Theme: Ecdysis

"Ecdysis" - shedding your old skin.
To let go, to be able to embrace change is what brings about growth in one's life, even more so in a society.
As important as it is for each one of us to be comfortable in our own skin, we as a community need to shed the skin of orthodoxy. The old needs to go and the new needs to come.

College of Engineering, Trivandrum
CETAA Hall, College of Engineering, Engg. College P.O, Mechanical Ln, Ambady Nagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala 695016
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, 695016
India

Abhas Mitra

Astrophysicist

Dr. Abhas Mitra is an Indian Astrophysicist who has performed tremendous work in the resolution of Black Hole information Paradox. He recently superannuated as Head of theoretical Astrophysics from BARC. Currently, he is an adjunct Professor of Homi Baba National Institute.

Bijoy Ramachandran

Architect

Riddles compel change. Designs conceive it. Bijoy Ramachandran is an Architect who opens new vistas of architectural design solutions, breaking free from the knots of our antiquated designing methods. A prodigy at urban architectural solutions.

Bini Noble

Hollywood Film Producer

A Hollywood filmmaker. A dreamer. A rebel. Quitting her IT job in 2013, she dove into the film industry. She hasn’t looked back since. A powerful woman making a mark in a man’s world.

Braj Mohan Das

A monk, a life coach & an inspirational speaker

A monk, a life coach & an inspirational speaker. After a B.Tech degree at IIT Mumbai and a Masters degree (Quantum physics) at Univ. of Illinois Chicago, he decided to be a Life Coach & Resident Monk at ISKCON Chowpatty. Combining ancient wisdom with current research, his message compels his audience to think deep, act right and live full.

Harish Sivaramakrishnan

Rockstar Techie

Engineer, Programmer, Marketer, Designer and Rockstar. He proves that you really can be whatever you want to be. A true jack of all trades. Engineers are not known to be the best artists, but this exquisite Carnatic musician and the front man for popular Carnatic Progressive Rock Band, Agam, is also an able engineer. He was one of the first engineers to work on Adobe’s Flex platform, and went to also become their worldwide developer evangelist. And, adding to his diverse set of skills, he is designing UX and UI’s – he worked with Myntra as their UI architect and is currently the VP for front-end engineering and UX at Freecharge. Immense skill coupled with a mature head has been the hallmark of Harish’s career so far and it gives us a lot to learn from.

Sid Sriram

Singer

Sid Sriram is an Indian-American music producer, playback singer, and song writer. He is a R&B songwriter, singer and performer, and works in the Tamil, Telugu and Hindi film industries. Singer. Songwriter. Producer. A maestro of Carnatic and R&B music. A master weaver of two different styles of music, he is a musical genius. The voice behind hits like “Thalli Pogathey” and “Maruvarthai”.

Suman Sahai

Indian Activist

Suman Sahai is an Indian activist and the founder of Gene Campaign. Sahai obtained a Ph.D. from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute in 1975. She then successively worked at the University of Alberta, University of Chicago, and the University of Heidelberg, where she obtained her habilitation in human genetics. According to the Web of Science, Sahai has published over 40 articles, mostly on policy issues relating to genetically modified organisms, which have been cited over 150 times, giving her an h-index of 7. She is director of the NGO, Gene Campaign.

Tiffany Brar

Social Activist

Tiffany Brar is an Indian Community Service worker who has been blind since childhood. She is the founder of the Jyothirgamaya Foundation, a non-profit organization whose stated mission is to help blind people in all spheres of life to gain the skills needed for a successful and smooth existence. She is a social activist and trainer, working to create awareness on disability.