Theme: Breaking Barriers

A TEDx event is a local gathering where live TED-like talks and videos previously recorded at TED conferences are shared with the community. IIT Indore brings to you, TEDx "Ideas worth spreading" as an initiative to celebrate the ideas from all diameter of the planet and help them grow and inspire.

The theme for this year's edition of TEDx IIT Indore is "Breaking Barriers". If there were no barriers, would it be a story worth telling? Barriers exist in all forms. But what is common amongst all these is that they are hard to cross. Only those with true courage, determination, and hard work are able to jump across these and get their names inscribed in gold. We aim to bring together all those who went an extra mile in what they did, despite of all the barriers and crossroads they came across.

Indian Institute of Technology Indore
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Indore, Madhya Pradesh, 453552
India

Dr. Prasun Chatterjee

Specialist and Assistant Professor of Geriatrics Department, AIIMS New Delhi

Dr. Prasun Chatterjee is one of the very few qualified Geriatrician (specialization in elderly care medicine ) in India. He is currently faculty in AIIMS, New Delhi, Deptt. Of Geriatric Medicine. He has started N.G.O “Healthy Aging India” and is heading it to make it an NGO of International reputation. He is the founder of an intergenerational learning center at Noida Purva Madhyamik Vidyalaya, where educated elderly are mentoring less privileged school children - a 1st of its kind initiative in India. He was given Best Paper Award in National conference in Kolkata 2009 for working on Frailty in elderly, awarded CSIR fellowship to work on Sarcopenia, awarded by Padma Shri Professor V S Natarajan for serving elderly in the community and also "Bharat Jyoti "Award 2018 for selfless service to the community.

Lt. Gen. Satish Dua

Lieutenant General Satish Dua, PVSM, UYSM, SM, VSM is the current Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee of the Indian Armed Forces

Lt. was commissioned into 8 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry (Siachen) in December 1979. He is considered as a counter-terrorism specialist and has held various important command, staff and instructor appointments during his career. He has commanded a battalion and a brigade in counterterrorism operations in Jammu and Kashmir and the XV Corps (Srinagar) (2015-2016). As a Major General of Assam Rifles, he was instrumental in raising a new formation termed IGAR (East) in Northeast India. He has held various staff appointments including Colonel MS (Complaints) in Military Secretary Branch; Brigade Major of Kargil Brigade; Brigadier General Staff (Operations) of XVI Corps (Nagrota); Deputy Director General in Weapon Equipment Directorate; Additional Director General (Procurement) in Master General of Ordnance Branch. During his career, he has been awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal, Sena Medal, the Uttam Yudh Seva Medal (2017) and Param Vishisht Seva Medal (2018) for his service.

Mr. Achanta Sharath Kamal

Professional Indian table tennis player (Current World Rank: 32)

Achanta Sharath Kamal is a professional table tennis player from Tamil Nadu, India. He is the second Indian table tennis player to become 8 times national champion. His current world rank is 35, as of September 2018. He has won the men's singles gold in the 16th Commonwealth table tennis championship held at Kuala Lumpur in 2004. He has won the US Open Table Tennis Men's championships held at Grand Rapids, Michigan in July 2010. He is the winner of 4 gold, 2 bronze and a silver medal in Commonwealth games. He recently bagged bronze medal for India in the Asian games 2018. He is a recipient of the Arjuna award for the year 2004. He currently lives in Düsseldorf, Germany. He is also employed with the Indian Oil Corporation as an officer.

Mr. Ashish Jaiswal

Author of "Fluid", "True Dummy" and "How to Reform a Business School"

Ashish Jaiswal is a writer and an internationally renowned expert on education. He is currently a fellow at the Oxford Centre for Higher Education Policy Studies, UK and the author of upcoming book Fluid: The Approach Applied by Geniuses Over Centuries. Ashish has spoken around the world on the new age reforms required in our learning and thinking in the light of mega changes currently being witnessed in technology, markets, and human behavior. Ashish is also the founder of iHER (India for Higher Education Reforms), a community platform with over 100,000 of students, educationists and policymakers with the aim to discuss transformative ideas on education. Ashish holds a Ph.D. and a Master’s from the University of Oxford in the field of education.

Mr. Divyanshu Damani

Entrepreneur, social media influencer, public figure

Divyanshu Damani is a social media influencer, entrepreneur, public speaker, vlogger, traveler, scuba diver, skier, and a believer. He currently has a family of over 200K followers on social media and has inspired thousands of young people across the globe. He is a TEDx speaker and actively speaks at Josh Talks. He has done spoken at over 50 other speaking platforms.

Ms. Neeti Leekha Chhabra

Founder & President of NGO Yes to Life; Faculty-HR & OB; Corporate Trainer; Motivational Speaker

Founder and president of an NGO ‘Yes to Life’, Neeti is working relentlessly towards spreading awareness for breast cancer and supporting those affected by it. The young breast cancer winner started the NGO in 2014 with an aim to contribute to lowering the mortality rate of those diagnosed with it. A professor by profession, she left her full-time dream job to pursue her inner calling. She now balances her time between Yes to Life and her career as a corporate trainer & professor. Also an author, she writes about life, positivity, and happiness. Neeti is a public speaker who doesn’t only talk about cancer awareness but also about stress management and happier lifestyles. She has delivered awareness sessions to diverse audiences at various places, including LinkedIn, IIM Indore.

Ms. Rinku Sawhney

Success coach from over a decade

Rinku is a Social Impact Entrepreneur, a Personal Excellence & Mind-shift Coach. She has co-founded Elevated Minds, which is a start-up committed to help people rise above mediocrity and become the masters of their own lives. Over 5000 people have experienced Rinku’s signature live events. Her work has enabled people to get clarity and identify roadblocks, that have held them back from achieving success. Rinku firmly believes that each and every human is unique and special and that we are all born to be successful. She is also the author of an upcoming book, “My Life; I Decide”. In her own small way, Rinku believes in impacting the world and leaving it a slightly better place.

Swami Prem Parivartan AKA Peepal Baba

Founder- Give Me Trees Trust | Nature Enthusiast | Green Activist

Swami Prem Parivartan (aka Peepal Baba) is the founder trustee of the environmental movement "Give Me Trees" Trust. He has been planting trees for the last 41 years since he was 11 years old. He is fondly called ‘Peepal Baba’ because he has devoted his entire life towards the planting and preservation of Peepal trees, facilitating the plantation of more than 10 million Peepal trees all across India. He is the founder of Give Me Trees Trust, which is one of the largest tree plantation and preservation movements in India. Give Me Trees Trust has planted more than 20 million trees all across India in the last 41 years. He has received numerous awards, including the Unsung Heroes Award presented to him by John Abraham.