We live in a world where ideas float even in thin air and with the fast emerging wireless and infrared technologies- they literally do. India is not exempted from this surge as we are coming up with indigenous versions of products, services and machines which are way more cost-effective.

The future is driven by innovation and sustainability which in turn is fueled by ideas and that is why events like TED are important because you get exposure to different fields and myriad of ideas. TED Talks are powerful and capable of influencing masses. We know that necessity is the mother of all inventions, but ideas are the father and TED talks create an environment of looking into our minds producing ideas that can benefit us, our life style and the lives of those around us.

Here, at TEDx MITSG, as engineering students who yearn to design and build a better and improved world, our theme "Maneuvering Ingenuity" is the best way to create a culture that fosters innovation and encourages us to take small steps which empowers our future world.

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Amitabh Thakur

IPS Officer, Founder of National RTI Forum

Amitabh Thakur is a 1992 batch Uttar Pradesh cadre Indian Police Service (IPS) officer and a social activist. * Served as a Superintendent of Police (SP) in Ten districts of Uttar Pradesh, and as an Inspector General (IG) in the state's Civil Defence department. * Founder of the National RTI Forum, a grassroots anti-corruption organisation in India that advocates for government openness under the terms of the 2005 Right to Information Act. * He holds a B. Tech degree in mechanical engineering from IIT Kanpur. Amitabh Thakur was also selected for the four-year Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) at IIM Lucknow. * Founder of the Institute for Research and Documentation in Social Sciences (IRDS), a human rights organisation. * Recorded the dying declaration of journalist Jagendra Singh; the video allegedly indicated the involvement of a state's minister in Singh's death. Amitabh Thakur has co-authored two books, and has compiled two collections of poems.

Anurag Asati

Founder & CEO, TheKabadiwala.com

Founder and CEO of TheKabadiwala.com from Bhopal who makes money out of waste, Venture has been awarded by Govt of India and received other awards also. TheKabadiwala.com is doorstep service intends to help out busy people to sell their house hold junk like old newspaper and scraps material etc. The Kabadiwala works on the sector of waste management and organizing the waste sector. As of now there is no way to track your waste material, we provide the same. For his work on kabadiwala he has been awarded by Government Of India.

Dr. CA Reeta Shah

Growth Strategist and Coach, Independent Director, Shemaroo Entertainment Ltd. ; Founder And Director, Crest Education; Visiting Professor, Indian Institute Of Management, Indore ; Ex- Assistant Director, ITM Group Of Institutions; HOD(Accountancy), SIES College Of Commerce And Economics

Dr. CA Reeta Shah is a Chartered Accountant (32nd rank in India in final CA), PhD. in Finance from IIT Bombay, Law Graduate and holder of triple masters’ degree[ M.COM. , MBA(HRM) and M. PHIL.]. She has various books and research paper publication in international journals. She is recipient of outstanding research paper award at conference at IICM and her research paper got selected at International Conference at Harvard, USA. She has wide experience in education and training for last 25 years in the areas of Finance and transformation. She has conducted training sessions for 20+ corporates and organisations including CRISIL, IIT BOMBAY & DELHI, IIM INDORE,LIC etc. She is Growth Strategist and Coach. Her mission is to transform 1,00,000 people and show them their potential growth.

Dr. Nikhil Chandwani

Author, Film Producer, Educator, Professor, Travel Director and Entrepreneur

Padma Shri Nominee, Dr. Nikhil Chandwani (Ph.D.) is a published author of Six New York Times best-selling novels CEO of Walnut Discoveries Pvt. Ltd. Recently awarded Global Indian of the year honor for his contributions as a script writer. He has extensively researched on the current crisis in the Middle East and worked with various production venture. His name is penned in world record books for a professorship at twenty-one. Produced an upcoming Hindi feature film titled She-The Movie and is known for his documentaries Escape from Kenya and Amazing Amazon Adventures.Public Speeches in around 120 universities all over Asia with regular Visiting professor profile at XLRI, VIT, IIM, Chowgule Goa.Winner of American Literary Honour in the year 2015 and UK Writers' Award.Recipient of various awards: National Award from Govt. Of India,Global Indian of the Year, World Record for youngest professor/producer tag, Genius Indian Achiever Honour, American Literary Honor, UK Writers' Forum Award.

Himanshu Warudkar

Senior IT Professional, Banking & Financial Services IT Leader with over 20 years of industry experience, Innovator and Strategist, Machine Learning Enthusiast

Director – Head of Transaction and Markets Operations Technology, Royal Bank of Scotland, Natwest Markets Division. Former Director & Head- Client Facing Technology, Investment Banking & Program Director-Rise Mumbai, Barclays, India. Alumni of ISB Hyderabad, M.Tech- IIT Delhi, B.E. from MITS Gwalior Worked as Member of Leadership Team in Barclays Technology Center India. Setup the open innovation centre for Barclays in India with a small team of three, widely known as "Rise Mumbai" which has been visited by two UK Cabinet Ministers (www.thinkrise.com) and now working towards contributing to the future of financial services. Worked with TCS and Infosys in past and did projects for National Security Depository Ltd., GE Corporation, USA and Bank Of America respectively. He worked on a U.S., Department of Energy and Ministry of Unconventional Energy Resources research project whereby he applied Artificial Intelligence to create intelligent building solutions.

Mitendra Singh

Mr. India 2017 Mister United Continents, Spiritual and Motivational Speaker

Mr. India 2017 Mister United Continents Representing India in Philippines in January, 2018 Spiritual and Motivational Speaker. MBA Graduate from York St. John University, England. Worked as a Model for Provogue & Kautons.

Prof. Anand Kumar Jaiswal

Asso. Professor of Marketing, Chairperson - Centre for Retailing, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Alumni of XLRI, Jamshedpur

He is Associate Professor of Marketing and Chairperson - Centre for Retailing at IIM Ahmedabad. His research interests include bottom of the pyramid (BOP) markets, services management, customer satisfaction, business-to-consumer e-commerce, and brand extension management. He has published papers in Long Range Planning, Journal of Interactive Marketing, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Services Marketing, Journal of Consumer Marketing, Innovations, Organization & Environment, Managing Service Quality, Marketing Intelligence and Planning, Journal of Academy of Business and Economics, Asian Case Research Journal, Economic & Political Weekly and Decision.He was given Distinguished Young Professor Award for excellence in research in 2011 at IIM Ahmedabad. He won the International Management Division’s Skolkovo Best Paper Finalist award in 2012 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Boston. He won the best case award in 2011 international EFMD Case Competition.

Virendra Shahaney

Storyteller, Television Content Producer and Broadcast Professional

Chairman & Managing Director of Web Talkies, an entertainment production house which reaches out through partner platforms like You tube, Hungama and NextGen TV. Worked as Vice President and Creative Director, Fiction Programming for Sony Entertainment Television.  Creative Producer for Dancing Waters Production and Vice President. Vice President and Creative Director, Fiction Programming. Screenwriter and Creative Director, Indian Television Creative Director (Sony Entertainment Television) for popular TV Shows: * CID * Adaalat * Aahat (All on Sony Entertainment Television) * Bade Achche Lagte hain * Uttaran (Colors) * Parvarish - Kuch Khatti Kuch Meethi * Dekha Ek Khwab * Kuch Toh Log Kahenge * Saas Bina Sasuraal * Kya hua Tera Vada * Krishnaben Khakhrawala * Tera Mujhse Hai Pehle Ka Nata Koi