Papers by ARAKHITA BEHERA
The agricultural sector's contribution to the Indian economy is much higher than world's average ... more The agricultural sector's contribution to the Indian economy is much higher than world's average of 6.4 percent. With a large population and a majority of its citizens dependent on agriculture, it is hard to individually provide agriculture related information to each farmer in India. Because of this, using information and communication technology (ICT) in the agricultural industry is a smart idea. Numerous ICT tools have been used to disseminate information quickly to the farmers about the best cultivation techniques, seed availability, cropping patterns, weather forecasting, fertilizer usage, market information, organic practices, insurance alerts, livestock diseases, exotic and native breeds, feeding management, livestock rearing, and various government programs related to agriculture. This paper evaluated various purpose of the usages of ICT tools and degree of ICT tools for getting market information particularly for the agricultural product. The present study was conducted from two villages of Maheswarpur Gram Panchayant of Jajpur district of Odisha where agriculture was the major occupation. The sample size was 120 farmers from two villages. The study finds that 65 percent of farmers use various types of ICT tools for connecting with agricultural market. The use of mobile phone is prominently used by the majority of farmers among different types of ICT tools. Therefore, the use of ICT tools in the agricultural sector is crucial for getting correct and fast information about the agricultural market for their product.
The paper to focuses on the rural labor market performance in supply and demand side as well. In ... more The paper to focuses on the rural labor market performance in supply and demand side as well. In supply side casual labourers form is going to be predominant form of labour in the market. Permanent labour forms such as attached labour, farm servants and bonded labour has been declined. Majority of farmers expressed that labourers may not available even in the lean/slack season. There is scarcity of labourers, it is a supply side constraint for the active labor market. Under this condition, new generations or upcoming labourers may not participate in the rural labour market. The laboures would be involved in MGNREGS works or non-agricultural actives than labour market. Therefore, the rural labour market is become inactive and functioning irregularly after implementation of MGNREGS. Another side, majority of big farmers is not willing for self-cultivation due to scarcity of labour and high labour cost. They are prepared for alternative choice either leased-out their lands and shift to non-agriculture sector or simply depend on rental income in the village. In these conditions, rural labour market would be inactive or irregular. Where rural labour market is irregular there would be opportunity to generate non-labour institution like informal land lease market.
Artificial intelligence and higher education
Enrollment Management Report, 2018
Hardly a day goes by without some reference to the potential impact of artificial intelligence in... more Hardly a day goes by without some reference to the potential impact of artificial intelligence in our lives. I believe that universities both in the United States and around the world will also experience significant change brought about through AI.
INDIAN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, 2025
Te Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), world's largest employment g... more Te Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), world's largest employment guarantee program o India provides 100 days o work to onethird o women to protect their lives and build assets. Te main objective o this paper to examine the socio economic eect o MGNREGA programmes on women beneciaries using primary data sources. Tis study was done in the twelve villages o Baranga block o Cuttack district o Odisha state o India involving a sample o 300 respondents. Te ndings showed that a signicant portion o the women beneciaries were young (51.60 percent), 61.50 percentage in the SC/S category, 36.4 percentage working in arming or agriculture. Te socioeconomic level o women beneciaries o MGNREGA changed signicantly and avorably afer the MGNREGA program was put into place. Following the MGNREGA program's implementation, the women beneciaries' ood consumption expenditures, social participation, social status, and material possessions all signicantly were improved.
Education and Economic Growth : Issues, Challanges and Policy Measures by Sanskruti Publication, 2025
Background:The Government of India launched the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 with the goa... more Background:The Government of India launched the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 with the goal of modernizing the Indian educational system to meet 21stcentury demands while conserving the nation's cultural heritage. This policy places a strong emphasis on critical thinking, creativity, and lifelong learning while promoting flexible, multidisciplinary, and holistic education at all learning levels. Objective:This study aims to conduct several literature review pertaining to the NEP 2020's competency-based education, vocational education, equity and inclusiveness in education, and digital learning. Methodology:There are 18 studies in all that examine NEP 2020's competency-based education, digital learning, educational equity, vocational education, and inclusion in education. These include various articles, policy briefs, government reports, and publications from the World Bank, UNESCO, and the OECD. Findings:The present study addresses long-standing issues and equips students to meet the needs of the twentyfirst century by highlighting the policy's scientific relevance in fostering equity, excellence, and creativity within the Indian educational system. Research Limitation/Implication: The researcher evaluated the few studies that were accessible due to time
American Journal of STEM Education: Issues and Perspectives, 2025
This systematic review explores the definitions and research surrounding Fairness, Accountability... more This systematic review explores the definitions and research surrounding Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics (FATE) in Artificial Intelligence (AI) within higher education literature. The study aims to provide a comprehensive synthesis of FATE's evolution and the challenges and opportunities identified across the analyzed papers. The review encompasses 25 SCOPUS articles published between 2019 and 2023. FATE definitions were classified as either technical or descriptive, with some studies offering multiple definitions. Findings indicate a predominance of descriptive definitions, particularly for fairness, which are primarily quantitative. Ethics definitions are mostly qualitative, while fairness research tends to be quantitative. Future research could bridge the divide between experts and the public by integrating technical and descriptive definitions and combining qualitative and quantitative approaches.
