IMR-IKS Call for Papers

Special issue on

Indian Knowledge System: Applications in Management, Public Administration and Business

India is a nation with a long civilisational history with recorded history, cultural artefacts, and evidence pointing to more than five millennia of existence. The knowledge practices developed by Indians have remained almost intact and were passed on “orally” down the generations. These can be collectively referred to as the Indian Knowledge System (IKS). Several exploratory research studies on Indian civilisation have brought out newer evidence on indigenous knowledge in multiple domains. The domains include linguistics, arts, religion, spirituality, culture, mathematics and astronomy, science and technology, health and wellness, town planning, management, and public administration, to name a few.

The National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020) has generated sufficient interest in IKS among researchers, business, and society. It has given a fresh impetus to research and publication on IKS and its contemporary applications in Management, Public Administration and Business. This Call for Papers is in response to this emerging interest.

We invite rigorous research-based original contributions on contemporary application of IKS including but not limited to the following domains:

Indian management techniques based on the scriptural corpus in IKS
Indigenous frameworks on structure and organisation of businesses and public systems
Indian approaches to Business and Management: A historical perspective
Indian approaches to Public Finance, Accounting and Financial Planning
Management concepts in the Bhagavad Gita, the Epics and the Puranas
Work and Performance Management: Insights from Karma Yoga
Spirituality and Business
Workplace Spirituality: Insights from Indian traditions
Leadership styles and issues in the Indian context
Governance and Public Administration concepts in the Arthashastra
Managing oneself: Concepts and relevance to Management
Mind management: Perspectives from the Indian psychological tradition
Role of Yoga and Meditation in addressing health and wellness issues of individuals
Indian approaches to addressing issues of stress, and burnout of employees
Management concepts and applications in the Upanishads
Consciousness studies in the Indian tradition: Relevance of Business and Management
Indian approaches to Sustainability; New paradigms of Sustainability based on IKS
Family Businesses, Succession Planning and Management: Evidence and insights from IKS
Indian Management concepts in the Post-colonial era: Issues and challenges
Case studies on successful implementation of IKS in Business, Administration and Management

We invite original research articles, exploratory frameworks, case studies and thematic bibliometric summaries on the above themes. We encourage authors to include original quotes of scriptural references in Devanagari and International Alphabet of Sanskrit Transliteration (IAST) formats wherever applicable as footnotes in the paper.

Guest editor

Professor B Mahadevan
Production & Operations Management
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Manuscript submission information

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Go to https://www.editorialmanager.com/iimb/Default.aspx or our journal homepage at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/iimb-management-review
Follow the procedures for manuscript submission by selecting our Special Issue Article type as: IMR – IKS special issue from the drop-down list
Ensure you read the Guide for Authors before writing your manuscript. The Guide for Authors is available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/iimb-management-review/publish/guide-for-authors

Timeline

Final Manuscript Submission Deadline: 28 February 2025
Editorial Acceptance Deadline: 31 July 2025

All submissions deemed suitable to be sent for peer review will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers.

IMR-IKS Call for Papers

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