Authors
Priya Kuber, is the first Indian woman to set up an open hardware company in
India. At the age of 24, she was the founding CEO of Arduino India with a mission to empower
students with the knowledge and tools to bring their creative ideas to life. She discovered
Arduino in the year 2009 and has since contributed at several levels, including documentation,
maintaining their official, blog and teaching workshops in rapid prototyping using Arduino, all
across India. She has also won several hackathons and has mentored several winning teams. She
now lives in San Francisco and works full-time on creating secure and impactful wearable
technology. She is also the recipient of Silicon Valleys prestigious Rajeev Circle Fellowship
and has given talks all around the world including at TEDx.Bhatnagar Rishi Gaurav :
Rishi Gaurav Bhatnagar is a creative technologist who likes to work at the
intersection of design and technology. He is an Intel software innovator, Arduino maker fellow,
a volunteer at Random Hacks Of Kindness, also Campus Diaries 25 under 25- Science & Tech.
When he is not tinkering with technology and storytelling, he spends time building new modules
for students that help fuel their curiosity and build their innovation
muscle.Varada Vijay :
Vijay Varada is an artist, engineer, and entrepreneur whose motto is, create positive change in the world through art, design and technology for sustainable and exponential development and progress. He is the CEO, and cofounder of Fracktal Works, which is engaged with design and research in the field of additive manufacturing, rapid prototyping, and product design with its line of desktop and industrial 3D printers aimed at using the technology to empower the abilities of students, engineers, designers, and industries. Vijay actively contributes to open source hardware projects, particularly assistive technologies for the blind.
