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

Anand Malligavad

Lake Conservationist

Anand Malligavad is a lake conservationist who rejuvenated 7 lakes in the past 3 years within a limited span of time and resources. Even though he was proud of the rapid growth happening in Bangalore, he was appalled by the unplanned growth and enormous pressure on the natural resources, leading to the death of so many lakes in and around Bangalore city. This led him on his journey of rejuvenating lakes, even though the path wasn't very smooth, owing to the administrative hurdles, land mafia, encroachments, funding and most of all - winning over the mindset of people. His efforts have received media coverage from across the world including BBC NEWS. His work has been published in many newspapers and magazines such as - the Hindu, the Times of India, Suvarna News and many more. Now, His mission is to rejuvenate at least 25% of the lakes in Bangalore by 2025 and help the city become a drought-free city and avoid yet another Cape Town.

Anuja Kapur

Criminal Psychologist

Anuja Kapur is a renowned criminal psychologist who has a masters degree in criminal psychology and forensic science. She has been invited by leading news channels and newspapers to provide her inputs on issues ranging from violence on women to women empowerment. After working for several years as a criminal psychologist, Anuja Kapur decided to stand for the cause of rape, eve-teasing and acid attack victims. She set up an NGO called 'Nirbhaya Ek Shakthi' which provides assistance to victims. She has won a number of awards for her contributions to society. Recently, she was launched by the ZEE media house as the protagonist in the crime series 'Sheena Investigates'.

Dr. Srinivas Rangarajan

Dr. Rangarajan is a satellite industry veteran with 40+ years of experience in successive leadership roles in the public and private sectors. He held important executive positions in ISRO and has contributed significantly in system studies and design, mission planning, satellite control and anomaly resolution. As a Senior Vice President in WorldSpace Dr. Rangarajan successfully adapted the satellite radio infrastructure to design diverse solutions for data multicasting, distance education and early warning delivery post 2004 tsunami. As the CTO of Yazmi USA LLC, he created the first-ever tablet with an integrated satellite reception for uniform and ubiquitous education delivery. His education includes a Ph.D. from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai and Masters from IIT, Madras.

Lakshya Sivaramakrishnan

Tech Evangelist

Lakshya manages the Women Techmakers Program in India. She is a Data Science enthusiast building tech expertise in Machine Learning and Google Cloud. She has received the "Women in AI Leadership Award" by Analytics India Magazine and is a Shenomics "Lead Like a Girl Fellow". She enjoys nurturing communities and empowering women to join, thrive, and lead in the tech industry. Prior to the current role, she has been a Consultant with Cerner Healthcare and Software Engineer at GE Healthcare. She also holds a GE Analytics India Certification and is an IAmRemarkable facilitator. She has delivered 225+ talks and workshops on technical topics and applied skills as a part of communities, institutes and organisations. She has completed her Masters in Information Technology from International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore and Bachelors in Computer Science from Sir M Visvesvaraya Institute of Technology.

Saptarshi Prakash

Product Designer

He loves solving problems. Be it counselling a heart-broken friend or breaking his head to build a complex UX flow - he does them all. Despite being an engineer from the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Madras he chose to go down the path of Digital Experience Designing because he believes problem solving can go well beyond the limits of engineering. Housing.com and Zeta are some of the very well known startups of India he has worked with. Currently, he is a Product Design Manager at Swiggy, India's largest food ordering and delivery platform. He has delivered 50+ UX talks / workshops at various places including big names like Amazon, Grab, Shopee, Practo, IDC IIT Bombay, IIT Guwahati, NID Bangalore etc. When he is not designing, he is either drafting his next design talk, or travelling in some far off country.

Shyam Sundar Ramaswami

Threat Researcher

Shyam Sundar Ramaswami is a TEDx speaker, Black Hat speaker, GREM certified malware analyst, Cisco Security Ninja black belt and teaches cyber security using "Batman" & " Avengers" characters. Shyam leads the Threat research group for Umbrella India Research org -Cisco and is a threat researcher who focuses on malware and memory forensics. Shyam has delivered talks in several conferences and universities like Black Hat (2019&2020 Las Vegas), Qubit Forensics (Serbia),Cyber Surakshit( Govt Of India) Nullcon 2020 (Goa), Cisco Live (Barcelona) and in several IEEE forums in India. Shyam also teaches cyber security " Advanced malware attack and defences" in Stanford University Cyber security program and runs a mentoring program called being robin where he mentors students all over the globe on cyber security. Shyam’s interviews have also been published in leading websites like “ Zdnet” and “CISO MAG”

Sonali Devnani

Portrait Photographer

What One sees through the lens is captured forever, it remembers little things long after everything is forgotten “ is our final speaker’s motto behind taking up photography. Sonali Devnani’s outlook towards photography is more to capture humanity and she specialises in portrait photography. After completing her Masters in Journalism at the University of Hong Kong, her journey as a film-maker began and it was during this stage she believed she had the power to cause social change and speak for people who needed a voice. Her first documentary, “Addicted Innocence”, which focused on the problem of abandoned and abused underaged children dealing with drug rehabilitation on the streets of New Delhi, was acclaimed and appreciated by winning best documentary at the Chicago South East Asian Film Festival. As she negotiates these challenges, She hopes she can inspire in others a desire to see the world for themselves and capture moments that they will cherish for life.