A Round-up of the Kreaverse
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Year after year, with renewed vigour, Kreaverse consistently serves as a fertile ground for both students and faculty to flourish and advance.
Last week marked a significant event as Krea University proudly hosted the book launch of Breaking the Mould: Reimagining India's Economic Future by Dr Raghuram G Rajan and Dr Rohit Lamba. The occasion was graced by eminent leaders from various fields.
Simultaneously, students from the School of Interwoven Arts and Sciences (SIAS) and IFMR Graduate School of Business (GSB) are actively cultivating a sense of belonging and finding avenues to excel beyond academics.
They are honing their abilities to think critically, reflect deeply, communicate effectively, create innovatively, collaborate seamlessly, and take action purposefully. From insightful exhibitions to exciting competitions, their commitment reflected in the numerous events they jointly put together on Krea campus.
To catch a glimpse of the weekly happenings, read on. For real-time updates, please follow us on our social media channels. If you have stories or news to share with the Krea community, we invite you to connect with us at all.commsteam@krea.edu.in.
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Admissions to the PhD Programmes at Krea University, at both SIAS and IFMR GSB are open. The research areas are spread across Sciences, Humanities and Management. If you know of interested candidates, please direct them here
SIAS | IFMR GSB
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Did you miss applying to the undergraduate programme at IFMR GSB in Round 2? Here is another opportunity up for grabs! Round 3 Admissions to the 5 year Integrated BBA+MBA Programme at IFMR Graduate School of Business ( GSB) at Krea University are now open.
Admissions to the 2 year postgraduate MBA programme are also open, please direct interested candidates here
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School of Interwoven Arts and Sciences (SIAS)
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Did you miss applying to the undergraduate programme at SIAS, Krea University in Round 2? Here is another opportunity up for grabs! Round 3 Admissions to the BA (Honours) and BSc (Honours) at SIAS are now open.If you know someone who aspires to join Krea, here's where they can apply.
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Do you know someone who aspires to join Krea and wants to tour the Krea campus? Ask them to register to visit Krea's sprawling campus at Sri City, and experience the academic and residential facilities on offer, first-hand. The campus is located 55 kms from Chennai and is well connected by road and air.
Register here
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On 6 January, 2024, Krea University hosted the book launch of Breaking the Mould: Reimagining India's Economic Future by Dr Raghuram Rajan, Member, Governing Council, Krea University and Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business and Dr Rohit Lamba, Assistant Professor of Economics, Pennsylvania State University. Eminent thought leaders from diverse fields were in attendance, including Lakshmi Narayanan, Chancellor, Krea University, Dr Palanivel Thiaga Rajan, Minister for Information Technology & Digital Services, Tamil Nadu and N Ram, Director, The Hindu Group Publishing Private Limited. The event also included a discussion between the authors and Jude Sannith, Assistant Editor, CNBC-TV18.
Breaking the Mould: Reimagining India's Economic Future sheds light on India’s economic future, the nation’s own distinct space in the global economy, the future of employment, and innovative ways forward.
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Of Coffee and Conversations
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The Admissions’ Team at SIAS, Krea University has been organising coffee meetups in Chennai, Bangalore and Mumbai to meet students and parents of the ones offered admission in the first round. These events have been supported by SIAS faculty members, alums and Krea Envoys who had a fun time interacting with the audience, and answering questions about campus life, academics, extracurriculars and more. Next up in the coffee meetup list is Kolkata and Delhi.
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Shreya Kabadi from the cohort of 2024 and Dishita Sharma from the cohort of 2027 at SIAS, Krea University put together a multimedia exhibition titled Speak up on identities hindering classroom experiences on 5 January 2024. Here are a few snapshots from the evening.
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In an insightful Krea Science talk titled Solar Storms: The Dark Side of the Sun on 10 January, 2024 at Krea University, Dr Ranadeep Sarkar, post-doctoral researcher, Space Physics Department, University of Helsinki, shared his experiences with space-weather forecasting, and his current work on cutting-edge computer-based modelling which will be a stepping stone towards building a reliable space weather forecasting tool.
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Sandeep Kumar, PhD Scholar at the Physical Research Laboratory, delivered a captivating talk titled Origin of Stellar Energy on 11 January, 2024 on the Sri City campus. He unravelled the mysteries of stellar evolution and explored the immense energy production that powers these cosmic wonders. This presentation was part of the Krea Science Talk series.
