Thajudeen Aboobaker

Events

Where you may have met me.

Talks, panels and features, in the order I would show them. Each opens where it was published.

Moments

  • A man in a checked shirt holding a microphone and gesturing with one hand, with a presentation slide behind him.
    Opening day at In50Hrs Kochi, 2024
  • A man in a grey blazer speaking into a microphone beside a lectern, in front of a conference backdrop.
    Speaking at KBN Conclave 3.0
  • A close view of a man in a grey blazer and dotted tie speaking into a microphone on a panel stage.
    Sharing ideas on a panel
  • A man in a grey suit seated on a blue sofa on a stage, with a lit circuit-board backdrop.
    Mid-conversation on stage
  • A man in a dark shirt speaking from a lectern, with three seated panellists and an Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre banner behind.
    Speaking at an IEDC event
  • Two men smiling and holding a paper between them while a third man in a suit applauds, in front of an IEDC banner.
    A smiling hand-over at an IEDC event
  • Two men shaking hands on stage, one holding a framed certificate, with a Green Summit slide behind them.
    A handshake on stage at Green Summit
  • A man in a green shirt receiving a certificate from a man in white as another man in a grey waistcoat looks on.
    Receiving a certificate
  • A man in a white shirt speaking at a dark lectern with a microphone, in a hall with gold curtains.
    Taking the lectern
  • A man in a white shirt seated between two guests on a stage, under a lit sign for a college of engineering.
    On stage at a college event
  • Two men seated in wooden chairs on a panel stage, one speaking into a microphone, with a slide on sustainability behind them.
    Talking sustainability on a panel
  • A man in a dark blue shirt speaking into a microphone at a lectern.
    Mic in hand
  • Nearly twenty team members in black polo shirts stand in a line in front of a white tent, with a man in a grey jacket in the middle.
    The people behind the work
  • A man in a light jacket talks with a man in a purple shirt and two others inside a large tent at a startup expo.
    Meeting K. N. Balagopal, former minister, at a startup expo
  • A man in a grey jacket with a name badge stands beside a smiling man in a white patterned shirt at a startup expo.
    With Najeeb Kanthapuram, MLA, at a startup expo
  • A man in a light grey jacket and lanyard speaks into a microphone beside a lectern, in front of a Huddle Global backdrop.
    Startup pitching on the Huddle Global stage
  • Four people on a panel sit in white armchairs on a red-carpeted stage, in front of a large screen that reads Kerala Startup Fest 2026, Kozhikode. The second from the right is speaking.
    The stage at Kerala Startup Fest ’26Photo: Event photographer, Kerala Startup Fest ’26 (Snapshare)
  • Four panelists in white armchairs on stage at Kerala Startup Fest 2026. A woman on the left speaks into a microphone while the others listen.
    On the panel, Kerala Startup Fest ’26Photo: Event photographer, Kerala Startup Fest ’26 (Snapshare)
  • The view from the panel seats at Kerala Startup Fest 2026: a packed hall ahead, cameras along the edge, and one panelist with a raised hand.
    Facing the hall at Kerala Startup Fest ’26Photo: Event photographer, Kerala Startup Fest ’26 (Snapshare)
  • Seven people on a flower-edged stage under a green screen headed Startup Meet, Waste to Wealth. One of the panelists holds a microphone and speaks.
    At the Startup Meet on waste to wealth, Vruthi 2025
  • Seven people in black Urban Trash polo shirts stand in a row inside a glass-walled hall, beside a Kerala Innovation Festival banner.
    Team Urban Trash at the Kerala Innovation Festival
  • A man in a blue check shirt stands and speaks into a microphone in a bright room, with an audience seated around him.
    Speaking up at a Startup Saturday sessionPhoto: Startup Saturday session video (organiser)
  • A man in a dark blazer sits on a white chair and speaks into a microphone, in front of a purple stage screen.
    On a panel about start-ups and entrepreneurship
  • About fifteen people stand shoulder to shoulder in a hall, in front of a screen and banner for the Startup Bootcamp, 18 to 20 July 2024.
    At the Startup Bootcamp, valedictory day, July 2024

In the papers

  • An old, yellowed Malayalam newspaper clipping. A grainy black-and-white photo of a smiling schoolboy sits above a caption saying that Thajudeen C. Abubakkar of Rajarshi Memorial Higher Secondary School, Vadavukode, won first place in Arabic speech in the UP section.
    Where it started: first place for an Arabic speech. The stage never got rid of me.Newspaper clipping
  • A Malayalam newspaper clipping. A photo of a bearded young man in a white shirt sits beside a printed quote about a project that began a month earlier, saying the work will continue and the aim is a solution to Kochi's waste problem. It is signed with the name Thajudeen Abubakkar, Project Coordinator.
    A quote on cleaning up Kochi, in the paperNewspaper clipping
  • A Malayalam newspaper cutting with a photo of a man at a seminar and its short caption.
    Speaking at a seminar, in the paperNewspaper clipping
  • A short paragraph from a Malayalam newspaper feature about the cost of processing waste. It quotes Thajudeen Abubakkar as founder and CEO of Urban Trash.
    Quoted on waste in a news featureNewspaper clipping
  • A Malayalam newspaper clipping. A photo of three men standing close together in conference lanyards, in front of colourful event signs, sits above a headline about Huddle Global and startups for waste processing and drinking-water distribution.
    Huddle Global, in the paperNewspaper clipping