Feb 2016
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19 Fri 09:00 AM – 09:25 AM IST
20 Sat 09:00 AM – 09:25 AM IST
21 Sun
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Nupur Jain Writing a pop academic graphic novelTo engage people in a discussion and hands-on workshop on marrying the popular with academic writing and analysis- in order to maximise knowledge dissemination through the popular medium more
Technical level: Intermediate
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Anindo Ghosh Science (no longer) FictionA set of discussions on various “science fiction” scenarios which sound futuristic, but are (close to) reality today: Each discussion will be headlined by a simplistic scifi short story, putting technology hot topics into plainspeak context, and thereby provoke relevant debate. more
Technical level: Beginner
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Tathagat How I wrote my first book for a global major publisher?I published my first book in Nov 2015. In this talk, I will share my journey with other prospective authors. more
Technical level: Intermediate
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Nitika Agarwal FOSS : What’s the Fuss About?The workshop aims at introducing the audience to the world of FOSS and help them in picking up their first project no matter what their background has been in this domain as of now. The workshop will focus not only on developers, but also motivate the ones not into coding and development by introducing opportunities in design, documentation and outreach. The speakers will discuss their involvemen… more
Technical level: Beginner
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Karan Bellani What is it like to work on a global book project with a celebrity Chef?A candid discussion about the experience of working on Utsav - a global, once in a lifetime book project about Indian festivals being authored by Chef Vikas Khanna. more
Technical level: Beginner
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Anindo Ghosh Proposing The #100SareePact ProposalTo show how a simple idea that stemmed from a conversation between two virtual friends brought people across the globe together over their love for sarees and stories. To understand why a hashtag went viral and what it meant to several people. more
Technical level: Beginner
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Jeeva Anna George Writing an Autobiography and Fact Book in your 30's - The First of its Kind in IndiaTalk about why I would be asked to write an Autobiography and how to go about it and the TGP connect . more
Technical level: Beginner
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Jayati Doshi Talking to strangers about loveYou know those intense emotions we go through while falling in and out of love? the ones we thought no one would ever understand? I was curious about them, so a year ago I started talking to strangers intimately about love, and learnt (among other lessons) that there was so much universal in all the many ways we love, and yet each experience so uniquely ours. Through this session, I wish to let y… more
Technical level: Beginner
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gayatri rao Let us Talk EvilThe aim of the talk will briefly look at different theories & studies related to evil and aim to draw on common themes towards action to stop ‘evil’. To look into mechanisms of how evil gets perpetuated we may also start looking at our own acts – if we are abetting or abating evil more
Technical level: Intermediate
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gayatri rao Butterflies to Chaos to Complexity... and to life thereofThis session would engage participants by Looking at the limits of a deterministic, analytic approach to science and generally the world Delving on some key concepts from chaos theory and the study of complex systems Simulation of interesting models from diverse fields (ecology, social-science, computer science etc) based on the approach of complexity more
Technical level: Advanced
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Navin Kabra Practical Lessons from the Gita for modern life: Entrepreneurship, Relationships, Social MediaModern life is quite different from the world our parents grew up in; and a lot of what we do in our lives and careers has no parallels in what they did. So it appears that we’re on our own as far as navigating this new world is concerned. I take timeless advice from the Gita and show how, with appropriate mappings to modern concepts, the advice is surprisingly effective. And I show how it parall… more
Technical level: Beginner
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#The Goa Project Funnel The Goa Project is an unconference - where unlike a typical conference, the talks are not put together by a panel or knowledge partner - but is proposed by the attendees themselves. You propose a session or talk that might be of interest to the audience at the unconference, …
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