Theme: Omnipresent Inspiration around us

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized (subject to certain rules and regulations).

Elpro International School
Elpro Compound, Shridhar Nagar Road, Chinchwad
Pune, Maharashtra, 411033
India

Aabhaas Kalia

Student

A student of EIS, Abhaas is a fun loving critical thinker who has a knack for solving problems. He loves to play basketball, and likes to expand his knowledge about things outside school and textbooks.

Ahaan Bhargava

Student

A student of Grade 5 from EIS, Ahaan loves reading, writing and exploring new things. His favourite sports include football and swimming.

Akshay Garg

Consultant/ Scuba diver

Akshay is a consultant in Boston with a focus on marketing in the pharmaceutical industry. He is passionate about finding solutions to important issues using data analytics and has more than 8 years’ experience managing projects related to Market ad Brand strategy, as well as Customer segmentation and Insights.. He is also a passionate public speaker - an active member of Toastmasters International - and a Scuba Dive Master. In his free time, Akshay enjoys playing any kind of sport and lately has been exploring the world of cooking.

Aman Agarwal

Marketing professional

Engineer by Qualification and Educationist by Profession, Extremely Passionate about soft skill development.

Anavi Khanna

Student

A student of 11th grade from EIS, a voracious reader, blogger and a budding journalist for The Times of India (NIE). Anavi thoroughly enjoys writing and has a profound interest in satire. Her hobbies include playing guitar and performing classical dances to rock songs. She is also an ardent Queen fan and hopes that people will remember her to be much more than just a Bryan May fan.

Bipin Kaul

Chief Business Officer, Offline Business, PayTM

Mr Kaul has 21 years + of work experience with reputed Companies and has scaled business across SME segment . His passion lies in pursuing endurance sports and he has participated at International Level and represented India across various competitions. He was acclaimed as IRON MAN ( New Zealand 2017) ULTRA MAN ( Australia 2018 ) COMRADES ( South Africa 2019 ) to name a few . He is also a keen follower of new age technology .

Caroline Audoir de Valter

Humanitarian

Caroline is a recognized Global Humanitarian & World Peace Ambassador who is dedicated to empowering youth and young women, as well as ensuring the educational development and rights of children. She has over 30 years of experience in the social sector, including grassroots direct programme development, intervention, community development and implementation and partnership building, corporate social responsibility, budget and grants management, financial inclusion through social entrepreneurship and NGO management. Caroline believes that collective action and innovation are the keys to achieving long-term and meaningful change. She believes that strong leadership, vision, and kindness are essential for creating a beautiful world for all of us. Her motto is "Together, we can be the Change we wish to see in the world," which was inspired by Mahatma Gandhi.

Deveena Talukdar

Student

An avid reader and a science enthusiast, Deveena is a grade 3 student from ELpro International School. She loves exploring nature and its beauty; and she is a compassionate animal lover.

Gauri Saxena

Student

A student of grade 10 from Elpro International School, Gauri enjoys art, its different mediums and techniques. She is a travel enthusiast, loves working in a team and enjoys spending time with family.

Kabir Kaushik

Student

An avid reader and a learner for life, Kaushik is a student of Elpro International School. He is curious by nature and is fasciate by numbers and Math. Cricket and chess are his favourite after school activities.

Kunal Agarwal

Founder & Director at Kool-ex Cold Chain Ltd

Founder & Director at Kool-ex Cold Chain Ltd., Kunal has completed his MBA from Clark University, USA. He is the market leader in logistics for cold chain of COVID vaccines. He is operating India’s largest cold chain solutions company and he is also the champion of GoSports Foundation.

Major General Vikram Dev Dogra

Army General/ Motivational speaker

An Army General, a Motivational and TEDx Speaker, an Ironman Triathlete, a committed sportsman and an adventure enthusiast. He is the recipient of Sword of Honor, who also commanded The Poona Horse, 180 Armoured Brigade. He gained combat experience in Jammu & Kashmir and part of United Nations peace keeping forces in Angola, Africa. In 2018 he did Ironman Austria at the age of 58 and became the first Serving Indian Army Officer and the only general in the world to do so. He has been conferred with an honorary doctorate, and was also awarded Ati Vashisht Seva Medal in 2019 by the President of India.

