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'Learning to code is like learning to think'

Atreyam is the Co-Founder and Vice President (Technology) at Workshop4Me since 2014.

Atreyam stands for the idea that Nations or manufacturing giga-hubs of the future cannot run on a linear approach of SOPs (standard operating procedures). They require quick time, multi-dimensional, abstract decision making and planning which are currently required in today’s world of gaming. In parallel, Atreyam is working on making VR and AR as a popular front to learn advanced concepts in Physics, Chemistry and Space Sciences.

Atreyam started his career in spreading the joy of technology among children of 7 years and above way back in 2013. Since then Atreyam has brought hundreds of young minds into the exciting world of technology by applying his unique, fun-based approach to learning. He co-founded Workshop4Me, a non-profit organization which grew into the most prominent and sought after place for govt. schools and parents to introduce their young children into the fascinating world of technology. The students of Atreyam are now themselves the flag bearers of coding and inspiring the lives of young children to take up coding as a habit.

Instagram: @leo_workshop4me

Atreyam is a two-time iGen TEDx speaker and is currently pursuing an engineering degree in electronics, telecom and robotics. Atreyam is also an advocate of gaining an immersive experience in gaming trying to find a connect to solving real-life complex problems in production scheduling, dispatch management and pandemic control. The objective is to apply a quick, intuitive response of mind to real world complex manufacturing scenarios in advanced factories.Atreyam has a keen interest in the macro issues of climate change, energy security, ocean acidification, and carbon capture. He is pursuing the subject for a decade and expressing his thoughts at international forums.

On the societal development front, Atreyam continues to be driven by the passion of innovating means of bringing the youth, teenagers and pre-teen children into the realm of Science and Technology. Along with his sister Avanti, he launched Codeutainment on 8 February 2019 – a revolutionary concept, first of its kind in the world, where Coding, Science and Mathematics are presented in an entertaining manner in a movie hall to simulate the experience of watching a thrilling movie. The second edition of Codeutainment was broadcasted live on 8 April 2020 during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Speaker at technology, education and entrepreneurship conferences

Master of Ceremony at Nexus2050 inaugural edition. Hosted Skills Stage on Day 1 and PureTech Stage on Day 2, with the privilege of inviting leaders such as Dr. Jochen Paperbrock, Head of FinTech at Nvdia, and Frank Thome, Ceratizit, June 26-27 2024
Master of the Ceremony at TN'Teens event, Mar 2023, 2024
Panelist at Economic Times Global Business Summit (ETGBS) 2023 about 'Crafting Resilient Tech', Feb 18, 2023
Addressed Deloitte's Horizon conference, on 28th September 2021 on Technology, Innovation, and Sustainability
Addressed Disrupt X Session at Global Business Summit in February 2019 in New Delhi. Shared his thoughts on the changes which are needed to make technology more accessible to bring about social change especially in the corporate world.
Addressed the Diversity Summit at KPMG, 20 September 2018, where his co-panelists were highly accomplished professionals, entrepreneurs and politicians from all over Europe, including the former and the lady Dy. Prime Minister of Luxembourg. Video here
Keynote address on Main Stage at Campus Italia technology conference in Milan in July 2018 on the iGen’s view on whether global corporations are solving the technology challenges of today

Delivered a talk about Understanding iGens at TEDx Luxembourg on 28 April 2018
Along with his sister, Avanti, delivered pre-teen and teen view through their story at the Hub Dot 5th Anniversary event in London on Feb 9, 2018.
Delivered a talk on the subject of Entrepreneurship at Hub Dot event in Luxembourg on Nov 17, 2017 hosted by EY.
Addressed the Scratch Conference in Budapest, Hungary in August 2017 in the presence of the founder & MIT Prof. Mitchel Resnick at Learning Research cell at the MIT Media Lab, where Mitchel leads the Lifelong Kindergarten research group. Available online: Photos of the event and the Scratch conference video
Addressed the Marketing Management Congress in Berlin in December 2016. Talked about the way simple code updates can help fix simple problems.

Delivered keynote address at Code Motion in Milan in November 2016. Also announced the initiative supercoders.eu - video of the talk.
Co-speaker with the President of Workshop4Me at the European Women in Technology Conference in Amsterdam in November 2016. Here is the video of the talk. You need to enter password EWIT16 to view the video.
Shared his vision of youth empowerment at TEDxAssiRd on August 14th, 2016. Here are some photos and the talk.

Youngest speaker at the LIFT Conference in Geneva in February 2016. Addressed an audience of 750 participants on the power of technology and role of youth. Video of talk , talk with slides , Q&A, audience feedback, details of session
Spoke at Geek Girls Carrots event and taught Vedic Maths in Feb 2015
In June 2013, did a role play and spoke on Kanban board at an event organized by PMI Luxembourg to help parents guide their kids in managing their homework and playtime better without having a friction with their parents.

Prominent Media coverage

Nash Squared Podcast, April 18th 2018
Featured in the June 2016 issue of Delano magazine, Luxembourg in their article titled Talented Teens.
In autumn 2016 been on Radio ARA motivating younger audience about coding
In June 2015, Geek Week Luxembourg published his interview on conducting coding workshop
· Co-facilitated the Mums and Girls coding event with Geek Girls Carrots at Microsoft in Mar 2015. Featured on CNN International as the 10 worldwide IWD events that you would be crazy to miss!

