Dr Swarnamalya Ganesh Presents ‘Textures of Traditions’ Documentary Release

Dr Swarnamalya Ganesh, Assistant Professor of Practice at SIAS, Krea University, and the Festival Director of the Culture Festival Textures of Traditions (ToT), is excited to announce the second edition of this festival, produced by Ranga Mandira Academy, set to take place in early 2025. As a special prelude to this event, the ToT 2025 Festival …

Dr Vivek Radhakrishnan Coordinates and Speaks at the ‘Kant Studies in India’ Panel for the Virtual Kant Congress with a Cosmopolitan Purpose

Dr Vivek Radhakrishnan, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, SIAS, Krea University recently coordinated the Kant Studies in India panel for the Virtual Kant Congress with a Cosmopolitan Purpose (VKC), organised by Princeton University, the North American Kant Society and the Leuven Research Group in Classical German Philosophy. At this event, held on 29 July, 2024, Dr Radhakrishnan also presented …

Dr Annu Jalais Argues for Wildlife Conservation Approaches That Put Agency in the Hands of Local Communities

Dr Annu Jalais, Associate Professor of Anthropology, SIAS, Krea University has shared her expert insights on tiger conservation in a recent Deccan Herald article, titled A better way to save tigers?. Her perspective on the vital role of local communities in preserving ecosystems underscores the need for inclusive conservation strategies.  Author of the critically acclaimed anthropological …

Dr Rama Koteswara Rao Kamineni’s Paper, Published in the Journal Physical Review B, Selected as an ‘Editor’s Suggestion’

Dr Rama Koteswara Rao Kamineni, Associate Professor of Physics, SIAS, Krea University has co-authored a paper titled Vector detection of ac magnetic fields by nitrogen vacancy centers of single orientation in diamond, published in the journal Physical Review B. The paper, selected as an ‘Editor’s Suggestion’, was co-authored with Pooja Lamba (Bennett University), Akshat Rana (Bennett University), Sougata …

Deesha Jeppu, Tanvi Kadakol, and Nivedita Naveen from (PGD-24 Batch) presented a poster at the Indian Wildlife Ecology Conference (IWEC) 2024

Deesha Jeppu, Tanvi Kadakol, and Nivedita Naveen from the Postgraduate Diploma Cohort of 2024, SIAS, Krea University, presented a poster at the Indian Wildlife Ecology Conference (IWEC) 2024. The conference was held at the National Centre for Biological Sciences, Bengaluru, from 14-16 June, 2024. The title of their poster was Drivers of Diversity Differ Between …

Dr Gowhar Fazili’s Translation Work on ‘For Now it is Night’ Reaches a Global Audience

Last November, Krea University hosted the release of a book titled For Now it is Night by Hari Krishna Kaul, published by HarperCollins India. This volume of short stories, translated from Kashmiri, features the work of a team of translators, including Dr Gowhar Fazili, Assistant Professor of Social Studies, SIAS, Krea University, along with Kalpana Raina, Tanveer Ajsi, …

Dr Gowhar Fazili Publishes a Book Review of M K Raina’s Memoir ‘Before I Forget’ in The Wire

Dr Gowhar Fazili, Assistant Professor of Social Studies, SIAS, Krea University has published a book review in The Wire. The review, titled A Fragmented Memory of Independent India and the Kashmir That Once Was, delves into M K Raina’s memoir Before I Forget. The review provides a critique of the memoir’s reflections on India’s postcolonial history and the …

Dr C P Anil Kumar Publishes a Paper in the Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics (IJPA)

Dr C P Anil Kumar, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, SIAS, Krea University authored a paper titled On Infinity Type Hyperplane Arrangements and Convex Positive Bijections, published in the Indian Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics (IJPA).  About the Publication Consider a hyperplane arrangement, i.e., a finite collection of hyperplanes, in an n-dimensional Euclidean space. We say that an …

Investigating the Angry Sun’s Impact on Earth’s Atmosphere: Dr Lakshmi Narayanan Conducts Collaborative Research and Presents Internationally on Space Weather Effects

Earth is protected from harmful radiation and energetic charged particles through its sufficiently dense atmosphere and invisible magnetic shield known as magnetosphere. Sometimes our host star Sun emits harmful radiation and particle bursts, alongside its life-sustaining light and warmth. When these particles reach Earth, they often break open the magnetic shield to some extent and interact …