Last week marked a significant moment for Krea University with the visit of Mr Sajjan Jindal, Chairman and Managing Director of JSW Group of Companies, and Mrs Sangita Jindal, Chairperson of JSW Foundation. They inaugurated the JSW Academic Building, the central academic hub at Krea University on 23 September. The day also included a tree-planting event and engaging conversations with the students.

Amidst our bustling schedules, the Krea family witnessed an unveiling of talent. Rangasthala, the Theatre Club of the School of Interwoven Arts and Sciences (SIAS) at Krea University, presented a captivating production. Subsequently, the Dance Club at SIAS, Mudra, presented their production titled Navarasa: A Cycle of Nine. Additionally, students of Politics organised a thought-provoking exhibition on the state of democracy in our country. It's clear that there's much more to come.

But it’s clearly the trimester examinations that have kept our Kreators busy as they prepare diligently for the same. Alongside, our dedicated faculty members, besides assisting students with their revisions, are actively contributing to academia through paper presentations, workshops, and intellectually stimulating lectures.

We're also committed to strengthening our bonds with our alumni, reconnecting, and celebrating shared memories. The second edition of Anunaad 2023 is set to take place over the upcoming weekend in Mumbai.

Beside all these activities, numerous ideas are in the works, waiting to take shape, and what you’re scrolling through is only a handful of exciting developments happening at Kreaverse. Stay updated by following our social media channels, and if you have news to share with the Krea community, please reach out to us at all.commsteam@krea.edu.in. We look forward to hearing from you!

Rangasthala, the Theatre Club of SIAS at Krea University, is a close knit community of people with a strong faith in the power of theatre as an art form to entertain, while prompting essential dialogue about our social contexts. The club aims to compel its participants to explore and enrich their theatrical skills. 

The club has put up five productions in the past year, each production helping them learn and understand different aspects of theatre and acting. Their latest production, 12 Angry Jurors, was put up over two days. The play provided the audience with a close look at a tense jury room trying to decide the fate of a 19-year-old boy who was accused of stabbing his father to death. As the play unfolded, the audience got a bitter taste of how different forces played out in the process. They hope the play initiated thoughts and conversations about justice, the jury system, human biases and ideals.

On Krea’s social media platforms, in the coming week, we will give you a glimpse of the significant work done by Rangasthala over the recent months.

Dr Anannya Dasgupta, Director, Centre for Writing and Pedagogy (Krea - CWP), has been invited by Madras Christian College, today, 29 September for an in-person workshop titled In the Middle of Writing a Dissertation. The workshop will explore what happens between starting and ending a research project.

Academics, admissions, placements, student life, campus experience and so much more. Aspirants have an opportunity to open doors to discover detailed information about everything Krea — from key stakeholders of the Kreaverse through the Explore Krea Series, hosted by the Outreach team.

If you know of an aspirant please do invite them to participate, interact, engage, and get all their queries answered.

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In line with strengthening the ties of collaboration between JSW and Krea University, Mr Sajjan Jindal, Chairman and Managing Director, JSW Group of Companies and Mrs Sangita Jindal, Chairperson, JSW Foundation inaugurated the JSW Academic Building, the main academic block at Krea University on 23 September. This was followed by a tree planting activity and conversation with the students.

The milestone occasion was graced by dignitaries such as Mr Rajeev Mecheri, member, Board of Management, Krea University; Professor Nirmala Rao, Vice-Chancellor, Krea University; Mrs Sangita Jindal, Chairperson, JSW Foundation; Mr N Vaghul, Chancellor, Krea University; Mr Sajjan Jindal, Chairman and Managing Director, JSW Group; Mr Kapil Viswanathan, member, Governing Council, Krea University; Mr S Mahalingam, member, Governing Council, Krea University and Mr Ashwin Bajaj, member, Board of Management, Krea University.

From hand-building techniques to working it on the wheel, and the stages of drying and firing it, to make it into a hard durable, utilitarian piece, students also learnt to work on surface decorating with coloured slips, relief work, cut work, sgraffito, inlaying, brushwork etc.

How should Scientific Reasoning be taught to undergraduates in a Liberal Education programme? In the most recent episode of The Common Babbler, Dr Kalyan Chakrabarti, Associate Dean (Students), Associate Professor of Biological Sciences and Chemistry, SIAS discusses this with Prof Sivakumar Srinivasan, Dean of Research and Professor of Physics at Krea University, India. 

The Common Babbler is a group of science enthusiasts, communicators, teachers, and researchers connected by a common interest in understanding and improving science teaching practices. 

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From the tranquil serenity of Shanta to the scorching intensity of Raudra from the exhilarating passion of Hasya to the profound contemplation of Bhayanaka, from the tender affection of Shringara to the poignant sadness of Karuna and from the heroic valour of Veera to the wonderment of Adbhuta, Navarasa: A Cycle of Nine was a dance production presented by Mudra, the SIAS Dance Club of Krea.

From contemporary to hip-hop, from Bharatanatyam to bollyhop, this production was born out of original storylines crafted by the performers themselves and brought to life predominantly through original/in-house choreography- a testament to the diverse and meaningful nature of the dance community at Krea.

Sayantan Datta, Faculty, Krea - CWP, conducted a workshop titled K...K...K...K...Kopy Editing for the editorial team of the upcoming Krea Journal, the Journal of Interwoven Arts and Sciences, to discuss what constitutes copy editing and what are the processes that one follows to make manuscripts more readable, coherent, and grammatically accurate.

Students of Year 1 at SIAS exhibited various forms of expression through posters as part of the Creative Expression project, which are on display in the passage on the third floor of the campus. If you are at the Sri City campus, please take a walk to explore the exhibits on display. Creative Expression is one of the core and skills courses taught in the Foundation Year at SIAS.

If you have time this weekend, please do check these productions and publications from the recent past, give them a listen, watch or read.