Endemic Life on the Indian Plate
This paper explores the evolutionary trajectory of Mesozoic terrestrial vertebrates on the Indian Plate during its prolonged geographic isolation following the breakup of Gondwana. Spanning from the Early Cretaceous to the Paleogene, the study analyzes how India's tectonic drift across the Tethys Ocean facilitated the development of endemic clades, including abelisaurid theropods, basal lepidosaurs, and gondwanatherian mammals. The paper is structured across two major themes: (1) the tectonic and paleogeographic history of the Indian Plate’s separation from Gondwana; (2) the distinct evolutionary patterns in endemic vertebrate faunas shaped by this.
Published by: Shouryasiraj Krishnakoli Subramaniam
Author: Shouryasiraj Krishnakoli Subramaniam
Paper ID: V11I5-1148
Paper Status: published
Published: September 23, 2025
Mental Health Awareness of Teenagers in India
This research paper looks at the mental health issues faced by teenagers in India. It addresses the key challenges faced by teenagers, such as academic pressures, social pressures and the different ways of improving them. It talks about the ever-present concerns during the teenage years, such as competitive examinations, beauty standards, peer pressure, bullying and body image issues. The paper also assesses current support networks like iCALL and Tele MANAS and various school-based programs and comments on their efficacy. Through the examination of school-based programs and pressures faced by students, the research aims to increase awareness surrounding the mental health of students and the different ways of improving it.
Published by: Aanya Nanda
Author: Aanya Nanda
Paper ID: V11I5-1155
Paper Status: published
Published: September 23, 2025
India’s Digital Ladder: Who Can Climb?
There is an increasing spread of the internet in India. However, this spread is not evenly distributed. The marginalised communities have not gained the benefits and remain excluded due to low affordability, lack of digital literacy, language barriers, etc. Digital exclusion now affects people's ability to access government services, education, financial tools, and welfare schemes. As more things move online each day, being connected and able to use digital tools is becoming more important for everyday life. Those who lack access are being left out, which has created a wide economic and social gap in society. Unequal access to digital infrastructure and digital literacy leads the marginalised communities to feel even more alienated from the other sections of people who do have access to these resources. It does not create an equitable growth in the economy, as these people do not get equal advantages from the economic and social opportunities offered due to a lack of education, personal biases, lack of funds for infrastructure, etc. Various scholars and reports have studied rural-urban gaps and how digital exclusion affects their social status. This paper is a shift from educational insights to actual economic consequences of the digital divide. My research will identify who is facing these problems and is left behind, and the causes that are leading to this exclusion. This research paper is derived from secondary data from reports, other papers and scholarly articles. It does not include primary fieldwork but instead compiles data from different sources like ITU, Oxfam, NITI Aayog, etc.
Published by: Navya Agarwal
Author: Navya Agarwal
Paper ID: V11I5-1152
Paper Status: published
Published: September 23, 2025
Young Women and Social Media Feminism
This paper examines whether feminism on social media, despite its empowering appearance, is truly inclusive and accessible to all sections of society, or primarily serves the interests of privileged users. Framed around the concept of 'epistemic injustice,' the study explores how digital platforms like Instagram and TikTok may unintentionally exclude marginalized voices through tools such as algorithmic sorting, aesthetic bias, and engagement-driven content filtering. Key concepts like testimonial injustice, shadowbanning, and report bombing are used to highlight the structural barriers faced by Dalit, queer, disabled, and muslim women online. By analyzing these platforms, the paper questions whether digital feminism truly reaches and democratizes voices or simply echoes dominant narratives.
Published by: Pakhi Kshirsagar
Author: Pakhi Kshirsagar
Paper ID: V11I5-1154
Paper Status: published
Published: September 23, 2025
Optimising Emergency Vehicle Response Times with Genetic Algorithms: Integrating Routing and Traffic Signal Control
This paper explores the potential of genetic algorithms (GAs) in optimising emergency vehicle response times through both dynamic routing and adaptive traffic signal control. Traditional deterministic routing methods, such as Dijkstra’s and A*, fail to account for real-time traffic fluctuations or signal coordination, often leading to delays that reduce patient survival rates. A review of existing studies demonstrates that GAs outperform static algorithms by dynamically re-evaluating routes, optimising multi-stop journeys, and scaling to fleet-level management. Similarly, GAs have shown effectiveness in adjusting signal timings at intersections to minimise delays under fluctuating traffic volumes. However, most research addresses routing and signal optimisation separately, leaving a gap in integrated systems that combine both strategies. This paper highlights the need for GA-based frameworks capable of jointly coordinating emergency vehicle routing and signal pre-emption, tested on realistic urban networks. Such integration could significantly enhance emergency response efficiency and provide a scalable, adaptable solution for real-world applications.
Published by: Arjun Kulshreshtha
Author: Arjun Kulshreshtha
Paper ID: V11I5-1151
Paper Status: published
Published: September 20, 2025
A Study on the Dependence of Poverty on Crime: An Interdisciplinary Approach
This paper examines the role played by various elements of socioeconomic status - economic, social, and psychological - in causing criminal behaviour to materialise. Firstly, isolated neighbourhoods often face disconnection from employment in the legitimate economy and encounter income inequality. For the poor, especially, the widening of the gap between the rich and them demonstrates the contrast between earnings from criminal activities and legitimate avenues. These communities often become spatially isolated, causing social mechanisms like collective efficacy and informal social control to break down due to a lack of trust among neighbours. In fact, high-crime urban areas share more or less similar neighbourhood characteristics in Brazil (Nogueira de Melo et al. 2017), China (Liu et al. 2016), South Africa (Breetzke 2010), and the United States (Tuttle 5). Coupled with the economic and social features, various intervening processes like parental discipline, supervision, and attachment factors play an equal role in developing an individual’s psyche. The need to appear “tough” to acquire status and to follow the “code of the streets” can create a mindset among people that can manifest into law-breaking activities. Through this paper, I shed light on the complexity involved in entering crime, and how it can sometimes equally be by circumstance, and not choice.
Published by: Aindri Basu
Author: Aindri Basu
Paper ID: V11I5-1150
Paper Status: published
Published: September 19, 2025
