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title: Talks
date: "2021-03-22T16:32:50Z"
lastmod: "2025-09-25T11:21:59Z"
wp_id: 3105
---

Since 2011, I've been speaking about data & AI at events & organizations.

[My Talks YouTube playlist](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHCH16htawZbR_-mIqfGmYbhE5S2UckOh) videos of public talks.
[My Talks slides page](https://sanand0.github.io/talks/) has recent talk content and transcripts.

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## Events

Some of the events I've spoken at are:

- TEDx: [IIM Bangalore](https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/14548), [NMIMS Bangalore](https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/13132), [Whitefield](https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/24163), [KG Institutions](https://www.ted.com/tedx/events/35806), ...
- Strata: [New York 2018](https://conferences.oreilly.com/strata/strata-ny-2018/public/schedule/detail/69021), [London 2015](https://conferences.oreilly.com/strata/big-data-conference-uk-2015/public/schedule/detail/39819)
- PyCon: [India](https://in.pycon.org/2019/), [Indonesia](https://pycon.id/), [Iran](https://ir.pycon.org/), [Kenya](https://www.pyconke.org/), ...

## Bio for talks

If you need a short bio to introduce me, you're welcome to modify this.

> Anand is an LLM psychologist at [Straive](https://straive.com/). His data stories company, [Gramener](https://gramener.com/), was acquired by Straive, where he researches AI and publishes demos. He's listed among [India's top 10 data scientists](https://analyticsindiamag.com/top-10-data-scientists-in-india-2015/) and [AI influencers](https://analyticsindiamag.com/ai-highlights/indias-100-most-influential-people-in-ai/) and is a regular TEDx/Pycon speaker.
>
> Anand is an alumnus of IIM Bangalore, IIT Madras, London Business School, IBM, Infosys Consulting, Lehman Brothers, and BCG.
>
> More importantly, he hand-transcribed every Calvin & Hobbes strip ever, is addicted to Minecraft & Anime (thanks to his daughter), and dreams of watching every film on the [IMDb Top 250](https://www.imdb.com/chart/top/) (except [The Shining](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081505/)).
>
> He blogs at [s-anand.net](https://www.s-anand.net/).

I'm on social media on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanand0/), [Github](http://github.com/sanand0), [Twitter](https://twitter.com/sanand0), [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBOUVZF7VkeXzGaQ89CxiTQ).

You may use any pictures of me and here are some:

![](/blog/assets/Anand-5a-1.webp)

![](/blog/assets/s-anand-2015.webp)

## Logistics

- **Presentation**: I don't have presentations to share. Often, I present interactive demos.
- **Laptop**: I use my laptop (Lenovo, Ubuntu, HDMI + USB3) to present. No audio. I need my laptop near the podium to type.
- **Aspect ratio**: I can work with 16:9, 16:10, or 4:3 screens. Please check if circles look like perfect circles, not ovals.
- **Internet**: My demos need Internet. I can use mobile data but if the venue network is bad, please help with WiFi.
- **Security**: I don't carry ID. If security requires one, I'd appreciate an escort to take me through with my phone and laptop.
- **Attire**: I wear round-neck T-shirts, jeans, and open sandals. Please allow this.
- **Recording**: I encourage you to record my talk. Please share the recording with me.

## Fee / honorarium

- I don't charge nor pay a fee for public talks. I only accept dry fruits, [Wikipedia donations](https://donate.wikimedia.org/), or [GitHub donations](https://github.com/open-source/sponsors) as honorarium.
- Contact me for corporate / private talks. I share sanitized recordings of my talks publicly.