The New Indian Express | 11th February 2019 | | A ticket to her creative dream |
Nikita believes this will give her a great opportunity to network among some of the best brains in the world.
KOCHI: Nikita Mallya wants to be a writer someday. And, probably that is why she is incredibly thrilled to be selected to the HPAIR Harvard College Conference which is being organised at the Harvard campus from February 15-18. The fourth-year engineering student from Model Engineering College, Thrikkakara believes the conference is the ticket to her dream. “Though I have specialised in the computer science field, I always had a creative streak within me. The selection is quite tough and they challenge you by asking your literary and cultural interest. Even though there was an opportunity for me to choose the technology track, I preferred the arts and media stream,” she said. Nikita believes this will give her a great opportunity to network among some of the best brains in the world. “The conference is being held at Harvard itself. Some of the earlier delegates and guests at the HPAIR include former UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon, president of Thailand among others. In India, though we have a lot of skill and opportunities, our networking, especially for women, continues to be an issue. We still are not as open to forming bonds and relationships that can help us build a career path. This is especially true for women and I believe we need to grab hold of such opportunities which will help us,” said Nikita.
Nikita Mallya
She goes on to say how there are hassles for women in choosing a job, especially related to arts which won’t provide a stable source of income. “This is where I believe my conversations with the people I will meet at the three-day conference will help me in setting my career path straight,” she said. The knowledge she procures from the conference will also be utilised to help other students. “I presently run a blog where I use the platform to inform people about the latest technology and current issues. I hope to continue with the blog in the future and use the information I receive in helping others who want to follow on their dreams,” says Nikita, who is probably one among the very few Malayalis to secure a place in the conference. Incidentally, this is not Nikita’s first time attending a world conference. “I had earlier attended the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing conference where I got the opportunity to talk to a lot of women who have reached echelons of power and knowledge using their acute skills. That was a fully sponsored programme. The amount I received through the event is being used by me to participate in the Harvard conference. The college has also helped me tremendously,” said Nikita who currently freelances for social media sites including techstory.in where she writes about artificial intelligence and blockchain technology. – Courtesy – Take a Look at https://www.hpair.org/harvard-conference-2019
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