Sairam
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Theme: Process Prove Pioneer

This event occurred on
September 19, 2015
9:00am - 5:00pm IST
(UTC +5.5hrs)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
India

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Sai Dreamz
Sri Sairam Engineering College
Sai Leo Nager , West Tambaram
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600044
India
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Speakers

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Adhitya Ramachandran

Hip Hop Singer / owner of clothing line
Adhi's full name is Adhithya Ramachandran Venkatapathy and he was born on 20 February 1990.Adhi was born into a middle-class family with no knowledge in music or cinema; his father works at Bharathiar University while his mother comes from an agricultural background. Adhi came to know of rap music when his neighbour made him listen to Michael Jackson's "Jam". His interest in hip hop music started developing when he was in the tenth grade. He would upload rap songs to the internet and got positive response from people expressing interest in listening to more of his music; this encouraged him to start rapping in Tamil, also because he was more comfortable with it. His decision to rap in Tamil rather than English was to avoid looking like a "wannabe". Adhi named his account on the video-sharing site YouTube as "Hiphop Tamizha" with an image of the Tamil poet Subramania Bharati, to avoid being caught by his parents. Adhi himself had no formal education in music.

Alexander Babu

Stand up Comedian
Alexander Babu is a yoga teacher by day and a standup comic by night! Ex-software engineer who is on a full-time mission to make people more flexible and funny!

Arun Krishnamurthy

Environmentalist
Arun Krishnamurthy (born 1986) is an Indian environmental activist who has initiated campaign cleaning various lakes across India. He is known for founding the NGO, Environmentalist Foundation of India (EFI) in 2011 based in Chennai which has its branches in other cities such as Hyderabad, Delhi and Coimbatore. Arun with the organization has been successful in cleaning over 17 lakes in the country and having worked in Google before quitting the job to dedicate voluntarily. He was chosen as among the five people for prestigious Rolex Awards for Enterprise award in 2012 for scientific lake restoration in Chennai.

Dr Prithika Chary

Neurosurgeon/Neurologist
The first and only lady in India to be qualified as both neurophysician and neurosurgeon. She is now the Senior consultant neurologist & H.O.D of the Department of Neurology in Global Hospitals and Health City. She is the recipient of many awards including, the Life time achievement award for Neurosciences from Dr.M.G.R Medical University, Woman achiever in the health care category from Just for Woman magazine, Woman achiever by Russian Cultural centre and the list continues...

Meghna Pant

Author/Journalist
Meghna Pant is an Indian novelist and financial journalist. After completing an undergraduate degree in Economics and Statistics from St. Xavier College, Mumbai, Meghna won a scholarship for a MBA in Finance at Nanyang Business School, Singapore, and a Masters in International Management at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. After her MBA, Meghna moved on from a job in corporate finance to become a business journalist. She began her career as a TV anchor with Arnab Goswami at Times Now, and went on to work for NDTV Profit in Mumbai and Bloomberg-UTV in New York City, where she reported from the New York Stock Exchange. She has met and interviewed President Obama, Mukesh Ambani, Sir Richard Branson, Hillary Clinton, Ratan Tata and Shah Rukh Khan, among others. Meghna is the author of One & A Half Wife and Happy Birthday!.

Rukmini Vijayakumar

Actress/Dancer
Rukmini Vijayakumar is an Indian Bharatanatyam dancer and actress. Along with her performances on stage, she has appeared in three Tamil films. Rukmini Vijayakumar began her dance training at the age of eight, studying Bharatanatyam under Guru Narmada, Guru Padmini Rao and Guru Sundari Santhanam and then practiced the Karanas for several years under Guru Sundari Santhanam. Rukmini holds a BFA degree from the Boston Conservatory in Ballet and Modern Dance, while she has also been trained in jazz, tap, African, choreography, laban movement analysis, Stagecraft and Human Anatomy at the Boston Conservatory. Furthermore, she has studied acting at the New York Film Academy, Los Angeles while also learning under director Prakash Belawadi during her stay in India. She is the Artistic Director of her dance company Raadha Kalpa, where she teaches, choreographs and creates new Bharatanatyam, Modern and experimental theater work. She is currently pursuing a Fitness Training Certification at UCLA.

Surendranath Reddy

Entrepreneur
Surendranath Reddy is currently the CEO of REDD ROBOTICS. He worked as a robotics engineer in Simple Labs from july 2010 to january 2013 with an experience of 2 years and 7 months. One of the pioneers of 3D Printing in India, Suren believes that 3D Printing is the next big thing after computers & the internet. He started REDD ROBOTICS initially as a start up but now it has completed 2 years. One could not achieve it unless he works hard on his goal. Being an Electronics engineer, he had a passion towards robotics which made him own a company. His company manufactures the world’s most affordable 3D Printers.

Yashavant Kanetkar

Author
Yashavant P. Kanetkar is an Indian computer science author, known for his books on programming languages. He has authored several books on topics such as C, C++, VC++, C#, .NET, DirectX and COM programming. He is also a popular speaker on various technology subjects and is a regular columnist for publications Express Computers and Developer 2.0. His best-selling books include Let Us C, Understanding Pointers In C and Test Your C Skills. He has received Microsoft Most Valuable Professional award by Microsoft. His books are popular in the Indian Subcontinent and is one of the major course ware in preparing for campus placement in India. He has obtained his B.E. from Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Mumbai and M.Tech from IIT Kanpur. His current affiliations include being Director of KICIT, a training company and KSET, both based in Nagpur.

Organizing team

Srinath
Murali

Chennai, India
Organizer

Medhini
Balamurugan

Co-organizer
  • Varun Murali
    Production