Anand's Talks

Since 2011 Anand has been been speaking about data, AI, visualization, and education at events & organizations.

Full YouTube playlist has videos of public talks.

Events

Some of the events I've spoken at are:

TEDx: IIM Bangalore, NMIMS Bangalore, Whitefield, KG Institutions, ...
Strata: New York 2018, London 2015
PyCon: India, Indonesia, Iran, Kenya, ...

Latest talks

12 Aug 2026. Why Are You Even Sitting in This Class? — guest hour for ED5518: Data Visualization for Engineers, Dr Palaniappan Ramu's course at the Department of Engineering Design, IIT Madras. Half an hour arguing the students shouldn't need the course — then the room fought back and found the part that doesn't go away. 📖 Story 💬 Transcript 🎧 Audio
10 Aug 2026. What Is This Course Really Teaching? — AMA for Tools in Data Science students of the IITM BS Programme, Remote. 68% of students named one source for what taught them and a different one for what got them marks. 📖 Story ⏯️ Video 💬 Transcript 🎧 Audio
07 Aug 2026. How Do You Manage Something Smarter Than You? — Data Hack Summit 2026, Bangalore. Five ways to specify to a smarter intelligence and five ways to verify one — every one of them stolen from a profession that has done it for centuries. 📖 Story ⏯️ Video 💬 Transcript 🎧 Audio
25 Jul 2026. Hire a Data Scientist for $100 — Agentic Analysis for IIM Alumni Singapore, AI Unboxed series (3/4). Finding public data, letting agents download and model it, and the one schedule worth running daily. 📖 Story ⏯️ Video 💬 Transcript 🎧 Audio
09 Jul 2026. Invite AI to the Table — AI in Education for the teachers of Sivaswamy Iyer School, Mylapore, Chennai. 📖 Story 💬 Transcript
07 Jul 2026. When Data is for Agents, Not Humans — hands-on workshop at The Fifth Elephant, Microsoft Luxor, Bangalore. Delegate the research to agents, benchmark their advice, compile what's measured into a skill. 📖 Story 💬 Transcript
04 Jul 2026. The Curator's Dilemma — a Dialogue at VizChitra 2026, Bangalore. When AI makes charts cheap, what is a curator still for? 📖 Story 💬 Transcript
02 Jul 2026. Free Methods, Priced Judgment — Multivariate Data Analysis (Term 4, PGP-BA) at IIM Bangalore, hosted by Prof. Shubhabrata Das. 📖 Story 💬 Transcript 🎧 Audio
20 Jun 2026. The Workshop That Made Itself — Tools & Workflows for IIM Alumni Singapore, AI Unboxed series (2/4). ⏯️ Video 💬 Transcript 🎧 Audio
16 Jun 2026. The Data Stack for an Agentic World — EQT India AI & Cyber Summit, Mumbai. 💬 Transcript 🎧 Audio
13 Jun 2026. Data Stories with AI — for data journalists and designers, Remote. 📖 Story 🗺️ Techniques ⏯️ Video 💬 Transcript 🎧 Audio
12 Jun 2026. Let AI Take Your Exams — IITM BS students at Paradox, DOMS Room 101, IIT Madras. 📖 Story 🗺️ Techniques ⏯️ Video 💬 Transcript 🎧 Audio 📝 Exam
11 Jun 2026. The Moving Boundary — Department of Engineering Design, IIT Madras, Chennai. 💬 Transcript
23 May 2026. What Your AI Doesn't Know About You — Context Engineering for IIM Alumni Singapore, AI Unboxed series (1/4). ⏯️ Video 💬 Transcript 🎧 Audio
15 May 2026. Agents are the New Software — Gramener All Hands, Remote.
30 Apr 2026. Inventing the Future of Learning — Panel at Harvard Graduate School of Education with LearningMate. ⏯️ Video 💬 Transcript 🎧 Audio
22 Apr 2026. The Dinner Table Theory of AI Skills — A dinner conversation that became a panel discussion at Edison, New Jersey.
08 Apr 2026. A Thousand Professors In Your Pocket — AI Workshop at LBSNAA, Mussoorie. 💬 Transcript 🎧 Audio
