Theme: Silver Linings

A lot of us choose to follow the easier routes because it's tried and tested at every step. Only the intrepid bunch stride into untrodden alleys yet being zealous at every turn.

Vanquishing stereotypes, rebutting the mainstreams, not fretting about fretters, 'Silver Linings' persuades to bring out the opus of the ones who grappled in unfathomable waters yet were ubiquitously disruptive in an ocean of optimism.

Attend TEDxPESITBSC, March 12th, 2016 and find the silver lining to your cloud!

PESIT-Bangalore South Campus
PES College Road
Hosur Road Campus(1km from Electronic City)
Bangalore, Karnataka, 560100
India

Aditi Krishnamurthy

Doctor + Expeditionist

ADITI KRISHNAMURTHY A medical doctor, an expeditionist and a humanitarian, Dr. Aditi is an exceptional human being who was a part of India's research expedition team to Antarctica in 2012-2013. She set the milestone back in 2012 as the first ever female Indian Station Leader in Antarctica. .

Ahmed Shariff

Stand-Up Comedian + Rationalist + Storyteller

Ahmed Shariff made his stellar debut in show business at the tender age of 5 when he played the role of a tree in a kindergarten play. Critics said his acting was wooden & Ahmed took it as a a huge compliment. Health freak, rationalist, rapper, poet and fluent in 5 languages

Atita Verghese

Professional Skateboarder + Trainer

Atita is India's most prominent female skateboarder. She began skating at the age of 19, in Goa, and since then there has been no looking back. With about three and a half years of experience now, she is a professional skateboarder, and trains many of Bangalore's budding skateboarders.  In her early days as a skateboarder, being the only female skateboarder in a male dominated sport got Atita questioning herself at times about whether she could ever succeed.

HV Kumar

Traveller + Charted Accountant + Explorer + Highway Enthusiast

HV Kumar is an avid traveller who has travelled every nook and corner of India by Road in the past three decades. He has driven over 12 lakh kilometers, taking the roads not taken, exploring unknown terrains be it from Kanyakumari to Turtuk or Kibithu to Koteshwar. He has built a 20000 people strong Facebook forum named - HiVayKing Club. The HiVayKing Club is a unique concept in existence with a motto “When you travel, we travel with you” providing Live assistance and help for travelers on Indian Highways. He says, there is no substitute for human knowledge, human intervention, goodwill & eagerness to help those in need. Using the strength of the collective experience - that is the direction in which this Forum moves He is also a Chartered Accountant, Corporate Lawyer and has been a Consultant to the UN.

Kunal Roy

Student + Author

Kunal Roy is a final year student in computer science engineering. While his key interest is in computer science, where he has already co-authored two international refereed research publications, there is something about him that makes him an outlier; Kunal is an author. His first book titled "Four Weeks - The Beginning" is a work of science fiction that has already received very favourable reviews from a fair few people. "Four Weeks - The Beginning" is the first installation in the "Four Weeks" series, which is slowly witnessing the growth of a faithful reader base.

Navneet Sharma

AI Expert + Entrepreneur + Innovator

Navneet Sharma is an entrepreneur and founder at AI startup Snapshopr. He is a believer in taking interdisciplinary approaches to solve complex problems. With a Bachelors degree in Mathematics and Master of Computer Applications, Navneet founded and headed an AI research group for 18 months, mentored around 40 students in AI, Robotics and Data Science. His work also revolves around Machine Learning, Recommender Systems, Image Processing, among many other areas Navneet declined a job offer from Apple to join their AI team, and instead started working on his startup.

Sharada Srinivasan

Professor + Archeologist + Dancer

Prof. Sharada Srinivasan, is a Professor at National Institute of Advanced Studies and has made pioneering contributions to the study of archaeology and history of art from the perspective of exploring scientific applications in these disciplines. She has been innovatively bridging the divide between science and culture in her research.

Sudhir R

Fluteboxer + Harmonica Boxer

Sudhir is a man of many talents, but there is something truly amazing about him; he is India's first fluteboxer.Being the only semi-finalist from Bangalore to have made it to the India's Got Talent Season 6, Sudhir's list of achievements is a long one, which according to him, is just the beginning. Having done over 150 live performances so far,