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A Roundup of the Kreaverse
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Exploring, innovating and thriving, each stakeholder weaves an integral thread into the intricate fabric of co-creation at Krea. From new academic chapters, first of its kind campus events, insightful paper presentations, pivotal research, entrepreneurial and creative endeavours to steering Krea's mission forward, collectively, we as a community have always emphasised on collaboration, every step of the way. This week has been busy, and the air is infectious, constantly charged with a fresh surge of ideas, activating into projects, sessions and advancements. Each day is another new chapter, brimming with possibilities.
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Pre-summit programming for AI Impact Summit 2026| IFMR Centres Alumni Network Launch
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On 28 January 2026 as part of the official pre-summit programming for AI Impact Summit 2026, IFMR and Krea University brought together IFMR alumni, policymakers, and experts for a timely conversation on India’s role in advancing responsible AI. Speakers including Professor Mukund Padmanabhan, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, School of Interwoven Arts and Sciences (SIAS), S Krishnan, Secretary, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Lakshmi Narayanan, Chancellor, Krea University and Debjani Ghosh, Distinguished Fellow at NITI Aayog shared perspectives on building values-driven AI pathways.
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Articles, Essays, Chapters and Papers
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Dr Chirag Dhara, Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies, SIAS has co-authored an article in Down To Earth’s 'State of the Environment 2026' report titled India's Climate Apocalypse?
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Dr Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Associate Professor, Economics, IFMR Graduate School of Business (GSB), presented a paper, co-authored with Dr Narbadeshwar Mishra, IFMR GSB PhD alum, titled ‘Banning the Alcohol: Unintended Effects of Alcohol Prohibition on Children’s Learning Outcomes’ at the 2026 CSW Asia Meeting (AMES-CSW) of the Econometric Society held at New York University, Abu Dhabi from 23-25 January 2026. Know more
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Dr Rakesh Sengupta, Assistant Professor, Psychology, SIAS delivered an online talk at IIIT Hyderabad in their Cognitive Science Seminar series on 28 January 2026. The talk was titled ‘Graph Surgery: Tuning the Connectome to Predict Distinct Neural Dynamics of Enumeration’.
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Professor Swarna Rajagopalan, Visiting Professor, Politics, SIAS moderated a webinar held on 26 January 2026 titled Equality, Justice and Disaster Resilience in Times of Cascades of Disasters in the Global South, hosted by the Jamsetji Tata School of Disaster Studies (JTSDS), TISS Mumbai, in collaboration with the Tampere Peace Research Institute, Tampere University (Finland).
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Dr Anannya Dasgupta,Director, Centre for Writing & Pedagogy (Krea-CWP) is conducting a session for the Kruu Experiential Scholars Program titled 'Elements of Research Writing', today, on 30 Jan 2026.
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At the 5th International Conference on Advanced Network Technologies and Intelligent Computing held at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management (ABV-IIITM), Gwalior, India, Lekhana Priya Gundapaneni, SIAS alum and now a Teaching Fellow and Purvikalyani Prasannah, SIAS, Cohort of 2027 presented papers that will be published in Springer CCIS (Scopus indexed proceedings). Purvikalyani has also won the prestigious Young Scientist DST Travel Grant for the same.
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Krea students had a strong showing at FLAME University’s Kurukshetra Fest 2026. TBD Crew, Krea University’s official Western Competing Dance Team, secured first position in the Step-Off category. Led by Ananyaa Premanand, the team included Aarushi Chowdury, Aashna Bhartiya, Ananya Sarath, Avani Bipinkumar, Diya Saravanan, Drishti Satpal, Ishita Vohra, Pranaya Khatri, Sanika Ostwal, and Trisha Bhar. The Women’s Football Team secured second position, and Aavya Kedia (Basketball) and Shilpi Rani (Football) were recognised as Best Defensive Players.
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Pratibha Jain, PhD Scholar, IFMR GSB has been selected for the Global Early-Career Accelerator for Representation (GEAR) virtual programme workshop in the field of Business and Society. The workshop is conducted by the Centre for Business, Organisations and Society (CBOS) at the University of Bath, UK.
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5 Feb 2026 | 10.30-11.00 am | NAB-2F
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Democracy and Inequality: The ‘Contemporary’ Conundrum Seminar Series
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SAHAS × The Happyness Formula
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Arthasabha, the Finance Committee of IFMR GSB, in coordination with Professor Narend Subramanian, Professor of Practice, Finance, Accounting and Quantitative Finance, IFMR GSB, organised an insightful guest session on Mergers and Acquisitions on 25 January 2026. The session was led by Someshwar Chandrasekaran, an IIM Bangalore alum and Director at KPMG, who shared practical perspectives on Mergers and Acquisitions through real-world corporate and investment banking examples.
Input by Khushi Sinha, MBA Cohort of 2026
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From across the Kreaverse
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