Theme: Sonder

The realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own—populated with their own ambitions, friends, routines, worries and inherited craziness—an epic story that continues invisibly around you like an anthill sprawling deep underground, with elaborate passageways to thousands of other lives that you’ll never know existed, in which you might appear only once, as an extra sipping coffee in the background, as a blur of traffic passing on the highway, as a lighted window at dusk.

DES, Hi-Tech Seminar Hall, M.S.Ramaiah Institute of Technology
MSR College Road
MSR Nagar
Bangalore, Karnataka, 560054
India

Dr.Vikram Huded

Head, Interventional Neurology and Stroke Narayana Hrudayalaya Institute of Neurosciences

Dr.Vikram Huded is a consultant Interventional and stroke specialist. Along with his MBBS, MD in General Medicine and DM in Neurology he has also undergone a two year Fellowship in Interventional Neuroradiology at King Edward Memorial Hospital, Mumbai and attended the Zurich Course on Interventional Neuroradiology at University Hospital Zurich, Switzerland. He has published several papers and is also a member of World stroke Organisation as well as AN Active Member of Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology, USA.

Harish Sivaramakrishnan

VP at Snapdeal. Experienced leader in Design+ Product Management and UI Engineering+ Lead singer and violinist at Agam

An engineer, a designer and a rockstar. Harish Sivaramakrishnan is not just the front man for the popular Carnatic Progressive rock band, Agam, but is currently serving as the vice-president of Design at the ecommerce site, Snapdeal. He worked as UI architect for Myntra and has designed UX for Freecharge. Crediting his analytical thinking skills to his engineering course in BITS, Pillani, he lead the commended design re-boot for the Snapdeal apps across platforms re-imagining the buyer, seller and customer experience components for the firm. Harish manages a remarkable music career along with his trysts with technology with equal ease and has mentored many great design talents.

Madhuvanthi Ananth

Founder, CEO at SlamdunQ

A fun-loving person, a motivating team leader, an excellent orator and a charming personality, these are just a few of the various expressions used to describe the technical brilliance that is Ms Madhuvanthi Ananth. An alumni of the prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, she is currently acting as the founder, CEO at SlamdunQ. Having worked as the Marketing manager for the Royal Challengers Bangalore and the lead engineer as a part of a firmware development team for IBM, Madhuvanthi is a perfect blend of technical as well as management prowess. Her leadership qualities and work ethics make her a delight to work with.

Naresh Narasimhan

Architect Principal at Venkataramanan Associates (VA)

Architect, Urbanist and Activist, Mr. Naresh Narasimhan is well known for his association with Venkatramanan Associates, an award winning architectural firm. Some of Naresh's most recent initatives include Cobalt, a vibrant working space in Central Bangalore, as well as the grand Orion Mall, Yeshwantpur, Bangalore. Being a regular advisor for government bodies, Naresh has fueled many progressive causes for the city.

Samvit Menon

Experimental physicist

Neil a.k.a Samvit Menon is a half Keralite half Assamese experimental physicist who loves to travel and explore new places. And a popular writer on Quora. They say 31's too old an age to be reading Tinkle, watching Tom and Jerry, and being obsessed about Star Wars! In his defence, he says, he is just 15! A tea addict, who drinks so much tea that he has one page of his thesis entirely acknowledging the contribution of tea, without which he wouldn't have survived his PhD. Well, when he is not too busy having passed out in his lab to toxic gas inhalation or Binge watching FRIENDS/House of Cards/Breaking Bad, or trying to pick a new insane guitar solo (which he confesses he isnt good at!), he does a little writing on the side. He shares his experiences in life and try and connect with people through his work.

Sinu Joseph

Managing Trustee at Mythri Speaks Trust

Sinu Joseph : Managing Trustee , Mythri Speaks Sinu has worked on various issues in the social space over the last few years as an educator, a counselor, a writer, a project coordinator and when need be, an activist. She started her journey in the social space as a volunteer in 2009 and later joined Youth for Seva as a full time coordinator . In 2014 she co-created a trust called Mythri Speaks which works on issues pertaining to women and children. Mythri Speaks works on issues keeping in mind an exit plan.