On 18th July 2022, an Orientation on Humanities was held in the zero period for classes 11 and 12 wherein the school had invited Miss Krishna Shekhawat, an alumni of school as well as RKK’s former Shakti House Captain. She is a PhD Scholar in History of Arts at University of California, Berkeley, No. 1 Public University in the world studying historic Water Architecture of Jodhpur. She is a member of Association of Art Museum Curators, New York. She was formerly Assistant Curator at Mehrangarh Museum Trust where she was primarily responsible for a full-scale museum redesign of Mehrangarh Fort. She has taught Art History and Curation at Ashoka University and Anant University. The orientation started with ma'am Krishna telling her experience as a History Honors student and how she finds the subject of Water Architecture so mesmerizing . She explained to the students using different pictures of water fossils, her pictures on treks and a few of her college experience that showed how much fun and exciting learning can be there. She enlightened about how she wanted to experience everything and hence became a fellow for 1 year at Ashoka University and taught there too, she shared with us her experience of being a Curator at Mehrangarh Fort and gave an overview of how a museum is actually maintained and how many people play a role for the same. She also advised the audience on how professionalism with friendliness and self-care with financial management is extremely important. By the end of the orientation, students were in awe by the amount of lovely and interesting things a humble subject like humanities can teach.
