Theme: Shatter

‘Only in the shattering can the rebuilding occur’. The essence of our TEDx event draws parallels to that of every other — ideas unfetter us to ‘shatter’ the glass ceiling that confines our yearning for erudition, to disintegrate the boundaries that impede the vigour and cogency of our voice and opinions and to fragment the pessimism and timorousness that engulfs us. Shattering the undesirable lays the path to achieving the desirable and to letting forth all the seminal, ingenious ideas that would steer the world towards boundless success. At TEDxYouth@JPIS 2018, we celebrate this ‘Shattering’ of our extremities where speakers from multifarious disciplines embrace the mic, invigorating, intriguing and inciting the youth through scintillating discussions to recognise their competency to unfurl and unleash the unprecedented might of their thoughts and ideas.

Jayshree Periwal International School
Mahapura
Jhanyee Village
Jaipur, Rajasthan, 302029
India

Abhishek Singh

Innovator; Founder, Super-Mario AR, peeqo, InstaGIF camera

Ever wanted to be Mario? You’re in luck — Abhishek Singh has made it possible with his his real- world augmented reality (AR) demo of Super Mario Bros! A technology buff, Abhishek also co- founded a live streaming startup, Svvround, and has created ‘peeqo’, a voice activated desktop assistant that responds entirely through gifs amongst his inexhaustible line of enrapturing products. Expect to have your mind ‘shattered’ at TEDxYouth@JPIS 2018 when Abhishek Singh unveils his delightful yet geeky story.

Amit Lodha

IPS Officer; Founder, bharatkeveer.com

Amit Lodha is one of the most versatile personas, who is not only a fantastic novelist, but even a tennis and squash aficionado, a music buff and an IPS officer. With several laurels including the prestigious President's Police Medal for Meritorious Service to his name, he also penned down “Bihar Diaries”, an engaging and wondrous piece of literature, which is an extraordinary feat. For Mr Lodha, boundaries do not exist — he shatters them all.

Anuranjita Kumar

Managing Director, HR, International Hubs, Royal Bank of Scotland

From being appointed the Head of Compensation and Benefits for South Asia to Senior HR Generalist for Corporate and Investment Banking to Staffing and Development manager in NY, there is very little our next speaker hasn’t done in her glorified career. Fortune’s ‘Most Powerful Woman Leaders’ in 2013, Anuranjita Kumar was the first female management committee member at Citi India and has taken it to unparalleled heights. Come witness Ms. Kumar shattering the glass ceiling this December 14th.

Bickram Ghosh

Musician

Performing alongside legends alike Pandit Ravi Shankar and playing for albums that have have been nominated for and even won the Grammies, such as ‘Full Circle’ and ‘Brainwashed’ is a pleasure reserved for a selective few — one of them is Bickram Ghosh. One of the greatest tabla maestros and most versatile artists of his time, Mr. Ghosh is a reckoning force in Indo-fusion music as his band, Rythmscape, clearly depicts. The man boasts of massive talent, having composed for 27 feature films and having over 100 music titles to his name. He’s also a previous performer at the Commonwealth Games, T20 World Cup Finals and Indian Super League and the brand ambassador of the Indian Election Commission in 2011.

Cyrus Boracha

TV Anchor, Political Satirist, Columnist

A name immediately recognised as the prankster behind the renowned shows, Bakra and The Week That Wasn't, Mr. Cyrus Broacha is even a TV anchor who has interviewed almost every celebrity, a theatre personality, comedian and much more. Writing for two leading national papers and two magazines, he is truly a man who has donned multiple hats and perfected them. Mr. Broacha is a buzzing, humorous personality who is coming to tickle all our funny bones and inspire us with the shattering of multiple perceptions through his prodigious stories.

Hitesh Oberoi

Founder-CEO, InfoEdge (parent company of Naukri.com, Jeevansathi.com, Shiksha.com)

Naukri.com, Jeevansaathi.com, 99acres.com, Shiksha.com — there are very few of us who do not recognise these names, all undertakings of Hitesh Oberoi. CEO and MD of InfoEdge, Mr. Oberoi boasts of a degree from IIT Delhi and IIM Bangalore, even having the prestigious Ernst & Young – Entrepreneur of the Year award in 2008 for Business Transformation, and today possesses the ability to create and implement ideas in a variety of fields with his versatility and creativity. He is a founder and on the Board of Directors at the highly acclaimed Ashoka University while being a part of various industry forums alike TiE post 18 years of experience in the internet industry. Truly, this business aficionado has consistently been ‘shattering’ records and boundaries with his extreme hard work, undying dedication and pure brilliance.

Kaizaad Kotwal

Producer, Actor, Director

A director, a producer, an actor, a designer and even a professor — Kaizaad Kotwal has persisted to ‘shatter’ expectations, whether by creating the much acclaimed play, ‘The Vagina Monologues’ or acting in blockbuster films alike ‘Airlift’. He has received numerous accolades, including an Emmy Award for Art Direction, the Grffin Society Award for Best Professor and even the prestigious Karmaveer Chakra award for his work in social justice. With over 200 productions under his hat, we eagerly await the ‘shattering’ thoughts and ideas Mr. Kotwal brings to the stage of TEDxYouth@JPIS, this December 14th.

Kush Kamra

SVP, GSS; Chairman-MD, GOSC Metlife

A trendsetter of excellence in the ITES industry, Kush Kamra serves as Senior Vice President of Global Shared Services and Chairman-MD of GOSC for Metlife. Armed with unparalleled expertise and dedication, he is the man responsible for carving out a global empire for Metlife while enabling it to secure economies of scale and leverage best practices. Mr. Kamra has not only gifted this nation his skills in process excellence and business transformation, but also a transformed economic landscape.

Manu Chopra

Founder, CS + Social Good, Stanford University

The ‘Innovator of the Year’, as declared by the Indian President, Manu Chopra is a socially driven genius and tech wizard who is effectively tackling poverty and having a social impact through the brilliant use of technology. From having developed a patented anti-molestation device to combat increasing rape cases to creating a hack called ‘Narada’ that brings signal connectivity and internet access to Indians in remote villages, Manu is single-handedly transforming this world for the better. Him and his students from the group, CS+Social Good, which has used technology for the betterment of 30 million people worldwide from Stanford University, where he is a lecturer and a student. A prodigy in his own right and a part of India’s 20 Most Brilliant Minds Under 20 by Times Of India, we eagerly wait for Mr Chopra to ‘shatter’ our perceptions of what good technology can do, this 14th of December at TEDxYouth@JPIS 2018.

Sabika Naqvi

Founder, Sar-e-Rahguzar; Spoken-word poet

They say poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and that thought has words. Our next speaker embodies these emotions beautifully through her poetry: a true symbol of a female identity and bravery. Founder of empowering initiatives such as Sar-e-Rahguzar, Ms. Naqvi has brought poetry and strong ideas about feminism and gender roles to the street: imparting largely the crux of the issue of discrimination.

Uditi Mishra

Student

The youngest student speaker in our history, Uditi Mishra has shattered more conventions and barriers in 14 years of life than most people do in a lifetime: be it becoming a national-level squash player at her age and ranking 3rd nationally, 15th in Asia and 25th in the world or being the true embodiment of resilience and dedication in conquering her battle against Alopecia.

Yash Mangal

Student

Yash is a 16 year-old JPite who finds his harmony in not only synthesizing melodies on the violin but also in breaking down microscopic leaf sections in the lab. Following his two passions, he has won various competitions and undertaken exciting research opportunities.