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null.listelement.badge SAI sustainable agro: An innovative model for multiplying farmers’ income(International Journal of Advances in Engineering and Management (IJAEM), 2022-08) Chandra, Mihir.; Singh, R. S. P.In many areas of the country small and marginal farmers are not able to utilize their land and manual resources because of lack of knowledge, training and market linkages. On the other hand, many agro based industries have to meet their inputs by imports as it is not readily available in their captive areas. SAI Sustainable Agro identified this gap and started working in the tribal areas of Rayagada district of Odisha State, in 2013. It tied up with JK Paper Mills, located in the district and was dependent hugely on import of pulp wood, for assured purchases of pulpwood at predetermined price. Having assured of the forward linkage, it started working with the farmers who had barren or low productive lands. To start with, hybrid eucalyptus, which needs very less water and care, are planted in these lands. Subsequently, intercrops- like finger millets are planted between the rows of the eucalyptus trees. Traditional knowledge is combined with biotechnology, ensuring farmer access to better quality inputs and cultivation techniques. Farmers are also provided access to training, technical expertise, finance, machinery as well as fertilizers right at their doorstep. This encouraged farmers to adopt the model. This saw the farmers coming out of the poverty cycle in first 4 years itself. This agroforestry model not only improves the soil quality and productivity, but the trees and the land also act as rich carbon sinks.null.listelement.badge Review article on the mental health of seafarers(0000) Chandra, Mihir.‘Sea the future’ is coined correctly by the name blue economy. But is the future beckons wellbeing of the ‘key worker’? While Covid 19 pandemic halted most of the economic juggernauts in lockdown; it could not put a spanner into the propellers of ships which kept trading for 90% of the global trade 24x7 around the COVID’s variants year, seafarers mental and physical health went through tough times. The articles reviewed had never seen through this unknown tunnel of this decade. Wisdom of hindsight is common but resilience to bounce back may be grasped out of foresight with learnings of gap analysis. Awareness of factors influencing health, as a building block for seafarers’ training from pre-sea level is to be envisioned in the mode of compulsory courseware. Physical fitness and mental toughness modules must be enshrined in courseware with pedagogy and soft skill development through case studies. Research work should pave the way for innovative tools to monitor seafarer health 24X7. The well-being of seafarers may then be addressed potentially.null.listelement.badge Impact of work–family conflict, job stress and job satisfaction on seafarer performance(International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020-03) Chandra, Mihir.Sea trade is one of the most important mode of business of blue-economy. Seafaring thus is one of the most challenging profession and is beyond comparison with any other mode of transport. Human factor has been factored in most of the literatures which are available for cause of sea trade performance but human centred approach has been missing in this industry. And this study is one small attempt towards WFC related cause as for effect on human performance. To conclude it is desired that more longitudinal studies with stratified sampling is needed for outcome based findings.null.listelement.badge Oil-Spill mitigation over waterways- A new approach(Zeichen Journal, 2022) Puranik, S.M.; Chandra, Mihir.Oil spillage in rivers, sea and ocean is very common and creates serious environmental problems. There are a number of ways available to tackle this problem. This study proposes few methods which are economically viable, chemical free, readily available around us and may be used to solve the problem of oil spills- A concept to have an automatic collection of oil through oil spill retention boats [OSRB] having innovative means of magnetism and polymer interaction, particularly for inland water navigation would be a novel exercise for Fresh water related pollution incidence, where zero tolerance is needed- as oil spill pollution of any kind has been a health risk factor and also a determinant for soil health ;if agrarian economy and demography habitat across Inland waterways or coastal waters are in perspectivenull.listelement.badge Factors causing stress to in-campus indian maritime students(Journal of Positive School Psychology, 2022) Chandra, Mihir.; Singh, R. S. P.Stress is a serious type of condition that needs an immediate attention in order to prevent its negative effects in the academic life of the students. The objective of this study is to identify the factors which cause academic stress amongst Indian in-campus maritime students. Extensive literature review indicates that this apparently is the first focused study of Indian maritime university in-campus students. Data was collected online through structured questionnaire from students of Mumbai and Chennai campuses of Indian Maritime University. A total of 208 responses were received which were first analysed employing Exploratory Factor Analysis(EFA) using jamovi 2.3.13. EFA reduced 15 variables to 4 factors which were named Personal, Academic, Family and Fear factors, based on the common features of the variables aligned to each of the factors. The outcome of EFA was then subjected to Confirmatory Factor Analysis(CFA) which confirmed that the model was a good fit with Comparative Fit Index (CFI) value of 0.968, Tucker-Lewis Index(TLI) value of 0.960 and Root mean square error of approximation(RMSEA) value of 0.0434. This study is very significant as these findings would help the maritime institutes to take steps to mitigate the stress of the students. It will also help the students to handle academic stress in a better way, once they know what causes it. In addition, the parents should be made aware about the courses so that they have realistic expectations from their children.null.listelement.badge Enhancing cyber security awareness in maritime industry(0000) Chandra, Mihir.Cyber security is the combination of stakeholders, policies, processes and technologies to protect cyber assets of any industry. It is optimized to levels that help shipping personnel define, balance resources required with usability/manageability and the amount of risk offset. The aim of this paper is to develop understanding and awareness of key aspects of cyber security – identify threats, identify vulnerabilities, assess risk exposure, develop protection & detection measures & establish contingency plans. Furthermore, establish guidelines for operators on how to assess their ship’s operations & put in place necessary procedures and actions to maintain the security of cyber systems for marine industry. The integration of technology in shipping operations is being enabled by the integration of Information Technology and the Operation Technology on board ships. This has enhanced the threats of unauthorised access or malicious interventions to ship’s systems and networks. The measures to guard against cyber threats should include, (i) quantification and type of risks to security, environment and commerce if no cyber security measures are in place, (ii) due protection to IT and OT infrastructure and its networked equipment, (iii) management of access (iv) protecting data related with its sensitivity. With emerging technologies, there is a direct applicability of trends like Artificial Intelligence to enhance security and fraud prevention. Extending the use of Security Analytics for understanding and detecting risk level of vulnerabilities, improving the performance of own security policy by removal of unnecessary data, feature extraction and selection, data cut off, parallel processing, machine learning and deep learning algorithms – are some examples for the use of advanced technologies for improving Cybersecurity.