Avadhana literally means concentration. The art of Avadhana is about showcasing superior mastery of cognitive capabilities - observation, memory, multitasking, task switching, retrieval, reasoning and creativity in multiple modes of intelligence - literature, poetry, music, mathematical calculations, puzzle solving etc. Ashtavadhani perform 8 such tasks simultaneously. Shatavadhani Ganesh is a practitioner of this art and has demonstrated performing 100 such tasks simultaneously, hence the title shatavadhani. He has performed more than 1000 Avadhanas in Kannada, Sanskrit, Telugu and Prakrit. He is known for extempore composition of poetry and is the only Shatavadhani from Karnataka. Avadhana literally means concentration. The art of Avadhana is about showcasing superior mastery of cognitive capabilities - observation, memory, multitasking, task switching, retrieval, reasoning and creativity in multiple modes of intelligence - literature, poetry, music, mathematical calculations, puzzle solving etc. Ashtavadhani perform 8 such tasks simultaneously. Shatavadhani Ganesh is a practitioner of this art and has demonstrated performing 100 such tasks simultaneously, hence the title shatavadhani. He has performed more than 1000 Avadhanas in Kannada, Sanskrit, Telugu and Prakrit. He is known for extempore composition of poetry and is the only Shatavadhani from Karnataka. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx