Award Ceremony and Book Launch for the CEPT Essay Prize 2025

5:45 PM – 7:00 PM
Venue: South Lawns, CEPT University.
Speakers
Naveen Kishore
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CEPT University invites you to the to the Award Ceremony and book launch for the CEPT Essay Prize 2025 and the unveiling of the next theme for Competition 2026. This will be followed by a talk by Naveen Kishore, titled: On.Terrain’.

This year also marks the seventh year since the inception of CEPT Essay Prize, representing a modest yet noteworthy milestone. We are thankful to everyone at the University for their continued participation and support. Amidst the presence of the winning authors, members of the panel of reviewers and jurors, we look forward to meeting you at the event.

Date: 12th February 2026 
Time: 5:45 PM
Venue: South Lawns, CEPT University.

About the Guest Speaker:

Naveen Kishore
Theatre lighting designer, photographer, filmmaker, poet and publisher Seagull Books.

Recipient of the Goethe Medal and the Chevalier Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. Honored with the Ottaway Award for the Promotion of International Literature, 2021 and the first Cesare De Michelis Award in 2022Knotted Grief, a collection of his poems, was published in 2021. He has recently published his second book of poems, Mother Muse Quintet.

CEPT Essay Prize event 12 Feb 2026