Theme: Flipside

We create the reality in which we live. With every choice and every decision, we design it. Our choices and our decisions are largely influenced by our outlook on life and what we expect out of it. This varies tremendously among the multitudes inhabiting the world.

Each one of us has a unique pair of lenses through which we see the world. We see what we look for and so everything we see is a perspective. Billions of people, billions of shades which contribute to a grand mosaic of ideas and perspectives. However, this means that there is a huge diversity of thought and ideas yet to be explored and tried. Maybe if we looked at life itself from a different angle or another perspective, we may discover something enthralling. When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

Everything has a Flipside, an aspect which is obscure, enigmatic and unfathomable. Learning about people from various walks of life and their experiences may help us fathom the unfathomable. So let us broaden our minds and allow our lenses to see past the mundane.

Welcome to the Flipside!

IIIT-Bangalore
International Institute Of Information Technology, Bangalore
26/C, Electronics City, Opp Infosys Gate-2, Hosur Road
Bengaluru, Karnataka, 560100
India

Akshay Saxena

Entrepreneur, Educationalist

Kanchan Kaur

Professor of Journalism

Richa Kumar

Professor of Sociology

Rohini Rau

Sportswoman, Health Doctor

Introducing India’s former top woman sailor. She created history by winning India's first international gold medal by a women's youth team at the Asian Sailing Championship in 2004. She has participated in 8 World Championships and numerous international events winning 6 international medals and 32 National Medals including 8 consecutive national titles in the Laser Radial. She is currently pursuing her MSc Internal Medicine at the University of Edinburgh and is working as a Senior Medical Officer at Kauvery Hospital, Chennai. A 2009 TEDIndia Fellow as well as India’s first ‘medical clown’ who has worked with The Little Theatre’s Hospital Clowns Troupe, she actively does sessions at the government children's hospital every week. In 2018, she was a Facilitator for 4 International Design Thinking projects in Ethiopia, Nepal, Singapore and Kenya.