Theme: Where Parallels Intersect

Elementary geometry teaches us that parallel lines never meet. In projective geometry they meet at infinity.
This fifth edition of TEDxPESITBSC is that infinity. Ideas collected from diverse domains drive innovation; our theme Where Parallels Intersect brings these diverse ideas to a single platform.
People with different narratives, perceptions, inspirations and journeys inspiring an equally different audience.
Our stage is where these differences meet.
Our stage is where they cross path.
Come experience the magic of how the Past, Present and Future can exist at once as parallel moments in time.

One fine dawn,
with the curtains still drawn,
the Parallels had a desire-
to collaborate and to inspire.

And when they finally took to the skies,
they left in their wake a gazillion fireflies.
The world's awful din suddenly found itself floored,
as higher and higher the Parallels soared.

Oh! How valiantly the Parallels fought,
to make way for collective thought.
A fierce, blinding light
now haloed their brilliant flight.

We're bringing the TEDxperience to you this March 18th.

PESIT-Bangalore South Campus
PES Institute of Technology-Bangalore South Campus, PES College Road
Hosur Road Campus(1km from Electronic City)
Bangalore, Karnataka, 560100
India

Anto Philip

Entrepreneur + Idea Evangelist + Musician

Anto Philip, is a 22-year-old entrepreneur and idea evangelist. He started his journey as an entrepreneur when has was 18 with his first startup The Big Band Theory - a customized wristbands portal with over 2,80,000 bands sold in 2 years. He is the Co-founder of the Under 25 Club that hosts India's Largest Youth Festival called the Under 25 Summit, which was picked up by Forbes magazine as one of the best festivals to look out for. He has been an Indian Youth Representative at the International Youth Conference in Norway. He is often spotted on stage with Aathma, a fun rock band whenever he gets a chance to bring out the musician in him.

Chethan M

Youth Venturer + Social Entrepreneur

When 16-year-old Chethan lost his teacher to blood unavailability, he was so moved that he decided to change something. “Our country has abundant blood, but people still die of blood shortage. I want to change that,” he said, and Khoon, his not-for-profit was thus born in May 2016. His organization maintains a directory of blood donors who can help people in need at the price sanctioned by the government. Those in need of blood get in touch with Chethan, who then directs them to donors. Chethan, with a few of his friends, also organises an awareness camp every month. Dozens of people have thanked Chethan and his team for their tireless efforts are creating a better tomorrow, by saving lives today.

CV Prakash

Indian Navy Ex Lieutenant Commander + Hydroponics Evangelist

Lt. Cdr CV Prakash is a former underwater weapons specialist of the elite Submarine arm of the Indian Navy. Upon retirement CV learnt Hydroponics from the best of growers in Australia and is a pioneer in the field of Hydroponics in India. A hands-on Grower, Food Park designer, Auditor & Trainer in Hydroponics, CV's "Pet Bharo Project" is credited for India's first commercial hydroponically grown strawberries, spinach and herbs. He is credited for building India’s first state-of-the-art Hydroponics Greenhouse and is one of the most widely read academic paper authors. His mission is clear- to bring simple yet sustainable technology that can help almost everybody grow clean, residue free, nutritious food. The best part about his technology being that it has very little entry barriers and reaches the poorest of the poor. He believes that "it's not enough to just have know how, but one must do how and show how".

Dr. Prakash Sontakke

Slide Guitarist + Grammy Winner

Vocalist and Multi Instrumentalist Dr. Prakash Sontakke happens to be the only one playing the Hawaiian Guitar, Weissenborns, Slide Guitar, Electric Lap Steel Guitar and the Dobro in the Hindustani style and is a leading composer in the field. Co-Composer, Vocalist and Guitarist on the Grammy Winning Album “Winds of Samsaara”, Dr. Sontakke is the only one to have won the Independent World Music Awards, USA and the Nashville Award for composers where his composition was chosen over the maestro Illayaraja. He has innovated an instrument called Swar Veena, featured in MTV's Coke Studio Season 2 and organizes a music festival where he gives upcoming musicians a feel of collaborations and musical exchanges.

Kajoli Krishnan

Physicist +Engineer

Dr. Kajoli Krishnan is a physicist by training, engineer by practice and clinically inclined by choice. A Principal Scientist at GE’s Research Centre in Bangalore, her core areas of expertise are wave propagation and biomedical ultrasound. She proposed and led a project to help midwives to monitor growth of fetus in pregnant women using ultrasound. The algorithms designed by her team turned into a feature in GE’s ultrasound scanners. Kajoli is now devising novel quantitative ultrasound measurements for fatty liver. She loves music, reading, writing and traveling.

Parvatii Nair

Actress + Model

Parvatii Nair is a model and actress in the South Indian film industry. She is also a Computer Science graduate and made her acting debut with the 2012 Malayalam film Poppins. Her performance as a young journalist in her first Kannada film Story Kathe won her the Best Kannada Debut Actress Award at the South Indian International Movie Awards. She has won titles such as "Miss Karnataka" and has over 50+ tv ads, print ads, ramp shows and photo shoot assignments to her credit. She has also been a judge on the reality show Supermodels and at Miss India Bangalore 2015. Parvatii Nair was announced the brand ambassador of the Karnataka Bulldozers team during the 2016 Celebrity Cricket League and has also been a part of many charity events including the Clean Bengaluru Challenge.

Shekhar Naik

Indian Blind Cricketer + Padma Shri Awardee

Shekhar Naik is an Indian blind cricketer and a former captain of the India national blind cricket team. He captained India to victories at the T20 Blind Cricket World Cup in 2012 and Blind Cricket World Cup in 2014. In 2017, the Government of India presented Naik with a Padma Shri, the country's fourth highest civilian honour.

Siddesha Hanumanthappa

Passionate Runner + Defence Research Professional

Mr. Siddesha Hanumanthappa is a senior scientist and Project Director working on Indian Light Combat Aircraft-TEJAS project. He is specialized in Aircraft design, jet engine and Aircraft starting systems. A marathon runner by passion, he has run around 44 marathons, and 3/4th of them have met a podium finish! He has also qualified for the Boston Marathon for the 2nd time.

Vasanthi Hariprakash

Journalist + TV & Radio Anchor + Media Trainer + Show Host

From being sub-editor on the New Indian Express newsdesk; waking up an entire city with her prime time breakfast show Good Morning Bangalore on Radio City 91.1 FM to being special correspondent at NDTV 24x7, anchor for documentary episodes on BBC World News and a model for a brand of sarees created by women weavers to now being an independent journalist and media strategist involved with a rural newspaper in Uttar Pradesh and a tribal radio network in Chhatisgarh, Vasanthi Hariprakash believes that a rolling stone gathers no moss, but an exciting resume. She is taking baby steps into entrepreneurship with her venture Pickle Jar that has created a community of 50 diverse professionals, curated two film festivals in the past year and hopes to conduct programs of social relevance. A multi-faceted personality who writes,travels, trains individuals and institutions on how to leverage the media, overuses Facebook & neglects Twitter, moderates panel discussions in India and outside but loses