Apr 22 2026 to Apr 22 2026 6:30 p.m.

Where

Bangalore International Centre

7 4th Main Rd, Stage 2, Domlur 560071

Event Description

86 minutes | English with subtitles | 2026

One million applicants. Seven seats. Then what?

Seven young people from across India fight their way into IIT, only to find that getting in was the easier part. The filmmaker, an IIT alumnus himself, spent seven years with them, from their first semester to the third year of their careers.

Decades after graduating, Gautam Sonti recognised in these students the same pressure he had once felt: a system that measures everything and nurtures very little. TechnoCats is his attempt at a conversation across generations.

The screening will be followed by a discussion between Gautam Sonti, Tara Rao and Aunohita Mojumdar, before opening to audience questions.

Watch the trailer here.

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Speakers

Gautam Sonti
Filmmaker
As an independent documentary filmmaker, Gautam Sonti has turned his camera on contemporary systems that shape us — from primary and secondary schools, to workplaces of global software companies, to cities that are forever being rebuilt, to the social and cultural structures that influence what we eat. An IIT graduate who never quite ran the expected race, Gautam comes full circle, back to the place where his questions began.

Tara Rao
Senior Activist and Strategist, Eddelu Karnataka
Tara Rao is a member of the Central Working Group with a people’s political campaign – Eddelu Karnataka – consisting of over a 100 diverse set of grassroots organisations that is building an active citizens’ movement ground up. She first knew she wanted to get active on social justice working as an architect in Nepal in the early-90’s on a community-led school design project. For just under four decades, working across disciplines, she has also been employing her design skills, shaping action in the areas of rural development, environment and human rights, working with non-governmental organisations (incl. Amnesty, Greenpeace, WWF) and various bilateral and multi-lateral organisations in Asia, Africa and beyond.

Tara has spent many years facilitating collaboration with multi-disciplinary teams in national and global initiatives for social and environmental justice. Her work has taken her to live in Vietnam, Bhutan, Nepal, Denmark, and the UK. Just before she joined Eddelu Karnataka, Tara was part of setting up, testing and supporting Gigatonne Challenge – a team-based global climate action company. She believes that our massive socio-political and environmental challenges will ultimately require an active citizenry to actually turn things around.

Aunohita Mojumdar
Journalist
Aunohita Mojumdar is an Indian journalist who has been a reporter and editor for over 30 years. She has lived and worked in Afghanistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and India. She has published in numerous regional and international media outlets including The Guardian, Financial Times, BBC, Asia Times, Al Jazeera, Eurasianet, Khaleej Times, Panos, the Hindu, Hindustan Times, Women’s enews, Times of India, Hard News and Civil Society. She was the Editor of the South Asian magazine Himal Southasian. She is currently based in Bangalore.