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

My Talks YouTube playlist videos of public talks. My Talks slides page has recent talk content and transcripts.

Events

Some of the events I’ve spoken at are:

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, where he researches AI and publishes demos. He co-founded Gramener, a data stories company, which was acquired in 2023. He teaches Tools in Data Science at IIT Madras. He’s among India’s top 10 data scientists and AI influencers and also 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 (except The Shining).

He blogs at s-anand.net.

I’m on social media on LinkedIn, Github, Twitter, YouTube.

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

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, or GitHub donations as honorarium.
  • Contact me for corporate / private talks. I share sanitized recordings of my talks publicly.