“REFLECTIONS”
8 years. Countless stories. Infinite pivots.
South Goa, the present is your time to hear these incredible stories. After an amazing edition in North Goa, we’re bringing the same theme to South Goa. PechaKucha Goa Vol. 60 is here — and this edition is a celebration of looking back… before we leap forward.
This edition celebrates 10 remarkable speakers, each reflecting in their own unique ways.
Join us for a night of stories that challenge, inspire, and redefine.
Sanjana
Sanjana is the founder of Breathe with Sanj, shaped by her lived experiences of motherhood, relationships, and coming back to herself. What began as personal healing became a shared space. Through breathwork, embodiment, and honest conversation, she helps people feel, hear, and meet themselves—without needing to be “fixed.”
Storyline:
Once a “good girl” people-pleaser, she reclaims her voice—choosing honesty over accommodation.
Anil Purohit
Anil Purohit is a design architect and a visual documentarian and writer at heart. A flâneur between work breaks, he searches streets for frames and stories. His curiosity about urban life and human interactions has led to exhibitions across the US, Europe, and India, and publications in photo anthologies and travelogues.
Storyline:
Moments framed by a camera bridge generations—stirring memory, self-reflection, and an imagined future that reshapes the present.
Gaurang S Patkar
Dr. Gaurang Patkar is an AI researcher, educator, and innovation mentor at Don Bosco College of Engineering, Goa. He mentors student startups and builds applied AI projects. Outside academia, he’s a model—Mr. India 2021 runner-up—and has featured in shoots, runway shows, and short films, blending tech, creativity, and purpose.
Storyline:
From runway lights to AI labs, he fuses confidence and code to mentor innovators and build purpose-driven impact.
Shreemi Pai Panandikar
Shreemi has been staying in Goa for last 40 yrs ,a pure Goan who LOVES FISH ,BEACH AND PORT WINE but love Maharashtrian cuisine also especially TAMBDA RASSA AND STUFFED BAIGAN.Here i am with My fathers Blessings, Passion for Creativity,Creating Identity, Financial Independence,Proud Mother of 2 Responsible and Caring Sons is what i am today.
Storyline:
Live in the moment.
Jitendra Choithani
Jitendra Choithani is a poet, performer, and researcher of Sindhi folk culture. His work explores identity, meaning, and connection through language and storytelling. After a freezing night in a remote Nepali village where he couldn’t communicate, he realized expression isn’t eloquence—it’s presence. That insight guides his work today.
Storyline:
A freezing night in Nepal taught him: connection isn’t eloquence—it’s presence.
Kamakshi Lekshmanan
Kamakshi feels deeply for the slowly disappearing nature around us. She often takes off on solo – trips to listen to birdsongs to connect with nature as much as possible and finds the forests and the mountains – a home coming. Her writings and photographs are testimony to how simple, yet resilient our mother nature is and derives immense joy in talking, sharing and celebrating wildlife with a fellow enthusiast.A compassionate mentor, a keen observer who loves simple food, quiet, music and the mountains.
Storyline:
Slow. Observe. Life is more than “I”
Arthy Muthanna Singh
Arthy Muthanna Singh is primarily a children’s author, a freelance journalist, editor and cartoonist based in Goa. She has published 36 books for children with publishers like Penguin Random House, Tata Donnelley, Scholastic, DC Books, etc. She has also co-authored 35 books, of which 4 are for adults. Her present occupation is that of Co-Founder/ co-author at SYLLABLES27, a start-up which produces books for children upto the age of 14, collaborating with Penguin Random House, Puffin, Rupa, Speaking Tiger, WWF , INTACH and more. There are 27 books published under this entity.
Storyline:
What My Grandma Did Not Tell Me
Apoorv Bamba
Apoorv Bamba is a father and entrepreneur challenging India’s fractured employability system. He treats unlearning as a sacred practice and seeks growth where discomfort opens new ways of being. A restless traveler and listener, he’s visited 50 countries, collecting everyday wisdom and questions that keep reshaping how he parents, leads, and lives.
Storyline:
Across 50 countries, he gathered ordinary wisdom around two koans: Who is in? What is life?
Lesly Agnelo Rajendran
Lesly Agnelo Rajendran is a thoughtful, creative architect with a strong sense of ergonomics. His designs prioritise human interaction with built spaces, embracing bold horizontal and vertical lines for a distinctive modern style. He believes architecture should simplify life, ensuring functionality while evoking deep emotional connections with its surroundings.
Storyline:
Human Interaction with built spaces
Sanchana Tirvir
Sanchana is a digital marketing professional based in Goa, currently working at Growth Gravy, where she leads brand strategy and digital campaigns across hospitality, real estate, lifestyle, and retail. I oversee social media strategy, campaign planning, performance marketing, and creative direction to help brands build a strong and measurable online presence.
Storyline:
Believing in Yourself
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