Manoj Anchan A.K.A Manny

Author

A TEDx motivational speaker, an author, researcher, Ikigai thought leader, a global citizen and a happiness maverick. Manny is the Founder of Happiness Quotient Global Private Limited (HQGPL) and an Alumnus of Harvard and Columbia Business School. HQGPL is working on launching an innovative haptech venture revolving around the visionary concept of measuring happiness quotient scientifically through the best of human and technology interface.

Neel Sadekar

Student

Neel is a student in 10th grade at Elpro. He loves to debate on politics and foreign policy and aspires to make a career in the financial industry. An outspoken person and a sitcom lover, he is constantly involved in networking and environmental events. Neel believes that to make a change in the world, one has to get out of their comfort zone.

Pramod Deshmukh

Professional coach & Motivational speaker

Leadership and Business Coach, a Mechanical Engineer with Masters in Management. With 7 years of experience in large companies and 28 years into Leadership and Sales Training for Senior Management in MNCs, he is also a powerful personal HRCM Coach.

Prasad Sawant

Creative Designer & Certified Ethical Hacker

Creative Designer & Certified Ethical Hacker with a strong passion to build creative visual content. Currently creating Cyber Security Awareness Training Content.

Prof. M.M Pant

Professor/ Scientist

Former Pro Vice-Chancellor of Indira Gandhi National Open University, Prof. M M Pant is a Ph.D. in Computational Physics with a rich academic experience of 50+ years. His current interests are cognition, AI in education and creating awareness of Quantum Technologies.

Ranveer Panda

Student

An aspiring writer and a poet, Ranveer is the budding artist of Elpro International School from 7 th grade. He takes avid interest in music and stories. He also has a unique flair for weaving words into beautiful stories and poems.

RJ Mandee

Radio Jockey

Radio Professional with close to 20 years of experience .From best Rj jodi of the year India to several awards from various media bodies including the New York Radio festival under her belt ,she continues to don several hats - that of a mom to a 10 yr old babygirl to leading teams across 6 cities to holding the fort at the mic as a host for the flagship show for RED FM .She also prides herself with launching and hosting India's ONLY LGBTQIA + Radio Show .

Saumitra Dubey

Resilience Coach

A Resilience Coach, Mentor, Disability Advocate and Project Leader for Project Enable, Saumitra's journey of becoming a resilience coach started 16 years ago after his accident which made him a quadriplegic. His disability provided him with the inner strength to become an advocate of equal opportunities for people with disabilities. He has worked with visually impaired students to brighten their life for the last 5 years. Today he leads a project for students from economically weak families helping to bridge the education gap in rural India through technology

Suhani Khandelwal

Student

A student of grade 8 from EIS, Suhani is a sensitive yet practical girl. She likes to question the conventional paradigms. She strongly believes in giving her best in everything she does. Fascinated by stars and the universe, she aspires to take up Astrophysics and wants to land on the moon and beyond...

Urmila Kandha

Director - Technology @ Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) India

Urmila Kandha works as a Transformation Leader and Technology Director with UBS (Union Bank of Switzerland). She brings with her 22 years of experience in the technology industry and is a passionate advocate of Change Leadership. She is a published author of 3 books and a recipient of multiple awards in her professional and personal journey so far. Urmila has also been a thought-leader in the space of Agile and Digital Transformation and has spoken at multiple international conferences on the subject. Being intensely passionate to the cause of mental health and emotional well-being, she has mentored numerous people in their mid-thirties to chart out their journeys while dealing with personal traumas.

Vachi Aggarwal

Student

A student of EIS, Vachi is a national level chess player. She is an avid reader, Mythology enthusiast, an upcoming writer, and a vlogger, who runs her own YouTube channel. She loves music and movies; and she has also starred in a short documentary film.

Vachi Aggarwal

An avid reader, mythology enthusiast and an upcoming writer, Vachi is a national level chess player. Along with running her own YouTube channel, she's very keen on picking up bits from everywhere she goes. Music and movies are her all time go to and she's a recent fanatic of Shark Tank. To explore the dramatic angle of Vachi, you can also find her staring in one of the short documentary film she's done!