Proceedings of the International Conference on Dynamics of Environment, Sustainability, and Gender Disparities: A Holistic Dialogue for Inclusive Futures (ICDESGD 2025)
21 articles
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Peer-Review Statements
Firdous Ahmad Malik, Ayub Khan Dawood, Samriti Mahajan, Gowhar Ahmad Wani, C. Noushad
All of the articles in this proceedings volume have been presented at the International Conference on Dynamics of Environment, Sustainability, and Gender Disparities during 12th-13th Nov 2025 in School of Social Sciences and Humanities B.S. Abdur Rahman Crescent Institute of Science and Technology, India....
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The Determinants of Public Expenditure Growth in Tamil Nadu After Economic Reform
K. Hajira Sulthana, Moon Moon Hussain
In Tamil Nadu, government activities and total public expenditure have grown significantly in absolute terms, relative terms, and as a proportion of NSDP over the years. This rapid increase in government spending calls for an analysis of the key factors driving this expansion and its impact on the state’s...
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Transitioning to a Circular Economy: A Review of Sustainable Consumption Behavior and Society 5.0’s Path to a Green Economy
Ajay Sidana, Samriti Mahajan, Rubvita Chadha, Himani, Neeru Sidana
Purpose: The Purpose of this research to find out sustainability consumption indicators and evaluate their impact on sustainable consumption. Study finds reason of environment degradation and suggests sustainable consumption strategy.
Methodology: Study is conceptual based. Previous studies...
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Sustainability Through Women Entrepreneurship: Socio-Cultural Barriers and Fintech’s Role
Shivani Mehta, Mahua Bhattacharjee, Isha Jaswal
This study provides an empirical analysis of the socio-cultural obstacles that hinder the empowerment of women entrepreneurs in Capital region of India -Delhi. While fintech has the potential to offer significant benefits, such as increased financial inclusion and access to capital, women entrepreneurs...
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Bridging the Gender Gap in Green Transitions: Women’s Role in Renewable Energy and Sustainable Innovation
Jyoti, Samriti Mahajan, Praveen Kumar Pandey
The shift to the low-carbon economy can be understood as an environmental challenge as well as a socio-economic prospect. Nevertheless, gender inequality reemerges in the fields of renewable energy and sustainable innovation systems limiting the roles of women in climate solutions. Most past research...
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Does Social Maturity Shape Gender Role Attitude?
Rajkumar Nanaware, Sanjivani Mahale, Chandrakant Baviskar, Megha Achuthan
India has had remarkable growth in every sector throughout the preceding years, leading to significant advancements. The nation’s metropolis is flourishing, companies are expanding, and the middle class is economically improving a lot. Despite these developments, India is still one of the most vulnerable...
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Women’s Leadership in Grassroots Environmental Movements
A. R. Vidya
Women’s secure access to land and natural resources remains a crucial factor for ensuring gender equality and sustainable development. Although the statutory laws in many jurisdictions formally recognize women’s property and rights related to other resources, their implementation is often constrained...
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ESG and CSR for Business Transformative Models: An Evidence-Based Study
Sampurna Bhuyan, Nitumoni Das
Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) principles are very important for managing various fostering sustainable practices and global challenges. Simultaneously, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has evolved as an important concept in both business and academic domains over time. This paper focuses...
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Service Quality Index: A Primary Data Analysis
Gowhar Ahmad Wani, Shivangi Priya, S. Arunkumar, C. Noushad, Rubeena Khaliq
This paper studied tourism service quality at the destination level. The tourism industry stakeholders, namely tourists, residents, and service providers, are surveyed by a pre-tested interview schedule. For analyses, perceptions regarding service quality are transformed into weights destination-wise....
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Regional Rainfall Disparities and Monsoon Dynamics in Kerala: Insights for Climate Adaptation
Hamna Kazhakam Chalil, I. Sahadudheen, C. Mohammed Kasim
This study analyses seventy years (1951–2020) of rainfall patterns in Kerala, focusing on long-term variability, extreme events, monsoon divergence, and seasonal rainfall concentration. Monthly rainfall data from 83 stations across all 14 districts were used to create a time series at both district and...
