8 - 14 July 2023

The monsoons are here and so is the promise of new beginnings, of fresh new steps taken with the firm knowledge attained through the learnings of our pasts as we gaze into the future forward. The campus is abuzz, the sound of those footsteps in the corridor, classrooms brimming with excitement, the perimeter set for those picturesque evening walks and the warm cup of coffee waiting at Narasimhulu’s with that signature puff, a slice of the Krea life awaiting to be experienced by the newest members of the Krea family. The Cohorts of both IFMR Graduate School of Business ( GSB) and School of Interwoven Arts and Sciences ( SIAS) are checking in, into the future they are set to carve together.

This week witnessed the inauguration of IFMR GSB’s brand new 5 year Integrated BBA+MBA Programme, while the University gets ready to welcome the incoming UG cohort at SIAS to Kreator’s Mosaic, the Orientation Week. The faculty members continued to do pivotal work exploring narratives that are imperative for the future we are building. 

Not to forget the monumental achievement by our student Naga Satish Pasupuleti, who brought us splendid news, from the mountains.

As we gear up for a new academic session, here is raising a toast to the entire Krea community and its shades of diversity. Keep watching our social media handles for scoops from the upcoming days on campus and otherwise.

This week we shine the spotlight on the Synergy Committee at IFMR GSB

Synergy, the HR Committee at IFMR GSB brings together students interested in the field of Human Resources management and encourages them to reach their full potential. The vision of the Committee is to make people constructive managers and the mission is to enable understanding that the importance of people management is not just recruiting or deployment but, how to make them fit for the organisation and team.

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

IFMR GSB inaugurated its brand new 5 Year Integrated BBA+MBA programme. As part of the orientation, the founding batch was offered a glimpse into the programme and got an opportunity to immerse themselves in the dynamic ecosystem of IFMR GSB, where aspirations reach new heights and possibilities are abundant.

Prof S Sivakumar, Dean of Research and Professor of Physics at SIAS, and Dr Vikash Pandey, Assistant Professor of Math Modeling and Physics at SIAS, provided a comprehensive analysis of ISRO's lunar missions. Their article published in The Hindu delves into the significance and far-reaching effects of Chandrayaan-3 for both India and the global community. The article discusses India's lunar mission, Chandrayaan-3, which aims to further explore the Moon and demonstrate the country's capabilities for safe landing and roving on the lunar surface. Chandrayaan-3 aims to learn from the lessons of its predecessor, Chandrayaan-2, which encountered challenges during its landing attempt.

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Dr Sarabjeet D Natesan, Associate Professor of Economics at SIAS presented a paper titled, Output, Outcome and Impact Framework Approach in Documenting the Role of Street Level Bureaucrats in Covid-19 at the 6th International Conference on Public Policy (IPCCA-6), held in Toronto on 29 June. Two Krea research interns, Divij Doshi and Saanya Dhawan, both from the SIAS cohort of 2024 were also involved in this project. The paper was presented in the 'Evaluation of Public Policy in Times of Crisis' track. The research focussed on the domain of Solid Waste Management in Chennai City. It assessed the role of conservancy workers in the management of Covid-19.

Dr Rama Devi, Visiting Faculty at SIAS, and Deepshikha Sharma, UTS scholar at the University of Twente, Netherlands, and a former Teaching Fellow at SIAS co-authored a blog titled, Democracy Denied: the fraught Realities of Higher Education for Dalits in India, published recently in LSE South Asia. News of Dalit students being discriminated against, or committing suicide, in higher education Institutions across India, appears regularly in the media. Deepshikha Sharma and Dr Rama Devi elaborate on how, despite long-standing affirmative action policies of the government to help India’s oppressed castes, entrenched social and societal attitudes continue to deny democratic rights to them. They explore everyday actions and life at higher educational institutions that alienate the Dalit students and its cumulative effect that manifests in extreme action of committing suicide.

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Dr Vivek Radhakrishnan, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at SIAS, published a paper titled Feeling and Moral Motivation in Kant: A Response to the Frierson-Grenberg Debate, published in Con-Textos Kantianos (Journal International of Philosophy). In this paper, Dr Radhakrishnan aims to resolve the Frierson-Grenberg debate on the nature of Kant’s account of moral motivation that took place in the third issue of Con-textos Kantianos.

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Dr Vivek Radhakrishnan, also published Maṉithaneya Nokkathilirunthu Pŏi Pesalām Eṉdṟĕṇappatta Ŏru Urimaiyai Patṟi, a Tamil translation of Immanuel  Kant’s essay On a Supposed Right to Tell Lies from Benevolent Motives, in Kanali – Online Cultural-Literary Magazine.

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Our very own Kreator, Naga Satish Pasupuleti, from SIAS, Cohort of 2025, has achieved the remarkable feat of becoming the world's youngest person to conquer Mount Kilimanjaro twice in just three days. Taking on the toughest and most challenging Umbwe route, Naga Satish set a new record by completing the first leg in a remarkable 8 hours and 50 minutes. He gained recognition from Kilimanjaro National Park as the world's youngest person to conquer the mountain twice, scaling different altitudes (5,400m & 5,895m) and traversing two distinct routes, all within an incredible 3 days.  On the summit, Naga proudly waved the flag of his University and his beloved mother country, India, expressing gratitude. 

The feat has also been covered by The New Indian Express.

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As we look forward to welcoming a fresh cohort of bright young minds to SIAS, and as they gear up to step into this new phase in their lives, a few of them shared with us their roadmap, on how they charted their pathway from School to University life. An account of how they chose Liberal Education, and how their alma mater, their schools, enabled them to pursue this choice, both within and beyond the classroom.

On Krea University’s social media handles, in their own words, they share their transition from School to University, and how they Step Up.

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In the talk held on 18 April, Dr Ayurdhi Dhar, Assistant Professor of Psychology, University of West Georgia as part of Speaker Series: Thinking Like a Psychologist at Krea University, explored Psychology’s own Fundamental Attribution Error and highlight how the discipline is blind to its own cognitive biases. Dr Dhar subverted Psychology’s assumptions of neutrality via a two-pronged approach — first, by discussing what type of subject is created by mainstream Psychology, and second, by exploring research corruption rampant in the discipline. Resultantly, Dr Dhar destabilised its purported grounding in Science and dismantle its prescriptions of health and healing.

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Say hello to the newest members of our Krea family

A goal setting training session was held, led by Menaka Viswanathan, Senior Manager, HR and Admin. The session focussed on the importance of goal setting to understand the expectations as an individual, team and the impact on the bigger picture of the institution, how to divide it into smaller goals and milestones, how to set SMART Goals, track progress, mechanism for ongoing review and feedback and much more. The objective of the Employee Engagement Series was to support employees in creating a shared vision and mission in line with the institution requirements, identifying pathways for career growth, effective communication within a team, team bonding, and clarification on policies and processes.