Saurabh Gupta
Biographic Data
| ID | 3696360 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Saurabh Gupta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Saurabh |
| FAMILY NAME | Gupta |
| SIGNATURE | GUPTA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indian Institute of Management Udaipur |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6978-4243 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 17 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Digital innovations and institutional barriers in agricultural input subsidy programmes in sub‐Saharan Africa: Evidence from Nigeria
Motivation: Agricultural input subsidy programmes are crucial for improving agricultural productivity in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). However, there is little empirical evidence on how second‐generation input subsidy programmes (SISPs) based on information and communication technology (ICT) are implemented and the institutional challenges that undermine their effectiveness. Purpose: This article assesses the implementation of ICT‐based SISPs and the…
Agri-tech startups in India: Knowledge recombination under resource constraints
Non-traditional entrants innovate by recombining accumulated agricultural knowledge. • Institutional networks mediate access to public research and legitimacy. • Rural entrepreneurship increasingly operates through knowledge infrastructures. • Resource constraints are offset through network-enabled collaboration. • Agri-tech ventures reconfigure segments of agricultural value chains in India
Triggering place brand loyalty: The nexus between place brand credibility, fascination and attachment
The study aims to develop a comprehensive model that examines the effect of place brand credibility (PBC) and destination fascination (DF) on place attachment (PA) and place brand loyalty (PBL). A structured questionnaire was used to collect the data from tourists. The purposive sampling procedure was used to collect the responses from 340 tourists who have visited popular tourist places in India. The results indicate that PBC and DF have positiv…
Levelling the field: A review of the ICT revolution and agricultural extension in the Global South
Information and communications technology has evolved significantly over the last seven decades, beginning with radio and video vans and culminating in the rise of smartphones and mobile internet in remote areas of the Global South. While ICT is an integral part of agricultural extension, little is known about how these changes have influenced agricultural extension practices. After a systematic review of 131 papers, we find that changes in ICT h…
Testing theory of mind in large language models and humans
At the core of what defines us as humans is the concept of theory of mind: the ability to track other people's mental states. The recent development of large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT has led to intense debate about the possibility that these models exhibit behaviour that is indistinguishable from human behaviour in theory of mind tasks. Here we compare human and LLM performance on a comprehensive battery of measurements that aim to …
Tourist participation, well-being and satisfaction: The mediating roles of service experience and tourist empowerment
The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the role of tourist participation on their well-being and satisfaction. It also contributes to the transformative service research literature by examining the mediated effect of service experience and tourist empowerment on well-being and satisfaction. A structural model was developed and tested using a convenient sample of 597 tourists. Further, structure equation modelling technique and mediat…
What do (future) civil servants think of bribery and corruption? Evidence from India
Quantification of antibiotic residues in raw and layers hen eggs by rp-hplc
Antibiotics (Oxytetracycline & Enrofloxacin) residual levels in raw and layered samples are to be quantified using RP-HPLC. The antibiotic (oxytetracycline and enrofloxacin) residual levels in raw and layers hen egg samples were evaluated qualitatively by high performance liquid chromatography in this investigation, which used one hundred randomly selected samples (HPLC). C18 (Hypersil ODS-BPS, 250 4.6mm; 5) was used for the separation at a flow …
Journey of Alpinia galanga from kitchen spice to nutraceutical to folk medicine to nanomedicine
Citizen empowerment and adoption of E-governance services: The role of online citizen skills, awareness, and engagement
This study investigates the inter-relationship between citizen empowerment and adoption of e-governance services (ADES). Online citizen skills (OCS), online citizen awareness (OCA) and online citizen engagement (OCE) are the prerequisites of successful e-governance adoption. Therefore, it also analysed the mediating role of citizen empowerment in relation between OCS and ADES, OCA and ADES, and OCE and ADES. An e-governance adoption model is prop…
