Launch Party | VizChitra

VizChitra is a vibrant, inclusive community of data storytellers based in India, where data literacy and visualization practices are still emerging. We bring together creative minds—designers, programmers, analysts, educators, artists, and storytellers—to transform raw data into human-centered narratives.

The VizChitra community came together on February 22nd for its inaugural launch event. The virtual gathering turned a regular Friday night into a celebration of all things dataviz, with 300 registrations and 180 attendees actively participating across the globe. This deck was used in the inaugural online launch event.

Transcript

1. 🎉 Welcome to the launch party 🎉 While we wait, tell us 
 which city you are joining from in the chat!

2. Every hero community has an origin story… Talk to Zainab?
 I want to build a dataviz community in India, but it feels too hard

3. Hey Zainab, In 2021, you had suggested a six-part online conference on dataviz and had asked me to curate. Did that ever happen? Is that something you'd like to do now?
 I think Gurman the result you have in mind will be more work than you expect. We need a community and an in-person conference.

5. October 5, 2025, Matteo, Bangalore

6. “To build a strong community of interdisciplinary individuals with a shared interest in the practice of data visualisation across India.”
7. Join at slido.com #3832 577
8. D o not edit H ow to change the design Which of these best describe what you do? Presenting with animations, GIFs or speaker notes? Enable our Chrome extension
9. What to expect from VizChitra community? Consider & Curate Attend & get inspired through events
 Cultivate & Care Learn & grow through workshops & mentorship
 Create & Collaborate Connect & build across different domains

10. D o not edit H ow to change the design What is the one thing you would love VizChitra to help you with? Presenting with animations, GIFs or speaker notes? Enable our Chrome extension
11. “So when is the conference?”
12. VizChitra Conference
 Bangalore International Center
 27th June, 2025
13. VizChitra Workshops
 Across Bengaluru
 28th June, 2025
14. Who are helping build VizChitra community? Gurman Bhatia Founder @ Revisual Labs Dataviz Studio, Data Journalist Amit Kapoor Educator @ amitkaps Data Analytics, Dataviz Rasagy Sharma Design Manager @ Capital One Designer, Data Artist Ipsa Jain Communicator @ Independent Science Comm, Author Rukmini S Founder @ Data for India Data Journalist, Author Hamsa Founder @ Thoughtput Designer, Data Stories S Anand CEO @ Gramener AI & Data Visualization Surbhi Bhatia Data @ ONDC Data Analysis and Strategy Kashvi Bansal Editorial Designer @ The Ken Data Designer, Researcher Arpit Arora Product Lead @ Data for India Data Storyteller Poojil Comms Associate @ CEEW Writer and Designer Zainab Bawa COO @ Hasgeek Ops and Strategy Anand Katakam Graphics Editor @ Reuters Data Journalist Nithya Subramanian Founder @ PoppadomCo Data Designer, Illustrator Kavya Sukumar CTO @ Lightrock Data and Insights … and many more…
15. “How can I speak at VizChitra?”
16. Propose a session at VizChitra! Speak & Present Talk about your work, reflections, ideas…
 Standard Talk (30 mins)
 Lightning Talk (15 mins)
 Teach & Facilitate Immerse into new skills, interests…
 Hands-on Workshop (3 hrs)
 Unconference / Birds of Feather Session (45 mins)
 vizchitra.com/cfp
17. D o not edit H ow to change the design If you could hear a talk related to dataviz about anything, what would that be? Presenting with animations, GIFs or speaker notes? Enable our Chrome extension
18. D o not edit H ow to change the design If you could attend a workshop on anything about data visualization, what would that be? Presenting with animations, GIFs or speaker notes? Enable our Chrome extension
19. “How can I support VizChitra?”
20. Speak at the conference vizchitra.com/cfp
 

21. Sponsor and support the conference sales@hasgeek.com
22. Participate in the Whatsapp community vizchitra.com/friends
23. vizchitra.com
24. Q/A
25. Time to meet people! You got 5 minutes
26. Share something you learnt about another person in the chat!
27. Thank you!