06 Apr 2026. Innovation as a Frontier — Straive, Remote. 💬 Transcript 🎧 Audio
26 Mar 2026. The Journalist and the Machine — How Anand worked with Times of India on the #hackoftheday series.
21 Mar 2026. The McKinsey in Your Pocket at NIE, Mysore Faculty Session, with Srikanth Nadhamuni. 💬 Transcript
21 Mar 2026. Design in the Age of Infinite Generativity at Chennai Design Festival, Chennai. 💬 Transcript 🎧 Audio
18 Mar 2026. Verification Architecture for Autonomous AI at Straive webinar, with Ankor Rai (CEO, Straive). 💬 Transcript
18 Mar 2026. AI for IITM Office of Institutional Advancement at Office of Institutional Advancement, IIT Madras, Chennai. 💬 Transcript 💡 Use Cases
18 Mar 2026. The Open-Book Exam We Never Designed at IIT Madras Academic Advisory Council, Chennai. 💬 Transcript 🧠 Ideas Catalog 📊 Ideas Table
15 Mar 2026. AI in SDLC — Panel Discussion at PyConf Hyderabad 2026, Hyderabad. ⏯️ Video 💬 Transcript 🎧 Audio
15 Mar 2026. How Students Learn Python at PyConf Hyderabad, Hyderabad.
12 Mar 2026. AI Roadmap for Engineering Education at NIE, Mysore, with Srikanth Nadhamuni. Guest: N.R. Narayana Murthy. 💬 Transcript
26 Feb 2026. Vibe Coding for Humanities at Ashoka University, Sonepat. ⏯️ Video (52m) 💬 Transcript
11 Feb 2026. Your Chotu Is Smarter Than You Think at Applied Materials, Bangalore. 💬 Transcript
20 Jan 2026. Agentic AI in Action at Deloitte TXA Academy, Hyderabad. ⏯️ Video (67m) 💬 Transcript
11 Jan 2026. Applied Vibe Coding at NPTEL, Remote. 💻 Screencast (121m) ⏯️ Video (121m)
06 Dec 2025. Mining Digital Exhaust at Fifth Elephant, Bangalore. 💻 Screencast (158m) ⏯️ Video (173m)
05 Dec 2025. Data to Decisions with AI at SCDM Keynote, Hyderabad
03 Dec 2025. Vibe Analytics at IIM Alumni SG (Remote)
15 Nov 2025. Applied Vibe Coding at IIT Madras (Remote)
06 Nov 2025. LLM Psychology on Madhu Decodes (Remote). ⏯️ Video (39m)
29 Oct 2025. LLM Data Visualization at IIT Madras, Chennai
23 Oct 2025. Vibe Coding at Straive, SG/IN/PH/... (Remote)
16 Oct 2025. Vibe Analysis at Landmark Group, UAE (Remote). ⏯️ Video (123m)
22 Sep 2025. LLM Trends at Straive, Chennai
18 Sep 2025. LLMs: Ask me anything at BI Worldwide, Chennai
16 Sep 2025. Vibe Analysis at Fifth Elephant Workshops, Bangalore
15 Sep 2025. LLMs: Ask me anything at GALE Partners, Bangalore
13 Sep 2025. DuckDB is the new Pandas at PyCon India 2025, Bangalore
21 Aug 2025. AI Coding Guide at DataHack Summit, Bangalore
21 Aug 2025. RIP Data Scientists at DataHack Summit, Bangalore. ⏯️ Video (50m)
11 Aug 2025. Social Code Analysis at PyConSG Education Summit 2025, Singapore. ⏯️ Video (15m)
24 Jul 2025. Cool LLM CLI Python uses at Singapore Python User Group, Singapore
23 Jul 2025. Solving Industrial Problems with Live Coding at AWS Innovation Day, Singapore
13 Jul 2025. Goodbye MBA, Hello AI at DoMS, IITM, Chennai. ⏯️ Video (66m)
28 Jun 2025. Prompt-to-Plot at VizChitra, Bangalore. ⏯️ Video (122m)
27 Jun 2025. Data Design by Dialogue at VizChitra, Bangalore. ⏯️ Video (33m) ⏯️ Highlights (4m)
19 Jun 2025. Cool LLM CLI Python uses at PyCon Singapore
18 Jun 2025. Python in the Browser at PyCon Singapore
10 May 2025. Vibe Coding at SETU ⏯️ Video (65m) 💬 Transcript
18 Jan 2025. How to use AI to generate code? at The Hindu (Remote). ⏯️ Video (64m)
19 Oct 2024. AI as a learning tool: What students, teachers, and parents need to know at The Hindu (Remote). · ⏯️ Video (65m) 📂 · 🪧 · Slides