Uber for tractors? Opportunities and challenges of digital tools for tractor hire in India and Nigeria
Digital tools hold great promise to promote agricultural transformation and benefit smallholder farmers in the developing world. One such tool is Uber for tractors, which aims to enable farmers to access tractor hire services in a way that is deemed similar to the Uber service for ride-hailing. While widely praised, Uber for tractors has not yet been rigorously analyzed. How does it work in practice? And what is its potential to reduce the transa…
Can Grassroots Mobilization of the Poorest Reduce Corruption? A Tale of Governance Reforms and Struggle against Petty Corruption in Bihar, India
The rural poor in India have long experienced corruption, exclusion from welfare schemes and the denial of rights. Critical accounts of development policy and practice advocate the need for pro-poor governance reforms as well as effective mobilization of the poor for exercising their rights and entitlements. However, there is a dearth of empirical work which examines the following questions. What are the dynamics of such mobilization strategies i…
From Demanding to Delivering Development: Challenges of NGO-Led Development in Rural Rajasthan, India
The non-governmental development organization (NGO) sector in India has seen unprecedented growth in the recent past. A whole range of NGOs are not just ‘demanding’ development from the state but also ‘delivering’ development in the Indian countryside. While popular interest in the role of the non-governmental development sector is growing, it is not complemented by ethnographic studies which explain how local NGOs evolve and change over time. Wh…
Uber for tractors? Opportunities and challenges of digital tools for tractor hire in India and Nigeria
Digital tools hold great promise to promote agricultural transformation and benefit smallholder farmers in the developing world. One such tool is Uber for tractors, which aims to enable farmers to access tractor hire services in a way that is deemed similar to the Uber service for ride-hailing. While widely praised, Uber for tractors has not yet been rigorously analyzed. How does it work in practice? And what is its potential to reduce the transa…
From Demanding to Delivering Development: Challenges of NGO-Led Development in Rural Rajasthan, India
The non-governmental development organization (NGO) sector in India has seen unprecedented growth in the recent past. A whole range of NGOs are not just ‘demanding’ development from the state but also ‘delivering’ development in the Indian countryside. While popular interest in the role of the non-governmental development sector is growing, it is not complemented by ethnographic studies which explain how local NGOs evolve and change over time. Wh…
Testing theory of mind in large language models and humans
At the core of what defines us as humans is the concept of theory of mind: the ability to track other people's mental states. The recent development of large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT has led to intense debate about the possibility that these models exhibit behaviour that is indistinguishable from human behaviour in theory of mind tasks. Here we compare human and LLM performance on a comprehensive battery of measurements that aim to …
Can Grassroots Mobilization of the Poorest Reduce Corruption? A Tale of Governance Reforms and Struggle against Petty Corruption in Bihar, India
The rural poor in India have long experienced corruption, exclusion from welfare schemes and the denial of rights. Critical accounts of development policy and practice advocate the need for pro-poor governance reforms as well as effective mobilization of the poor for exercising their rights and entitlements. However, there is a dearth of empirical work which examines the following questions. What are the dynamics of such mobilization strategies i…
From Demanding to Delivering Development: Challenges of NGO-Led Development in Rural Rajasthan, India
The non-governmental development organization (NGO) sector in India has seen unprecedented growth in the recent past. A whole range of NGOs are not just ‘demanding’ development from the state but also ‘delivering’ development in the Indian countryside. While popular interest in the role of the non-governmental development sector is growing, it is not complemented by ethnographic studies which explain how local NGOs evolve and change over time. Wh…
Can Grassroots Mobilization of the Poorest Reduce Corruption? A Tale of Governance Reforms and Struggle against Petty Corruption in Bihar, India
The rural poor in India have long experienced corruption, exclusion from welfare schemes and the denial of rights. Critical accounts of development policy and practice advocate the need for pro-poor governance reforms as well as effective mobilization of the poor for exercising their rights and entitlements. However, there is a dearth of empirical work which examines the following questions. What are the dynamics of such mobilization strategies i…
Citizen empowerment and adoption of E-governance services: The role of online citizen skills, awareness, and engagement