Examining the Perception of Women’s Role in India’s Blue Economy: A Systematic Literature Review
The primary objective of this paper is to conduct a systematic literature review on the perceptio... more The primary objective of this paper is to conduct a systematic literature review on the perceptions and attitudes of women’s employment and leadership in India’s blue economy. The study uses a systematic literature review to look at studies and reports published from 1 January 2000 to 5 November 2022, to find out how people think and feel about women’s participation with regard to employment and leadership in terms of taking decisions in traditionally male-dominated sectors i.e., fishing, marine shipping, and blue economy tourism. The evaluation closes with recommendations for the compilation of baseline inventories to collect gender-disaggregated data to advise policy on which sectors hinder women’s participation as well as a new framework to create pathways for women’s holistic participation in India’s blue economy.
ADBI Working Paper, 2024
The primary objective of this paper is to conduct a systematic literature review on the perceptio... more The primary objective of this paper is to conduct a systematic literature review on the perceptions and attitudes of women’s employment and leadership in India’s blue economy. The study uses a systematic literature review to look at studies and reports published from 1 January 2000 to 5 November 2022, to find out how people think and feel about women’s
participation with regard to employment and leadership in terms of taking decisions in traditionally male-dominated sectors i.e., fishing, marine shipping, and blue economy tourism. The evaluation closes with recommendations for the compilation of baseline inventories
to collect gender-disaggregated data to advise policy on which sectors hinder women’s participation as well as a new framework to create pathways for women’s holistic participation in India’s blue economy.
Impact of Digitalization on Economic and Social Aspects
IGI Global eBooks, Feb 3, 2023
Journal of Survey in Fisheries Science, 2023
The term "Green Hotel" is still not very widely known among local, tourist, and even tourism indu... more The term "Green Hotel" is still not very widely known among local, tourist, and even tourism industry professionals, as well as among many individuals who are unaware of its meaning and use. In India, the government and the private sector continue to place a high priority on green hotels because of their contribution to environmental preservation and a reduction in the effects of global warming. The implementation of the green hotel idea still raises both advantages and disadvantages due to certain onerous criteria for business actors. The majority of them believe that staying at a green hotel is expensive and uncomfortable for tourists. In spite of the fact that many tourists require green hotels, not all tourists are aware of this concept, particularly in India. This paper looks at studies on green hotels that have been carried out in other nations and relates with India. The case of India's Delhi shows how tourists can not completely grasp the idea of green hotels.
Investigating Customer Perceptions on Sustainable Practices of Star Hotels in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), 2023
This paper purposes to present the perception of customers on green practices of star hotels of G... more This paper purposes to present the perception of customers on green practices of star hotels of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). The hotels in India has been increasing rapidly. Due to an increasing consciousness on conservation of the environment, customers’ ideas of product and behaviour are shifting towards more on eco-friendly. Because of this, firms are employing more and more strategies to adopt green practices to encourage customers.The notion of sustainable practices is still not widely accepted because of various factor such as lack of knowledge about eco-friendly products or services, ineffective advertising by corporates, and lack of uniformity in governmental norms and regulations. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to determine the perception of customers towards sustainable practices in star hotels through factor analysis approach. A sample of 147 customers from a variety of location including several star hotels of GHMC, airports, railway station, and difference events and educational fairs are collected. As a result, this study identifies six factors such as Desireness, trustworthy, favourites, morals, consciousness, initiatives, social welfare and freshness of food.
International research journal of business and social science, 2023
This paper purposes to present the perception of customers on green practices of star hotels of G... more This paper purposes to present the perception of customers on green practices of star hotels of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). The hotels in India has been increasing rapidly. Due to an increasing consciousness on conservation of the environment, customers’
ideas of product and behaviour are shifting towards more on eco-friendly. Because of this, firms are employing more and more strategies to adopt green practices to encourage customers.The notion of sustainable practices is still not widely accepted because of various factor such
as lack of knowledge about eco-friendly products or services, ineffective advertising by corporates, and lack of uniformity in governmental norms and regulations. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to determine the perception of customers towards sustainable practices in star hotels through factor analysis approach. A sample of 147 customers from a variety of location including several star hotels of GHMC, airports, railway station, and difference events and educational fairs are collected. As a result, this study identifies six factors such as Desireness, trustworthy, favourites, morals, consciousness, initiatives, social welfare and
freshness of food.
