Vivek Manoharan

Agnostic, Brainstormer, Engineer, Foodie, Inventor, Project manager, Scientist, Student

Full-time Research Scholar (PhD student) working on Biomechanics & Ergonomics with Institute for Sports Research, School of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Holds a Masters and Bachelors degree in Biomedical Engineering. Aspiring to be an enterprising leader, a problem solver, an inventor, an innovator, an explorer, a pragmatic scientist, a critical thinker and a skeptic. Former President of the NTU Graduate Student Council, responsible for representing the interests and welfare of 9000+ graduate students of NTU. Lead Curator & Co-founder of an Independently Organised TED event - TEDxNTU, under Nanyang Technological University under a direct license from TED Conferences. Founding chairman of NTU World of Wisdom (NTU WOW) a student-run think tank & knowledge outreach institution in Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Passionate about - Biomechanics, Gait analysis, Footwear Science, Podiatry, Ergonomics (Physical & Cognitive), Additive manufacturing (3D Printing), Human Factors Engineering, Sports Research, Wounding Ballistics, Design Thinking, Technopreneurship & Medical devices. Interested in/also likes - Leadership studies, Philosophy, Critical Thinking, Investigating paranormal claims, Non verbal communication, Inductive Reasoning , Psychology, Sociology, Behavioral Economics, Imitating Sherlock Holmes

Errors-Blunders-Mistakes and ways to minimize them, Human Cognition, Down to the earth Leadership, Science and its Myriad forms, Engineering and almost everything.

Everything that transpires, has transpired and will transpire are all majorly owing to pure chance. 'Black Swans' are everywhere.

My interest in Ghosts, Ghouls and other things that go bump in the night on the internet brought me to a TED talk by Michael Shermer, i was impressed by the collection of bore-free talks presented by TED. I later started sharing those talks with my friends via facebook and found other interested people too. I attended two local TEDx Singapore Events Now am an active TEDx organiser in NTU, Singapore