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Developing TOWS for Tourism Higher Education in Kerala Through SWOT Analysis
Nimina Ramachandran, Sindhu R. Babu, Joby George, Gowhar Ahmad Wani, Rubeena Khaliq
Tourism education plays a significant role in developing quality professionals in this sector. The present study aims to identify internal strengths, weaknesses as well as external opportunities and threats for developing sustainable strategies towards tourism higher education in Kerala. It initially...
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Combating Cyber Attacks in Online Banking: Effective Prevention Techniques and User Awareness Strategies
Samriti Mahajan, Praveen Kumar Pandey, Komal Jaiswal, Sapna Sharma, Sandeep Kapoor, Anuradha
The Phishing-attacks pose a serious threat to the security of online banking. These scams rely on manipulating human behaviour to steal sensitive details. Attackers seek passwords and account numbers. As people rely more on digital services, methods have become more advanced. This change raises dangers...
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Generative AI in Education: Examining Burnout, Self-Efficacy, and Family Environment Among Teachers
Radha Kumari, Kanak Priya, Jyotsana Jaiswal
This paper studies the relationship between teacher burnout, self-efficacy, and family environment in the evolving context of generative artificial intelligence in education. As pedagogy is currently changing with the increasing use of AI-based tools, it is essential to analyze how personal and socio-cultural...
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Learning That Feels Real: AR, VR, AI, and Multimedia in Indian Classrooms
K. T. Muhammed Abdul Rauf
The use of Multimedia innovations including Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) each represent a new frontier in technology, and their use in education has the potential to improve India’s higher education system in unprecedented ways. Addressing...
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Tourist Waste Perceptions, Behavioural Intentions and Technology Receptiveness: Evidence from Kashmir
Tawheed Yousuf, Rupinder Kaur
Solid Waste Management (SWM) has become a significant challenge, particularly in fragile environmental zones that depend heavily on tourism, where effective waste management often remains inadequately prioritized. Using the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) as the primary behavioural framework, complemented...
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The Function of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation: An Analysis of the Recent Intervention in the Geleky Reserve Forest of Sivsagar and Charaideo Districts of Assam
Mizanur Rahman, Rishikesh Singh Faujdar, Ekhalak Alam
National Green Tribunal (NGT) is an Indian legal and institutional response to climate change adaptation and mitigation. Even though its main agenda is environmental justice, its resolutions and supervisory procedures affect India’s climate preparation and response. The NGT established by the National...
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Role of Interest-Free Microfinance in Enhancing Financial Inclusion and Sustainable Development
J. Mohamed Ali, M. Ahamedullah, T. P. Abdul Kareem
In India, the creation of interest-free microfinance (IFM) has emerged as an inclusion mode through which households who do not want to seek traditional interest-based borrowing in an ethical, religious, or other affordability reasons do so. Although Indian microfinance has grown in significant proportions,...
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The Impact of “AI”-Driven Personalization on Consumer Behaviour in Digital Marketing
C. Srinivasan, J. Mohamed Ali, M. Ahamedullah
This paper assesses the effects of personalization through AI on consumer behaviour in online marketing, in terms of involvement, trust, satisfaction, privacy issues and purchase choices. Structured questionnaire was used as a guide to administer questionnaires to 164 individuals and data collection...
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Traditional Medicine and Side Effects: A Comparative Analysis of Patients and Doctors in Chennai
M. K. Nissi, S. Chinnammai
Traditional medicine (TM) has continued playing a valuable role in healthcare systems based on the use of indigenous knowledge, locally procured materials, and cultural practices. Plant-based remedies are still in use in India especially in the urban setting in combination with modern medical practices....
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A Corpus-Based Study of Gender Omission in UN Sustainability Reports (2000–2024)
Vijayakumar Selvaraj, N. Sheik Hameed, N. Suguna, K. Thomas Alwa Edison, M. Vallikkannu
This study aimed to track the process by which gender disappears through insidious political silence in the language of United Nations sustainability documents released between 2000 and 2024. The search was conducted on a selected set of 123 official documents covering the Millennium Development Goals,...
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Ontological Alienation and the Ecological Self: Re-appropriating the Human–Environment Relationship through Literary Mediation
Syed Fuzail Kaunsar, A. Sulochana
This paper applies Rahel Jaeggi’s philosophical notion of alienation as a disrupted mode of appropriation to the analysis of the human-environment relationship. In the Anthropocene, this sense of alienation crosses social and cultural structures to shroud the broken relationship between people and the...