Theme: Creativity and Academia

TedxyYouth@NMS is a reputable platform that conveys life-changing notions in the form of exhilarating talks which have the ability to influence young minds greatly. It enables the audience to visualize beyond the ordinary, to take daunting risks in life and most importantly, sculpt a better future. Over the past three years, this event has staged iconic individuals who with their ideas and beliefs have shaped many a young malleable minds. This year’s theme, “Creativity and Academia” will unlock the innovative potential inherent in each one of us. Creativity exercises our intellect, enhancing every aspect of our mundane life. And the greatest tool for creativity is academia. Both go hand in hand in achieving greater successes in life. If creativity was a body merely structured by the unimaginable, academia would be the backbone of these unstaged notions. Through this platform, we hope to reach out to the young and potential minds to strive higher and give their creativity a push, as a famous quote by Albert Einstein suggests “creativity is contagious, pass it on.”

Neerja Modi School
Mansarovar
Jaipur, Rajasthan, 302020
India

Abhilasha Bhasin

Sportsperson

Abhilasha Bhasin is looking to major in Economics and psychology, as well as, presents a keen interest in squash, reading, and baking. She exudes passion with topics close to her heart like women empowerment and squash and in doing so transforms her silent demeanor to palpable excitement. While academically bright, she has been successful in pursuing her passion in squash, where she has represented India in international tournaments in Iran, Jordan, Brittain, and Malaysia. She has represented her school at many international fora, for economics in Singapore, Model United Nations in Pakistan , and cultural exchange programs in the Netherlands. She attributes a large part of who she is today to her rigorous training and competitive squash career.

Ananya Maskara

Activist

She is an avid reader with a dynamic book collection. she participate in various MUNs both in India and abroad to fuel my love of international politics and debates. Most importantly, She is a passionate feminist and take pride in my social work most notably my initiative 7th period. 7th period is a social initiative aimed at decreasing the stigma around sanitary napkins for students across Delhi. Through providing girls between the ages of 12-18 (Class VI-Class XII), we hope to an increase access to sanitary napkins, while simultaneously decreasing the stigma and negative attitudes towards the natural process of menstruation.

Chetanya Golecha

Startup Enterprenuer

From failing in 7th grade to owning a company worth 5 million USD, Chetanya Golechha, the 17-year-old hailing from Jaipur is the new boy wonder on the block! His foods and beverages company has managed to garner much praise and several awards from prestigious institutions like IIT Kanpur, Narsee Monjee Institute of Management, IIM Indore, IIM Ahmedabad, ICreate, BITS Pilani and MNIT. Leading newspapers and magazines like the Times of India, The Hindu and the Business Standard have also featured his incredible story, making him something of a teen sensation overnight. His story is nothing short of a roller coaster ride, complete with twists and turns, bound to leave you thrilled and buzzing with ideas of your own!

Gayatri Menon

Professor

Dr. Gayatri Menon is a senior faculty at the National Institute of Design, NID with more than 18 years of experience in design education, research and practice. Currently, she heads the Design foundation program at NID. She did her two‐and‐a half‐ year postgraduate course in Product Design at NID after completing her graduation in ngineering and a short stint in the industry. She conducts courses in the areas of Design methods, Design thinking, Creativity, Play and learning, Design research, Visual fundamentals, Design for social concerns, Universal design, Systems approach and Innovation. As a design faculty at NID, she has worked as a project head and designer/consultant for several industries, public sector design, institution building, craft heritage and socially relevant projects such as UNIDO project for development of SSI,GI project for craft sector, Institution building for Jharcraft, Think design space for TCS etc.

Priyanka Kadam

Activist

Ms Kadam is the founder of Snakebite Healing and Education Society (She-India.org). Her expertise is networking and bringing together talents to work on the grossly neglected health issues related to snakebites in India. Snakebites are estimated to kill between 46, 000 to 100,000 people annually in India and the morbidity that accompanies a venomous snakebite is 5 times more than human fatalities. She has been actively working with various grass root level groups in Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan and Karnataka to mitigate snakebite incidences and spread awareness in rural India. She has been driving projects of spreading awareness at the community level with a special focus on Panchayats across India. Ms Kadam has more than 20 years of corporate experience. Ms Kadam is also an advisor to the Core Team of WHO's Global Snakebite Envenoming Group.

Reema Sengupta

Director and Writer

Reema Sengupta is an international award-winning independent Writer-Director and the co-founder of CATNIP - a Mumbai-based production house that specializes in experimental and conceptual video content. Her recent passion project - Counterfeit Kunkoo - had it's world premiere at Sundance Film Festival 2018 and has been selected at 50+ International festivals including 10 Oscar qualifying festivals. In a short span, it's already bagged the following awards: Grand Jury - Short Film Special Mention at IFFLA 2018 (Los Angeles, USA) Best Narrative Short at Brooklyn Film Festival 2018 (New York, USA) Best Female Director at New Renaissance Film Festival 2018 (Netherlands, Amsterdam) Best Actress at Short Shorts Film Festival 2018 (Tokyo, Japan) Honorable Mention (International Short Film Competition) at USA Film Festival 2018

Shail Choyal

Artist

Painter, printmaker and a teacher, Shail Choyal was born in a family of artists. Having completed his Master’s degree from the University of Udaipur, he went to study printmaking at the Slade College, London and after return to homeland did his Doctoral thesis on ‘Nathdwara Painting’. Recipient of the National Scholarship from the Ministry of Culture, and British Council Fellowship, Shail Choyal has earned 22 awards in various prestigious exhibitions held in India and Abroad, which include the National award from Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi, President of India Neelam Sanjeeva award, (AIFACS), New Delhi

Sumit Pande

Journalist

Sumit Pande is the Political Editor of CNN-IBN, a 24x7 English news channel in India. He is on a sabbatical for two terms- Hilary and Trinity- at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Oxford University. In his current capacity, Sumit heads the political bureau at CNN-IBN. His job profile includes managing news content and its flow from the input side. He guides journalists in the bureau on content generation and presentation. News management notwithstanding, he continues to be an active field reporter. Sumit holds a bachelor’s degree in science. An alumnus of Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi, he specialises in Radio and TV Journalism. He also holds a master’s degree in journalism.

Vaidehi Savnal

Coordinator, CSMVS, Mumbai

Vaidehi Savnal is Coordinator of International Relations at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai where she has been working for the past seven years. Her role involves liaising with and building partnerships with International as well as Indian cultural institutes through collaborative projects including exhibitions, research projects, capacity building and skill-sharing programmes. She has curated the ‘What’s in a Name?’ exhibition that displayed Shakespeare’s First Folio on loan from the British Library, London at the CSMVS on occasion of William Shakespeare’s 400 th death anniversary in 2017 and has co-curated the photography exhibition, ‘Traversing Tibet: through the lens of Li Gotami’ in 2016. Vaidehi also manages the academic outreach programme at the CSMVS as well as the Museum’s Post-graduate diploma programme in Museology and Conservation.