TEDxIIMRaipur
presents the first ever TEDx in Chhattisgarh. The event with the theme
‘Thoughts, Actions and Beyond’ will be hosted at Hotel GT Star on 10th August
2013. It aims to highlight the ideas that have been acted upon, pursued
relentlessly and have yielded miraculous results. The event will witness six
speakers who will share their thoughts and the subsequent journeys
undertaken.
Akash
Gautam, a renowned motivational speaker, enter-trainer and vocabulary
enthusiast will share with the audience about his initiative ‘Akash ka Vocab
Dhaba’. As a motivator and personality
development trainer, he has delivered sessions in reputed educational
institutions such as IIMs, IITs, NITs, IIITs, Xaviers, St. Stephens etc.
Neha
Juneja, CEO of Greenway Grameen will educate the audience about her venture
which aims to create environmental friendly ‘Bottom of the Pyramid’ products
for rural consumers at low costs. She has
organized community-led projects and need-analysis consulting in a wide array
of areas including agro forestry, primary energy supply and water access. She
is the CEO of Greenway Grameen.
Usman
Shekhani, a grass root level innovator from Kanker, Chhattisgarh will share
about his innovation of a specialised device to make incense sticks and
toothpicks. He has undertaken several social
initiatives at the root level starting from training villagers pertaining to
various cottage industries like honey making, animal husbandry etc.
Vishnu
Tadimeti, a 17 year old student known for his academic website portal
for the student community will be inspirational. He has been constantly honing his skills and developed a knowledge
sharing academic portal website for student community - www.AspireBest.com
Pankaj
Johar, a chartered accountant by profession but presently directs
documentaries, will motivate the audience with his endeavours. He left his Chartered Accountancy and spent the next
two years working on political documentaries ranging from subjects as diverse
as global warming's impact on Arctic Ice to the Sri Lankan conflict. In 2005,
he joined one of India's biggest media groups - NDTV. Pankaj is the director of
the documentary, "Still Standing" which has got rave reviews at
various festivals and won the Dadasaheb Phalke Chitrnagri award for the best
debut film at the Mumbai International Film Festival, 2012.
Vijay
Barse, founder of the organization Slum
Soccer will impart knowledge
about how his organization reaches out to the Indian homeless using football as
a tool for social improvement and empowerment. The
unbridled joy on the faces of a few street children kicking a broken bucket
around a slushy ground in an impromptu game of football, blissfully unaware of
the pelting rain in the midst of a sudden rainstorm, prompted the founding of
the organization; Slum Soccer by Vijay Barse. The ‘beautiful game’ is a unique
and yet, a perfect vehicle that transcends race, religion, language and gender
to bring about a change in the lives of street dwellers.
A closed audience of
the students, alumni and faculty of IIM Raipur along with the important
dignitaries of Raipur city will attend the event. The event also includes a special
performance by two ‘ Hand Shadowgraphers’ Amar Sen & Sabyasachi Sen. They are the sole performers of this art in Pan-Asia.
For more details
regarding the entire event please visit http://www.tedxiimraipur.com.