This study investigates the inter-relationship between citizen empowerment and adoption of e-governance services (ADES). Online citizen skills (OCS), online citizen awareness (OCA) and online citizen engagement (OCE) are the prerequisites of successful e-governance adoption. Therefore, it also analysed the mediating role of citizen empowerment in relation between OCS and ADES, OCA and ADES, and OCE and ADES. An e-governance adoption model is prop…
Uber for tractors? Opportunities and challenges of digital tools for tractor hire in India and Nigeria
Digital tools hold great promise to promote agricultural transformation and benefit smallholder farmers in the developing world. One such tool is Uber for tractors, which aims to enable farmers to access tractor hire services in a way that is deemed similar to the Uber service for ride-hailing. While widely praised, Uber for tractors has not yet been rigorously analyzed. How does it work in practice? And what is its potential to reduce the transa…
Quantification of antibiotic residues in raw and layers hen eggs by rp-hplc
Antibiotics (Oxytetracycline & Enrofloxacin) residual levels in raw and layered samples are to be quantified using RP-HPLC. The antibiotic (oxytetracycline and enrofloxacin) residual levels in raw and layers hen egg samples were evaluated qualitatively by high performance liquid chromatography in this investigation, which used one hundred randomly selected samples (HPLC). C18 (Hypersil ODS-BPS, 250 4.6mm; 5) was used for the separation at a flow …
Journey of Alpinia galanga from kitchen spice to nutraceutical to folk medicine to nanomedicine
Tourist participation, well-being and satisfaction: The mediating roles of service experience and tourist empowerment
The purpose of this paper is to empirically examine the role of tourist participation on their well-being and satisfaction. It also contributes to the transformative service research literature by examining the mediated effect of service experience and tourist empowerment on well-being and satisfaction. A structural model was developed and tested using a convenient sample of 597 tourists. Further, structure equation modelling technique and mediat…
What do (future) civil servants think of bribery and corruption? Evidence from India
Testing theory of mind in large language models and humans
At the core of what defines us as humans is the concept of theory of mind: the ability to track other people's mental states. The recent development of large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT has led to intense debate about the possibility that these models exhibit behaviour that is indistinguishable from human behaviour in theory of mind tasks. Here we compare human and LLM performance on a comprehensive battery of measurements that aim to …
Triggering place brand loyalty: The nexus between place brand credibility, fascination and attachment
The study aims to develop a comprehensive model that examines the effect of place brand credibility (PBC) and destination fascination (DF) on place attachment (PA) and place brand loyalty (PBL). A structured questionnaire was used to collect the data from tourists. The purposive sampling procedure was used to collect the responses from 340 tourists who have visited popular tourist places in India. The results indicate that PBC and DF have positiv…
Levelling the field: A review of the ICT revolution and agricultural extension in the Global South
Information and communications technology has evolved significantly over the last seven decades, beginning with radio and video vans and culminating in the rise of smartphones and mobile internet in remote areas of the Global South. While ICT is an integral part of agricultural extension, little is known about how these changes have influenced agricultural extension practices. After a systematic review of 131 papers, we find that changes in ICT h…
Digital innovations and institutional barriers in agricultural input subsidy programmes in sub‐Saharan Africa: Evidence from Nigeria
Motivation: Agricultural input subsidy programmes are crucial for improving agricultural productivity in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA). However, there is little empirical evidence on how second‐generation input subsidy programmes (SISPs) based on information and communication technology (ICT) are implemented and the institutional challenges that undermine their effectiveness. Purpose: This article assesses the implementation of ICT‐based SISPs and the…
Agri-tech startups in India: Knowledge recombination under resource constraints
Non-traditional entrants innovate by recombining accumulated agricultural knowledge. • Institutional networks mediate access to public research and legitimacy. • Rural entrepreneurship increasingly operates through knowledge infrastructures. • Resource constraints are offset through network-enabled collaboration. • Agri-tech ventures reconfigure segments of agricultural value chains in India
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