Theme: The Broken Compass

To us, “The Broken Compass” is going against the predefined culture of following the path that has been directed by the society and discovering a path out of sight, braving the barriers and moving along with the idea of following the heart.
This event will witness speakers who have gone beyond the predefined and have designed a map for themselves to follow.

Gokaraju Rangaraju Institute of Engineering and Technology
survey No. 288, Nizampet-Bachupally Road, Bachupally, Kukatpally,Telangana
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, 500090
India

Aatish The Band

Hyderabad based Band

AATISH, a band comprising of four musicians, all who dared and broke the norm with their fire and hunger to achieve, excel in Music. Coming from different musical backgrounds, learnings and experiences, at TEDXGRIET, they wish to share what they feel it takes to do against the norm, break the compass and find your own journeys and go beyond horizons .

Akshay Tiwari

Founder, Hyderabadi Poetry Project

Akshay Tiwari, the founder of Hyderabad Poetry Project: a movement started to bring together and create a literary collective of poets, writers, speakers, story tellers and spoken word artists from around Hyderabad. It is an attempt at reviving poetry as well as reintroducing the art-form amongst the youth. He is a community builder who mentors around 25 community leaders at Brave in India. A man who believed in an unconventional path and followed it to achieve something that was long-lost.

Chaitanya Basava

Radio Jockey

Chaitanya Basava, famously known as RJ Chaitu is a radio jockey at RED FM. He hosted 2015 IPL from Hyderabad. His show won two IRF awards and has won four national awards as an RJ. His immense energy and perseverance made him one of the top radio jockeys in India. He tells stories, shares real life experiences and talks about whacky things we come across in life. He puts life the way it comes. He brings Innocence of a child along with philosophy of an experienced into his show. This makes people to get addicted to his show every day.

Geethika Kanumilli

Fashion Designer

Geethika Kanumilli, a 24 year old passionate fashion designer who tasted success at an early age, even without a degree or experience. Her label is known for its beautiful range of handcrafted Indian Bridal wear, chic indo-western wear in fresh colours. Her intensity of thought to design an outfit in such a way that it resembles a piece of art with its own style and uniqueness is what drove her to a whole new level. She represents herself through her art which is the major reason people love to flaunt themselves in her designs!

Kruti Beesam

The Ramp Fighter

Kruti, famously known as the Ramp Fighter, is a post graduate in sociology with Cerebral Palsy and is confined to a wheel chair. Kruti contributed to many websites as a content writer and sent articles to a popular English newspaper (Deccan Chronicle.) She is the winner of the Naveena Mahila Contest-2013 by TV9, in the category of "Fight for one's own rights". Being differently abled never deterred her strong mental resolve to live life to the fullest, even if it meant changing paths and going on journeys she never planned for.

Major Shiva Kiran

Army Major, NGO Founder

Major Shiva Kiran was till recently with the Administrative Staff College of India. After a short stint in the Indian Army (88-95) in the operational area of J&K and Rajasthan, he has a Phd in Development Studies from the Centre for Economic and Social Studies at Hyderabad. He is a founder of, an NGO working in the area of Solid Waste Management, in 1998. Shiva Kiran has been elected to the Managing Committee of the Exhibition Society for 2017-18. He has been a part of several TV debates on issues of environment and civil society issues. He is also associated with organizing popular quiz programs of GeoMap Quiz and Envi Quiz for school children.

Rahul Ravindran

Indian Actor, Film Director

Rahul Ravindran, an Indian film actor and director who has appeared in Telugu, Tamil and English language films was born and brought up in Chennai. He obtained a Masters in Business Management, and this was followed by a brief stay in Mumbai where he was an Assistant Brand Manager for a leading media company. It was in Mumbai, while dining at a restaurant, that he got an offer to audition for a television commercial, and the success of that fetched him more commercials. He has since gone on to make a career as a leading actor in the Telugu film industry. He made his debut as a director with a Telugu film Chi La Sow last year.

Vandana Vijay

Travel Enthusiast, Founder of OffBeat Tracks

Vandana Vijay, CEO and Founder of Offbeat Tracks is a travel entrepreneur who shares a passion for interacting with local communities, cultures and travel. She believes that travel can be the tool to make a difference in one's own lives and perspectives and also can be a tool via which one can bring about sustainable development in remote hard to access regions of the Himalayas. She has set out on an ambitious vision to light up the lives of 1000 remote trans Himalayan households using renewable solar power. Her motto is, Travel! Travel to make a difference, travel to change the world!