Theme: Innovation for Masses

Innovation is the change that unlocks new value. This year, for the very first TEDxIESMCRC organized event, we attempt to bring to you those innovations that are worth sharing.
Ideas have laid the foundation for breakthrough innovations today. An innovative approach leads to improvement and in a time like today only to further betterment.
Thus we bring people who attempt to enrich the minds of the attendees and endure in them a sense of innovation and entrepreneurship.
Entry by invite only!

Manik Sabhagriha
IES Management College and Research Centre, M.D Lotlikar Vidya Sankul, 791, S.K Marg, Bandra Reclamation
Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400050
India

Dr. Ameet Patki

Gynaecologist

Dr. Ameet Patki is The Medical Director of Fertility Associates - Centre for Assisted Reproduction in Mumbai. He has over 30 scientific publication and several book chapters to his credit. He is an editor of 3 books in the specialty. He has been invited all over India and abroad to give guest lecture on a wide range of topics related to infertility. He has won several awards at National and International Level. He has been a recipient of FOGSI Corion award 2003 for best Research in India. He is the Past President of Mumbai OBGYN Society 2014-15, Chairperson West Zone India RCOG 2015 -18, Secretary General of ISAR 2017-18.

Dr. Minu Mehta

Professor, IESMCRC, Mumbai

Dr Minu Mehta is a certified Leadership Trainer and has twenty five years of experience in academics and advisory including curriculum design, industry interaction and pedagogic innovation. She heads the Centre of Excellence for Leadership and Entrepreneurship at IES MCRC. Her research interests include entrepreneurship, leadership and business culture. She conducts workshops and interactive sessions for students and professionals on a wide range of topics including Leadership, Change Management, Personal Effectiveness, Entrepreneurial Competencies and Holistic Life Skills. She has been recognised among the Top 10 College Mentors in Human Resource Management in India. She is a research fellow at the Association of Indian Management Schools.

Dr. Murali Mohan

Neuro Surgeon

Dr Murali Mohan S is a leading and famous Neurosurgeon, practicing in Bangalore. He specialises in Brain and Spine surgery. He heads Neurosurgical Services at SAGAR Hospitals and Synapse Neuro Clinics, Bangalore. He has performed over five thousand surgeries and has special interest in complex neurosurgical procedures such as brain tumor, head and neck junction (CV junction), skull base and spine surgery including scoliosis and deformities. Dr Murali is a member of several reputed organizations like the Indian Medical Association, Neurological Society of India and the Skull Base Surgery Society of India.

Gautam Thakur

Chairman, Saraswat Bank

Shri Gautam E. Thakur is B.E. (Civil) from Pune University. He also holds Diploma in Financial Management from IMDR, Pune. He has attended Management Development Programmes at IIM, Ahmedabad in the field of Strategy. He has been successfully heading National School of Banking (NSB), the pioneering and premier private training Institute in the field of Banking and Finance, since last sixteen years. Since its establishment in 1978, during the last 35 years NSB has helped more than 85,000 students to secure jobs in the banking industry and has trained more than 3, 55,000 students. He has rich extensive experience in the field of Residential, Commercial and Industrial Construction. He has completed several prestigious projects in Mumbai, Pune and Goa through his firm ‘NSB Properties’. Presently He is the Chairman of Saraswat bank.

Ninad Karpe

M.D ( Retd.), Aptech

Ninad Karpe has recently retired as Managing Director & CEO of Aptech Ltd. He was earlier Managing Director, CA (formerly known as Computer Associates) for India & SAARC. He had been associated with CA India since the company’s inception in the country. He held numerous management responsibilities in CA India that include setting up offices in India, managing marketing, PR, technical services, HR, operations and finance. Ninad is an independent director on the Board of a few public companies. He has an interesting hobby of home wine-making and follows F1 religiously. Till recently he was also the Chairman, Western Region, CII

Praveen Wadalkar

CEO, Techizer Tech Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

Praveen is a CEO and co-founder of an IT company Techizer Tech Solutions Pvt. Ltd. employing around 100 people. As a story teller, Praveen loves to convert real-life experiences and observations into stories. An an entrepreneur , budgeted solo traveler and HMI certified mountaineer he gets immense opportunity to meet people and pick several stories for his audience.

Radha Kapoor Khanna

Founder, ISDI

Design Thinker, Innovation Evangelist, Creative Entrepreneur and Founder of The Three Sisters: Institutional Office. Radha wears more than one hat in her professional endeavours with diverse interests driven by her creative passions. Born a right brained person, and having a keen eye for design from her early days, Radha pursued a degree in fine arts majoring in Communication Design at the Parsons School of Design, New York. She is the first Parsons alumnus to have collaborated with the school to set up the Indian School of Design and Innovation in association with Parsons, New York, in 2013, in Mumbai. She also has a special mention in India’s Most Influential List (2016)

Sumit Chowdhury

CEO, Gaia Smart Cities

Sumit is a global thought leader and CXO in the field of Smart Cities, Telecom, Information analytics and an Urban Design enthusiast. He is the Founder and CEO of Gaia Smart Cities. Having led several large, hyper-growth, multinational telecom and consulting companies in US, Australia & India, he has worked on technology based transformation of companies. He is now focused on sustainable solutions for Smart Cities and Internet of Things. Gaia Smart Cities is a full service Urbantech Solutions and Services provider engaged in the business of providing innovative solutions for businesses, governments and individuals.

Vimal Mahendru

President, Legrand

Vimal Mahendru is the President of Legrand-India, a subsidiary of the French multi-national Legrand. In his present role, he guides strategic initiatives of the company, especially forays into new and emerging markets. Besides this, Vimal is presently the IEC Ambassador, representing IEC in various government and stakeholder fora relevant to the electrotechnical community. He is the IEC Standardization Management Board (SMB) member from India and Chair of the IEC Systems Committee on Low Voltage Direct Current and Low Voltage Direct Current for Electricity Access (SyC-LVDC). Specifically, on Electricity Access, Vimal is representing IEC in various UN, multi-government and international fora, to drive electricity access initiatives through standardization.