Theme: Disruptive Ideation and 21st Century Learning

Disruptive ideation is the process of coming up with ideas that ensure changes at fundamental levels. In a way, they change overall processes of doing things be it in irrigation, online delivery, education, or for that matter any other field. As the world has gone about looking for incremental changes and improvements over the past few generations, with rapid and heavily destructive issues like Covid19 afflicting the world, now is the time for transformation changes or disruptive changes. The world in many ways is not going to be the same again and if we are to push the reset button, now is the time to do so.

Sugandha Khandelwal
Elpro Compound, Shridhar Nagar Road
Chinchwad
Pune, Maharashtra, 4110333
India

Aashi Chandalia

Soft Skills Trainer & Digital Communications Manager

At age 5, when most children played outdoors, Aashi stood in front of the mirror addressing her make-believe audience. At the age of 6, she began learning a rather unique dance form for its time- Indian folk dance. At age 7, Aashi began her journey in the field of drama and communication skills. And by the time she was 8 and 9, she was also singing in various competitions, and springing at every opportunity she got to speak with a mic! All of this, just so she could be on stage! Aashi is currently working with a skill development organization based out of Mumbai. Over the years, she has positively impacted the lives of 1000+ students from across India and the Middle East teaching them the art of communication, public speaking and other soft skills.

Aman Zaidi

Facilitator | Coach

Aman is an educator, a coach and a performance optimizer. He works with individuals and organizations to help them improve their performance, their capabilities and their culture.

Antara Mahale

Student

Antara is an outgoing and bubbly individual. She is ever enthusiastic and always on her toes. Being interested in sports like Badminton and being a big Cricket fan, she keeps herself updated with the athletic field. She herself, too, plays these sports. Apart from her interest in athletics, Antara also takes great pleasure in contemporary dancing and gymnastics. Even though having been a rather quite kid when she was a child, however Antara has now started to take a fancy in public speaking. And events that involve a mike in hand and audience in front now delight her. She loves sharing her ideas with the people around her and hearing about those of others. Antara is a 9th grade student who always strives to be the best version of herself everyday.

Dhwani Garg

Student

Dhwani Garg is a young enterprising 18 year old, who has a deep-rooted interest in international affairs, law and politics. An avid public speaker, Dhwani loves a good debate and it is hard to get past her in an argument, whether factual or rhetorical. As a social and environmental activist, she is constantly involved in awareness and fundraising ventures and firmly believes that change lies in the hands of the youth. Dhwani loves travelling, writing and meeting new people, and is often described as either charming or infuriating (depending on who you ask).

Garima Mitra

Lawyer

Garima is a Lawyer by profession and leads the legal and compliance segment for a Consulting firm. She advises emerging businesses in developing the best and most effective legal frameworks. Also, she is an active speaker/mentor/guest faculty for legal and finances topics and Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Headstart Network Foundation (pan India network), Center for Entrepreneurship- SPJIMR, Social Alpha (Tata Trusts), and various other platforms.

Geetanjali Vinod

Student

Geetanjali is a 7th grader studying in Elpro International School. She loves to read, and her favourite place to be is the library, turning the pages of a book.She likes reading the news, and watching politics and current affairs.She has won several awards in the Brainstormm Spellbee and the SOF Olympiad competitions.She likes learning new languages and loves travelling experiencing new cultures ,meeting new people and making friends. She is fond of science and doing experiments.Also ,she loves singing and playing the piano ,sudoku, jigsaws,cycling, badminton and stamp and coin collecting.

Kritika Jain

Student

Kritika Jain, is a student of Grade 4K at Elpro International School. Her hobbies include - reading, swimming, badminton, singing, dancing and music. She is passionate about singing which she started at the age of 5 and now is getting trained in classical singing. She has also developed a great interest in reading and read as many as 70 books in the last 9 months . She is a quick learner and today she is going to share with you her secrets of learning.

Pratyush Mishra

Student

A student, first and foremost. Not only of my school or of academics, but more importantly a student of things I enjoy, and those are aplenty. I find some tranquility in my brush marks while painting, and I find calm when my favorite music, however loud it may be, is playing (especially if it is Queen). I am a sports enthusiast who can both play and watch a number of sports for as long as my body, or rather my parents permit. I hope to become a writer one day. And until that day, and quite definitely even beyond, books and movies shall keep me company. A good book and a good movie both bring me joy alike and so I don’t get into those debates about printed and visual media. And yes, I have two ears that are willing to listen and a mouth that is forever ready to speak my mind.

