Report of One Day National Conference on

“Theoretical & Empirical Developments in Social Sciences and Accountancy”

Held on December 29, 2018

The purpose of Educational Research is to develop new-fangled acquaintance about the teaching-learning status quo to progress scholastic training. It is consequently essential for the educationalists to involve and magnify their research base for creation of a progressive society for tomorrow. It not only widens their knowledge base but also improves their proficiencies in teaching. To give a stimulus to such a commotion, we decided to bring under one roof academicians, research scholars and professionals to share their awareness on the most recent developments in the fields of Social Sciences and Accountancy. This is how we conceptualized One Day National Conference on “Theoretical and Empirical Developments in Social Sciences and Accountancy”.

Our technical program was rich and varied with three keynote speeches and four parallel sessions based on the sub themes of Accountancy & Finance, Commerce & Management, Economics and Library & Information Science.

Inaugural Speech was delivered by Hon’ble Vice Chancellor of Auro University Dr. A. K. Singh Sir on the topic “Beyond the Methodology of Social Sciences: Critique with Reference to Evolution of Knowledge Framework.” He is orator par excellence and his session was mesmerizing forcing our minds to think beyond the traditional teaching pedagogy. His deliberation comprised of Evolution of Knowledge overtime right from ancient Vedas and Upanishads to modern day quantitative & qualitative theories. Guest of Honor Dr. Renuka Garg, Prof. & Head DBIM, VNSGU in her speech, emphasised on the importance and requirements of organising such events.

Technical Session I was conducted jointly by Dr. K. Narayanan Sir and Prof. Pragnesh Shah under the theme of Economics and Accountancy & Finance respectively. Dr. K. Narayanan - Prof. Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, IIT Bombay, Mumbai expressed his views on Anti-Dumping in International Trade and enlightened us on the issues faced by developing nations in this regard. He explained in detail about Dumping and its effect on production and foreign exchange of other countries. He also suggested few of the measures for anti-dumping. Topic of deliberation of Prof. Pragnesh Shah, Prof. & Head, Dept. of Accounting and Financial Management, MSU, Vadodara. Was Recent Developments in Accountancy He gave an extensive coverage on the recent trends in the said subject. Particularly recent changes in legal framework relating to IFRS, CSR, and Component Accounting were discussed at length.

Technical Session – II comprised of the paper presentation sessions for each of the sub theme of the conference. Distinguished guests from different departments of VNSGU and Institution’s head were called upon to Chair & Co-Chair these sessions. Registrations from around 60 different colleges from across the nation were received. Around 140 research papers were received for publication and participation of around 200 delegates is recorded making this conference a truly national one. The papers are published in the UGC recognized, peer reviewed Journal – Ajanta of Ajanta Publication in 7 parts.

Valedictory Function was conducted on completion of the parallel paper presentation session and Journal as well as Certificate of Participation & Presentation along with Certificate of Publishing were distributed to the participants. Dr. Vinod Patel; Dr. Jaydip Chawdhry; Dr. Hemali Desai; Dr. K. N. Chavda and Dr. Heena Oza remained present for the Valedictory Session. Feedback from the delegated were taken.

The conference was planned to deliver the most recent advancements in the fields of Social Sciences and Accountancy and the Knowledge sharing by the experts definitely benefitted to everyone present. Overall the Conference satisfied all the stakeholders.

Prof. Krishna Desai

Organizing Secretary