CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
India Strategy Conference (ISC) 2025
Doctoral and New Faculty Consortium
Dec 15, 2025; Hyderabad, India
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Application Deadline: November 1, 2025
The ISC 2025 Doctoral and New Faculty Consortium is designed for:
- PhD students who are in the dissertation proposal stage (typically 3rd year of the PhD program or later)
- New faculty members, within three years of completing their PhD.
The objective of the consortium is to support doctoral students as they shape their dissertations and job market papers, and to provide early-career faculty with insights on topics such as publishing their dissertations and managing teaching and research responsibilities. Participants will have opportunities to discuss their work in small groups with distinguished faculty and peers to meet and interact with future colleagues and to enhance their scholarship and overall development. The consortium will also include panels on topics relevant to junior scholars including:
- The making of a globally respected scholar
- What makes a good dissertation? / Managing your first job
- A paper's journey
- Publishing using non-standard data
The ISC 2025 Doctoral and New Faculty Consortium co-organizers are Kannan Srikanth (The Ohio State University) and Vivek Tandon (Temple University).
As part of the application, please attach a single pdf file containing the items below and name the file as LastName_FirstName_ISC_2025.pdf.
1. Curriculum Vitae
2. Research Proposal (please see below for formatting details)
Please email your applications to ConsortiumISC2025@isb.edu. Applicants will be notified of admission decisions by the end of November 2025. We have a limited number of travel scholarships for PhD students available to cover some of the costs of attending the conference. If you wish to be considered for these, please mention it in your email.
The research proposal should:
a) not exceed 4000 words, including references, charts, graphs, diagrams etc.
b) be single-spaced with 12-point font.
c) include references formatted in APA style.
d) include a title and an abstract (not more than 125 words).
For questions about the Consortium or ISC 2025, contact isc2025@isb.edu. For more details, visit the India Strategy Conference - 2025 website.
We warmly invite you to share this call with doctoral students and new faculty who may be interested, and to help spread the word on LinkedIn.
Looking forward to meeting you in Hyderabad!
Kannan Srikanth and Vivek Tandon.
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Vivek Tandon
Temple University
Philadelphia PA
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