Kerala CM OommenChandy inaugurates new Srishti campus in Trivandrum

On December 3, 2015 Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology extended its geographical footprint to Kerala, with the inauguration of C4 – Centre for Creative and Cultural Capital by Mr. OommenChandy, Chief Minister of Kerala at KINFRA Film and Video Park at Kazhakuttam, Trivandrum. Kerala Industries and IT Minister, P K Kunhalikutty; P H Kurian, Principal Secretary, Industries and IT, Govt. of Kerala; Geetha Narayanan, Founder-Director of Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore; Dr G C GopalaPillai, Managing Director, KINFRA; and Mr. AshwinAjila, Founder and MD, iNurture Education Solutions Pvt. Ltd. were some of the dignitaries present at the inauguration This inauguration came about after iNurture Education Solutions Pvt. Ltd. and Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bengaluru, signed a pact with The Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (KINFRA) on November 24, 2015 which helped expand the latter’s operations and procure technology-based capabilities to nurture the creative abilities of the youth.

KINFRA is a leading infrastructure giant in Kerala that aims to bring various important infrastructural names to the state. KINFRA Film and Video Park is the fully owned subsidiary company of KINFRA. It is the first Infotainment Industrial Park in the country and is present in a beautifully landscaped area of 75 acres of land at Kazhakuttam, Trivandrum city in Kerala. C4 will be yet another important addition to the park.

“C4 will primarily focus on digital filmmaking and digital media arts, which includes animation, visual effects and gaming design; user experience and interaction engineering; and graphic arts with information and experience design” said Dr. Geetha Narayanan, Founder-Director of Srishti Institute of Art, Design and Technology, after signing the MOU. She expressed confidence that the Centre for Creative and Cultural Capital would add a new dimension to the aspects that define Thiruvananthapuram. The Centre will focus on diverse avenues of the digital media technology, viz. gaming, new media, experimental films, animation and graphics arts and experience design.

Srishti is a premier design school that was established in the year 1996 to promote art and design education in an environment of creativity. Srishticollaborates with various national and international design institutes and boasts of numerous successful professionals and entrepreneurs in the creative industry as alumni.As an educational institution, the leading design school lays emphasis on the creative sectors of employment and in generating cultural capital.

Established in the year 2005, iNurture has strived to strengthen the employability quotient across the complete spectrum of adult learning, from colleges to corporate. Its new-age undergraduate and postgraduate programmes help students become career-ready and land jobs in fast-growing sectors of the economy. It’s short-term programmes help busy professionals skill themselves up in various industry domains and accelerate their career progress.

iNurture has collaborated with Srishti to help the latter extend the reach of its programmes. Under this collaboration, Srishti launched its design programmesat Fergusson College, Pune, in the year 2014.