Theme: Be the Change

The College of Engineering,Pune is embarking on its journey to produce an ideal TEDx experience on the 1st April 2017. Join us on our journey.

Mini Auditorium, Academic Complex
College of Engineering, Pune, Shivajinagar
Pune, Maharashtra, 411005
India

Aseem Srivastav

Former MD at Kirloskar Ebara, Mr. Srivastav believes in traveling the world to learn different ways to do business. Along with coaching CEO's on making sustainable business models, he regularly provides consultancy by uniquely making business, not just successful and complete but also more conscious.

Darshan Yewalekar

A small town boy who started off his journey at the age of 16, Mr. Yewalekar worked as an intern and a custodian at salons in Mumbai before starting his own venture. Currently, the Founder and Director of D Shav Pvt. Ltd. and the personal hairstylist of Bollywood Actor Mr. Ranveer Singh, Mr. Yewalekar believes that through failures we find the drive to achieve excellence and that excellence develops into opportunities.

Ganesh Sonawane

Co-founder and CEO of Arcatron Mobility, an organization that builds innovative physical aid devices to enhance the lives of people with limited mobility and elderly care needs; reinventing assisted living by making it dignified, simple and safe.

Jigyasa Labroo

Jigyasa Labroo is the founder of Arts for Social Change India, an organization that uses arts in education to inculcate leadership, expression and critical thinking in the youth. Their project Slam Out Loud has already impacted more than 3000 children across nine states in India. Apart from ASCI, Jigyasa is a consultant with the University Grants Commission and Teach for India along with being an action learning facilitator at the School for Social Entrepreneurs, India.

Palak Jain

A final year student from IIT Bombay majoring in Computer Science, Former Intern at Google and the National University of Singapore, Currently a Google Employee and mentor to freshmen & sophomores on academic and personal endeavors, Palak Jain has overcome her sense of challenges within herself to live and do what she always dreamed of.

Raul Rodriguez

Criminal Intelligence Officer at Interpol, a Certified Master Anti-Terrorism Specialist and a counter-terrorism consultant at Mossad. Mr. Rodriguez is voted as Asia’s top expert in the science of detecting deception, having an impressive career profile including experience in analysing several international terrorism outfits such as ISIS and Boko Haram. He is also the co-founder of IRIANS, a research institute dedicated to studying neuroscience.

Susshruth Apshankar

COO at SG Analytic, has a professional experience of approximately 20 years in India and the US working for leading multinationals like Starbucks, GAP, UPS and Aditya Birla Group and driving the three business pillars of ‘people, processes and profits’. He possesses extensive experience across the globe in developing in-house Centers of Excellence, handling senior decision-making positions and driving high-performance teams. Susshruth is the winner of the prestigious Maha-Intrapreneur Award in 2013. He is a Coffee Master and also a certified Operations Efficiency Expert.

Vivek Patki

A Chemical Engineer by profession, Mr. Patki is a Corporate Consultant and Trainer cum Professional mentor for CEOs. Mr. Patki is also an avid Consumer Activist and has given sessions, talks, newspaper articles, debates on Consumer Education. Formerly the VP of the Mumbai Grahak Panchayat, Mr. Patki has been professionally active as a trainer for 35 years. He also hosts and conducts programs on Time Management, Productivity Improvement, Public Speaking, Teamwork and Personality Development all over India making him versatile to more than his interests.