The third trimester of the year has arrived, and we’re just getting right back into the rhythm. Screenings, performances, friendly matches and training all across campus mark the beginning of our new trimester.
The trimester started with an electrifying bang with the TBD Crew Showcase and dance battle. TBD, Krea’s competing dance crew hosted a fundraiser showcase which included multiple original choreographies as well as their competing piece for this inter-college festival season.
Clubs and societies at Krea have also showcased a bounty of films over the past few weeks. The film club screened My Neighbour Totoro and Grave of the Fireflies, in succession to honour the release of both films on the same day. Layam, the music club screened Moulin Rouge, the Run Club screened Bhaag Milka Bhaag and the Anime society screened “Solo Levelling.”
Moving on from screenings and onto workshops and events, the Literary Arts club hosted a Trivia night, the IFMR HR Committee ‘Synergy” conducted a treasure hunt designed to test intellect, teamwork and discovery skills, and IFMR Analytic conducted an analytical tools workshop to familiarise students with tools in the financial consulting domain.
The ‘Zero to One’ pre-seed funding round took place at the Krea Admin Office on 3rd February, 2024. The panel of judges that evaluated pitches was comprised of Anil Srinivasan, Founder, Kruu, Sathyanarayanan Ramachandran, Associate Professor of Marketing at IFMR, and Professor Vijayalakshmi C, Professor of OB & HRM at IFMR.
Mitansh Aggarwal and Viney Jain from SIAS’ 2025 cohort, were recognised for co-founding Sibling, a mental health platform, and received a grant of Rs. 1.5 lakhs. Congratulations Mitansh and Viney! All finalists were also offered mentoring opportunities by the panel to aid in the development of their businesses.
We’ve continued to have a wide variety of talks as well. A guest lecture by Mr Jobosco Das, Senior associate VP, Zerodha limited was conducted on the day that the brand new trading floor was inaugurated, and a MoU was signed with Zerodha varsity. A Literature & Philosophy Talk “To Take Root Among the Stars": Utopic Exodus in Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower was delivered by Dr Nicolas de Warren. A talk “Of regional landscape engagements in the past: Chi’nar (Platanus orientalis) in the making of landscape gardening in Kashmir”, was delivered by Dr Mumtaz Ahmad Numani. “A Life in Other Tongues: Writing the Self, The Act of Translation and the Question of Dalit Agency” was delivered by V Ramaswamy and Amrita Bera. “Individual versus Group Morality: The Role of Information'' was Dr Jaideep Roy. “How India’s first wildlife conservation success came to be?” was delivered by Dr Biswajit Sarmah. A Krea CS Talk on “Visual Art in Computing: It’s All Fun and Games Until You Can’t Pass Math '' was delivered by Prof Shriram Krishnamurthi.
Moving away from academics and towards adventure and action, SAHAS hosted an overnight jungle camping in the Satyavedu Forest. A friendly match took place between our SIAS volleyball team and the IIIT Team. Krea Cricket League is now in full swing, and our University Sports teams are practising and preparing for Agneepath, Ashoka’s annual sports fest. All the best to all our competing athletes!
We at Team Leher, can’t wait to see what the rest of this trimester will bring. We’d love to hear more from you, and showcase your work to the world. Do send in your submissions when we open it up to the student body! Picture Credits : TBD : Sagarika Reddy
Moulin Rouge : Layam
Bhaag Milka Bhaag : run club
Qismat : Double poster
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