Techfest | Lectures in Techfest 2012 | Techfest lectures

Techfest | Lectures in Techfest 2012 | Techfest lectures Techfest | Lectures in Techfest 2012 | Techfest lectures

The official website says that "Techfest, an independent body run by students of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, is the pioneer of science and technology festivals in India. It is Asia's largest annual science and technology festival. Apart from this, it has been involved in taking many path breaking initiatives to promote Eco-friendly technology and revolutionise the present day Indian society. Techfest started in 1998 with the aim of providing a platform for students to showcase their talents in the field of science and technology and in the short period of 15 years has grown to become Asia's largest festival of its kind. The last few editions of Techfest have seen more than 85,000 participants from more than 2100 colleges across India along with teams from countries like the USA, Australia, Thailand, Singapore, Nepal, Iran, Bangladesh, SriLanka, UAE, Denmark ,Venezuela and Canada. Apart from student involvement, Techfest 2011 also saw more than 6,000 faculty members and corporate executives."

Arrangements have been made for Lectures by the following eminent personalities from various fields.

Sir Venki Ramakrishnan
2009 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry
   
K Brandenburg
Pioneer in audio technology and co-inventor of MP3

David J Griffiths
Author of Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and Electrodynamics
   
Hakon Wium Lie
Developer CSS and CTO of Opera.

Aubrey de Grey
Developer of Tissue Repair Strategy (SENS) allowing indefinite extension of human lifespan.
   
Simon Singh
Science writer, author of “Fermat’s Last Theorem”, “Big Bang” and “The Code Book”

Deirdre Barrett
Author, Psychologist at Harvard Medical. Research on Sleep, hypnosis and Evolutionary Psychology.
   
Azhar Hussain MBE
Founder, TTXGP -The eGrandPrix.

Dennis Charter
Inventor of secure online money transfer.
   
Bharadwaj K Bala
Managing Director R&D Boeing India Operations

Mustansir Barma
Director, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
   
SA Bharadwaj
Director, NPCIL (Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd.)

Sugata Mitra
Professor, Educational Technology
   
Sujatha Ramdorai
Professor, School of Mathematics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)

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