Journal of Tourism Insights
Abstract Waste has emerged as a major issue in the modern society. Due to urbanization, the volum... more Abstract Waste has emerged as a major issue in the modern society. Due to urbanization, the volume of waste is speedily rising. If the origin of waste creation makes no effort, then all wastes are either disposed of or burnt which results in waste of land, air, water, and energy as well as the growth of undesirable animals, plants and microorganism. Through the associate and involvement of the local population, waste may be managed locally in a sustainable manner. Waste management may be an expensive endeavor if not carried out appropriately. In most of the developing nations, 20-50 percent of urban expenditure budget is directed at management of solid waste. Small hotels in Dehradun, the capital city of Uttrakhand, haven't made any attempts to address their waste-related environmental consequences, which has had a negative effect on the environment. In this paper, waste management practices of small hotels in capital city of Uttrakhand are investigated. Employees of small hotels were given a survey schedule to fill out in order to collect information about their waste management practices. The findings show that small hotels choose to dispose of their waste rather than recycle and reuse it.
Journal of Tourism Insight, 2022
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Waste has emerged as a major issue in the modern society. Due to urbanization, the volum... more Abstract
Waste has emerged as a major issue in the modern society. Due to urbanization, the volume of waste is speedily rising. If the origin of waste creation makes no effort, then all wastes are either disposed of or burnt which results in waste of land, air, water, and energy as well as the growth of undesirable animals, plants and microorganism. Through the associate and involvement of the local population, waste may be managed locally in a sustainable manner. Waste management may be an expensive endeavor if not carried out appropriately. In most of the developing nations, 20-50 percent of urban expenditure budget is directed at management of solid waste. Small hotels in Dehradun, the capital city of Uttrakhand, haven't made any attempts to address their waste-related environmental consequences, which has had a negative effect on the environment. In this paper, waste management practices of small hotels in capital city of Uttrakhand are investigated. Employees of small hotels were given a survey schedule to fill out in order to collect information about their waste management practices. The findings show that small hotels choose to dispose of their waste rather than recycle and reuse it.
An Economic Study of Tourism Industry in India with Special Reference to Odisha
SSRN Electronic Journal, 2013
Tourism is one of the most significant sectors in the world economy. It is now considered as a we... more Tourism is one of the most significant sectors in the world economy. It is now considered as a well-organized tool for promoting economic growth as well as development of the host country. Since last few decades, tourism industry in India has been growing at a rapid pace and it has a vast potential for generating both direct and indirect employment and earning a large amount of foreign exchange besides giving a fillip to the country’s overall economic and socio-cultural development. This study tries to examine the present status of tourism industry in Odisha. The study uses popular semi log model for the period from 2000 to 2009 and provides the confirmation of tourism development in Odisha. Therefore the result suggests that as the time passes, there is significant increase in the Domestic Tourist arrival in Odisha. The tourist’s arrival registered a positive rate of 0.4 percent during the study period. All wings of central and state governments, private bodies and voluntary organization should become the active partners to attain sustainable growth in tourism in India as well as in Odisha.
Role of stakeholders in green practices of hotel industry: Evidence from greater hyderabad municipal corporation (GHMC) star hotels
Asian Journal of Multidimensional Research (AJMR), 2018
As a service industry, the tourism sector is particularly interesting as the focus of an investig... more As a service industry, the tourism sector is particularly interesting as the focus of an investigation on environmental management practices for two main reasons. First, this sector has an increasing economic importance. Second, the tourist industry shows an increasingly higher environmental concern (Hunter, 1997). This paper investigates the Green Practices (GPs) among different categories of star hotels (three star to five star deluxe only) in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) which includes both Hyderabad and Secunderabad of India. It aims to identify the level of stakeholders on GPs participation and whether GPs contribute to overall hotel performance. To achieve these objectives, stakeholder theory is selected as the theoretical basis to explicate the proposed hypothesis i.e. whether all stakeholders (government, activists, industry association, competitors, customers and top management) positively influence the green practices and whether hotels with GPs are able to drive towards better financial and non-financial performance. Data collection is carried out from 51 star hotels in the GHMC through questionnaire. A test on the hypothesis using the hierarchical regression supported the fact that stakeholder influence in the participation of GPs among GHMC star hotels are only at a moderate stage. This means that more than half of star hotels do not have written environmental policy and very few are certified to ISO-40001. It also means that except top management, activists, other stakeholders do not influence or influence in minimal in implementing green practices in star hotels.
