Meet our Speakers for #TEDxSIBMBengaluru 2016 (Part 03)

February 26, 2016

Dr. Sangeeta Shankar is a famous Indian Classical violinist, disciple and daughter of the renowned violin virtuoso Padmabhushan Dr. Smt. N. Rajam. She began learning at the youthful age of four under the unparalleled tutelage of her mom and Guru, Padmabhushan Dr. Smt. N. Rajam. She first started performing on television when she was barely 8 years old, and her career has been going ahead ever since. At the age of 13, she had the privilege of accompanying her mother, and gave a full-fledged debut solo performance when she was as young as 16. Her performance was much appreciated, and it wasn't long before she made a mark in the Indian classical music industry. She performs not only in various states and provinces of India, but also in numerous countries around the globe. Dr. Sangeeta Shankar has a number of albums to her credit - including a Grammy nomination.

She is blessed with a mystical voice that touches a large number of hearts around the world; Dr. Sangeeta Shankar mesmerizes her audiences with her ability to communicate to each individual present in a crowd. She addresses a wide range of subjects that include - Education of Values & Culture, Success Principles, Personality Development, Health & Beauty, Happiness, Peace and Music. Melody is Dr. Sangeeta Shankar’s forte – and it shines through all her compositions. Her broad learning of music and an inherent feel for feelings – help her to make excellent and beautiful arrangements of each kind – Film, Rock, Ghazal, Geet, Bhajan, Children’s songs, Classical, Fusion, Ringtones, etc.

Dr. Sangeeta Shankar's vision is a peaceful. She is working on an educational project called 'Milaap' which is a project aimed at social transformation by imparting education to children based on values and success principles through music, poetry and stories. The children would be educated by famous celebrities – actors, playback singers, artists & musicians. Presently, she is the Director and Founder of Legendary Legacy Promotions Pvt. Ltd., a music company which consists of a storehouse of excellent classical music and also other exclusive products. Legendary Legacy forges ahead with a mission to create awareness, educate and entertain people with good music.

Cinema greatly influences the society. Basically, future movie producers ought to be outfitted with the right instruction so they can make important and groundbreaking movies which will, thusly, affect the general public. As a professor at the celebrated Whistling Woods International Film Institute, Dr. Sangeeta Shankar is currently educating the future film makers on Indian music and voice culture.



Naresh V Narasimhan is well known for his long-term association with Venkataramanan Associates (VA), an award-winning architectural firm. What resonates when you talk to him, is his enthusiasm and his role as an urbanist, activist, and creative entrepreneur in Bangalore. Some of Naresh's latest activities incorporate Cobalt, a dynamic collaborating space in central Bangalore that uses spatial and social procedures to trigger good fortune at work.

Through Metaform, a multidisciplinary conceptual design firm, he's worked with municipal agencies to renew valuable markets and neighborhoods. As a co-founder of MOD Institute, an international collective of urban designers, researchers and curators, Naresh has also been responsible in making cities like Bangalore and the urban processes that drive them: visible and participatory. As part of the erstwhile Bangalore Agenda Task Force; a founder and trustee of Imagine Bangalore, and regular advisor to government bodies, Naresh has fueled many progressive causes for the city. He keeps up a sound and varied work‐style, with hobbies that range from social development, information sharing and correspondence procedures to silver screen, craftsmanship and pop culture.



Mr. Arun Chandru is a 29 years old a PhD research scholar and gold medalist at the Department of Aerospace Engineering, Indian Institute of Science. He is the co-founder and managing director of Pandorum Technologies.
Founded in 2011 by academic entrepreneurs, Pandorum Technologies Pvt. Ltd. is a biotechnology startup with distinct synergy of life science and engineering competencies. The company works on design and manufacturing of functional human tissues; for medical research, therapeutic and other applications. Mr Arun Chandru believes that technology has the potential to impact millions of lives. Pandorum Technologies, has become the first Indian firm to develop artificial living tissue, which performs the function of a human liver, and can lead to affordable, full-scale transplantable organs in few a years. Mr Arun Chandru is recently featured in the Forbes 30 under 30 list for Healthcare and Science, Asia. 
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(This Blog post is written by Tanzila Merchant - tanzila@ssmc.edu.in & edited by Content Team, TEDxSIBMBengaluru)