A Web3 Entrepreneurial Journey: How We Built KoinX
They say that necessity is the mother of invention, but sometimes invention is the mother of invention. With the rise of crypto, investors need reliable and secure ways to calculate their capital gains and report their taxes. Enter KoinX, a platform that calculates your crypto taxes in a few clicks. In this talk, KoinX founder Punit Agarwal explains how he built KoinX, offers his best advice to other founders, and shares his vision for the future of crypto and the technologies that will be needed to support it.
Punit Agarwal
Bridget FinkeldeyPunit Agarwal is the Founder and CEO of KoinX, a platform that helps calculate crypto taxations in a jiffy. He has been involved in the Web3 landscape for over 5 years and has held noteworthy positions in several blockchain and crypto projects in India. Formerly, he led Crypto Relief Fund - a $500 mn impact fund started by Sandeep Nailwal (Co-Founder of Polygon) - Punit helped in deploying and overseeing major public healthcare initiatives across India. He also advises on blockchain projects in the space of NFTs, DeFi, Creator Economy, among others.
Punit is an engineer from The LNM Institute of Information Technology and has several certifications and licenses from Blockchain Training Academy, University of California, Berkley and IBM Blockchain Essentials and Foundation Developer. He has taught more than 8000 people about blockchain and cryptocurrencies.
Anirudh Dutt
Bridget FinkeldeyBacl end developer with expertise in Python, Docker, Web Services, Automation, Selenium, Data Migration
Prioritizing Mental Health for Engineers and Tech Career Aspirants
Debugging your code can seem much easier than debugging your mental health; however, in a global village waking up to the fact that mental health and wellness impact performance, caring for one’s mental health can be simpler if you have the right tools. In this talk, Dr. Amit Neogi, Assistant Professor of Physics at LNM Institute of Information Technology, explains why he started a Center for Wellness and Positive Health at the institute, how you can find the support you need to care for your mental health, and how tech companies can effectively support the mental health and wellness of their people.
Dr. Amit Neogi
Bridget FinkeldeyDr Neogi has been working as an Assistant Professor of Physics in an IT Engineering Institute started by steel King Mr L N Mittal in 2003, The LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur in short The LNMIIT. He has been taking courses in mechanics, optics, Biomedical Engineering, mental health etc. Though he is passionate in teaching Physics and other allied subjects he is keen in interacting with young students outside the classroom. He started a students’ club along with his students long before in 2004 in LNMIIT. The purpose of Sankalp was to help young students understand life in its totality and bring values into the life of an individual. The Sankalp members are involved in various social service activities throughout the year, like teaching of mess workers, teaching children in nearby villages, distributing winter clothes to street dwellers, orphanages, visiting children in slums etc. Dr Neogi has served twice as Chief Warden in LNMIIT. Because of his closeness with students, presently he is the first Center Lead of a center dedicated for mental health known as Center for Wellness and Positive Health. He is highly interested about alternative health and has been engaged in a project to bring all major therapies and clinics in one place so that a confused patient may get his answer in one single place.
Earlier Dr Neogi has been educated from IIT Kanpur. He did his Five Year Integrated Physics from IIT Kanpur followed by PhD in Physics from 1986 – 1999, a span of thirteen years. He has worked in BITS Pilani from 1999-2000 as lecturer and in IIT Jodhpur from 2009-10 as visiting faculty of Physics. In between he was also a post-doctoral fellow in Dublin City University (2001- 2002) and Trinity College Dublin from (2004 – 2005).
Sanmaya Mohanty
Bridget FinkeldeyI am passionate about and have donned multiple roles in several domains including Data Analytics, community management, and digital strategy.
But when you get right down to the roots of it, I am much more a people person, a community guy (founder of stuops), and an avid observer of the Startup Ecosystem.
I am an avid believer in exploring different sects of profession, before finding your one true passion (if that sort of thing even exists!). I have worked as a developer, a community growth consultant, freelanced as a data analyst (MSBI expert!), and now I am discovering my passion for building communities.