Journal of Tourism, 2020
This paper examines star hotels' environmental management practices in G r e a t e r H y d e r a ... more This paper examines star hotels' environmental management practices in G r e a t e r H y d e r a b a d Municipal Corporation (GHMC) of Telangana. A survey schedule was d ist r i b u t e d a m o n g employees of star hotels to extract data regarding their environmental management
practices. The resultsreveal that conservation of energy and water, recycling and reusing waste, and using less toxic products are the most critical environmental practices being implemented in those star hotels.
Management Today, 2018
The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between consumer perception and their at... more The aim of this paper is to investigate the relationship between consumer perception and their attitude on green practices of star hotels in Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) and willingness to pay for it. This paper analyses data collected from 147 star hotel consumers across GHMC to gain insight into consumer perceptions and attitudes towards green practices and their willingness to pay. First, a factor analysis and an ordered logit regression analysis are applied
to obtain the value of willingness to pay and determine the factors influencing it. The findings illustrate that there is an unfilled market niche for ‘Green’ in star hotels, as consumer cares about star hotels that protecting the environment and would be willing to pay more to offset any additional costs associated with green practices.
Desh Vikash Publication, 2020
Essentially, nature is ruined because of numerous reasons affected by the tourism industry i.e. o... more Essentially, nature is ruined because of numerous reasons affected by the tourism industry i.e. over consumption of water, use of energy and other environmental resources by countless tourist visit to India and abundance progress of the tourism industry infrastructure. Following the adversarial impact, the hotel industry is engaging in advanced steps to implement green management. The accommodation sector particularly the lodging industry is amazingly taking an interest in greening their hotels because of some persuading factors. These inspiring variables are a money related advantage, legitimation, competition, obligation towards environment and the ascent of ecologically capable buyers. As of present time, the lodgings are requiring exertion to implement green practices due to its unfavorable effects. The efforts of enforcing green practices by the Indian hotel sectors are fairly slow because of the number of obstructions. The focal point of this paper is to identify the obstructions of green practices in star hotels of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation of Indian State. This paper drew in subjective strategies utilizing the survey techniques for the collection of information. The finding determined twelve key obstructions that are ordered as important, less important and unimportant.
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Papers by ARAKHITA BEHERA
participation with regard to employment and leadership in terms of taking decisions in traditionally male-dominated sectors i.e., fishing, marine shipping, and blue economy tourism. The evaluation closes with recommendations for the compilation of baseline inventories
to collect gender-disaggregated data to advise policy on which sectors hinder women’s participation as well as a new framework to create pathways for women’s holistic participation in India’s blue economy.
ideas of product and behaviour are shifting towards more on eco-friendly. Because of this, firms are employing more and more strategies to adopt green practices to encourage customers.The notion of sustainable practices is still not widely accepted because of various factor such
as lack of knowledge about eco-friendly products or services, ineffective advertising by corporates, and lack of uniformity in governmental norms and regulations. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to determine the perception of customers towards sustainable practices in star hotels through factor analysis approach. A sample of 147 customers from a variety of location including several star hotels of GHMC, airports, railway station, and difference events and educational fairs are collected. As a result, this study identifies six factors such as Desireness, trustworthy, favourites, morals, consciousness, initiatives, social welfare and
freshness of food.
Waste has emerged as a major issue in the modern society. Due to urbanization, the volume of waste is speedily rising. If the origin of waste creation makes no effort, then all wastes are either disposed of or burnt which results in waste of land, air, water, and energy as well as the growth of undesirable animals, plants and microorganism. Through the associate and involvement of the local population, waste may be managed locally in a sustainable manner. Waste management may be an expensive endeavor if not carried out appropriately. In most of the developing nations, 20-50 percent of urban expenditure budget is directed at management of solid waste. Small hotels in Dehradun, the capital city of Uttrakhand, haven't made any attempts to address their waste-related environmental consequences, which has had a negative effect on the environment. In this paper, waste management practices of small hotels in capital city of Uttrakhand are investigated. Employees of small hotels were given a survey schedule to fill out in order to collect information about their waste management practices. The findings show that small hotels choose to dispose of their waste rather than recycle and reuse it.
practices. The resultsreveal that conservation of energy and water, recycling and reusing waste, and using less toxic products are the most critical environmental practices being implemented in those star hotels.
to obtain the value of willingness to pay and determine the factors influencing it. The findings illustrate that there is an unfilled market niche for ‘Green’ in star hotels, as consumer cares about star hotels that protecting the environment and would be willing to pay more to offset any additional costs associated with green practices.