Gayatriamulya Viswanathan

Concerned citizen, Student

I am a motivated and hard-working individual, and I give my all in everything I take up. I am a passionate and dedicated Bharatanatyam dancer, having been training since the age of 5. I am interested in pursuing a career in data science and product management. I love meeting new people and working with individuals from diverse backgrounds and broadening my perspectives!

I am a passionate Bharatanatyam dancer. Bharatanatyam is an Indian traditional dance form that dates back thousands of years. This passion of mine started around the age of three when I happened to watch a live Bharatanatyam dance recital. The experience sparked a fire within me, and so I started training in the art form. Through the years, what started as a childhood fancy slowly turned into something much greater than that. I won’t say it was all sunshine and rainbows because the journey to become a professional dancer was certainly arduous and required me to put in my all, while simultaneously managing school. After 10 years of training, my hard work paid off as I was finally ready to perform my Arangetram - the formal graduation from a student to a professional performer. The reason I love Bharatanatyam is because it allows me to portray different characters and different emotions, and really lets me put myself in another person’s shoes. It has allowed me to be able to connect with an audience in the most raw form - emotionally. It has always let me be free, and regardless of any problems I might have in my personal life, I can forget all about it while I am dancing. I also really enjoy the fact that I can portray an entire story to people without words just using my body and face, and leave them feeling entertained and so connected afterward.

I believe that everything always works itself out in the end. Not because of some godly force, but because our mind is always subconsciously looking out for us, even we consciously aren't. When things get the hardest I ever think they'll be, I've made it a habit not to quit and trust the process, because I believe in myself and trust that my mind will figure it out - that I will figure it out. It is difficult to practice restraint from quitting, but from my experience, things always work themselves out in the end because of our subconscious and conscious efforts.

Bharatanatyam, Data Analytics, Math, Mechanical Engineering, Physics

I attended TEDxYouth@Hyderabad in 2015 as well as in 2016. Both times, the themes were very intriguing. Some of the talks left me feeling inspired - one of the talks in TEDxYouth@Hyderabad 2016 was by a blind man who had studied engineering, a very practical and hands-on subject - if someone born with a disability that hindered their experience of the world gave their all to do something they were passionate about even if it was difficult, why couldn’t I also put in a large amount of effort into something worthwhile being blessed with an able body? Another talk during TEDxYouth@Hyderabad 2015 helped me learn something about some of the research that was taking place in my city regarding breast cancer. During TEDxYouth@Hyderabad, I met many people of my age from my city as well, and it was refreshing to hear their perspectives on various topics. After both events, I always left the venue with more than I had come in with. I had always been a regular viewer of the TED-Ed YouTube channel as I enjoyed learning about new things everyday. The TEDx events I attended made me a regular listener of various TED talks available on YouTube, as I loved hearing about the different experiences of people all around the world, and their ideas worth spreading.

People don't know I'm good at singing.