Giving Back
At Liquidmind AI, we believe in giving back to the community that has nurtured us. Our founder, Naveen Athresh, has been actively involved in mentoring, speaking, and supporting educational institutions and startups across India.
IIFT Kakinada — TEDx Speaker
IIFT Kakinada
Keynote on "Tech, AI & Entrepreneurship: Giving Perspective to Young Future Business Leaders" highlighting how rising AI tools are reshaping business models for young entrepreneurs.
Design Thinking & Product Management
BITS Pilani
Delivered a talk on Design Thinking and Product Management. Naveen's experience at PayU, Rakuten, and Flipkart amazed students — his entrepreneurial journey stands as a beacon of BITS values.
IIT Madras — Keynote Speaker
IIT Madras & IITM Research Park
2-hour session with ~40 startup founders on "Design Thinking, Product, and Platform Thinking", emphasising collaborative, bi-directional dialogue over passive listening.
IIMV — Keynote Speaker
IIM Visakhapatnam
Keynote on "Future of Digital Trust: The New Business Imperative" at IIM Visakhapatnam, emphasising digital trust as a critical foundation for AI and quantum-first futures.
NMIT — GenAI Judge & Silver Sponsor
NMIT
Silver sponsor and GenAI judge across all finale tracks including GenAI, Quantum Computing, EV/Sustainable Energy, and Web 3.0.
MIT Media Lab — Co-Panelist
IISc Bengaluru
Co-panelled with Prof. Ramesh Raskar from MIT Media Labs at IISc Bengaluru — AI/ML & Deep Learning conference on AI applied to solving societal problems across industries.
Board Member — EPIC
Institute of Product Leadership
Helping shape curriculum and mentor students to create 10,000 product/platform thinkers from the ground up.
Speaker — Science and Technology
IIFT Kakinada
Talk on AI/ML impact across industries and how to ingrain AI into product/platform thinking to IIFT's IPM cohort — a unique blend of MBA-Analytics and MBA (International Business).
Speaker — Product/Platform Thinking
IIT Kharagpur (VGSoM)
2-hour session to a 200-member MBA cohort at IIT-KGP on Product and Platform Thinking.
TEDx Speaker — 150K+ Views
UVCE Bengaluru
TEDx talk on innovation, life journey, and choices — crossed 150,000 views in under 2 months of release.
Panel — AI/ML Digital Transformation
XLRI Jamshedpur
AI/ML conclave with 200+ participants on the future of digital transformation through Deep Learning with acclaimed CXOs from peer companies.
Speaker — AI/ML & Digital Transformation
IIT Bombay (SJMSOM)
Talk on "Revolutionizing Business Landscape with AI and Digital Transformation" to over 200 students.
Panel Member
SIBM Bengaluru
Panel discussion with leaders from Uber, PayU, Amazon, and other top companies.
Speaker — Product Management
IIM Sirmaur
Spoke to 200+ MBA students on why a career in product management is rewarding — awareness grew from 2% in 2019 to ~25% in 2021 through campus evangelism.
Startup Panelist / Mentor
Conquest, BITS Pilani
India's first student-run startup accelerator — mentored top 10 startups over 6 weeks through mentorship sessions and the Grand Finale pitch before India's top investment firms.
Business Mentor
Systemix — IIFT
World Statistics Day talk to 200+ MBA (IB) students on data management, ethical usage, personalisation, privacy acts, trust, and the role of AI in closing the trust gap.
Speaker / Product Management Mentor
SPJIMR Mumbai
Delivered a session on Product/Platform thinking across various areas to the 2021 MBA cohort.
Speaker/Mentor — Product/Platform Thinking
IIFT New Delhi
Talk to the 2019–2021 MBA (International Business) batch at IIFT Delhi, attended by ~200 students. Ongoing mentor on the IIFT Systemix network.
Speaker — Product Thinking / Panelist
IIM Sirmaur (Udgam)
"Brand Engagement and Customer Loyalty — How far can it be sustained using Data Insights?" addressing students on data monetisation and customer touchpoints.
Speaker — Product Thinking, Vivaan 2019
IIFT Strategy & Analytics Summit
Panel and talk on the value of data at IIFT's Strategy & Analytics Summit Vivaan 2019.
Speaker at NASSCOM
NASSCOM DeepTech
Talk on Product Management and Product/Platform thinking to the DeepTech community.
Product Management Specialist
ISPMA e.V.
Talk on Product Platform Thinking with Tathagat Verma, chaired by IIM Bengaluru reps and ISPMA Chairman, to over 150 working executives.
Mentor / Panelist
UVCE Bengaluru
Volunteer speaker, mentor, and panelist across Inspiron 19, 20 and Impetus 19, 20. Also supporting renovation of UVCE to restore its heritage.
Startup / Product Management Mentor
IAMAI — Mobile10X
Regular mentor at the GoK Mobile10X Startup Hub — supported by the Government of Karnataka — on product thinking, monetisation, and mentorship for early-stage startups.
Member
INDIAGLOCAL
Collaborative not-for-profit think tank to enable Indian entrepreneurs to grow globally — building a network of Indian entrepreneurial communities worldwide.
Panelist / Product Management Mentor
Bootstrapped Labs, IIM Bangalore
Panel evaluating startups and talk on Product/Platform Thinking to IIM-B's NSRCEL audience — a video that went viral with 20K+ views in under 24 hours.
Industry Mentor — Product Management
UpGrad.com
Mentored budding product managers on UpGrad's platform to raise the bar and build the next stream of product talent.
Elite Member — Product Management
Institute of Product Leadership
Practitioner shaping curriculum and mentoring students with the goal to build the next billion-dollar product company out of India.
Recognized at Elevate 2019 — Ministry of IT/BT Karnataka
Naveen Athresh was recognized for his contributions to the startup ecosystem and product management community in Karnataka at the prestigious Elevate 2019 event organized by the Ministry of IT/BT, Government of Karnataka.