Mahima Sudarshan
Engineer, Chess Player and Creator
Mahima Sudarshan hails from Malleshwaram, Bangalore. She is 19 years old and pursuing engineering in Electrical and Electronics. She enjoys reading books, singing, swimming and playing chess. She is involved in other extra-curricular activities while being a coordinator of the R&D club of her college.

Challenges
10
Reclaiming Choice
For this challenge, we had invited the fellows to bring their final projects to life through the powerful mediums of either a short film or a graphic novel. In Mahima’s graphic novel, Dr. Aarna Iyer, a brilliant scientist at NeuralTech Corp, works on cutting-edge neural link technology. However, her mentor, Dr. Raghavan, warns her that CEO Aditi Varma is secretly using neural implants to control human minds. As Aarna uncovers the sinister truth, she becomes a target of NeuralTech’s powerful security forces.

9
For challenge 9, the fellows presented a pitch deck of their visual narratives. These narratives, set in 2050, address a conflict in an ideal future and its resolution. The pitch will serve as a storyboard for the final project, presented as either a short film or graphic novel. Mahima’s pitch Reclaiming Choice discusses the ethical future of technology. The protagonist Dr. Aarna Iyer leads a rebellion to build empathetic technology.
8
Challenge 8 was a fun exercise in which the fellows generated interactive AI personas using the Gooey.AI copilot tool. Mahima’s bot is Dr. Aarna Iyer, a brilliant scientist at NeuralTech Corp, who works on cutting-edge neural link technology in Bangalore 2050. She becomes a target of NeuralTech’s powerful security forces and ultimately leads a rebellion to overthrow them.
7
After an engaging workshop with Nina Sabnani, the fellows applied their imagination to craft a narrative using five images that Nina gave as prompts. Mahima’s story depicts rural and natural life through scenes of a mountain road, a child in bloom, a loyal dog, a farmer at work, and a crowd symbolizing collective human movement.
6
For this challenge, we wanted the fellows to create supporting characters that would inhabit their envisioned future world. Mahima created two supporting characters named Dr. Raghvan and Aditi Varma.



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Fellows developed characters who would live in their imagined future worlds. Mahima developed the character of Dr. Aarna Iyer who exposes a corporate plot to control minds through neural implants, leading a rebellion to restore free will in a tech-dominated world. Her mentor, Dr. Raghavan, warns her that CEO Aditi Varma is secretly using neural implants to control human minds. As Aarna uncovers the sinister truth, she becomes a target of NeuralTech’s powerful security forces.
4
For this challenge, we wanted fellows to continue building on their explored futures, focusing on world building. We wanted them to visualise it as the opening scene of a sci-fi film, where the focus is on the setting rather than the characters. 5 to 6 frames were created using Gooey's Animation Generator in draft mode (2 FPS). Mahima created an animation of the Western Ghats in the year 2050.
3
For this challenge, we had asked the fellows to illustrate their peers’ predictions for the future. Mahima illustrated self-directed play zones in the year 2050 where kids can play and express themselves freely.




2
We asked the fellows to explore what the future would look like. We also asked them to forecast a series of predictions for the next few years, with a timeline of no more than 25 years ahead.Mahima made the following predictions about the future. In 25 years, AI in India’s sustainable agriculture will optimize resource use, enhance crop yields, monitor soil health, enable precision farming, and reduce environmental impact. Solutions to protect birds from 5G,6G or future cellular network signals include research on EMF impacts, bird-safe infrastructure, EMF shielding in sensitive areas, regulating emissions, low-impact tech designs, and international collaboration. These efforts aim to reduce disruptions to birds' navigation, communication, and health, ensuring balanced technological and environmental growth. In the next 25 years, neural chips will enable advanced brain-machine interfaces, revolutionizing medical treatments, cognitive enhancement, and seamless human-technology integration, fostering new possibilities for communication and mobility.