Theme: Actuating Change

Created globally in the spirit of TED’s mission, "Ideas worth spreading", TEDx is designed to stimulate dialogue through TED-like experiences at the local level where eminent speakers from diverse fields of expertise and achievements share their ideas and inspire new thought and creativity with the audience. The theme chosen for TEDxIIMIndore 2015 is ‘Actuating Change’.

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old but on building the new’, said Socrates. Change is what lies at the heart of innovation, the engine that drives the vehicle of progress and the only constant in the equation of development. The challenge that lies before the world today is to either adapt to the rapid changes that take place or get left behind. How one initiates or accelerates change and the magnitude of impact that a change is expected to generate are interesting questions to ponder on.

This event features noted speakers from diverse backgrounds and fields who deliver brief yet meaningful TEDx talks, inspiring the community to face insurmountable odds, grapple with the unknown and take action for a better tomorrow.

Indian Institute of Management Indore
IIM Indore
Prabandh Shikhar, Rau-Pithampur Road
Indore, Madhya Pradesh, 453331
India

Anisha Singh

Anisha Singh is the Founder and CEO of mydala.com. The company started under her leadership in 2009 and since then mydala has grown leaps and bounds to become one of the largest couponing platform and online/mobile marketing engine for merchants. Beginning her career with the Clinton administration in Capitol Hill, she helped women entrepreneurs raise funding for innovative women-led businesses. Anisha is a prominent figure in the e-retail & e-commerce space and has been a part of various high profile events like Business Today – Most Powerful Women in Indian Business, TechCrunch – Bangalore and GMIC – Beijing. Anisha holds a Masters degree in political communication and MBA in Information Systems from American University, Washington DC. She can easily multitask as a yoga instructor, professional cake decorator and a pro snooker player!

Bhavesh Patel

Bhavesh Patel is visually impaired by birth. This did not however takeaway his strong passion for photography from him. Being mentored by Partho Bhowmick to work with the camera, Bhavesh becomes the world's first visually impaired photographer who has been engaged in a commercial photo-shoot.

Dadi Pudumjee

India's leading puppeteer and founder of Ishara Puppet Theatre Trust, Dadi Pudumjee believes in bringing change in people's lives through a collective art-form that is believed to have existed since ancient civilizations. Dadi Pudumjee is currently the president of UNIMA Interational(Union Internationale de la Marionnette - International Puppetry Association - founded in Prague in 1929). In addition to numerous local awards, Dadi Pudumjee's work has been acknowledged with the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1992 and the Padmashree presented by the President of India in 2011.

Dr. MR Rajagopal

Founder Chairman of Pallium India, a palliative care non-governmental organisation based in Kerala, Dr. Rajagopal is credited with creating one of the most successful community based palliative care programs in the world. He is also the Director, W.H.O. Collaborating Centre for Policy and Training on Access to Pain Relief. Alternately wearing the hats of clinician, academic, and activist, Dr. Rajagopal is a major global force behind efforts to promote and put into practice the right of patients with severe pain to live and die with dignity. In 2014, Dr Rajagopal was honored by Human Rights Watch with Alison Des Forges Award for Extraordinary Activism.

Mohan Satyaranjan

Senior director of cloud and virtualization services of Cisco Systems India, Mohan Satyaranjan has become a seasoned leader in churning out high performing teams across multiple organizations like Motorola, NetApp, Juniper Networks and Cisco Systems. Cisco has recently announced in 2014, a strategic engagement with Electronics City Industries Association (ELCIA) to develop Asia’s first end-to-end ‘Internet of Things (IoT) Innovation Hub’ in Bangalore.

Partho Bhowmick

Karmaveer Puraskar winner and the founder of Beyond Sight Foundation, Mr. Bhowmick captivates millions through his ‘Blind With Camera’ initiative. He helps demystify the polarity between blindness and visual expression and provides a platform for the visually impaired to share their ‘inner gallery’ of images.

Ritesh Batra

Mr. Ritesh Batra was associated with the Sundance Screenwriters and Directors labs in 2009. His Arab language short Café Regular, Cairo screened at over 40 international film festivals and won 12 awards. His debut feature, ‘The Lunchbox’ won the Grand Rail d’Or Award at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, amongst over 40 awards and was recently nominated for a BAFTA.

Sharat Chandra Srivastava

Sharat Srivastava is a North Indian classical violinist and composer. He is both a Hindustani classical musician and a rock musician. He is part of the Delhi based fusion group ‘Mrigya’ and has toured different parts of the world. He also was a noted member of India’s premier rock band ‘Parikrama’. Apart from performing, Sharat is a visiting professor at the University of Edinburg and Glasgow, where he teaches Indian Violin. His band Mrigya was awarded the ‘Karmaveer Puraskaar’ in the year 2012 as artists for change, and also “TAP WATER” award at Edinburgh festival for promoting peace and harmony, the only Indian music band to have won this award.

Sharat Chandra Srivastava

Sharat Srivastava is a North Indian classical violinist and composer. He is both a Hindustani classical musician and a rock musician. He is part of the Delhi based fusion group ‘Mrigya’ and has toured different parts of the world. He also was a noted member of India’s premier rock band ‘Parikrama’. Apart from performing, Sharat is a visiting professor at the University of Edinburg and Glasgow, where he teaches Indian Violin. His band Mrigya was awarded the ‘Karmaveer Puraskaar’ in the year 2012 as artists for change, and also “TAP WATER” award at Edinburgh festival for promoting peace and harmony, the only Indian music band to have won this award.