Theme: NURTURING BOLD IDEAS

TEDxGatewaySalon : Nurturing Bold Ideas aims to create a platform for change makers from across different sections of society. The Salon event will feature Civil Servants & Societal Catalyst that are bringing a vibrant change to our society on a national and state level scale.

YB Chavan Auditoriu
Nariman Point
Next to Mantralaya
Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400001
India

Abhijeet Bangar - IAS

Shri Abhijit Bangar is an IAS officer, presently working as Commissioner of Nagpur Municipal Corporation. He has worked in tribal areas of the state in various capacities and taken many initiatives to make their lives better. He firmly believes, sensitivity is a characteristic which defines the personality of an administrator.

Abhijit Bangar

IAS Officer - Municipal Commissioner, Nagpur Municipal Corporation

Abhijit Bangar is the Municipal Commissioner of Nagpur Municipal Corporation. He has successfully solved the problem of distributed irrigation through use of non-conventional energy resource. Previously he has been the District Collector of Palghar, where he has pioneered the plantation of 4 crore trees and worked on solving the malnutrition problem for the tribals

Akash Manoj

Child Prodigy and Innovator

Akash Manoj is a young innovator who invented a low-cost device to detect silent heart attacks at the age of 16. He is exclusively working on low cost health-care diagnostics, is an Ashoka Youth Venturer and President's gold medallist. His research for the detection of asymptomatic heart attacks is internationally recognised and validated. He is now working on his start-up - Cardioptre, which aims to deliver his research for public use.

Ashwini Sonavane

Block Education Officer – Bhamragad, Gadchiroli district

Ashwini Sonavane is a Block Education Officer at Bhamragad, which lies in the Gadchiroli district of Maharashtra. She has been a school teacher for over 12 years. Ashwini willingly volunteered for this position which lies in the biggest naxal driven district of Gadchiroli, Maharashtra. Whilst most officers refuse to take up this post, Ashwini is the only women officer in the district and is making education accessible for tribal children

Ashwini Sonawane - BEO

Ashwini Sonawane is a Block Education Officer and the only woman officer working as a Block Education Officer (BEO) in Gadchiroli, a highly naxalite affected area in India . She was selected from the MPSC in 2012 , and has worked in different regions to increase the number of school children and the quality of education in those regions. She was a High School teacher who taught chemistry and math before she became a BEO

Ashwini Sonawane - Block Education Officer

Ashwini Sonavane is a Block Education Officer and the only woman officer working as a Block Education Officer (BEO) in Gadchiroli, a highly naxalite affected area in India . She was selected from the MPSC in 2012 , and has worked in different regions to increase the number of school children and the quality of education in those regions. She was a High School teacher who taught chemistry and math before she became a BEO

N Vasudevan

Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Mangrove Cell

"N. Vasudevan created the Mangrove and Marine Biodiversity Conservation Foundation to support conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity in select coastal areas in Maharashtra. He facilitated the use of sustainable and eco-friendly technologies like Coral Transplantation, Central Clownfish Hatchery amongst others, which were then introduced by the Mangrove Cell and reputed national-level institutions to help the conservation foundation. It is due to his efforts that the mangrove cover in Maharashtra has increased by 63%."

Narayan Vasudevan -Chief Conservator-Forest

N. Vasudevan is an Indian Forest Service officer, who has been heading the Mangrove Cell of Maharashtra since its inception in 2012. He is a qualified Marine Biologist, whose childhood memories of the mangroves in his neighborhood and his professional interest in mangrove ecology fueled his passion for mangrove conservation. Vasudevan has donned many hats, working in the fields of forestry, fisheries, rural development and film development before finding his niche in the mangroves. During his stint in the Mangrove Cell, the mangrove cover of Maharashtra State increased from 186 to 304 square kilometers, a whopping 63% increase. Vasudevan has also played a key role in the creation of the “Mangrove Foundation of Maharashtra” and the “Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary” in suburban Mumbai.

Narayanan Vasudevan

N. Vasudevan is an Indian Forest Service officer, who has been heading the Mangrove Cell of Maharashtra since its inception in 2012. He is a qualified Marine Biologist, whose childhood memories of the mangroves in his neighbourhood and his professional interest in mangrove ecology fueled his passion for mangrove conservation.Vasudevan has donned many hats, working in the fields of forestry, fisheries, rural development and film development before finding his niche in the mangroves. During his stint in the Mangrove Cell, the mangrove cover of Maharashtra State increased from 186 to 304 square kilometres, a whopping 63% increase. Vasudevan has also played a key role in the creation of the “Mangrove Foundation of Maharashtra” and the “Thane Creek Flamingo Sanctuary” in suburban Mumbai.

Sonam Kalra

Musician & Host

Multiple award winning singer and composer Sonam Kalra is that rare breed of musician who has been trained in both Indian and Western traditions of music and is equally adept at both. She has a beautiful, powerful voice with an honesty and sensitivity that is rare. Sonam’s unique brainchild, ‘Sonam Kalra & The Sufi Gospel Project’ which blends the many voices of faith, through poetry, prayer and music to create one universal voice of faith, has earned her international critical acclaim. Sonam has been recognised and appreciated for her extraordinary and all inclusive definition of Sufism and her message of Peace and Oneness has made her a popular voice at prestigious festivals and venues around the world. Sonam has shared the stage with legendary musicians like Sir Bob Geldof and Sufi Legend Abida Parveen. She has also performed for MTV Coke Studio and at the very Prestigious SYDNEY OPERA HOUSE where she received a standing ovation.