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INK Stream 2013 at ASB, Trivandrum, Oct 25-27, 2013
AT ASIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
TECHNOCITY, TRIVANDRUM
Co-sponsored by CII
Brief Speaker Bios
As part of the Asian School of Business’ efforts to bring the exciting INK 2013 talks to a
wide audience in Trivandrum, we are live-streaming the content to ASB.
Ticket Prices:
For Students with Id: Rs. 450 for all three days, Rs. 200 per day, inclusive of lunch/refreshments
For All Others: Rs. 1000 for all three days, Rs. 400 per day, inclusive of lunch/refreshments
Location:
ASB is in Pallipuram, off NH 47/66, next to the CRPF camp. By bus, get down at the CRPF
camp, ASB is 1km away and you can get an auto from the auto stand there.
October 25-27
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The full list of speakers is as follows. For further information, contact office.asb@gmail.com or
Anand at 99614-39394.
For more details on the speakers, please go to www.inktalks.com The speaker schedules are
subject to change, so please refer to the webpage for the final information.
Friday Oct 25, 2013
09:00-10:45
 David Gallo, Deep Sea Oceanographer, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA
 Dr Uma Ramakrishnan, Geneticist, has used DNA techniques to study how the tiger population
has varied over the last 200 years
 Lakshmi Pratury, Founder, Host, Curator, brought TED to India in 2009 in Mysore. She curated
INK 2010, and has been listed as one Forbes’ ‘100 Most Powerful Women’ in Asia
 Pushpa Basnet, Social Worker, Nepal. CNN Hero of the Year 2012, activist for rights of the
children of imprisoned parents
 Shankar Tucker, Clarinetist and Composer, explores contemporary and traditional Indian music
 Rajeswari Kannan, Head of Media Lab, Nokia Research, Bangalore, does computational imaging
 Sunil Khandbahale, Linguist, Nashik, working to bridge the linguistic divide between English and
Indian languages by creating digital dictionaries in 22 Indian languages
11:30-13:15
 Amar Hanspal, Digital Portfolio Designer, who has built imaginative design teams
 Krithi Karanth, Wildlife Conservationist, Center for Wildlife Studies, Bangalore
 Maira Kalman, Author and Illustrator, travels the world, depicts it through words and pictures
 Param Jaggi, Researcher in green technologies, biofuels. CEO, Ecoviate, at the age of 19
 Stefan Sagmeister, Designer, has used graphic design to communicate meaning and insights
 Vandana Srinivasan, Musician with an eclectic background: Qatari and Bangla music has
influenced her vocals
14:30-16:15
 Asima Ensemble, Trivandrum, a vocal and percussion group performing fusion music
 Girish Ramdas, Entrepreneur, has made a foray into digital publishing with Magzter
 Ronak Samantray, Inventor, is making the internet available via SMS to small businesses
 Sabriye Tenberken, Blind Linguistic Designer, Trivandrum, has built schools for the blind and
runs the kanthari foundation for social entrepreneurship
 Sanvar Oberoi, Agricultural Entrepreneur, is trying bring back the hemp crop, which has been
long ostracized for its association with cannabis
 Sri Tatvamasi Dixit, Vedic Business Consultant, works mostly with Family Owned Businesses
 Tina Sharma, Wellness Consultant, believes simplification is the key to being human
Saturday, 26 October
October 25-27
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09:00-10:45
 Anand Gandhi, Filmmaker, made an acclaimed, award-winning first feature film
 Anirudh Sharma, INK Fellow at MIT Media Lab, developed innovative touch-sensitive shoes for
the blind
 Kelli Swazey, Anthropologist, Indonesia, studies the role of media in the construction of religious
identiy
 Mark Magidson, Filmmaker, makes grand, epic films with technical complexity and innovation
 Rekha Parameswaran, Healing Historian, helps those with genetic bleeding disorders to undergo
safe cancer treatments at Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York
 Robin Chaurasiya, Activist, fought for the rights of gay/lesbian soldiers while in the US Army and
runs the NGO Kranti that works with girls from Mumbai’s red-light district
 William Pennel Rock, Social Anthropologist, developed a way to present self-development and
self-realization
 Rohan Dixit, Meditation Neurotechnologist, studies how meditation changes the brainwaves of
subjects
11:30-13:15
 Alicia Souza, Illustrator/cartoonist, a former banker, is now a career designer and illustrator
 Balazs Gardi, Photographer, covered the Afghanistan war, and his latest project is on the
consequences of water scarcity
