Raghava KK-artist, entrerpreneur, storyteller to take the stage at TechSparks Pune
Wednesday August 14, 2013 , 3 min Read
TechSparks is the flagship event of YourStory that is a recognition platform for technology product startups in India. In its 4th edition now, TechSparks, the multi city event is now coming to its last city stop, Pune on August 17th, before the grand finale in Bangalore on October 5th.
The event will be hosted at Hotel Aurora Towers. We have had the best of successful entrepreneurs from India taking the stage at all the city events including the likes of Deep Kalra, Amit Ranjan, Murugavel Janakiraman, Arunachalam Muruganantham, Kavin Bharti Mittal, Vamshi Reddy and many more. But as they say, last but not the least – Pune entrepreneurs, we have got one of the best in store for you.
Raghava KK, named by CNN as one of the 10 most remarkable people of 2010, is a multidisciplinary artist and storyteller whose work is shown in galleries and museums around the world, will be taking the stage in TechSparks Pune to tell you an amazingly beautiful story of entrepreneurship and much more.
Having quit formal education at the age of 18 to start his career as a newspaper cartoonist, Raghava is today considered one of India's most successful young artists. Raghava also applies his artistic practice beyond the gallery space. He is actively involved in a radical education initiative, NuVu Studios, an offshoot of Harvard and MIT, to redefine creativity in education.
In 2011, Raghava's iPad book "Pop-it" shook up the concept of the ideal family and won a Kirkus Book Award for Best of 2011. His current work attempts to combine art and technology to bring multiple perspectives into the deployment of knowledge. He recently demoed his brainwave art at TED2013 in Long Beach.
Raghava is a four-time TED speaker, and he has lectured at several universities and art institutions, including NYU, Carnegie Mellon, the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, etc. He serves on the NuVu advisory and has also advised the INK Conference, Singularity University, Innoz, Startup Village, Nytric, and Banto.
Raghava often collaborates with other artists, including Erykah Badu, Paul Simon, and Yann Vasnier, a FIFA Award winning performer. He lives and works in New York and Bangalore, India on his creativity startup Flipsicle.
Pune entrepreneurs, you just can't afford to miss this! Be ready to be a part of the best startup event in Pune so far. See you at Hotel Aurora Towers on August 17th at 2.00pm!
