Ph. D. Colloquium
CoRe 2025
EIGHTH IGIDR PHD. COLLOQUIUM
October 29, 2025 – October 31, 2025.
Conversations on Research (CoRe) aims to provide doctoral students of Economics, Energy & Environment, and Development Studies:
- a platform to present their ongoing research and gain valuable feedback,
- an opportunity to meet doctoral students from other parts of the country
- a forum to discuss and resolve emerging issues that concern both theoretical and empirical researchers,
- guidance on increasing publication success, and how to address challenges faced during Ph.D.
- guidance on post-Ph.D. career options.
IGIDR invites submissions for its Eighth Phd Colloquium, Conversations on Research (CoRe).
Format:
- Full Paper Sessions : Ph.D. scholars who are in the advanced stage of their doctoral work will be invited to present a paper from their thesis. This will be followed by a discussion led by the chair/discussant. Two slots are earmarked for candidates who made poster presentations in CoRe 2024 subject to their meeting acceptable quality standards.
- Poster Presentation Sessions : Ph.D. scholars who are in the initial stages of their Ph.D. will be invited to present an overview of their thesis in poster presentations. The three top posters will be awarded prizes which include a CoRe citation and book awards. Students interested in applying for the poster sessions have to send a preview of their thesis in a single-spaced report format. The word limit for the report is 1000. Students selected for the poster presentation are expected to bring a printout of the poster to the venue.
- Panel Discussions : There will be a plenary talk and two Panel Discussions: (i) Meet the Editors (attendees will get an opportunity to interact with editors of leading national and international journals), (ii) Life After Ph.D. (Ph.D. students who have recently graduated will provide guidance on post Ph.D. career options).
This year, leading experts from diverse fields will deliver the plenary lecture and join the panel discussions.
Date and Venue : Wednesday, October 29, 2025 – Friday, October 31, 2025. Institute’s Campus, located on Gen. A. K. Vaidya Marg, Goregaon (East), Mumbai 400065, INDIA.
Plenary talk (29th October): Sourav Bhattacharya (IIM Calcutta).
Meet the Editors (30th October) : Farzana Afridi (ISI Delhi) and Anindya S. Chakrabarti (IIM Ahmedabad).
Life After PhD (31st October) : Sugat Chaturvedi (IIT Delhi), Kalyani Chaudhuri (Ashoka University), and Tanu Gupta (University of Southampton, New Delhi).
Financial Support: 3rdAC train fare by the shortest route, free accommodation on a twin-sharing basis from October 28 – November 1, 2025, and full boarding.
All Ph.D. scholars registered with a university are eligible to apply. Applicants need to register on the IGIDR website www.igidr.ac.in/CoRe2025, following which they have to upload (1) their latest CV and (2) a completed paper to be considered for the Full Paper Sessions or an overview of the thesis to be considered for Poster Sessions. Selected candidates may be required to send a scanned copy of their bona-fide certificate.
[Applicants need to have Gmail account to upload the files]
Deadlines:
The deadline for receiving applications is September 21, 2025. Selected candidates will be informed by October 3, 2025.
Agenda
Session Plan