Videos from past talks

20 Apr 2025: Anand S: The LLM Psychologist Unveils the Hidden Psychology of AI (9m)
18 Apr 2025: Visualizing LLM Hallucinations, Anand Subramanian, FOSSASIA Summit 2025 (25m)
30 Mar 2025: Visualizing LLM Hallucinations, Anand Subramanian, FOSSASIA Summit 2025 (26m)
26 Mar 2025: Finding actor look-alikes with multi-modal LLMs - Anand S (31m)
14 Mar 2025: #FOSSASIA Summit #AI Track about #ArtificialIntelligence and #MachineLearning (198m)
02 Feb 2025: Automate Minecraft with Python - Create a Glowstone Pyramid! (1m)
09 Jan 2025: SUTD - Automating Data Visualizations using LLMs (69m)
08 Jan 2025: PyCon India 2018 - Cleaning data with Python By Anand S (33m)
08 Jan 2025: PyConf Hyderabad 2017 - Keynote Session 1 by S Anand (53m)
08 Jan 2025: FOSSASIA 2019 - Visualizing Machine Learning by Anand S (30m)
08 Jan 2025: PyCon India 2019 - Maps, Delimitation, and Gerrymandering with Python - Anand S (26m)
08 Jan 2025: CIR - Interview with CEO Mr Anand S, CEO, Gramener (36m)
07 Jan 2025: PyCon India 2021: Exploring Network Clusters in Python - Anand S (30m)
07 Jan 2025: NASSCOM XperienceAI Virtual Summit 2021 - DeepTech Workshop 3 (59m)
07 Jan 2025: How Far Can I Trust A Language Mode? With Anand S (25m)
07 Jan 2025: Impact of LLMs (Chatgpt, LLama2 etc) | NLP Podcast #1 (40m)
07 Jan 2025: PyCon India 2020 Keynote: Making apps seem faster without optimizing - Anand S (44m)
07 Jan 2025: PyCon Indonesia 2020: Building deep learning models on geo spatial data to fight dengue - Anand S (46m)
07 Jan 2025: Data Storytelling | The Intern Group: Keynote Speaker Series - Anand S (59m)
07 Jan 2025: Data Driven Infographics - DFutura - NMIMS School of Design (69m)
07 Jan 2025: IIM Ke Baad E10 IIM Gold Medalist journey to a DATA SCIENTIST: Elections, Education, & Energy Fraud (166m)
07 Jan 2025: AI as a Learning Tool - What students teachers and parents need to know (65m)
07 Jan 2025: LogicLooM 3.0: The Algorhythmic Chase, Marghazi 2025, IIT Madras (57m)
06 Dec 2024: Transforming Complex Data into Impactful AI Solutions | Anand Subramanian | TEDxMDIGurgaon (18m)
25 Sep 2024: Finding Actor Look-alikes with Multi-modal LLMs (49m)
17 Sep 2024: AI for Impact Ep 2: LLMs - The Alien Tech Dilemma with Anand S. [Head of Innovation at Straive] (12m)
03 Sep 2024: TEDx MDI Gurgaon, The Psychology of LLMs (18m)
31 May 2024: Mastering Prompt Engineering: Insights from Data Visualization Expert S Anand (14m)
04 Dec 2023: What's stopping gen ai adoption in enterprises? | Gen AI Unplugged with Anand S (3m)
22 Nov 2023: What's new & better in Gen AI than other technologies? | Gen AI Unplugged with Anand S (3m)
21 Nov 2023: Gen AI Unplugged with Anand S | Adoption in Enterprises (40m)
12 Nov 2023: Anand S - CEO Chat - A Fun Q&A Session
12 Nov 2023: S Anand: Impact of LLMs (Chatgpt, LLama2 etc) | NLP Podcast #1 (40m)
11 Oct 2023: Art of Storytelling with Data | Anand S, CEO @ Gramener | Leading With Data 01 (48m)
22 Sep 2023: How Far Can I Trust A Language Model? With Anand S (25m)
15 Sep 2023: Leading With Data Ep 01 - The Art of Storytelling with Anand S (48m)
