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A Roundup of the Kreaverse
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An academic community thrives on shared inquiry as much as on scholarship. This week reflected that spirit. Ideas came alive in classrooms and conversations, spilling beyond the syllabus into shared spaces of thought. A collective reading of Mahasweta Devi’s work reminded us that learning is an act of listening to text, history, and the voices of those around us. As Abhyudaya, the annual national-level B-School fest of IFMR Graduate School of Business (GSB) and BOLT, the sports fest by the Sports Club of School of Interwoven Arts and Sciences (SIAS) approach, campus energy is gathering momentum, affirming that analytical rigour and cultural vitality grow best together. A lively week awaits, with lectures, workshops, and fests filling an already full calendar.
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LEAD, GxD hub at the India AI Impact Summit 2026
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LEAD at Krea University and its initiative Gender x Digital (GxD) hub participated in the India AI Impact Summit 2026, from 16–20 February in New Delhi, contributing to conversations on AI, gender, and the future of work across panels, interactive showcases, and governance roundtables. The Summit provided a platform to share research insights and field evidence on how AI-enabled systems are reshaping work, skilling, and digital participation, particularly for women in India’s evolving economy.
The panel, ‘Decoded: How AI Is Reshaping Work for Women,’ explored AI’s impact on women’s participation in digital work and skilling ecosystems, highlighting the importance of inclusive design, human-in-the-loop systems, and governance frameworks that support equitable growth. At the JAN AI Pavilion, LEAD and The/Nudge Institute showcased women’s digital journeys through an interactive booth. A Snakes & Ladders simulation and curated video stories from NextWealth, Karya, Myna Mahila Foundation, and Gram Vaani brought their lived experiences within AI-enabled work ecosystems to life. Yashita Jhurani from the GxD hub and Sharon Buteau, Executive Director, LEAD also joined ‘The Future of AI Governance through Participatory Frameworks,’ a roundtable hosted by Meta and the Centre for Responsible AI (CeRAI) at IIT Madras.
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Publications, Talks, and Workshops
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Dr Avinash Ediga, Teaching Fellow, Sociology and Social Anthropology, SIAS, published a book chapter titled Becoming 'Serious Men': Politics of Emotion and the Disciplining of Desires in an Indian Coaching Town, in an edited volume titled Classed Emotions: Navigating Social Class and Emotions in the Urban Indian and Diasporic Contexts.
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Dr Venugopal Maddipati, Associate Professor, History, SIAS, delivered the keynote address at a conference titled ‘Bridging Horizons: The Confluence of Technology and Humanities: A Tribute to Professor Mahajan & Professor Dhanagare’ at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kanpur.
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Dr Arindam Chatterjee, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Biological Sciences, SIAS, has co-authored a paper titled Northeast India: genetic inconsistency across ethnicity and geography in Molecular Genetics and Genomics (Springer Nature).
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Dr Arindam will also be organising an online lecture titled ‘From Observation to Conservation | The Role of Birdwatching in Society’ with the Linnean Society of London, on 11 March 2026.
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Dr Vivek Radhakrishnan, Assistant Professor, Philosophy, SIAS, presented a paper titled 'Kant in India' at the International Seminar on Celebrating 300 Years of Immanuel Kant organised by the Centre for Philosophy, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), in collaboration with the Indian Council of Philosophical Research (ICPR), on 14 February 2026.
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Dr Rakesh Sengupta, Assistant Professor, Psychology, SIAS, has published a new preprint on Research Square titled The Topology of Truth: Structural Asymmetries in the Spread of Fact and Falsehood.
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Dr Anannya Dasgupta, Director, Centre for Writing & Pedagogy (Krea-CWP) and Associate Professor, Literature, SIAS, and Sayantan Datta, Assistant Professor of Practice, Krea-CWP facilitated multiple sessions at the Alliance Literary Festival, organised by Alliance University, Bengaluru, on 19 and 20 February 2026.
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Sayantan Datta moderated a conversation with Kalki Subramaniam, transgender-rights activist, writer, and member of the National Council for Transgender Persons, and also conducted a Science Writing workshop on 19 February 2026 introducing participants to communicating scientific findings to non-specialist audiences.
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Dr Anannya led a workshop titled ‘The Long and Short of it: Writing Haiku’ on 20 February 2026 introducing participants to the rules of Haiku writing and how it invites play in its imagistic word formations.
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Student Mental Health Platform Launch
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Sibling, a student-first digital mental health platform, co-founded by SIAS students, is now live for Krea students. This confidential, student-built mental wellness platform enables students to connect with Peer Support and Gender & Consent Advocacy volunteers in one safe and accessible space. Students may log in using their institutional email IDs to book a slot.
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Filter Coffee, Unfiltered Conversation
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20 February 2026 | From 9:00 PM | New Student Hub - Ground Floor
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20 - 21 February 2026 | Krea University Campus
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20–21 February 2026
10 AM – 8 PM
NAB Atrium
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20 February 2026
Registration ends at 5 pm on 20 February
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Psych Society × Gender & Consent Advocacy Volunteers Workshop
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21 February 2026
From 2:30 pm | SH 2
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21 February 2026 | 7:30 am
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24 February 2026
2.30 - 4.00 pm | Online
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Krea Sociology and Social Anthropology Talk
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24 February 2026
6.30 - 7.30 pm | JSW-3G
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25 February 2026
2.30 - 4.30 pm | Online
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26 February 2026
6.30 - 8.00 pm | SH2
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To mark the birth centenary of Mahasweta Devi, one of the greatest Indian literary voices of the twentieth century, Krea-CWP, in collaboration with the HT Parekh Library and Syahi Literary Club, IIT Patna, hosted a community reading of her selected works at Krea University on 18 February 2026. The evening featured a shared, continuous reading followed by a reflective discussion on her powerful literary legacy.
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Krea Psychology Exhibition
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The Psychology Discipline organised ‘The Self in Things’, a student-curated mini-exhibition by students of PSYC237: Self and Identity. Each display brought together three to five everyday items, accompanied by short, accessible labels inviting viewers to infer psychological profiles or life tensions in plain language. The exhibition is part of the course’s broader exploration of how psychological methods illuminate the self in situated, material contexts.
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