Theme: Past. Present. Future?

The theme for the first edition of TEDxFORESchool is “Past. Present. Future?” One of the many interpretations which compelled us to choose this theme is that our past has more or less decided our present. Our ancestors left some resources for us to use and thrive on, now it’s the responsibility of present generation to do the same, but are we doing something or are we even capable of doing so?
t’s important to understand that sustainability is not about trying to solve something negative but actually about trying to create something positive. It cannot be moral sacrifice or a political dilemma; rather it needs be a design that challenges the existing traditional ways and rules.

FORE School of Management
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Shadow Mime

Shadow was established in 2001 in Bhopal and since then is trying to establish the kind of art, which is unique in itself. In last 14 years, Shadow is working in techniques of Mime in Madhya Pradesh and in other parts of India. The main motto of the group is to bring back the gradually waning art of Mime in its original form.Mr. Manoj Nair, the director of Shadow was highly influenced by veteran Mime artists, Shri Gopal Dubey and Raj Kumar Kambale. According to him “Mime is a simple and natural way to communicate with the audience and a day will come when mime will create its own place among the theatre lovers.”

Alok Gupta

A serial entrepreneur with over 24 years of varied experience in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) industry, Alok Gupta has founded several ICT companies. Mr. Gupta is a founder and Managing Director of Pyramid Cyber Security & Forensic, a boutique Digital Forensic and specialized Information Security solution and services provider. Pyramid has been servicing numerous Law Enforcing Agencies which include the, CBI, Indian Defense, IB, MHA, Government and Public Sectors including NICSI, Central Board of Excise and Customs, Cabinet Secretariat and many Enterprises like TCS, Ford India, Altek Devices to name a few in order to provide them with efficient long-term security solutions. He holds a post-graduation in Business Management from Birla Institute of Management and Technology and Bachelor in engineering degree in Electronics. He is the president of the Alumni Association of BIMT and a founding member of Birla Alumni Association Network.

Pradeep Kashyap

Mr. Pradeep Kashyap, the father of Rural Marketing, was born and brought up in New Delhi and graduated from BITS Pilani in 1969. He founded MART in 1993, a transparent, team-based, non-hierarchical rural marketing consulting firm with an aim to provide innovative and creative solutions for the poor. MART is a ‘Business Mind, Social Heart’ organization based on spiritual principles and family values. It was Mr. Kashyap who pioneered the concept of ‘micro-finance to micro-enterprise’. He co-created Project Shakti with Hindustan Unilever to appoint 46,000 poor women from micro finance groups as company dealers and has conceived another low-cost, last mile rural distribution model by appointing village entrepreneurs on bicycles for many FMCG companies. Mr. Kashyap has been Marketing Adviser to the Ministry of Rural Development and has served in the Prime Minister's Office.

Raj Kumar Jha

Mr. Rajkumar Jha, born and brought up in Bihar, a school dropout, is today known as the Voice of rural India. Mr. Jha began his career with O&M i.e. Ogilvy& Mather in the media department 1984-85. He was with Ogilvy Outreach till 2005, after which he went on sabbatical and returned in 2008. At present, Mr. Jha is the Vice President of Rural Marketing Association of India and Consultant to Rural Communication at Geometry Global which is considered to be Rural Arm of Ogilvy Advertising. Mr. Jha knows the rural India inside out and is also aware of all the nuances and challenges involved in Rural Marketing as a whole. Mr. Jha with his exceptional ability to understand the consumer psyche is known to voice the concerns that are plaguing the rural India including the farming practices. He actively works towards the betterment of the society and has crafted many awareness programs for HIV, TB, Sanitation, Pulse Polio and Hand Wash to name a few.

S K Sonee

Mr. Sushil Kumar Soonee, was brought up in Kolkata and graduated from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur in Electronics Engineering. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Power System Operation Corporation Limited (POSOCO) which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Power Grid Cooperation of India Limited. He also did a Research in Power System Operation from IIT Kharagpur. He joined the Central Electricity Authority through Combined Engineering Services Examination as an Executive Engineer. He served at the CEA for almost 16 years. He has more than three decades of first-hand experience of grid management as RLDC head in three out of five regions in the country viz. Eastern, Southern and Northern. He has first-hand three decades experience of Power System Operation of Eastern, Southern and Northern Grids of India.

Sanjoy Hazarika

Sanjoy Hazarika was born in Shillong, erstwhile capital of Assam, in 1954. His educational life was spread across several well-known places like Shillong, London and Cambridge, Massachusetts and at Harvard University. He worked as a reporter in New York Times for almost 16 years covering various conflicts from all across South Asia. Professor Sanjoy Hazarika holds the Dr. Saifuddin Kitchlew Chair at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, where he is also the Director, Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research. He leads C-NES in the North-east to facilitate health, education and governance. This is collaboration with Jamia which includes research, documentation and dissemination of issues related to the North East of India. They have just launched a Sikkim Studies Program which will focus on ecological, economic and governance issues in that Himalayan state.

Shubhendra Rao

Mr. Rao was born in Mysore in 1964, his father Mr. N R Rama Rao was one of the closest and earliest disciples of Pt. Ravi Shankar. Having a musical environment at home, picking up a musical instrument came very naturally to Mr. Rao. A composer and a performer, Shubhendra Rao is ranked amongst the key sitarists of India

Shubhendra Rao

Composer and performer, Pandit Shubhendra Rao is one of India’s foremost musicians today. Distinguished as a musical bridge to many cultures, he creates an experience for his audience that "is not aimed at titillating the senses, but to seize the soul" (The Hindu, New Delhi). A protégé of world-renowned Sitar maestro, Pandit Ravi Shankar, Shubhendra has established himself “not only as a master of his instrument but also as a thinking musician, constantly endeavouring to carry his instrument beyond conventional boundaries“(Gateway magazine). His playing reminds the listener of the masters of yore transformed into today’s era. In November 2007, he was awarded the “Youth Icon for Classical Music” by India’s popular Zee Television Network. Today, critics and connoisseurs have hailed Pandit Shubhendra Rao as a worthy successor to his illustrious Guru’s tradition.