Aurus IT was front and centre and the Proto event. I truly had a great time at the event.

Here our my 5 thoughts on Proto:

1) Organization: I loved the different colour schemes and badges for Media, Investors, Start-ups, Presenters, Volunteers. It did have a lot of people staring at everyone stomach than on their faces, but it did segregate everyone perfectly and made things a lot easier.

2) Kiran Karnik Lecture: Inspiring, wonderful, and above all practical. Information overload has dimmed our senses to the practical aspects of life. Its wonderful to realise how important it is to dumb every idea down, to realize its actual potential.

3) Out of the Box section: Some very cool technology, devices, ideas and food concepts in this. Two that really got my attention was the Intelligent Shopping Cart from Blink Media and Cornflakes/Snacks made from Makahana.

4) Networking: Proto promotes itself as a Networking platform and it was great to see it actually succeeding in that. The first day of Proto (18th July, 2008) had majority of Investors loitering around in the corridors waiting to be approached to discuss intelligent ideas.

5)  Proto is going to be in Mumbai for the next session and we hope to be there on stage this time around.

Next Post: Reviews and my thoughts on the Ideas and Products showcased on stage.