13 Sep 2023: Why does Anand S. prefers Purpose Driven Learning? | Leading With Data 01 (2m)
01 Jul 2022: Exploring Network Clusters - Convergence 2022 Keynote at Flipkart (58m)
20 May 2022: Employee Journey - In conversation with Anand S (2m)
16 Feb 2022: Exploring the Movie Actor Network in Python (44m)
13 Feb 2022: Programming Minecraft with WebSockets in Python (25m)
02 Feb 2022: Bar Chart Race in PowerPoint - Tutorial (21m)
07 Jul 2021: LIVE _ Career in Data Science - Degree/Diploma in Programming & Data Science from IIT Madras (73m)
18 Jun 2021: How to Create Bar Chart Race Without Code | Build With Gramex by Anand S | S01 E02 (15m)
18 Jun 2021: Building Data-Driven Infographics With Simple Web Component | Webinar by Anand s (57m)
04 Jun 2021: Develop Data-Driven Infographics With Simple Web Components | Webinar by Anand S - CE0, Gramener (1m)
13 May 2021: Albus Dumbledore and the Bar Chart Race | Build With Gramex by Anand S | S01 E01 (3m)
22 Jan 2021: Programming Minecraft with WebSockets in JavaScript (34m)
23 Jul 2020: Data as Kingmaker - Kotak: Chasing Growth
01 May 2020: CIR Interview with CEO- Mr Anand S, CEO, Gramener (36m)
28 Mar 2020: Visualizing Machine Learning | Anand S (43m) 📂
06 Mar 2020: Engaging your audience with interactive PowerPoint decks (43m)
03 Mar 2020: [WEBINAR] How to make interactive data driven PPTs | S Anand (1m)
28 Nov 2019: Anand S's 18min talk at UXINDIA 2019 (https://www.ux-india.org/uxindia2019) (19m)
16 Nov 2019: Maps, Delimitation, and Gerrymandering with Python - Anand S (26m)
27 Oct 2019: Generating comics with JavaScript (31m)
06 Sep 2019: Improve Personal Productivity EP-02 | Gramener Podcast (20m)
30 Aug 2019: Improve Personal Productivity EP-01 | Gramener Podcast (21m)
16 Aug 2019: How can you direct your own Data Movie? (11m)
05 Jul 2019: How to Identify your Data Science Roadmap? (4m)
27 Jun 2019: Webinar on Visualizing Big Data by S Anand, PGP 2001, CEO, Gramener 20170527 0432 21 (67m)
26 Jun 2019: Mapping India | Strata NY 2019 | Anand S (30m)
10 Jun 2019: How to Build Data Science Teams that Deliver Business Value (Data Summit, Boston) (29m)
08 May 2019: S. Anand & Michael Allen | Ujima Radio show | Save Species with A.I. (10m)
11 Apr 2019: "What is Emotion Analytics?" Anand and Ganes discuss how AI can drive Data stories (7m)
27 Mar 2019: Natural Language Generation by Anand S (20m)
27 Mar 2019: Visualizing Machine Learning by Anand S (30m)
08 Feb 2019: Krupanidhi Group of Institutions | Krupanidhi School of Management - Mr Anand S (CEO Gramener) (1m)
26 Dec 2018: Cleaning data with Python By Anand S (33m)
02 Nov 2018: Masterclass on Data Visualization (45m)
12 Aug 2018: PyData 2018 - Day 2 - Hall 1 (526m)
22 Jul 2018: #1 India's Best Data Scientist | Anand S (1m)
11 Jun 2018: Visualizing Machine Learning Models By Anand S (Gramener) at DataHack Summit 2017 (7m)
10 Jun 2018: S Anand & Ganes Kesari Visualising Text (45m)
21 Mar 2018: Primetime Debate: 21 March 2018 (24m)
06 Mar 2018: Employee Attrition Analytics at IIM Bangalore (51m)
24 Feb 2018: Masterclass on Data Visualization (45m)