And one thing common across all these domains was the need to push out content! So I am well versed in content creation, strategy, and creating full-fledged content pipelines.
I have helped several organizations and I can help you leverage the power of communities, as I have managed several communities organized 30+ in-person events and strategized 5+ hackathons.
As a Growth Marketer, I’ve built full-scaled digital marketing campaigns that attract traffic, convert leads, and most importantly, close sales.
In my freelancing stint, I have helped 30+ early-stage startups and offline enterprises leverage the power of content-driven social media marketing and strategized their organic brand growth, giving them more leads and revenues.
If you’re interested in community building, brand growth, digital outreach, startups or community in general – and have read so far, feel free to message me, and I will be the happiest to talk!
Investing and Trading for Tech Professionals
Storing cash under a mattress might have worked out for our grandparents, but it definitely won’t work for us. With inflation, economic upheaval, and ongoing geopolitical events, it’s important to know how to make your money work for you. But for the same reasons, it’s hard to know the best way to do that. Join Aanshul Sadaria, software engineer at Google, as he explains how tech professionals can build investment strategies that not only provide peace of mind, but also yield results.
Aanshul Sadaria
Bridget FinkeldeySoftware Engineer at Google; Research Intern at Adobe (Patent Holder / First Inventor); Gold Medallist at IIIT Hyderabad; Researcher at Precog (authored multiple research papers) Bootstrapping a financial literacy initiative with EngineerTrade. Loves to solve complex ambiguous problems in enterprise search at Google. Outside of work, I love to travel, drive, trek, write, cook, photograph, ... Mentored 1000+ students to help them get into the software industry and spoke at 50+ events.
Sanmaya Mohanty
Bridget FinkeldeyI am passionate about and have donned multiple roles in several domains including Data Analytics, community management, and digital strategy.
But when you get right down to the roots of it, I am much more a people person, a community guy (founder of stuops), and an avid observer of the Startup Ecosystem.
I am an avid believer in exploring different sects of profession, before finding your one true passion (if that sort of thing even exists!). I have worked as a developer, a community growth consultant, freelanced as a data analyst (MSBI expert!), and now I am discovering my passion for building communities.
And one thing common across all these domains was the need to push out content! So I am well versed in content creation, strategy, and creating full-fledged content pipelines.
I have helped several organizations and I can help you leverage the power of communities, as I have managed several communities organized 30+ in-person events and strategized 5+ hackathons.
As a Growth Marketer, I’ve built full-scaled digital marketing campaigns that attract traffic, convert leads, and most importantly, close sales.
In my freelancing stint, I have helped 30+ early-stage startups and offline enterprises leverage the power of content-driven social media marketing and strategized their organic brand growth, giving them more leads and revenues.
If you’re interested in community building, brand growth, digital outreach, startups or community in general – and have read so far, feel free to message me, and I will be the happiest to talk!
Skills over Money: How GirlScript Supports Students at the Grassroot Level
Upskilling in tech doesn’t have to be expensive—in fact, it shouldn’t have to be. Whether you want to learn new skills, or give back to your community through mentorship or sponsorship, GirlScript can help. Join Founding Director Anubha Maneshwar to learn more about GirlScript’s mission, its enormous impact within its four short years, and how you can get involved.
Anubha Maneshwar
Bridget FinkeldeyAnubha is young entrepreneur, founder of GirlScript Foundation that has impacted over 500,000+ students globally. She also works at Nervos Blockchain as Developer Education and Events Manager and also is active in web3/blockchain community with her initiatives like Web3 Meetup India and Web3Conf India. She is recognised globally at platforms like Forbes Asia Under 30, Society of Women Engineers Magazine, Top 8 in Technology Playmaker Award at London UK etc.and even spoken at 500+ national and international platforms like Tedx, Gitex Dubai, Microsoft Build etc. She is also a micro investor and startup mentor and often engages as Jury at Smart India Hackathon, Techstars and Hult Prize Regionals.