Chanakya Studios 2026 Programmes
Create, Communicate & Collaborate with Music
Studio 06 Create, Communicate & Collaborate with Music Tap into creativity through music and the performing arts Six days of listening, writing, music-making, instrument-building, and a final group performance. What you’ll do Engage with music and the performing arts as a way to develop your creative, communicative, and collaborative abilities. The course is a series
Drawing Fundamentals for Design
Studio 05 Drawing Fundamentals for Design Drawing as a tool for thinking, not just for making art Six days of observational drawing, perspective, prototyping — plus an outdoor sketching field visit to Cubbon Park and Vidhana Soudha. What you’ll do Build the essential principles and techniques of drawing as a foundational tool for visual communication
Creative Coding
Studio 04 Creative Coding Exploring Art, Interaction and Data Six days of building interactive graphics, animations, and simulations with p5.js — no prior programming experience required. What you’ll do This studio is designed for students with no prior programming experience. You’ll be introduced to creative coding with p5.js — a JavaScript library that simplifies coding
Indian Temple Art, Architecture & Iconography
Studio 03 Indian Temple Art, Architecture & Iconography A holistic introduction to the Indian temple eco-system Architecture, sculpture, symbology, ritual — and a site visit to see those principles in stone. What you’ll do Develop a holistic understanding of the Indian temple eco-system — the various configurations of temple architecture, how to read and interpret
Technical Analysis
Studio 02 Technical Analysis Charting to chart the profits Six days reading stock charts — candlesticks, indicators, patterns, volume — culminating in your own technical analysis presentation on an assigned stock. What you’ll do Work directly with stock charts — not just read about them. Identify support and resistance zones, interpret candlestick formations, apply moving
How Music Finds You
Studio 01 How Music Finds You Taste, culture, identity, and the algorithms of listening Six days. Deep listening, fieldwork on campus, and a music recommendation engine you’ll build by hand. What you’ll do Bring music you already love. Revisit it critically — through deep listening, peer conversation, short musicology lectures, and exposure to unfamiliar genres.