nanditaroy
Name Card
Name:
Nandita Roy
Position:
Assistant Professor
Academic Group:
Business Ethics & Communication Group
Phone No.:
+91-33-2467-8300 Extn. 2085
Contact Details:
K - 203, New Academic Block (NAB)
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
Diamond Harbour Road
Joka, Kolkata 700104.
Personal Details:
I love to read, teach, build my own PCs, and think about whether the cake is really a lie or not.
Email (@iimcal.ac.in):
nandita@iimcal.ac.in
Academics
Academic Background:
2013-2017: Ph.D., English Literature, Jadavpur University.
Thesis title: 'Joystick Stories: Re-Reading Narrativity in Video Games'.
2007-2009: M.A., English Literature, Jadavpur University.
Courses Taught:
IIM Calcutta:
Managerial Communication II (MBA, Core, Term II)
IIM Lucknow:
Storytelling for Management (MBA, Elective)
Communication for Management (MBA, Core)
Written Executive Communication (MBA, Core)
Communication for Management (PGP-WE, Core)
Qualitative Research Methods in Communication (PhD, Elective)
Awards:
Best Communications Elective at IIM Lucknow for the elective 'Storytelling for Management' (2019, 2020).
Experience
Work Experience:
Academia:
September, 2021 - present: Assistant Professor, Business Ethics and Communication Group, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta.
February, 2018 - September, 2021: Assistant Professor, Communication Area, Indian Institute of Management Lucknow.
April, 2016 - February, 2018: Assistant Professor, Communication Area, Indian Institute of Management Kashipur.
Industry:
2012 - 2016: Consultant, Programming Department, National Geographic Channel India
Past Projects:
IIM Kashipur and Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) (2016-2017)
Co-Principal Investigator
“Mitigating Disaster and Promoting Development in Uttarakhand: A Participatory Model for the State Civil Society and Media” - INR 12 lakhs from ICSSR
University of Oxford, UK (2011 - 2012)
Research Consultant
‘Indian Cities Beyond the Metropolis and Megacity’
Researched and wrote reports on neo-liberalisation with focus on youths in India.
Hakka TV and Trees Music, Taiwan (2011-2012)
Research Consultant
Conducted literature survey on the Chinese community in Calcutta
Prepared video footage of interviews with people from the Chinese community
Coordinated and supervised a team of visiting scholars from National Taiwan University preparing documentaries on the Chinese community in Calcutta.
McGill University, Canada and Jadavpur University, Kolkata (2009-2011)
Researcher
Worked on a project entitled ‘Women’s Empowerment and Education: Panchayats and Women’s Self Help Groups in India’
Conducted research in West Bengal and Mizoram
Made a documentary titled ‘Voices of Women from Mizoram’
Research
Journal Publications:
Applying Kant's Ethics to Video Game Business Models: Which Ones Pass Muster? In Business and Professional Ethics Journal (2020).
https://www.pdcnet.org/bpej/content/bpej_2021_0040_0001_0109_0127
Uncertainty as Entrepreneurial Motivation: Tuche, Karma and the Necessity of Action in Philosophy of Management 19, pages 89–98 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40926-019-00122-z
‘Many Materialities in Digital Florence: Assassin’s Creed II’, in Jadavpur University Essays and Studies, Vol. 30, 2016.
Conferences:
2021: ‘Gamified Health: A phenomenological inquiry of mental and physical health apps during a public health crisis’ at the Author Development Workshop of Management Information Science Quarterly (MISQ). (Online)
2021: 'Data Intimacies' presented at National Conference on Queer and Trans* Livings, Experiences and Practices organised by Sappho for Equality. (Online)
2020: 'Gender and Digital Freedom: On Representations and Stereotypes' presented at 'Ctrl Alt Del: A Workshop on Digital Freedom and Online Safety' (Invited Speaker). This workshop was organised by Point of View, Mumbai and Ebong Alaap, Kolkata.
2019: ’Re-Imagining the Future: Addressing Inherent Biases in Artificial Intelligence’ presented at reconference - rethink, reimagine, reboot organized by CREA (Creating Resources for Empowerment in Action) in Kathmandu, Nepal. Received a scholarship from CREA for attending the conference.
2018: ‘The Algorithm of Desire’ presented at Young People's Sexuality: Issues in Contemporary West Bengal organized by Ebong Alaap in Calcutta, India.
2017: 'The Prince’s Mirror Image: The Trace of Allegory in Games and Texts’ presented at International Journal of Arts and Sciences (IJAS) International Conference for Social Sciences and Humanities in Rome, Italy.
2016: Contagion of Reality: The Cheater and the Nihilist in Modern Gaming’ presented at Work and Play: An Interdisciplinary Conference, organized by Futureworks School of Art and Design, Manchester, UK.
Articles/Cases:
2020-2021: Invited Column, Anadabazar Patrika.
Books/Book Chapters:
‘Hot and Cool Media Theory’ in The Sage International Encyclopedia of Mass Media and Society (2019).
Contemplating Death: A Study on Video Games and the Culture of Death in New Directions in Media, eds. Islam and Roy. (Delhi: Bloomsbury, 2015)
New Directions in Media, eds. Islam and Roy. (Delhi: Bloomsbury, 2015). ISBN: 9789384898816
Research Interests:
Stories, culture and technology.