Theme: Heads or Tails?

TEDxFORESchool is back with its second edition with an intriguing theme of “Heads or Tails?”

“Heads or Tails?” as a theme might seem as an interpretation of opposites but we are not just aiming to look at opposite sides of a coin but the main goal is to understand the various facets attached to that coin.

From the beginning, we have been brought up in an environment which has asked us to see only one side of a situation and we have followed this principle with a blind fold. It never comes naturally to us to try and see the other side of the coin.

It’s a belief that there are two sides to everything that happens. These sides may both be positive, both negative, one positive and one negative or just two neutral options.

The concept is not about preferring one side over the other side, it is about going forward with a broader perspective.

Hence, through this theme we hope to challenge ourselves and invoke our grey cells into looking beyond. The time has come to overcome the intrinsic dilemma of thinking only on one side, after all each coin has two faces.

FORE School of Management
"Adhitam Kendra", B-18, Outub Institutional Area
New Delhi, Delhi, 110016
India

Anish Kohli

Director, Global Multinational’s India unit

As a Director at Telstra in India, Anish Kohli is responsible for their Global Service provider business for India & South Asia region. He is a telecom professional with a career span of 20 years in the telecommunications industry and has previously worked with organizations like Siemens, Vodafone and Airtel in business leadership roles. An Electronics Engineer of 1995 batch, a Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management and a certified Senior Management Professional from IIM Kolkata (SMP-2011), Anish was always seeking to strike the right balance between profession and self. He found the solution in Sahaja Yoga meditation, a very easy yet highly effective and scientifically verifiable meditation technique founded by H.H.Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi in 1970 for the benefit of the society.

Gaurav Marya

Chairman, Franchise India Holdings Ltd.

Gaurav Marya is a born entrepreneur. He started his first business at 16 and has started and sold some 15 other businesses ranging from mobile phones, career advisory, restaurants to entertainment business etc. At 24, Mr. Marya discovered his real passion in life — Franchising. He was first exposed to it while on a business trip to the US in 1998 when franchising was the buzzword there and he dreamt of replicating its success in India. In 1999, Mr. Marya started Franchise India Holdings Limited which spearheaded the franchise revolution in India and has gone on to become India’s largest integrated franchise and retail Solution Company. Mr. Marya has authored soon to be released book on franchising in which he has culled his years of experience in franchising. The book is another milestone in his illustrative career that further gives a boost to his efforts in organizing the franchise industry. Mr. Gaurav Marya in corporate circles is famously known as the Franchise King.

Gaurav Tiwari

Founder, Indian Paranormal Society

Gaurav Tiwari, born and brought up as a non-believer, emerged as the Founder and CEO of Indian Paranormal Society. He started his career as an actor at the age of 16 but eventually took up his career as a pilot. He graduated from MVP Aero Academy, Texas. His interest in the paranormal phenomenon, began when he shifted into a haunted house. In order to understand it, he started studying metaphysics, and further took up a certification course in paranormal investigation at ParaNexus association. He grew as a paranormal investigator under the guidance of Mr. Doug Kelley (Co-founder of ParaNexus). He soon became a Certified Leading Paranormal Investigator for ParaNexus. He returned to India in 2009, and established Indian Paranormal Society. Mr. Gaurav perused his Doctoral studies in Metaphysical Humanistic Science. He currently holds certifications as a Spiritual Counselor, Hypnotist, and Life and Relationship Coach from Institute of Metaphysical Science (IMHS), Florida, USA.

Indian Jam Project

Indo-Western Music Band

A collaborative platform which attempts to knit Indian Classical Music and Western Music. They perform Indian adaptations of famous western theme music of a television series or movie. This project was founded by Mr. Tushar Lall who is the producer/composer for the project. He is the man behind the innovative idea of composing the adaptations. Mr. Tushar was joined by percussionist Samay Lalwani and flautist Prathamesh Salunke. The project now includes a lot of other members, namely Sri Sandeep Mishra who plays Sarangi, Sri Abrar Ahmed who plays Santoor and many more. The group’s first video was revamping the Game of Thrones theme song and it got an overwhelming response. After this, they collaborated with friends Tuhin and Amitesh Mukherjee. The videos by the project includes re-composing the theme music of Harry Potter, Interstellar, Pirates of the Caribbean, BBC Sherlock and Rains of Castamere of Game of Thrones along with its theme music.

