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IIM Ahmedabad
IIM Ahmedabad, Vastrapur, Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 380015
India

Aakrit Vaish

Aakrit Vaish is the co-founder and CEO of Haptik. Started in 2013, from his house, within a few years, Haptik has grown onto become one of the world's largest chatbot platforms. As an entrepreneur, Aakrit has had a prolific history of growing start-ups from to multi-million dollar companies, for instance, flurry(acquired by Yahoo) and flatchat(acquired by common floor). In recognition of his achievements, Aakrit was awarded the 40 under 40 achievers award by Business World in 2017 and was also a contender for the Forbes 30 under 30 award, in 2015.

Avni Sethi

Avni is an interdisciplinary practitioner with her primary concern lying between culture, memory, space and the body. She studied interdisciplinary Design from the Shrishti School of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore and pursued a Masters in Performance Studies at Ambedkar University, Delhi. She conceptualised and designed the Conflictorium. Trained in multiple dance idioms, her performances are largely inspired by syncretic faith traditions as well as sites of contested narratives. She is interested in exploring the relationship between intimate audiences and the performing body. In this talk, she explores the lost art of writing love letters.

Gaurav Goel

After spending nearly three year at McKinsey, Gaurav quit in 2012 and decided to travel around India for half a year to understand how the wheels of the government move at the grassroot level. The idea was to come out of the McKinsey bubble and understand how things are currently on the ground. He founded Samagra in 2012 and has been leading it since inception.

Iqra Khilji

Iqra is an eminent Urdu poet who writes on issues that arise from the barbarian manifestations of unjust societal norms and consistently questions our ethos through the flair of her recitation. Currently a student of law at Gujarat National Law University, Iqra has already featured in an interview with BBC Urdu and has presented at The Habitat Studio. Her stellar accolades, however, are no match to the beauty of her verses, as she continues to shackle the social inequities with her powerful words. Armed with the power of words and poem, she speaks on how despite the imminent threat, we continue to live in denial about climate change.