03 Feb 2028: Geo-demographic Segmentation IIM Bangalore (93m)
22 Dec 2017: Visualizing machine learning algorithms in Python (41m)
02 Nov 2017: Visualising Big Data- Module 6 (24m)
02 Oct 2017: ANAND S of Gramener talks about Automating Analysis @#Cypher2017 (44m)
01 Aug 2017: What explains our marks?: Anand S (18m)
13 Apr 2017: Data Analytics & Market Landscape | Data Analytics Conclave | UpGrad (87m)
13 Apr 2017: Data Wrangling & Industry Practices | Data Wrangling Workshop | UpGrad (69m)
02 Dec 2016: NxtGen Leadership 2016 (1m)
21 Apr 2016: BIG DATA PUBLIC LECTURE : Dr. Rajeev Rastogi and S Anand (111m)
09 Feb 2016: Top 10 Famous Scientists and Their Inventions | Top 10 data Scientists in India 2015 (5m)
21 Sep 2015: Anand S Workshop on Visualization at CYPHER2015 (58m)
19 Sep 2015: Anand S Interview at CYPHER2015 (7m)
15 Jul 2015: Visualizing the world's largest democratic exercise - Strata London 2015 (44m)
12 Jul 2015: Faster data processing in Python - PyCon SG 2015 (39m)
11 Jul 2015: Anand S - Visualising networks (43m)
06 Apr 2015: Data, Politics and Anomalies | S Anand | TEDxNMIMSBangalore (13m)
13 Oct 2014: Faster data processing in Python (55m)
09 Sep 2014: [Part - 3] Hive Meetup - The power equation Big Data + Social in Governance (27m)
01 Sep 2014: Scaling real-time visualisations for elections 2014 (44m)
13 Aug 2014: WCNGT 2014 Day 2 Part 3 (16m)
13 Aug 2014: WCNGT 2014 Day 2 Part 2 (17m)
13 Aug 2014: WCNGT 2014 Day 2 Part 1 (17m)
24 Apr 2014: [ODCBLR2014] Visualizing Election Data by Anand S (44m)
01 Apr 2014: Visualising Big Data by Anand S (52m)
21 Mar 2014: UNICOM India Big Data Week 2014 Part 7 (23m)
21 Mar 2014: UNICOM India Big Data Week 2014 Part 6 (23m)
21 Mar 2014: UNICOM India Big Data Week 2014 Part 5 (9m)
06 Sep 2013: Data Visualization in PowerPoint with Python by Anand S (43m)
27 Jul 2013: Scraping the Government with Javascript - Anand S (32m)
04 Jul 2013: Python Pandas tutorial by S. Anand (71m)
07 Dec 2012: Anand S - Beautiful visualizations with d3.js (61m)
01 Oct 2012: 1st october 2012 thinking with data part 1 (49m)
01 Oct 2012: 1st october 2012 thinking with data part 3 (5m)
01 Oct 2012: 1st october 2012 thinking with data part 2
01 Oct 2012: 1st october 2012 thinking with data part 4 (42m)
17 Sep 2012: Thinking with Data September 17th 2012 Anand part 3 (36m)
17 Sep 2012: Thinking with Data September 17th 2012 Anand part 4 (11m)
17 Sep 2012: Thinking with Data September 17th 2012 Anand part 1 (49m)
17 Sep 2012: Thinking with Data September 17th 2012 Anand part 2 (3m)
04 Sep 2012: Handling Data (Part 2) - Anand S. (36m)
03 Sep 2012: Handling Data (Part 1) - Anand S. (42m)
28 Aug 2012: Thinking with Data - Anand S. (28m)
27 Jul 2012: The Fifth Elephant - Big data panel (63m)
27 Jul 2012: The Fifth Elephant - Big data panel (63m)
27 Jul 2012: S Anand & Ganes Kesari - Visualising Text (45m)
30 Mar 2012: S. Anand: Pictures through numbers (36m)
27 Mar 2012: Anand S - Data Visualisation in JavaScript (39m)
13 Feb 2012: JSFoo Chennai 2012 Previews - S. Anand - Data Visualisation in JavaScript (1m)

