Sessions

Explore the sessions lined up for VizChitra 2026: Talks, Dialogues, Workshops, and Exhibitions.

18 confirmed · 6 coming soon

VIZCHITRA

Talks

15:45 - 16:00 ⋅ afternoon

Bangalore International Centre

The Shape of Health Costs

Every chart simplifies reality. The best ones carry complexity with care.

Saurabh Arora

CTO, Plum

VIZCHITRA

Talks

10:30 - 10:45 ⋅ morning

Bangalore International Centre

A Majestic Map Redesign

Maps shape how cities feel. Designing them balances clarity, policy, and scale.

Shubhra Agarwal

Creative Lead, Bengawalk

VIZCHITRA

Talks

11:45 - 12:00 ⋅ morning

Bangalore International Centre

Design for Speed and Trust, Together.

AI in radiology creates high-stakes decisions. Good vis helps people make them thoughtfully.

Bargava Subramanian

Founder, Independent

VIZCHITRA

Talks

15:45 - 16:00 ⋅ afternoon

Bangalore International Centre

There Are No Clean Maps

Maps look certain. The hidden work behind every one of them is not.

Supriya Joshi

Senior Data Analyst, EPIC World

VIZCHITRA

Talks

14:00 - 14:30 ⋅ afternoon

Bangalore International Centre

Bite-Sized Views, Crore-Sized Backlog

One number tells you nothing. One hearing tells you everything.

Shalaka Shinde

Independent Data Journalist

VIZCHITRA

Talks

11:15 - 11:45 ⋅ morning

Bangalore International Centre

The Chart Triplet

A chart is its pixels, its spec, and its insight. Can a machine learn all three at once?

Jaidev Deshpande

Senior Software Engineer II, Aftershoot

VIZCHITRA

Talks

14:30 - 14:45 ⋅ afternoon

Bangalore International Centre

What's in Your Bag? Really.

Data does not travel on its own. You have to construct the meaning.

Sneha Kaul

Statistics Analyst, UN Women Asia-Pacific

VIZCHITRA

Talks

11:45 - 12:00 ⋅ morning

Bangalore International Centre

Atlas of Intangibles

A place becomes real through experience. Smell, sound, memory, and movement shape how we navigate it.

Priti Pandurangan

Information Experience Designer, Independent

VIZCHITRA

Dialogues

Library ⋅ morning

Bangalore International Centre

The Curator's Dilemma

When making is easy, choosing is the craft.

Anand S

LLM Psychologist, Straive

VIZCHITRA

Dialogues

library ⋅ afternoon

Bangalore International Centre

A Collective Autopsy of Chart Crimes

Every chart highlights something. Every chart leaves something out.

Agriya Khetarpal

Software Engineer, Quansight

VIZCHITRA

Dialogues

library ⋅ afternoon

Bangalore International Centre

The Stories our Charts don't Tell (yet)

Charts look objective. That's what makes them dangerous.

Lakshmi Chockalingam

Engagement Manager, NSRCEL, IIMB Innovations

VIZCHITRA

Workshops

14:30 - 17:30 ⋅ afternoon

Underline Center

From Tables to Maps with Datawrapper

No GIS software needed. Just your data & browser to make it a publish-ready map.

Prasanta Kumar Dutta

Data Visualisation Developer, Reuters

VIZCHITRA

Workshops

10:00 – 13:00 ⋅ morning

Underline Center

Draw with Data: Custom Dataviz Using D3

Go from basic shapes to custom, interactive viz you always imagined in code

Schubert de Abreu

Dataviz Developer, Revisual Labs

VIZCHITRA

Workshops

14:30 - 17:30 ⋅ afternoon

Bangalore International Centre

A Dataviz Crash Course (Without The Crash Out)

Learn the decisions behind good charts and leave with a framework to make them yourself.

Prakriti Bakshi

Data Storyteller, Independent

VIZCHITRA

Workshops

14:30 - 17:30 ⋅ afternoon

Bangalore International Centre

Data Rough: Sketching the Foundations of Data Stories

Learn to sketch your way to stronger visual data stories, whatever your drawing ability

Adolfo Arranz

Senior graphics editor, Thomson Reuters

VIZCHITRA

Workshops

10:00 - 13:00 ⋅ morning

Underline Center

Observe, Collect, Map: A Sensory Data Walkshop

Expand what counts as data. Learn to map it. Outside. Walking. Together.

Priti Pandurangan

Information Experience Designer, Independent

VIZCHITRA

Workshops

10:00 - 13:00 ⋅ morning

Bangalore International Centre

Interactive DataViz using AI Coding

Ship a live, interactive web visualisation from your own dataset.

Kenneth Dsouza / Rasagy Sharma

Designer, Independent

VIZCHITRA

Workshops

10:00 - 13:00 ⋅ morning

Bangalore International Centre

Designing Data Stories for Small Screens

Redesign your visualisation for the six-inch screen most of your audience actually uses.

Areena Arora

Editorial Coder, The Hindu

VIZCHITRA

Talks

, 10:30 - 10:45

Bangalore International Centre

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VIZCHITRA

Talks

, 14:45 - 15:15

Bangalore International Centre

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VIZCHITRA

Talks

, 11:15 - 11:45

Bangalore International Centre

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VIZCHITRA

Exhibition

Bangalore International Centre

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Exhibition

Bangalore International Centre

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Exhibition

Bangalore International Centre

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