Rahil Sayed

Brand Strategist & Entrepreneur

Combining his passion for storytelling, consumer research and problem solving, Rahil kicked off his career as a brand strategist. He’s worked across a number of industries for a multitude of brands such as Renault, Siemens, Idea Cellular, Tata Housing, Axis Bank, Parle-G, Birla Liva and Publicis Drugstore, to name just a few. Rahil is currently heading a full-service, creative solutions agency that has worked with over 70 brands, largely owing their success to a combination of insightful strategy and clutterbreaking creativity.

Rahul Maheshwari

Photographer and Visual Communication expert

At 25, while his friends were gaining steady jobs and getting married, he traded in everything for a one- way ticket to the US and found himself in beautiful Arizona, pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Graphic Design for Print. While in design school Rahul ran into photography by chance. In 2004 he landed up at the National Geographic on Expedition. In 2005 Rahul's photographic journey took a dramatic turn when he was selected to assist photo legend Steve McCurry at his studio in New York. He has also been the communications chair for American Institute of Graphic Artists, Arizona. Currently, he is the Technical Director at a Studio he founded and specializes in photography and video solutions.Rahul also teaches photography to students between grade 7 and 11 at an International School

Rashika Manwani

Social Sector Professional

Rashika is a Mumbai-based social sector professional. An energy worker, a nature-lover and a sustainability enthusiast, Rashika is currently working with for a socio-tech company. Her goal is to extend the circle of change-makers to include everyone on this planet, such that we can all be part of the change we want to see.

Savleen Kaur Pasrija

Student

Savleen is a fifth grader at Elpro International School. She has great passion for dance and music. She is gold medalist of Brainstormm Spellbee and has represented her music academy as a keyboardist on 15th annual forum of Akhil Bhartiya Sanskrutik Sangh. She has also won several awards in Abacus and sports events at school and UCMAS academy. Making friends and talking to new people is what exhilarates her. Savleen chooses to be a Jack of all and master of none as her phase currently. She thinks, wider areas she gets to explore now , more is the probability to find what is closest to her heart. During current Covid lockdowns she got immense time to spend with herself. She had some eye opener experiences which she would like to share with us.

Shwetha Jayakrishnan

Student

Shewtha Jayakrishnan is a 17 year old student studying humanities at Elpro International School, Chinchwad. She/he aspires to be a criminal psychologist by profession and aims to start an animal shelter and a foster home in the future. She/he is a trained Bharatnatyam dancer and has won many awards for the same, but she/he is more inclined towards singing and making song covers online. She/he has hosted many events, and won many debates and awards and was given the title of being The Student Of The Year twice in her previous school.

Simran Pradhan

Financial Services

He is an experienced professional from the Financial Services industry and has a previous stint in consulting as well. He is an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode. He is passionate about reading and enjoys interacting and mentoring students.

Sunita Sancheti

Motivational speaker

Sunita Sancheti is a disability activist and a businesswoman managing her family business. After her spine injury at the age of sixteen, she had to struggle to adjust to her new life on a wheelchair. 9 years after her injury, when she visited the UK for rehabilitation services she was thrilled to learn how to use her wheelchair more effectively After returning home, she wanted to share this experience with other disabled people and was resolute to work on improving disability accessibility in India. She got this opportunity through disability activists’ groups like ADAPT Rights Group, Nina Foundation and Trinayani. She wears many hats, a traveller, motivational speaker and a sportsperson, to name a few. She also has a silver medal at state -level para-badminton competition and a silver in district level. She has bagged a bronze medal at National level 2015.She has recently completed her Diploma in Wedding Planning & event management from Global Wedding Academy

Teshi Sharma

Student

Teshi Sharma is not your average student. Whether it be her profound love for pizza or her adamance on participating in everything, she's learned that being different is better and being boring is out of the question. Having been part of innumerable conferences, events and organisations, Teshi has built herself an identity which she prides on being independent of orthodoxy. Besides public speaking, her hobbies include everything from exploring different cities to curling up in a corner with a book.