Mohnaa Shrivastava

Law Student & a Belly Dancer

Lawyer by profession and dancer by choice, Ms. Mohnaa Shrivastava is a judicial intern under Hon’ble Mr. Justice Sunil Gaur. She is final year law student from Amity Law School, New Delhi. She has been doing belly-dance since the past 7 years. Ms. Shrivastava performs Raqs Sharqi as well as tribal improvisation forms of belly dancing. She is the president of Raqqasa, the dance society of Amity Law School. She has participated in many prestigious competitions and has won them with her jaw dropping performances. Ms. Mohnna won the title of Miss Oasis 2012 for my dance performance at BITS Pilani.

Nitish Bharti

Sand Animation Artist

Nitish Bharti is a world-famous Indian sand animation artist and storyteller who use only his fingers to create wonderful stories out of simple sand grains. His incredible videos have been watched and loved by millions of people globally. According to him, art is all about communicating something in innovative and compelling ways. The artist uses his artistic vision and unique medium to convey his message to his audience. For Mr. Nitish, sand, music and light act as a media which he uses to portray his stories. He participated in Season 4 of India’s Got Talent (2012) and was amongst the top three finalists. Mr. Nitish Bharti is adept at using his sand artistry to communicate religious, civic, cultural, and corporate messages. He entertains, performs his sand-story, art-story, and word-story presentations in both English and Hindi.

Pavan Duggal

President of Cyberlaws.net & a Cyber Law Advocate

Mr. Pavan Duggal is practicing advocate at Supreme Court of India with a specialization in Cyber Law and E-Commerce law. His never-ending effort in these fields have earned him the reputation of an expert, both in the National and in the International domain. An internationally renowned expert and authority on Cyber law, Mr. Duggal has also the credit of having done pioneering work in the field of Convergence Law and Mobile Law. He was also the first person from Asia-Pacific who brought to light the need to address the issue of cyber terrorism at the AMIC Conference at Perth, Australia in 2002. Mr. Duggal strongly believes that “a dedicated cyber security legislation as a key requirement for India. It is not sufficient to merely put cyber security as a part of the IT Act. We have to see cyber security not only from the sectoral perspective, but also from the national perspective."

Ram Verma

Certified Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) trainer in India

Ram Verma is an eminent NLP trainer in India. He has been empowering people for the last one and a half decades. He has the biggest ever exposure of making change in the lives of people across the country. Since 2001, he has conducted his NLP and Brain mapping workshops in different part of the country. Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) is the study of what works in thinking, language, and behavior. Mr. Verma has addressed more than four lac people through his various courses, of which more than ten thousand have enjoyed his fire-walk workshops.

Sanjeev Kapoor

Indian Chef and Entrepreneur

Sanjeev Kapoor, born in the city of Ambala, spent most of his childhood in Delhi. At the age of 20, he stepped into the hospitality industry with a Diploma in Hotel Management from the Institute of Hotel Management (IHM) Pusa, Catering Technology & Applied Nutrition, New Delhi. After working in many hotels, he became the Executive Chef of the Centaur Hotel in Mumbai. He is also the recipient of the Best Executive Chef of India Award by H&FS and the Mercury Gold Award at Geneva by IFCA. In 2001, he unveiled his first restaurant, The Yellow Chilli, which is now present in many major cities across India. In 2010 he launched Khana Khazana which is his line of ready-to-cook meals. He was on the panel of Judges for Master Chef India Season 3. Mr. Kapoor has been conferred with ‘Best Chef of India’ award by the Govt. of India. He was also chosen as Indian ambassador for the United Nation’s Clean Cook stoves campaign for the underprivileged people in the developing countries.

Shraey Khanna

Dancer, Singer and Choreographer

Invincible Group was formed by a group of professional dancers along with Shraey Khanna. Fondly referred to as SKIN by many, Invincible Group was born in December 2014. The team of SKIN aims to keep the legendary Michael Jackson's style of dancing alive through their performances as Shraey along with his INVINCIBLE boys is a huge follower of the legend. SKIN keeping the legend himself as an inspiration aspires to reach out as many hearts as possible. Shraey Khanna, one of the leading dancers of SKIN was the winner of Reality show, “India’s Dancing Superstar” (2013). Shraey has been a part of Remo D’Souza’s ABCD and its sequel ABCD2. INVINCIBLE group reflects high level of creativity and innovation through their dance.