Where ideas become builds as KRUU creation lab sparks young innovators

The KRUU Student Summit 2025 concluded on Monday with a two-day residential innovation bootcamp at the Kumaraguru College of Technology campus, showcasing a decisive shift in Indian education towards project-based and creation-led learning.
Organised by KRUU, a student learning network serving over 4.7 lakh learners, the summit brought together 200 high school students selected from more than 500 applicants across India and select international locations.
Over 48 hours, students developed more than 40 solution concepts, presenting early-stage models, demonstrations and mock-ups instead of traditional slide-based presentations.
The summit, branded as a Creation Lab, highlighted learning through inquiry, reflection and purposeful building. Participants were mentored by over 20 experts across three project tracks — Art, Entrepreneurship and STEM — encouraging cross-disciplinary thinking and real-world problem
solving.
The keynote address was delivered by author and mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik, while noted classical dancer and entrepreneur Anita Ratnam was among the featured speakers.
KRUU Founder Anil Srinivasan said Indian classrooms need entrepreneurship and narrative-driven learning, adding that students were mentored to understand not only how to build solutions, but also why and for whom they are created.
In the Arts track, guided by Dr. Srivi Ramasubramanian, students explored media representation and stereotypes through posters and mixed-media projects.
The Entrepreneurship track, facilitated by Prof. Sean Branagan, saw students act as campus innovation consultants, developing low-cost solutions supported by surveys and financial modelling. In the STEM track, led by Dr. Rishi Vyas, students designed original board games by applying mathematical concepts such as probability and logic.
Rahul Ramachandran, Director of Partnerships and Initiatives at KRUU, said the summit demonstrated how students rise when treated as creators rather than passive learners.
The summit reaffirmed KRUU’s focus on bridging school education and higher learning through project-led education.