Syamantak Bhattacharya

Teaching interests
o Postgraduate module 'Port Policies and Management' at University of Plymouth
o Honours level undergraduate module 'Port Policy and Intermodalsim' at University of Plymouth
o Honours level undergraduate module 'Ports and Intermodalsim' at Hong Kong University Space
o Second year undergraduate module 'Human Resource Management' at University of Plymouth
 

Staff serving as external examiners
External Examiner for MBA student project dissertation at AMET University, Chennai  

Research interests

Globalisation, State regulation and management of workplace health and safety

Employment practices and industrial relations in organisational management

Risk management and safety culture in high-reliability organisation

Human Resource Management, Industrial relations and Labour

Supply chain influence in organisational management

Communities of practice and apprenticeship

UoP Research group membership

Grants & contracts
International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) Project on 'Worker accident rates and safety practice in the global container ports industry: a comparative analysis of the practices and performance of Global Network Terminal Operators’. It involves research on port workers’ occupational health and safety standard in the global context. The total funding for this project is £75,000. Status: current.

Academic supervisor in a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) project no. KTP007028 sponsored by the Technology Strategy Board and had a total amount of grant worth £73, 454. The project was to assist Westland GeoProjects, which is a seismic survey company located in Bude, Cornwall, develop a Safety Management System to ensure that the company’s seismic survey operations comply with all maritime regulations and safety codes. I was the main contributor to ensure that the project complies with the current global maritime regulations and is feasible in practical terms. The final grade awarded to the project by KTP was ‘good’. Status: 2010 completed.  

Publications

o    Bhattacharya S, Tang L (Forthcoming) 'Fatigued for Safety? Supply chain occupational health and safety initiatives in shipping' in Economic and Industrial Democracy.

o    Bhattacharya S (2012) ‘The effectiveness of the ISM Code: a qualitative enquiry’ in Marine Policy 36(2) pp. 528-535.

o    Bhattacharya S (2012) ‘The practice of incident reporting: the case of the shipping industry’ in Employee Relations 34(1) pp. 4-21.

o    Tang L, Bhattacharya S (2011) ‘Power and Resistance: A Case Study of Satire on the Internet’ in the Sociological Research Online 16 (2) 2011.

Reports & invited lectures

·         2012. ‘Management tools at the heart of major changes in the maritime world’ MARISK, 4^th International  Forum on Maritime and Port Risk Prevention, Nantes, France 26-27 Jan. (Invited speaker)

·         2011. ‘Fatigued for safety? Supply chain initiative in the management of OHS: the case of the tanker industry’. Department of Industrial Engineering and Management, IIT Kharagpur, India; 14 Nov. (Invited speaker)

·         2011. ‘Middle Managers; role in safeguarding workers’ health and safety: a case of leadership on board international oil tankers’. National Convention on Responsible Leadership at XLRI Jamshedpur, India; 11-13 Nov.

·         2011. 'Managing health and safety through the supply chain: a case study of supply chain influence in the shipping industry’ (co-authored), SIRC symposium, Cardiff University, UK; 06-07 Jul. http://www.sirc.cf.ac.uk/pdf/SIRC%20Symposium%20Proceedings%202011.pdf

·         2011. ‘The ISM Code: just an overrated tool?’ in The International Maritime Human Element Bulletin Issue No 26, May.

·         2011. 'The determinants of the ISM Code' International Conference on Marine and Maritime Affairs, University of Plymouth. 04-05 Apr.

·         2011. 'Risk Management on Ships: Theory and Practice of the ISM Code'. Health and safety in the Boat and Shipbuilding Industry Seminar hosted by the Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the UK. London 24 Feb. (Invited speaker)

·         2011. 'Safety Management System and Communities of Practice: do they complement?' Capitalism and Work Conference, Cardiff University, 12 Jan.

·         2010. 'Oil Pollution Prevention from Ocean Going Tankers’. University of Plymouth Marine Institute Public Event, 18 Nov. (Invited speaker)

·         2010. 'Estimating the Economic and Environmental Costs and Benefits of Re-directing UK Import Containers' (co-authored). Logistic Research Network (LRN) Conference, Harrogate, UK, Sep 08-10.

·         2010. 'Seafarers’ dilemma in the practice of incident reporting.' International Association of Maritime Economists (IAME) Conference, Lisbon, Portugal, 05-07 Jul.

·         2010. 'Managing Safety'. Nautical Institute West of England Branch Meet, Plymouth UK, 19 Jan. (Invited speaker)

·         2009. 'Impact of the International Safety Management (ISM) Code on Occupational Health and Safety in the Maritime Industry.' Fellowship Programme and Research Seminar, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, India, 10 Sep. (Invited speaker)

·         2008. ‘OHS management in maritime industry’ Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) Mumbai, 15 Oct. (Invited speaker)

·         2007. 'Inspection and Control in Regulating the Occupational Health and Safety in the Tanker Industry: the Perspective of the Regulated'. Work Employment and Society Conference, Aberdeen University, UK, 12-14 Sep. https://abdn.ac.uk/wes2007/Full%20Papers/Stream%20K/285.%20Syamantak%20Bhattacharya%20FP.doc 

·         2007. 'Regulatory influences on safety standards in the shipping industry.' Joint Meeting of the Professional Societies, HQS Wellington, London, UK in 03 Sep. (Invited speaker)

·         2007. 'Safety Culture: The influence of the ISM Code.' Maritime Administration Seminar, World Maritime University, Malmo, Sweden 27-29 Aug. (Invited speaker)

·         2007. 'Seafarers’ participation in safety management on board cargo ships'. SIRC Symposium, Cardiff University, UK, 04-05 Jul. http://www.sirc.cf.ac.uk/pdf/Symposium%20Proceedings%202007.pdf  (Invited speaker)

·         2006. 'ISM Research: Overcoming Barriers'. In: Reportism. Vol: 5(Nov 2006) p: 6-7

·         2006. 'ISM: A Way of Life'. In: Reportism. Vol: 4 (Aug 2006) p:6.

·         2006. 'How well does the safety code really work?’ In: The Sea. London: The Mission to Seafarers. Vol: 182 (Jul/Aug 2006) p: 4. http://www.missiontoseafarers.org/pdfs/SeaJulAug06.pdf

Other academic activities
2009-2011: Academic Supervisor in Knowledge Transfer Partnership Project with Westland GeoProjects-2

Jan 2012: Media coverage on Sky News and The Telegraph on the Costa Concordia incident