Theme: Social Entrepreneurship

Social entrepreneurship is a way within which social individuals come out with innovative and beneficial solutions to the community’s most pressing social problems. Social entrepreneurs are ambitious and persistent and profit incurring is not their sole motive. Rather they offer new ideas for wide scale social change.
With TEDxYouth@NMS coming up, blooming ideas would be served right at your doorstep where captivating speakers would draw your attention towards the core problems of the society which could be tackled creatively and efficiently. As the younger generation of today’s world we need to dig deeper, enrich our skills and knowledge and make this world a better place for the entire human race.
So, this is the time for curiosity and for skepticism, for openness and for critical thinking, for inspiration and for action! Therefore, take charge and make your mark!

Neerja Modi School
Near Technology Park, Shipra Path
Mansarovar
Jaipur, Rajasthan, 302020
India

Mr. Ashmeet Kapoor

Founder, I Say Organic

Ashmeet is the founder of I Say Organic, a company working towards making organic products in India conveniently available and accessible, with the belief that consumer demand will lead the shift towards ecological agriculture. . He has been focused on developing market driven approaches to fight poverty and previously he was a founding member at an early stage company designing a water purification device for rural communities. He holds a Masters in Innovation Management & Entrepreneurship from Brown University, and Bachelors in Electrical Engineering from University of British Columbia.

Ms. Esha Bharadwaj

Co-founder, Girls for Tomorrow

A high school senior, at Vasant Valley School, New Delhi, Esha Bharadwaj believes that awareness has a direct link to empowerment. She took her first big step towards this by co founding ‘Girls for Tomorrow’, an initiative to empower through awareness in 2013. Girls for tomorrow trains young women self defence techniques and helps them realise their potential. Esha shares her passion for animals, is an avid basketball player and a budding pianist.

Ms. Jasmeen Patheja

Founder and Facilitator, Blank Noise

Jasmeen Patheja ( born 1979) is the founder and facilitator of Blank Noise http://blog.blanknoise.org ; a growing global community of individuals / ‘Action Heroes’ ; mobilised to tackle sexual violence . She designs and facilitates participatory projects at Blank Noise, to investigate fear, vulnerability, blame, empathy and trust. Her work ranges across media including performance, video and live action, sound, photography, installation, t shirts, posters, stencil- graffitti. Patheja’s practice is built by people and has triggered public discourse on sexual / gender based violence since 2003. Her work has been published in places including The Atlantic, Wall Street Journal, The Hindu, CNN IBN, The Telegraph.

Ms. Meena Aswani

Self made entrepreneur

Nishchay Girl; Self made entrepreneur; Beautician; Aspiring Teacher.

Ms. Reema Nanawaty

Founder, SEWA

Reema Nanavaty leads Self Employed Women's Association's (SEWA) economic and rural development activities reaching out to seventeen million women and their families across India. Reema is being recognized across India and in the neighbouring countries as a champion of making livelihoods of the poor women reach markets they deserve. May they be women artisans, salt pan workers, farmers, or labourer, she has made efforts over two decades to mainstream amazing diversity of skills and knowledge of India's citizens into national mainstream. Her effort has created more dynamic local economy and fairer and equal society for thousands of SEWA sisters, citizens of India

Ms. Shaiwanti Gupta

Architect

Gold Medalist; MNIT Jaipur; Architect by profession; well experienced in Graphic Designing; Heritage Conservation; Metro Rail; Refinery; Industrial Projects; Ex NMSite; Social Entrepreneur; ardent art lover.

Ms. Soha Moitra

Regional Director, CRY

Regional Director, CRY; supports creative and healthy childhood; Post Graduate in Social Work; M.S University; joined CRY in 1997; worked with Youth Division; Development Support Division; anchored Volunteer Action Division, CRY.

Ms.Tasneem Khan

Former Director; Andaman and Nicobar Islands Environmental Team

Tasneem has spent the last decade working towards facilitating initiatives in the fields of ecology, conservation, education and science communication. Her formal training in zoology and practice in the development of experiential learning pedagogies was translated through her work over six years, spent as Director of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Environmental Team. As a fringe practitioner, Tasneem now focuses on weaving together content, context and experience. Scuba-diving, photography, research and orienteering are some of the methods she uses - promoting interdisciplinary, translocal and synergistic approaches for her new co-created venture, "Gaia in Practice".