Noted biotech engineer and entrepreneur Aardra Chandra Mouli will be one of the speakers at Manoramaonline Geojit Techspectations 2018, a premier digital summit, which will be held in Kochi on November 24.
Aardra is the founder and MD of Aeka Biochemicals Pvt Ltd, the first fully women-owned environmental biotech company in India. Based in Thiruvananthapuram, her passions vary from reading and dance to developing effective bio-based solutions for environmental remediation. She also works to make science and entrepreneurship accessible to all those interested in these fields, especially women.
Aardra is one of 50 young leaders selected from around the world to form the inaugural cohort for the British Council Future Leaders Connect programme, an executive policy and leadership programme at the University of Cambridge and the UK Houses of Parliament. She is a British Council Jubilee Scholar, and was awarded a full scholarship for pursuing her Masters in Management at Warwick Business School, UK.
Aardra was invited by NITI Ayog to meet the prime minister and participate in the Champions of Change nation-building programme held in August 2017. She has received much appreciation and several awards for her work, including the COSiDiCi (Council of State Industrial Development and Investment Corporations of India) National Award for Outstanding Entrepreneurs, 2018, the New Indian Express Devi Award, 2016, the Professional’s Conclave Woman Entrepreneur Award, 2016, and the RED Shakti Award, 2017.
She has been a TEDx speaker, and a panelist at the India Today Conclave 2016.
Techspectations 2018
Techspectations 2018 will be held at Hotel Crown Plaza from 10 am on November 24.
YouTube Video Asia-Pacific head Ajay Vidyasagar, Comscore Asia-Pacific head Kedar Gavane, Google 360 India manager Ruhbir Singh, Brightcove Asia vice-president Ben Morel, Hero Talkies co-founder and director Aathitiyan V S and Akamai India head Sidharth Pisharoti are some of the other tech honchos to talk at the event.
The summit has Akamai and Adobe as partners and Geojit as the title sponsor. Visit https://www.techspectations.com for more details and registration.
Techspectations 2018 app
Registration to participate in the summit can be done through the mobile app of Techspectations, 2018. The app, which contains all information relating to the summit, can be downloaded for free from Google Play Store and Apple App Store. After registration, all details regarding programme schedule, speakers and delegate pass will be send to the mobile.
The main features of the app include registration module, agenda, speakers’ profiles, information on sponsors, social media shares, calendar, event friends and e-check-in.