 Nikesh Arora, Senior VP/Chief Business Officer, Google, oversees all revenue and customer
operations and earlier headed direct sales
 PS Jalaja, Visual Artist, Lalit Kala Akademi winner, is intrigued by the duality of man as an
individual and as an element in a mob
 Scott Cook, Founder and Chairman of the Board at Intuit, revolutionized personal finance
management with his software
 Sunil Thankamushy, Creative Director, Virtual Worlds is a developer of acclaimed video games
 Usha Uthup, Singer
14:30-16:15
 Aisha Chaudhary, Inspirational Artist, 17 years old, was born with an immune deficiency and
overcome a predicted life expectancy of one year to become an artist and a role model
 Amar Hanspal, Digital Portfolio Designer, who has built imaginative design teams
 Anupam Mukerji, Fake IPL Player, created india’s biggest viral sensation, and is a general
prankster
 Asha Jadeja, Angel Investor, is a top Silicon Valley angel investor, after having invested in 75
technology companies as a VC
 Kshitij Marwah, Innovator, heads the MIT Media Lab India Initiative and is leading the Design
Innovation workshop series
 Neville Mars, Architect and Urban Researcher, is an urban researcher whose latest projects
include the Sino-Dutch Ecocity in Shenzhen, China
October 25-27
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Nikhil Velpanur, Counterculture Entrepreneur, operates Boiled Beans Inc, a multidisciplinary
studio and design incubator
Peter Frykman, Entrepreneur, is founder-CEO of Driptech, dealing with water scarcity
Roger Fisk, Presidential PR Guru, led the PR initiatives in President Obama’s 2008 and 2012
elections
Shankar Tucker, Clarinetist and Composer, explores contemporary and traditional Indian music
Shilo Shiv Suleman, Artist, Illustrator of childrens’ books
Stefanie Czerny, Managing Director and Co-Founder of DLD Media
Vicky Roy, Photographer, focuses on helping the disadvantaged by giving them a voice through
his photograpy
16:45-18:30
 Anu Sridharan, Environmental Engineer, founded NextDrop to tackle urban India’s erratic water
supply
 John Werner, MIT Media Lab, Camera Group, is the project innovator in imaging platforms
 Joichi Ito, Director, MIT Media Lab, is a serial entrepreneur and sits on the boards of the New
York Times, the MacArthur Foundation, and the Knight Foundation
 Karthik Reddy, Venture Capitalist, is looking to reimagine the VC model for Indian conditions
 Tod Machover, MIT Media Lab, Opera Group, is a musical innovator
 Vicky Roy, Photographer, focuses on helping the disadvantaged by giving them a voice through
his photograpy
 Ramesh Raskar, Associate Professor, MIT Media Lab,
Sunday, Oct 27th
0900-10:45
 Shruti Ganguly, Producer and Director, is a New York producer of features, short films and
documentaries
 Isha Sharvani, Dancer and Actress, originally from Trivandrum, expert on dance and other
movement traditions in India
 Luke Iseman, Inventor, using open source hardware to build a wireless soil sensor for small
gardens so people can grown their own produce
 Singdha Manchanda, Tea Sommelier, has developed her own line of fine hand-blended teas
 Neville Mars, Architect and Urban Researcher, is an urban researcher whose latest projects
include the Sino-Dutch Ecocity in Shenzhen, China
 Tushar Vashist, Health Entrepreneur, in 2011 conducted an experiment living at the
government-stipulated poverty line of Rs 32/day. This inspired him to found HealthifyMe
1130-1315
 Andrea Colaco, MIT Media Lab, Ink Fellow, works on novel user interfaces
October 25-27
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Christopher Kirchhoff, Crisis Investigator, authored the Space Shuttle Columbia Accident
Investigation Report
Darren Abrahams, Tenor, Naciketa, is a singer and performer who has appeared in opera all over
the world
Elishal Ezra, Bioengineer, Winner of the 2013 Nano-Science award, is at Hebrew University in
Jerusalem, and studies complex medical interfaces
Jacob van Zyl, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, is a rocket scientist and expert in remote sensing
Nigel Osborne, Composer, Naciketa
Prakriti Dutta, Dhrupad Singer, Naciketa, has collaborated with a London theatre company in
their production Naciketa, based on the Upanishads
Tendekayi Katsiga, Entrepreneur, produces low-cost solar powered hearing aids made for deaf
people by deaf people
Varun Agarwal, Media/Merchandise Maverick, is a 25 year old filmmaker, entrepreneur and
bestselling author of ‘How I braved Anu Aunty and Co-founded a Million Dollar Company’
October 25-27
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