JAIN (Deemed-to-be University)

Bengaluru, 3 September 2026: For many undergraduate students, career planning tends to circle back to marks and degrees. Dr K Vidyakumari, IAS, State Planning Director, Department of Education, Government of Karnataka, asked them to look further.

She was the resource person at a career guidance programme, "How to Shape Your Career?", organised by the Department of Languages (Kannada Area) at JAIN Knowledge Campus, Jayanagar. Held from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm, the session brought together 120 students along with faculty and staff members.

Dr Rajeshwari Y M, Coordinator of the Kannada Language Department, welcomed Dr Vidyakumari and introduced her academic and professional background to the students. Dr Rajkumar Badiger compered the programme, with Dr Nagendra and Dr Bhanwar Singh also present.

In her address, Dr Vidyakumari said students must first identify their interests, capabilities, skills and goals before settling on a career path. Academic qualifications alone, she noted, are not enough in today's competitive environment; students also need to build communication skills, leadership qualities and decision making ability, alongside technical knowledge, creativity and a habit of continuous learning.

The lecture was followed by an interactive session, where students raised questions on career choices, competitive examinations, skill development and higher education. Dr Vidyakumari responded to each with guidance and encouragement.

The programme closed on the same note it began: helping students match their choices to their own strengths and interests, rather than to marks or convention alone.

Bengaluru, 1 September 2026: A stolen idol, a Sanskrit escape room and a listening challenge that asked teams to catch every word do not sound like the ingredients of a language class. Yet for 128 students at JAIN's J.C. Road Campus, this is exactly how Samskrita Saptaha turned Sanskrit from a subject into an adventure.

The School of Sciences, through its Languages Sanskrit Area and Prajnaa Forum, ran the celebrations from 14 to 24 August, built around activities that asked students to listen, decode and create rather than memorise. In Shrutva Vada, teams listened closely to a Sanskrit passage and recited it back. The Mystery of the Stolen Idol turned students into detectives, following clues rooted in Indian culture, history and logical reasoning. Rahasya Bhedanam, the Sanskrit escape room, asked teams to decode clues and solve puzzles together, while Citravicarah invited them to put their understanding of the theme Sanskritam Jnana Vijnanam onto handmade posters.

The celebrations closed on 1 September with a valedictory session that opened with an invocation song by Ms Anaga and a welcome from Ramachandra N.U., who introduced the Chief Guest, Dr Ramakrishna Bhat K, Head of the Department of Manuscriptology and Registrar Evaluation at Karnataka Samskrit University. Dr Bhat, a scholar trained in rare scripts such as Brahmi, Sharada and Grantha, spoke to students about manuscripts as primary sources for understanding and preserving India's intellectual heritage.

First and second prizes were awarded to their winners, certificates were presented to the third-place participant and everyone who took part, and Dr Geetha Madhusudan closed proceedings with a vote of thanks.

Bengaluru, 31st August 2026: Can knowing something actually change how a person acts? That question shaped "Information to Transformation," a session organised by the Department of Interior Design under JAIN (Deemed-to-be University)'s School of Design, Media and Creative Arts, as part of the broader theme IKS Connects: Explore Timeless Indian Wisdom, at the J.P. Nagar campus.

The programme opened with an invocation and the ceremonial lighting of the lamp, followed by a cultural performance that connected knowledge with creativity before the day's central conversation began. That conversation was a podcast with Chaitanya Charan Prabhuji, spiritual mentor, TEDx speaker and author, conducted by students rather than a moderator.

Through the discussion, Chaitanya Charan explained how information, once read or heard, needs reflection before it becomes knowledge, and needs practice before it becomes wisdom. Drawing on the Bhagavad Gita, he kept returning to one point: understanding an idea and acting differently because of it are two separate things.

That distinction carried into the question and answer session that followed, where students asked how the ideas discussed could apply beyond the seminar hall. Suvarna Gaura Das, Director of the ISKCON Youth Forum, South Bengaluru, ISKCON members, Major Dr Rekha Sinha, Head of the Department of Interior Design, along with faculty coordinators and staff from various campuses, were present through the session.

The programme closed with a vote of thanks, ending on the same idea it opened with: information only matters once someone does something with it.