Krea University hosts Convocation ceremony, 400 students graduate

Renowned academic Professor Ram Ramaswamy, Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Hyderabad and Honorary Professor at IIT Delhi, graced the event as Chief Guest. Emphasising the importance of lifelong learning, he told the graduates, “The value of a liberal education cannot be underestimated. When one lives a relatively long adulthood, fifty years or more for most of us here, one needs to be engaged with the world around us in an intense manner and one needs also to be equipped to respond to changes, and the longer one lives, the more drastic the changes tend to be. We have to be more than passengers.”

The event also saw the conferment of honorary degrees. Professor Vivek Borkar, Emeritus Fellow at IIT Bombay, was awarded the Doctor of Science (D.Sc., honoris causa), and author Dr Geetanjali Shree was honoured with the Doctor of Letters (D.Litt., honoris causa).

Chancellor Lakshmi Narayanan addressed the graduates with an inspiring vision of the future. “By the coming decade, we will see the liberal arts, the sciences and the management graduates at the forefront of industries that blend human intuition with technological prowess – where art meets algorithm, where creativity meets data science, and ethical reasoning grounds innovation. Whether in business, ecology, education, public service, the arts, or tech – you will be there, making a difference.”

The ceremony was attended by members of the Governing Council and Board of Management, including Tara Thiagarajan, Roxana Daver, Paula Mariwala, Vidya Vencatesan, Amitava Saha, Kapil Viswanathan, S Mahalingam, and Rajeev Mecheri. Also present were Dean of SIAS Dr Prithvi Datta Chandra Shobhi, Dean of Research Professor Sivakumar Srinivasan, and faculty from across the university.