http://103.65.197.75:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/14 2026-09-08T12:39:45Z http://103.65.197.75:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/388 Title: Examining the temporal impact of stock market development on carbon intensity: Evidence from South Asian countries Authors: Sinha, Avik; Sharma, Rajesh; Vo, Xuan Vinh; Shahbaz, Muhammad Abstract: The growing size of stock market in the South Asian countries might have contributed to raising the level of industrial production and energy consumption. This upturned energy usage might have widened the scope for carbon emissions because these nations heavily rely on fossil fuels. In this milieu, therefore, in the present study, we assessed the impacts of stock market development, per capita income, trade expansion, renewable energy solutions, and technological innovations on carbon intensity in the four South Asia countries from 1990 to 2016. The empirical results based on the CS-ARDL approach revealed that stock market development, per capita income, and trade expansion invigorated carbon intensity in the South Asian countries. On the contrary, the increased usage of renewable energy solutions and technological advancement helped in reducing the energy-led carbon intensity. Further, the interaction of stock market with renewable energy, and subsequently with technological advancement delivered insignificant coefficients, which indicates the inefficacy of renewable energy and technological advancement in regulating stock market-led carbon intensity during the study period. Therefore, by considering the need for complementarity between economic growth and environmental targets, we proposed a multipronged policy framework, which may help the selected countries to attain the Sustainable Development Goals, with a special focus on SDG 7, 8, 9, and 13. 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z http://103.65.197.75:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/376 Title: Work from Home, Mental Health and Employee Needs: An Exploratory Study in Indian IT companies Authors: Phadnis, Supriya; Sengupta, Sreerupa Abstract: COVID-19 had an unprecedented impact on health and overall development. A Press Release from World Bank stated that mitigation measures decreased investment, limited production, and global trade, slowing down the economy and jeopardising years of progress made in human development (World Bank,2020). Given the gruelling circumstances, in March 2020, Work from Home (WFH) or remote work emerged as the only panacea to help employees to continue work and organisations to continue with their productivity. Drawing from the global discussions, India's Government quickly adopted WFH across all the ministries; in March 2020. While WFH did ensure business continuity, especially in the services sectors; it also came with its share of problems. One of the main challenges employees faced by May 2020 was their mental health and well-being. The International Labour Organisations (ILO) had cautioned that factors such as isolation, blurring of boundaries between work and family may impact the employees' mental health (ILO,2020). Given this situation, we undertook a study in the IT sector of India. The objectives of the study were to explore - a) employee needs and concerns, with specific focus on mental health and well-being during long-term WFH. b) response of Indian IT companies towards employee’s mental health and well-being during WFH, The purpose of the study was two-fold: a) highlight employee needs and initiatives required to protect their mental health and b) help organisations develop a comprehensive policy on mental health and well-being of employees as part of their organisational health and safety management. 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z