Anu Vaidyanathan is a filmmaker, comedian and engineer whose memoir Anywhere But Home was long-listed for the Mumbai Film Festival's word-to-screen market in 2016.
She made her Off-Broadway debut with solo BC:AD (Before Children, After Diapers) show at the Kraine Theater on January 12th, 2023.
Anu is taking two feature scripts to the market this year. One is a bilingual film in Tamil and English — a satirical thriller with a bit of action. The protagonist is a woman who is a complete badass.
She is also the first Indian to complete
Ironman Triathlon
An Ironman Triathlon is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC), consisting of a swim, a bicycle ride and a marathon run completed in that order, a total of . It is widely consider ...
, doing so in 2006.
Early life
Vaidyanathan was born in
New Delhi, India. Vaidyanathan earned Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in
Computer Engineering
Computer engineering (CoE or CpE) is a branch of electrical engineering and computer science that integrates several fields of computer science and electronic engineering required to develop computer hardware and software. Computer engineers ...
from
Purdue University
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and
North Carolina State University
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. She pursued her PhD in Electrical Engineering from
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Career
In 2009, while working towards her PhD, she became the first Asian woman to complete the Ultraman Canada event. She is the first India-based athlete to train for an participate in
Ironman Triathlon
An Ironman Triathlon is one of a series of long-distance triathlon races organized by the World Triathlon Corporation (WTC), consisting of a swim, a bicycle ride and a marathon run completed in that order, a total of . It is widely consider ...
. Vaidyanathan was the first Indian woman to have qualified for the
Half Ironman 70.3 Clearwater World Championship in 2008
She has served as the visiting faculty at
IIM Ahmedabad and
IIT Ropar
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (IIT Ropar) is a Public university, public technical university located in Rupnagar, Punjab, India, Punjab, India. It is one of the eight newer Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) established by the Minis ...
. Her memoir ''Anywhere But Home – Adventures in Endurance'', was published in 2016.
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See also
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Sports in India
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References
External links
Official website
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Living people
People from New Delhi
1984 births
Indian female triathletes