Special coding events, internships and technology solution volunteering

Lead the Lëtz Get More Girls in Digital Workshop by the European Commission x Workshop4Me where Minister Yuriko Backes and Minister Elisabeth Margue inaugurated the event, after Anne Calteux's intervention, June 25 2024
Ran a workshop on how to make Snapchat-like filters using AI (AI-based project) at TN'Teens event, Mar 30, 2023
Ran a workshop on how to build a voice calculator (AI app) at TN'Teens event, Mar 31, 2022
Participated in “Wearable Insurance” hackathon and developed prototype on connected devices designed to meet new health insurance needs on March 29-31, 2019
Participated in Game of Code hackathon on 16-17 March 2018 and made a live bus update project named Buster.lu. The code can be found on GitHub
Ran a Make an App workshop to inspire young girls to code at the Women and Girls in Science conference in London on 10-11 Feb 2018
Ran a Summer Code camp where he helped kids create new games, apps, and animation in July-August 2016
Was in-charge of complete technology solutions for Luxembourg Peace prize held at the European Parliament in May 2016

Ran Mum and Girls coding event with Founder, Workshop4Me to celebrate International Women's Day in March 2016
Ran a coding camp during the Halloween break in November 2015 where he helped children create games on Scratch
Ran coding workshops for EU Code week on Mobile App Development and HTML Basics in October 2015
In summer 2015, did an internship at KloneWorld and developed an iOS app for drawing which continues to be used
During the summer July 2015, helped to conduct paper-based coding activity for underprivileged children in Kolkata. Also conducted coding workshops for 500 students of S.N.S Vidya Mandir, a school in Ghatshila, India on graph paper programming and Scratch.

Co-facilitated workshop on mobile app development for 16-18-year-old school students of Echternach, Luxembourg school in June 2015
Conducted workshop on 'Introduction to Computer Science for kids' for Geek Week Luxembourg in June 2015. Conducted another workshop to teach both adults and kids how to build a website.
Co-facilitated the Mums and Girls coding event with Geek Girls Carrots at Microsoft in Mar 2015. Featured on CNN International as the 10 worldwide IWD events that you would be crazy to miss!
Participated in workshop using 'Wearable' technology and learned to program transistors to light up smart micro LEDs attached to clothes
In Feb 2017, built a high-end desktop from scratch, by identifying, sourcing and putting together all components centered around Intel i7 Extreme Edition and water-cooled GTX 1080s with a budget of Euro 4500. Full specifications available on request.

Awards and recognition

Addressed Digital Success Summit conference in Kolkata, India on Aug 8, 2019 on the subject of ‘How To Make User Experience (UX) your next competitive advantage’.
On exclusive invitation, limited to winners, visited the campus of leading Satellite Company, SES in Betzdorf, Luxembourg on July 5, 2019 and presented a pitch, before professionals, on the game developed by my team during Game of Code 2019 Hackathon Challenge three months prior. The pitch was accepted. A collaboration shall start in Autumn 2019.
Designed and developed prototype of a 6 feet high rocket in June 2019 which could go up to 25mts high with pressurised water and air pumped into its base using an ordinary pump for bikes.
Represented Team Luxembourg as the Team Captain in the Robotics Olympics held in Dubai, in October 2019. The team co-operated and competed with 188 countries to design, build, program and operate a robot for clearing and sorting waste from oceans.

Won 1st place in the National robotics competition, Luxembourg Youth Robotics Challenge 2019 under as a member of ‘Team TechNoLogic’ at the Mini Maker Faire. Also, qualified to represent Team Luxembourg in international Robotics Competition in Dubai 2019 in the role most experienced player in the team.
Selected for Jugendprais 2019 edition award under the Digital Liewenswelten category for Buster.lu for an application that helps to find the buses from where you are to where you want to go in Luxembourg May 16, 2019
Won 3rd place in the SES Space challenge at Game of Code hackathon as part of team LTS Alpha from Luxembourg Tech School on 8-9 March 2019
Efforts were formally recognised by KPMG after Atreyam co-hosted a 5-day session for EUCodeWeek at KPMG Luxembourg, October 2018 and introduced 70 KPMG employees HTML and CSS along with his sister, Avanti. Also, conducted coding workshop for KPMG Employee kids.

Won an award for my Event-Bot project at Jonk Fuerscher Science Competition on 24-25 March 2018
Represented Team Luxembourg in the Robotics Olympics held in Washington DC in July 2017. They competed against 160 odd nations to be able to build and program a robot for the challenge on the theme of providing access to clean water. Luxembourg Prime Minister, Mr. Xavier Bettel came to encourage the team.
Won ‘Coup de Coeur’ special prize competing against 33 teams in the Game of Code hackathon in March 2017
Recognized for being youngest facilitator in summer 2014, for coding session at BGL BNP Paribas Summer School along with Bryan (MIT Graduate) and Carl (entrepreneur and product manager). Helped 16-18-year-olds on how to build a website, create a blog and use iMovie.
Recognized by Store Manager as he solved an ICT glitch at Delhaize, which had suddenly jammed automated doors on a Sunday morning in January 2014 disrupting the movement of customers.