Theme: Challenging Conventions

Through our theme “Challenging Conventions”, TEDxNITTrichy seeks to bring about a change in conventional mindsets and encourage individuals to muster the courage to tread the path less walked on. Our objective is to reach out to all the young minds who want to create new opportunities for themselves through TEDx.
TEDxNITTrichy wishes to create a unique platform to spark new ideas and invite completely different perspectives amidst enthusiastic and keen young minds, though a series of extremely inspiring and thought-provoking talks by individuals who, in their own different ways, have proved that life takes shape depending on our own priorities and ambitions.
Our objective is to make each and every individual in the audience believe that change comes with open minds, with the determination to create it, and that every endeavour taken to make our society a better place to live in is very significant. Through TEDxNITTrichy we aim to introduce some of the most fascinating thinkers and doers to a world stage. The individuals involved with TEDxNITTrichy have a passion for creativity, self-development and experience sharing. We believe in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives and ultimately, the world.

National Institute of Technology, Trichy, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu-620015
Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, 620015
India

Akshat Mehendale

Akshat Mehendale, the co-founder of LemonSys, aims to empower the rural kids with quality computer-aided education. An alumni of the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli, India, he is a lateral thinker who believes in solving global problems through innovations in the existing technology. In this talk, Akshat throws light on the several challenges that exist in achieving this task and provides out-of-the-box solutions to the same.

Nitesh Square

Nitesh is a Mumbai based photographer and an avid travel enthusiast. To him, people matter more than money or anything else. Life has taught this man to think above money. In his own words, "I’m a believer of Karma; I believe that if I take care of the universe, it will take care of me." His philosophy of life is one of the most unique ones anyone would have ever encountered. This talk promises to expand one's worldview and his opinions about life.

Satish Manchikanti

Satish Manchikanti, co-founder of U&I, a Bangalore-based NGO, is primarily involved in creating new opportunities in the field of education for those who don't have ready access to it. The stories of different children, who had previously been forced into begging, child slavery and other ill practices and then later rescued by U&I volunteers was something that served as a primary source of inspiration to Satish and his colleagues. Calling himself a social entrepreneur, he wants to break past different social barricades and conventions to create new opportunities for the less fortunate. The exclusitivity of his ideology lies in the fact that he thinks anyone and everyone can be part of this noble social initiative and he is extensively involved in trying to build a huge student base involved in U&I volunteering work.

Siddhant Das

An engineer at NIT Trichy with a knack for fundamental sciences, Siddhant Das has published two major research papers on Quantum Mechanics. Apart from that, he loves painting, sculpting, singing and doing research. Is there really a parallel between Science and Art? Get ready as Siddhant challenges conventions.

Vinay Chandran

Vinay Chandran is the Executive Director of the Swabhava Trust, a charitable trust which reaches out to the sexual minorities who are otherwise marginalised. Swabhava Trust, in Bangalore, India, has given the LGBT community over 15 years of strong support, fighting for their rights. In this talk, he gives a really convincing perspective about the Article 377 of India and its flaws. He also talks about the atrocities against the transgenders. His talk is an eye-opener for anyone who would want to know more about LGBT and the Article 377.