Priyakrushna Mohanty

Priyakrushna Mohanty (PK) is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Business Administration, Christ University, Bengaluru, India. He was a former U.G.C. Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Tourism Studies, Pondicherry University, India, from where he received his PhD in Tourism Studies. PK is also an awardee of the prestigious Travel Corporation (India) Gold Medal for his outstanding performance in Master’s Degree in Tourism Studies from Pondicherry University, India. He also holds a Master’s Degree in Finance along with three PG Diploma Degrees in Rural Development, Research Methodology, and Teaching Skills. PK served the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Ltd. for two years, after which he was recruited as a Guest Faculty in the Dept. of Tourism Studies, Pondicherry University. He has published more than forty papers in both international and national journals and edited books. He has presented more than thirty papers in both international and national conferences to his name. Several national and international institutes have invited him as a guest speaker. He is the co-editor for 5 book projects with prestigious publishers like Routledge, Emerald, Springer Nature, and CABI. PK is passionate about academic areas of Research Methodology, Tourism Sustainability, Sustainable Livelihood, Events Tourism, and e-Tourism, along with Gender issues in Tourism Development.

Publications

ChatGPT and Academia: Exploring the Transformations and Transitions
ChatGPT and Academia: Exploring the Transformations and Transitions
Shruti Jose, Priyakrushna Mohanty. © 2024. 20 pages.
Since its launch in November 2022, this tool has brought massive transformations in almost every imaginable field. Among those fields, academia is perhaps the most discussed...
Sacred Gastronomy Trails: Exploring the Divine Fusion of Religion, Food, and Tourism
Sacred Gastronomy Trails: Exploring the Divine Fusion of Religion, Food, and Tourism
Priyakrushna Mohanty, Rashmiranjan Choudhury, John Paul Raj V., Gowri Shankar Ramachandran. © 2024. 21 pages.
This study seeks to explain the complex relationships among these three constantly evolving fields, i.e., religion, food, and tourism. The primary objective is to examine the...
COVID-19, Religious Events, and Indian Tourism Recovery: Prospects and Paradoxes
COVID-19, Religious Events, and Indian Tourism Recovery: Prospects and Paradoxes
Priyakrushna Mohanty, Swati Shah, Rashmiranjan Choudhury. © 2023. 13 pages.
The chapter delves into three objectives. Firstly, the chapter aims to find out the intersectionalities of religious events and the Indian tourism industry. For the second...
Sustaining Livelihoods and Culture Through Tourism Development: The Case of Sriniketan in West Bengal, India
Sustaining Livelihoods and Culture Through Tourism Development: The Case of Sriniketan in West Bengal, India
Priyakrushna Mohanty, Rupa Sinha, Jyothi Kumar. © 2023. 16 pages.
The rural area of Sriniketan in West Bengal, India is full of cultural embodiments that can not only serve as a base to develop tourism but also generate sustainable livelihoods....