Others' Talks

08 Apr 2026. Debjani Ghosh. Frontiers in Technology, LBSNAA, Mussoorie. 💬 Transcript 🎧 Audio
18 Jul 2025. Rob Schrauwen. True but Irrelevant at TeX User Group 2025, Thiruvananthapuram. ⏯️ Video 💬 Transcript
13 Nov 2025. Nirmal Palaparthi. AI First Thinking for HR Professionals at Impress AI, Singapore
21 Sep 2025. Vivek Matthew and Aman Bhargava. Making Open Data Useful: Lessons from Diagram Chasing at IndiaFOSS, Bangalore
21 Sep 2025. Zainab Bawa. Building a culture of openness at IndiaFOSS, Bangalore
20 Sep 2025. Kiran Jonnalagadda. Homelabbing with Bare Metal at IndiaFOSS, Bangalore
07 Mar 2022. Rajen Makhijani. The Accomplished Beginner on Network Capital. ⏯️ Video (36m) 💬 Transcript
20 Feb 2022. Rajen Makhijani. The Glass Wall of Class on The Mindful Wealth Podcast. ⏯️ Video (36m) 💬 Transcript

WIP

Stuff I want to talk about and am hunting for a forum.

Redefining Work in the LLM Era.

Legend

⏯️ = Video
📂 = My video copy
🪧 = Online slides
💻 = Screencast
💬 = Transcript

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.

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Logistics

Presentation: I usually present interactive demos rather than a fixed slide deck.
Laptop: I use my own Lenovo/Ubuntu laptop via HDMI + USB3. I need it near the podium so I can type.
Aspect ratio: 16:9, 16:10, or 4:3 are fine. Please check that circles appear as circles, not ovals.
Internet: My demos need Internet. Mobile data is a fallback; reliable venue Wi-Fi helps.
Security: I don't carry ID. If venue security requires one, please arrange an escort for me with my phone and laptop.
Attire: I wear round-neck T-shirts, jeans, and open sandals. Please allow this.
Badges: Please print my name on both sides, in large letters.
Agenda: Please share the agenda and other speakers' sessions so I can attend and adapt my talk to the room.
Recording: Please record video + audio + screen and share it publicly — or at least with me.

Fee / honorarium

I don't charge or 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 generally share sanitized recordings publicly.