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Would you know of a high school student from 11th or 12th grade interested in learning to write exemplary prose? Invite them to join Neha Mishra, Faculty Teaching Associate, Krea-CWP (Centre for Writing and Pedagogy) in a workshop, where through attentive reading of examples of well-constructed prose, attendees will unpack what makes certain prose exemplary and how it is constructed. Participants can join virtually from anywhere on the globe.
Register Now
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The students of the ‘Sustainability and Climate Change' and 'Alternative Energy on a Finite Planet' courses jointly put together Eco-Frontiers 2024, a two-day exhibition on 9 and 10 January, 2024.
Eco-Frontiers 2024 featured a range of pressing issues pertaining to our collective climate and energy futures through posters, photos, art, short films, and interactive games, conceived and designed by the students.
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On 10 January, 2024, the ARTS228 Music From Mud Pottery Practicum class of '24 presented an exhibition of its work this trimester at the Atrium on campus. The students made and displayed a variety of instruments such as rattle, rainsticks, udu drums, flutes, ocarina and more.
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We are thrilled to announce, The Feast, a short film produced by Krea University has been shortlisted to be screened at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, between 2 and 10 February, 2024. It is one of 66 films selected to be screened from 9500 entries, from across 52 countries.
The Feast is based in Pulicat, situated on the southeastern coast of India, straddling the border between Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, and explores the critical theme of depleting water resources and environmental challenges.
Keep watching this space for more on The Feast.
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From colourful rangolis to a hearty meal, the students at Krea University are gearing up for a three-day Makara Sankranti celebration on campus from 14-16 January, 2024. Stay tuned for more information.
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As part of the ongoing Corporate to Campus series at IFMR GSB, Mr Krishna T, Director of Business Consulting at Ernst & Young (EY), spoke on the topic of The Future of Consulting. He has about 12 years of experience in consulting at EY. He is a CA and CMA by professional qualification. As a part of his role, he advises managements/boards of various companies across sectors on transforming their business through the power of people, process and technology aspects. He is passionate about following new technology trends, travelling and mentoring young students in his free time.
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Business Management as a Career
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In a recent virtual exclusive session for IFMR GSB Integrated BBA + MBA aspirants, Prof Suresh Venkatraman, Professor of Practice, Operations Management, IFMR GSB, Krea University discussed the different types of businesses and the various aspects of business management. He was in conversation with Ashutosh Mishra, founder, IPM Careers.
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The Sports Club at SIAS, Krea University, organised a bench press event where students across batches gathered to break their bench press personal records (PRs) and set new ones in the process. Within those 2 hours, many PRs were broken, and individuals who had never benched felt comfortable enough to participate and socialise during the event, fostering the sense of community the club has been striving for.
The club plans to organise a deadlift event as part of Bolt 2024, providing more interested students with an opportunity to compete. Additionally, there are plans to introduce a bodyweight/calisthenics-centric event as it is more accessible and doesn’t require advanced skills.
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Prof Akeel Bilgrami, distinguished philosopher, author, academic and public intellectual visited Krea University on 8-9 January, 2024. The event was organised by the faculty members of Environmental Studies, Philosophy and Politics, in collaboration with the Moturi Satyanarayana Centre for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences.
In the first talk titled How Did ’The World’ Go from Being a Place to Live In to a Place to Master and Control?, Prof Bilgrami traced four key historical developments: the transformation of the concept of nature to that of natural resources; of human beings to citizens; of people to populations; and of knowledge to expertise. Delving into the agencies, mentalities and historical events responsible for these four transformations, Prof Bilgrami traced the origins of the human practice of taking from Nature with impunity.
In the second talk, part of the Khirki Conversations series, Prof Bilgrami focused on the topic of Humanistic Learning and Its Challenges, historically tracing the deliberate construction of the notion of intelligence in service of capital, the fragmentation of education into disciplines, and the drawbacks of restricting the concept of truth or objectivity to the domain of natural sciences. In the words of Prof Bishnu Mohapatra, Director, Moturi Satyanarayana Centre for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Science and event host, the spirit of warmth and intellectual debate are blended into the Khirki Conversations. This platform is conceived as a place for experimentation in thinking and articulations and a ground for experiencing critique as a quotidian practice.
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Shri Chandrashekhar Vithal Machana, Head Librarian, Krea University, passed away on 7 January, 2024. Shri Chandrashekar Vithal joined the University at the start of this academic session and, within the short duration of his stay with us, he made tremendous contributions to improving the efficiency and effectiveness of our library, whilst providing innovative ideas for developing and shaping our library resources to align with Krea's strategic plan. He was a terrific colleague and much loved by his colleagues and students alike. A memorial gathering was organised at the Atrium earlier today and condolences were offered by the Krea family.
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