Theme: The Road Less Taken

The Road Less Taken - Bringing speakers who did something different from the mainstream.

IIIT Delhi
Okhla Industrial Estate, Near Govind Puri Metro Station, Phase III, New Delhi, Delhi 110020
New Delhi, Delhi, 110020
India

Abhishant Pant

Director, News Channel ,VISA

Mutual sharing of “Gyan” and having dialogue is what Abhishant believes is the key to explore self and world more. He is believer in the fact that theory should be tested, so 50 days back he started a cashless journey (First and longest lasting of its kind in the world) to understand the challenges in India Financial Inclusion (by practical first hand experiments) and Fintech Journey. This journey pushed him towards an unknown unexplored path of discovery. In process it provided amazing insights to human behavior & challenges on way to India's movement as a cashless society. He is a Transaction Banking professional with deep understanding of Payments landscape in India and writes regularly on India Fintech Journey at Finextra, LinkedIn pulse and other platforms. Teaching (he takes guest lecture at IIT-Mumbai) and mentoring startups is extremely close to his heart.

Abijit Ganguly

Comedian

Abijit Ganguly has been performing as a Stand-Up Comedian for over six years and is over 500+ shows old. His humour is essentially anything and everything he finds funny - stereotype observations, alcoholism, student life, relationships, bengali-punjabi tussle, beggars, Facebook, societal problems etc. His sets are observation-fuelled anecdotes and he relies on audience relating to what they hear in order to get the laughs. He has performed extensively in multiple cities of Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore etc; performing regularly in the Best of Stand-up lineup at Canvas Laugh Factory and has been featured multiple times on NDTV Rising Stars of Comedy.

Auditya Venkatesh

Photographer

Traveller | Photographer | Learner Auditya Venkatesh a.k.a Audi is a self-taught photographer from Bangalore and is featured among the top 25 most popular photographers on the web. Auditya launched his photography page on Facebook — Audi Photography — in October 2010 and since then there has been no looking back. Auditya’s Facebook page is liked by more than seven lakh people and the number swells up every day. He is also an enthusiastic traveller and road-tripper, just finishing a 50 day, 13000 km road trip of India, capturing some mesmerizing shots of the Indian subcontinent.

Bhuvan Bam

Youtuber

Popularly known for BB ki vines, Bhuvan Bam(BB) is an entertainer from New Delhi, India. A singer and songwriter, he is a man of many talents and believes in exhibiting his skill as a performer primarily through music or laughter. Originally a graduate from Delhi University in History, the creator of the Dr. Sehghal video series, BB gets his inspiration from the actions and reactions of people around him. His videos often succeed in making you smile after a long day.

Nischala Murthy Kaushik

Content Crafter | Digital Artisan | Writer

Nischala Murthy Kaushik likes to describe herself as an alchemist in this experiment called life. Her Twitter profile reads as "Content Crafter • Digital Artisan • Twitterati • Startups Gazer • Ideapreneur • Mentor • IIMB Alumni • Writer with byline in EconomicTimes and Huffingtonpost". Her professional work revolves around Strategy, Marketing and Digital; and she is excited by the prospects of how digital can transform the world. Being a mom of two keeps her balanced, grounded and rooted to reality. She is passionate about women at work and never misses any opportunity to write/speak on this topic. She’s also a creator (art, dreams, dishes and dooms!), connector, catalyst and community builder. She believes in the power of words, and hopes that her words can make a positive difference to someone, somewhere, somehow!

Prerna Mukharya

Data Scientist , Entreprenuer

Prerna Mukharya, is the Founder of Outline India, a social enterprise that caters to the on-ground needs of the development sector. Her vision is to cater to India’s ‘development data’ needs and catalyse the process of policy change and work upon business opportunity at the bottom of the pyramid. Outline India under her leadership has worked across 21 states to date, 1000 villages, 15000+ stakeholders, and generated about 4000+ man days of employment for individuals with high school education/little or no college education. Bootstrapped and growing organically at 300%, they are now scouting for investments to scale up operations, both within and outside India. She holds an MA in Economics from Boston University.

Yashraj Bhardwaj

Student | Young Researcher

Yuvraj and his twin brother Yashraj are 16 year old researchers, ideators, roboticists, technologists, inventors and full stack developers. They are the founders of Zenith Vipers, a company which encourages students to come up with their ideas and research projects for the betterment of society. They own 22 research projects out of which 7 are being filed for patents. Their research projects include smart water purifiers, drones, portable angiography machines and portable all in one medical assistance machines. They are famous for their first project, a purifier which removed/extracted heavy metals from river water using Pearl Millet(Bajra) powder. From presenting research papers at multiple conferences, and science fairs and representing India at International science fairs to being interviewed by various news channels for their projects, they have done it all.

Yuvraj Bhardwaj

Student | Young Researchers

Yuvraj and his twin brother Yashraj are 16 year old researchers, ideators, roboticists, technologists, inventors and full stack developers. They are the founders of Zenith Vipers, a company which encourages students to come up with their ideas and research projects for the betterment of society. They own 22 research projects out of which 7 are being filed for patents. Their research projects include smart water purifiers, drones, portable angiography machines and portable all in one medical assistance machines. They are famous for their first project, a purifier which removed/extracted heavy metals from river water using Pearl Millet(Bajra) powder. From presenting research papers at multiple conferences, and science fairs and representing India at International science fairs to being interviewed by various news channels for their projects, they have done it all.