Speaking & Media
Spoken at & Featured in
Spotlight
AWARD
Leadership Excellence Award
Dehradun, 2025
Presented by the Honourable Governor of Uttarakhand
FEATURED TALK
Scaling Apps for Enterprise
IIM Bangalore, 2025
Why most B2B scaling advice will kill your startup
JUDGE
Shark Tank Judge
IIM Trichy, 2025
Judged student startup at IIM Trichy's flagship event.
In the Media
FEATURE
Happiest Health Magazine
Thoughts on burnout
FEATURE
Indian Express
COVID-19 Analytics Dashboard
FEATURE
YourStory
COVID Analytics Dashboard
On Stage
TEDxVITBhopal 2026
Mumbai, 2024
IIM Bangalore 2025
NIT Allahabad, 2025
IIS University Jaipur, 2025
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Featured Talks
A few highlights from recent years.
"Not Every Problem Needs a Solution"
2026
TEDxVITBhopal
On Zen koans, business paradoxes, and why not every problem needs a solution.
"Betting on You"
2025
NIT Allahabad · NIT Students
Bet on yourself or play it safe - how to choose the path of entrepreneurship.
"AI is Your New Co-Therapist"
2025
IIS University, Jaipur · 250+ mental health professionals
Sharing a no-nonsense roadmap for using AI as your new co-therapist.
"Art and Science of a Startup"
2023
UK-India Business Summit, Bangalore · 100 startup founders
Why "following your passion" is terrible startup advice, and what to actually do instead.
What People Say
"Most speakers give you theory. Vijay gave us frameworks we could actually use the next day. Refreshingly practical."
— Attendee, IIM Bangalore
"We expected a tech talk. What we got was someone who understood both worlds. Vijay was the star of the event."
— Faculty, IIS University Jaipur
"His perspective was unlike anything we usually hear. Deep, thought-provoking, and surprisingly real."
— Student, NIT Allahabad
Interested in having me speak?
I take on a handful of speaking engagements each year. Topics I speak about: building businesses from zero, enterprise technology and scaling, AI applied to real business problems, startup strategy and contrarian thinking, mental health technology, and angel investing. If you're organising something where I might be a good fit, feel free to reach out.