page_title: Techfest
section_title: Lectures
hierarchical_section_title: Techfest / Events / Lectures
caption_attribution_description: English: Serge Haroche giving a Lecture at Techfest, IIT Bombay
context_page_description: Techfest is the annual science and technology festival of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. It also refers to the independent body of students who organize this event along with many other social initiatives and outreach programs around the year. Techfest is known for hosting a variety of events that include competitions, exhibitions, lectures as well as workshops.
  Started in 1998 with the aim of providing a platform for the Indian student community to develop and showcase their technical prowess, it has now grown into Asia's Largest Science and Technology Festival with a footfall of 1.75 lakhs in its latest edition. The activities culminate in a grand three-day event in the campus of IIT Bombay which attracts people from all over the World, including students, academia, corporates and the general public.
context_section_description: The Lecture Series is one of the most distinguished and enlightening parts of the fest. The series has been continuously striving to impart knowledge and profound experience to one of the largest gathering across the continent. The sheer volume of knowledge and ideas that are spread through the series is immense and unimaginable. The platform provides the opportunity of interacting with eminent personalities and share ideas and interests. The past speakers at Techfest include great personalities like:
  The 14th Dalai Lama (Nobel Laureate, Peace)
  Late Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam (Former President of India and Founder of India's missile program)
  Dasho Tshering Tobgay (Former Prime minister of Bhutan)
  Sophia, Hanson Robotics, Citizen of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Most advanced humanoid robot ever built)
  Late Manohar Parrikar (Former Defence minister of India)
  Zaheer Khan (Indian Cricket Legend)
  Einstein Robot(Albert HUBO)
  Prof. Eric Maskin (Nobel Laureate in Economics)
  Jayant Sinha (Minister of the state, Civil aviation)
  Viral V. Acharya (Deputy Governor, RBI)
  Simon Taufel (Member of the ICC Elite Umpire Panel)
  Randy Schekman (Nobel Prize recipient in Physiology)
  Dilip Chhabria (Founder of DC Design)
  Jimmy Wales (Founder, Wikipedia)
  Ada Yonath (Nobel Laureate, Chemistry)
  Michael Sandel (Political Philosopher, Harvard University)
  Gaur Gopal Das (Motivational Speaker, ISKCON)
  C.N.R. Rao (Bharat Ratna 2013-Highest Civilian Award of India)
  Bjarne Stroustrup (inventor of C++)
  Amartya Sen (Nobel Laureate, Economics)
  Vint Cerf (one of the fathers of Internet)
  Pranav Mistry (Vice President of Research at Samsung, Inventor of SixthSense technology)
  John Nash (Nobel Laureate, Economics)
  Harold Kroto (Nobel Laureate, Chemistry)
  Ei-ichi Negishi (Nobel Laureate, Chemistry)
  Robert E. Kahn (One of the fathers of internet)
  Manjul Bhargava (Fields Medal and Padma Bhushan awardee, Mathematician)
  Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (Nobel Laureate, Chemistry)
  Stephen Wolfram (Developer of Mathematica )
  Ryan Germick (Google Doodle team leader)
  Jaap Haartsen (Inventor of Bluetooth)
  Jaime Lagunez (Scientist and Human Rights activist has accepted this year's invitation)
  Dr. K. Radhakrishnan (Ex-Chairman, Indian Space Research Organisation)
  Eric Klinker (CEO, Bit Torrent)
  Serge Haroche (Nobel Laureate, Physics)
  Rakesh Sharma (1st Indian in Space)
  Sharmila Tagore (UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador)
  Peter Atkins (British Chemist and renowned Author)
  Bruce Allen (American Physicist and Director, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
  Mark Papermaster (Former CTO, Apple Inc.)
caption: Serge Haroche, French Physicist, Nobel Laureate, at Techfest, IIT Bombay
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