Theme: Sowing A Seed

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Rajbaug Auditorium
MAEER's MIT Institute of Design, Rajbaug
Loni Kalbhor, Next to hadpsar .
Pune, Maharashtra, 412200
India

Anurag Chandak

Director at Vijay Environmental Engineering PVT. LTD.

Director of VIJAY ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING PVT. LTD. has been the backbone when it comes to developing ingenious products and business models that can tackle problems related to water and waste management at the grassroot level. VEEPL collectively holds over 33 patents in WEEW sector (Water, Energy, Environment, Waste). With his constant beliefs and philosophy towards every element, he aims to make this world, worth living for. He has been behind major projects like Biogas plant for a dairy in Dhule which involved custom made biogas plants. VEE bags aims at reduction in plastic waste generation with the constant vision of Anurag Chandak.

Bijal Damani

Educator+Teacher

Part of top 50 in global teacher's prize and has been a major contributor in the field of education. With several accolades associated with her name she has been able to make her mark in this field by holding the precious Outstanding Educator award and Teacher award for her contribution. Invited by UNESCO Bangkok , she shared her experience how education needs to change on a global level. Recently she represented India in Microsoft Innovative educator award for her project - Let's make this world a better place , which aims at better solution and better execution in the education sector. She is a live example of a doer.

Chaitanya Velhal

Full time athlete and coach

A professional Athlete currently sponsored by Multifit Wellness PVT LTD and Cymour Cycling Company. He has a Master Degree in Biotechnology from Australia with 3 year job experience as a research scientist. Moved into the health and sport industry full time since 3 years. Has a big lust to travel and have travelled across South East Asia, America and Australia. Currently is concentrating on Ultra Endurance Sports with an aim to complete the Ironman in in 2016 and the Race Across America (RAAM) which is a 3000 mile west to east coast race in 2017. Apart from racing is a coach too and helping upcoming athletes achieve their racing goals.

Dhruv Joshi

Technical Head - Innovation Center at LV PRASAD EYE INSTITUTE HYDERABAD

Dhruv Joshi, An IIT Bombay Alumni is extremely passionate about bringing big changes through technology. For the past two years, he's been championing the creation of a unique dedicated Innovation Studio and Laboratory within the L V Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI), Hyderabad. He works with doctors to build extremely scalable solutions for eye health screening, triage, surgical planning, education and prosthesis design. His team has built innovative technologies and solutions to complete rethink the way eye care is delivered in rural communities in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana. He aims to spread this technology and has been able to do it on major platforms.

Fullstop Crew

Dance Crew

Established in the year 2009, FullStop Crew is one of the much known dance crews in the country hailing from the City of Joy, Kolkata. The crew has always believed in this particular art form and has been growing each day ever since its establishment.

Huda Merchant

Managing Editor at The Bombay Review

Huda Merchant is a 20 year old Advertising Graduate from Pune who's passion lies in spreading art and culture, literature being one of them. At 15, she started writing as a freelance features writer for The Saudi Gazette and ever since, the field of communication has been her forte. She launched the first of it's kind, Geekfest Pune in 2014; an annual event gathering that brings together like minded, creative individuals under one roof. She is also the Managing Editor of The Bombay Review, an online literary magazine that publishes short fiction and poetry and organizes literary events across the globe. One of her successful projects with the magazine includes the recent Indo-Pak Project, part of which was organizing simultaneous literary events in both Lahore and Mumbai that revolved around the theme of South Asian Literature & Cross Border Collaboration. She is currently working towards a local project in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia that aims to promote a positive reading culture in th

Rishabh Seen

Musician

Mentioned as the 'Sun of Indian Classical and Metal music' by 'The North-East Today' Newaspaper/Magazine(India) and being listed amongst 'The Top 10 young Indian Entrepreneurs and Innovators of 2015 'by Under 25 Summit India, Rishabh Seen is one of the foremost young Indian Classical Sitar players of India. Today He is being globally recognized as the first ever Sitar player to Bridge Indian and Metal music. Rishabh's band 'Mute The Saint', who have previously released their debut single to a critical acclaim, will be released later this year which will be the first ever instrumental record to bridge Indian Classical and Metal music. Rishabh has established himself as one of the youngest and the most promising musicians from India who promises to make sure that his musicianship, Vision and efforts shall never meet any limits.