdisciplinary Reflections on South Asian Transitions
Understanding the Triumph of Hindutva and Its Social Contract in India
The future of platforms, big data and new forms of capital accumulation
Purpose The paper argues that the classical Marxist theory of capitalist accumulation is inadequate to understand new forms of capitalism and their accumulation processes determined by “platforms” and “big data”. Big data platforms are shaping the processes of production, labour, the price of products and market conditions. “Digital platforms” and “big data” have become an integral part of the processes of production, distribution and exchange re…
Eurocentric Fables of International Debt and China
The article outlines different trajectories of the international debt trap diplomacy, which uses debt as a tool to control resources and to undermine state and governments in countries outside the Westphalian outlook. The debt is not only an economic tool but also a weapon of political leverage. Developed countries use debt as tool of their economic and political agenda to dominate world economy and politics in order to pursue the project of debt…
Transforming Gender Relations through Digital Financial Inclusion in India
This article provides a brief overview of digital financial inclusion for marginalised and vulnerable populations, particularly women. The focus is on understanding the status and how digital financial inclusion for women is critical for achieving gender parity, their empowerment and overall gender equality. The article assesses the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), which claims to promote financial inclusion and gender equality by extendin…
Artificial intelligence (AI) and ideology
Purpose Artificial intelligence (AI) is embedded with different aspects of social, economic, political, cultural, religious and technological lives of individuals and their everyday ideological interactions. Ideology continues to be the core of technological innovations and transformations. Therefore, AI is not free from ideological engagements. The paper outlines 11 level of conceptual framework to locate ideological foundations of AI. Design/me…
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