Profile Type: Speaker

Tatjana Dzambazova is a trained architect with 12 years of experience in architecture and design in Vienna and London. Always fascinated by the impact that technology has on our lives, she decided to continue her career in the digital design technology world, where, working for Autodesk for the last 13 years , she has been… Continue reading Tatjana Dzambazova

Vasundhara Das is a singer, songwriter, composer and actress. She has starred in several films in various languages, and has worked extensively as a playback singer in Bollywood, as well as in South Indian regional language films. Vasundhara is also a qualified drum circle facilitator, having trained with Arthur Hull. She spearheads Drumjam’s community and… Continue reading Vasundhara Das

Lavanya Sankaran is the author of the celebrated short story collection The Red Carpet, which spent two years on the best-seller lists and collected praise world-wide. Her debut novel The Hope Factory, just released, has been selected by Amazon UK as a Top Pick. Compared to Charles Dickens by the British press, Lavanya’s writing has… Continue reading Lavanya Sankaran

Joichi Ito is the Director of the MIT Media Lab. He is the Chair of Creative Commons, on the Board of The New York Times Company, on the Board of the MacArthur Foundation, on the Board of Trustees of The Knight Foundation, and co-founder and board member of Digital Garage an Internet company in Japan.… Continue reading Joichi Ito

There are zillions of benefits in being human. Our life is complex, our problems are complex, the world around us is complex. So Simplify. It is beautiful to be Simple. Simplification leads us to being human. Complexity is one of the things that lead us to unannounced dangers including obesity. I survived. But, it wasn’t… Continue reading Tina Sharma

Sri Tatwamasi Dixit, a successful Family Business Advisor by profession, specialises in working with business owning families. He founded FABRIC (Family Business Research International Centre), a boutique consulting firm, offering family business advisory services and coaching to Family Business Entrepreneurs. The firm advises on succession planning, family business governance, articulating the family charter & constitution,… Continue reading Sri. Tatwamasi Dixit

Rekha Parameswaran is a healer, educator and writer. She is currently the chair of the Hemostasis Study group of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, the largest multidisciplinary organization of its kind. Rekha has special expertise in taking care of people with genetic bleeding and clotting disorders by working closely with the highly… Continue reading Rekha Parameswaran

Rajeswari Kannan heads Media Technologies Lab at Nokia Research Center, Bangalore, which focuses on computational imaging research by exploiting novel camera optics, sensors and signal processing techniques to capture and visualize information in new ways. She firmly believes that research cannot exist in silos, there needs to be a constant flow to core businesses. She… Continue reading Rajeswari Kannan

Mahesh  Kale, based in San Francisco Bay area, is an accomplished vocalist of the new generation in the North Indian Classical style. Honed in the Gurukul system of learning from the legendary Padmashree Pandit Jitendra Abhisheki, he has an illustrious pedigree, and his thrilling performances bear this out. Mahesh  has established his presence firmly, as… Continue reading Mahesh Kale

Prakriti Singh is a 17 year old Delhi girl who has recently become Google’s top hit for “Water Wonder Girl”. Traumatized by the death of her grandfather from water-borne hepatitis in 2011, Prakriti formed her own NGO, “Praanaadhar” (essence of life), at   age  16.  She worked with different NGOs in the slum areas of… Continue reading Prakriti Singh