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TEDxHindujaCollege is a forum of ideas, innovation and energy. Students and researchers alike will come together, to hone their skills, abilities, and knowledge. TEDx Hinduja College represents a unique effort in our endeavour to provide contemporary education to students.

Applications are invited from interested students of the university, who demonstrate a passion for great ideas, and the ability and conviction to convert those ideas into reality. Everyone is welcome, and we look for people from all backgrounds, and with a broad range of interests and abilities.

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).

K.P.B Hinduja College of Commerce
315, New Charni Road
Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400 004
India

Aditya Bhople

15 Year Old - Hardware & Software Developer

He is 15 year old Software as well as hardware developer and he is constantly into developing things that make life easier for him as well as for people. Currently he is in grade 10th. He is widely recognised for his project AUTOREADER - A Wearable Reading Assistance Device For The Visually Impaired. This device has the potential to enable more than 90% of the world's Visually challenged people in the world to read, by offering them an affordable, easy to use and above all a network independent reading assistance device that would enable them to read and claim their right to knowledge. This Project resulted in his realizing the unseen potential of existing technology and how it can be used to help people worldwide. This project was also the part of Team India from The Government of India Department of Science And Technology to the Intel International Science And Engineering Fair 2015 which was held in Pittsburgh, USA.

Ashu Phatak

Composer

Ashutosh Phatak is a leading Indian rock artist and composer. One of the leading figures in Indian contemporary music, Ashu has been a much-sought-after composer and producer for the past 15 years. He was singled out for special praise by the Hollywood Reporter Screen International and other outlets for his score of Fire in the Blood, which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. Ashu is one of the founding partners of Blue Frog, a landmark venue for live music in Bombay and Delhi founded in 2007, and has scored music for over 5000 television commercials. In 2013, Ashu found the True School of Music, a professional music academy in Bombay

Avanti Nagral

Artist

Avanti Nagral is passionate about Public Health and Medicine. Over the past 6 years, she has done work in the fields of Anemia, Organ Donation and CPR/Emergency Care. In 2013, she founded YCPR, a Youth Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation campaign which engages and empowers the youth to help save lives within their communities. It aims to create a network of Bystander CPR trained youth, ready to administer life-saving treatment when the need arises. The campaign was seed-funded with her earnings as a performing artist, and won an award at the EMCON 2014 Emergency Medicine National Conference. Avanti also runs a Music Therapy initiative at the Pediatric Oncology ward of a large hospital in Mumbai.

Ayush Jain

Co-Founder - Humming Whale

An IIT Bombay 2013 graduate, Ayush is the co-founder of Humming Whale, a product innovation startup focused on building innovative products from unique ideas. Their flagship product is Gladius Blade, an optimised design for the cricket bat. Disappointed by India's overseas losses, Gladius Blade was created with uniquely chamfered edges which make it safer at the edges and swifter through the air. Multiple design iterations and software simulations led to the patent pending design. The bat has been approved by MCC, the law making body of Cricket, and attested by numerous players and coaches like Sanjay Bangar (India's batting coach), Nikhil Patil (Mumbai batsman) and Mark Garaway (England's former assistant coach).

Dolly Thakore

Theatre actress

Dolly Thakore is a veteran Indian theatre actress and casting director.Dolly Thakore was born March 10, 1943.Trained in radio and television with BBC London, she returned to India to become one of the leading newscasters and television hosts, interviewing prominent citizens from India and abroad. Thakore came into the limelight as News speaker in English for Mumbai Doordarshan at 8PM on TV. Most of her career has been spent on the stage, acting in plays by master playwrights including Tennessee Williams' Streetcar Named Desire, Arthur Miller’s All My Sons, Harold Pinter’s The Birthday Party, and Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. She appeared in the 2005 film Page 3 and in White Noise. Thakore began her film career as casting director and unit publicist with Richard Attenborough's Gandhi (1982).

Jayant Patil

Former Finance Minister

In 1999, Jayant Patil had an opportunity to take over as Minister, Finance and Planning, Maharashtra making him the youngest ever finance minister of the state. He continued as the finance minister of the state for 9 years and presented the annual state budget a record 9 times. He was made home minister after the previous home minister resigned. As a Home minister, Jayant Patil was responsible for initiating Force One, Maharashtra's anti-terrorism Quick Response Team. He took over the reins of the Rural Development Department in 2009. He has won the Maharashtra Vidhan Sabha elections 5 times from the Islampur constituency (earlier known as Walwa) in Sangli.

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Beatboxer

Manasi Scott

Artist

Manasi Scott is an Indian singer, song writer, and an actress. Manasi is best known for her live performances and for composing the album of Sanjay Gupta’s “Acid Factory". Even before releasing her debut album, Manasi already became a national sensation with her terrific live performances. Even though she had her debut album "Nachlae" in 2005, her first major break happened in 2009 with the Sanjay Gupta film "Acid Factory". Manasi has composed and sung a song 'Khatti Meethi' for the film. She has also done a music video for the same number. The video was voted as No.2 video of 2009 by MSN users. Her other major works as "Peter Gaya Kaam Se ", "Pappu Can’t Dance"," The Fox[disambiguation needed]"," Loot[disambiguation needed]", "Tom Dick and Harry Rocks Again", "Love Story 2050" etc.

Manoj Maheshwari

Entrepreneur / Co-Founder - HEY TAXI!

Manoj Maheshwari is a self made entrepreneur who has initiated and started multiple business ventures with forays in manufacturing of Construction Hardwares and a fleet owning Car Rentals business. He in partnership with his son Rohan has also mentored and created a social media app called ‘Krdts “ which centers around encouraging good behavior based on the principles of Karma and its relevance can be created in the current environment of the 21st century. His current passions include an on demand App based Two Wheeler RideSharing Project called ‘HeyTaxi’ (www.heytaxi.in) The augmentation of the philosophy around the #SharedEconomy, is the vision of HeyTaxi‘s services. ‘Accessibility over Ownership’.-The need to own something is triggered by levels of accessibility to the owned asset.

Sudeep Nagarkar

Author

Sudeep Nagarkar is a popular contemporary author of five bestselling novels •Few Things Left Unsaid (2011) •That’s the Way We Met (2012) •It Started With a Friend Request (2013) •Sorry You’re Not My Type (2014) •You're The Password To My Life (2014) Sudeep's books continue to top the bestseller charts across the country since their release and have sold in lakhs. His books are inspired from real life incidents and anyone can connect with them easily. They have been translated into regional languages too. He is the recipient of the 2013 Youth Achievers' Award for writing for being one of the highest selling romance writers in India. His book 'It started with a friend request' was most popular fiction book of 2013 according to biggest online portal Amazon. His latest novel is •You're Trending In My Dreams (2015)