The Unwritten Curriculum

Name: The Unwritten Curriculum: WiTG x BridgeAura
Start: 2026-09-12T09:30:00+05:30
End: 2026-09-12T16:00:00+05:30
Location: Soccorro Panchayat Hall

A one-day event on the lessons no classroom teaches

Friday, September 12th, 2026

9:30 AM – 4:00 PM

Soccorro Panchayat Hall, Porvorim

A full day of talks, frameworks, and a live AI demo from women leaders in STEM.

Some of the most important lessons in a career are never taught in a classroom: what a hiring panel actually screens for, when to file a patent before you publish, how to speak clearly when you're put on the spot, how to work well inside a real engineering team.

The Unwritten Curriculum brings those lessons into a single day. Women in Tech Goa and BridgeAura are hosting a one-day event at Soccorro Panchayat Hall where women leaders who have operated at a senior level across engineering, AI, and intellectual property hand that knowledge directly to 500+ engineering students.

The day runs across seven sessions, from talks and frameworks to a live, hands-on AI demo, bookended by an opening note and a closing note from senior voices in Goa's technology and entrepreneurship ecosystem.

Agenda

One track, seven sessions, plus the opening and closing notes

Time	Session
9:15 – 10:00	Reporting & Networking
10:00 – 10:15	Welcome & Intro · Oindrilla Chatterjee
10:15 – 10:30	Opening Note · Revati Kumar, CEO, Goa Electronics Limited
10:30 – 11:05	Skills in the AI Age · Dr. Sulbha Shantawan
11:05 – 11:40	The Language Advantage · Michelle Kale
11:40 – 12:15	Resume Red Flags · Dr. Kavita Masthoff
12:15 – 12:50	Patents in the AI Age · Rajni Mishra
12:50 – 1:50	Lunch & Networking
1:50 – 2:25	Think on Your Feet · Annalie Gracias
2:25 – 3:00	Agentic AI the Simple Way, live demo · Komala Soares
3:00 – 3:35	Code is a Team Sport · Bindiya Kansekar
3:35 – 3:50	Closing Note
3:50 – 4:05	Closing Networking & Group Photo

Meet the Speakers

The women opening and teaching the day

Opening Note

Revati Kumar

CEO, Goa Electronics Limited

Opening remarks to set the tone for the day, from one of Goa's leading voices in technology and public enterprise.

Welcome & Intro to WiTG

Oindrilla Chatterjee

Founder, Women in Tech Goa

Opens the day and introduces Women in Tech Goa, its mission, and what the community is building for women and non-binary folks in STEM across Goa.

Skills in the AI Age

Dr. Sulbha Shantawan

Co-founder, RootedLabs

The importance of using AI well, ways to safeguard yourself, and the ethical implications of relying on it, from an educational consultant and learning futurist working on ethical AI.

The Language Advantage

Michelle Kale

IT Project Lead, 15+ years

A personal, practical look at how communication makes or breaks early-career opportunities, from her own path as a French student to IT Project Lead, and how to walk into any room and be heard.

Patents in the AI Age

Rajni Mishra

Ex-Patent Agent, 15 years in IP

Why patents matter more than ever in an era of AI-accelerated building: what makes an invention patentable in India, the cost and process of filing, and the risks of publishing before patenting.

Think on Your Feet

Annalie Gracias

Content Strategist

Practical frameworks to structure your thoughts and respond with confidence in class, interviews, presentations, and group discussions, even with little time to prepare.

Agentic AI the Simple Way

Komala Soares

HoD Electronics, Govt. Polytechnic

A live demo of building smart agents and real-world automations using the n8n workflow platform, Google nodes, and Meta AI nodes, and how you can start building your own.

Code is a Team Sport

Bindiya Kansekar

Lead Engineer, Deloitte

The collaboration skills they don't teach in college: how real engineering teams work together, review each other's code, and ship as a group.

Resume Red Flags

Dr. Kavita Masthoff

AI PM, Tech Mahindra · PhD, Cambridge

What actually gets a resume shortlisted, and what quietly gets it discarded, from someone who has sat on the hiring side across 30+ years of cross-functional experience.