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Online, streaming on our Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/TEDxIITKharagpur
Kharagpur, West Bengal, 721301
India

Alyssa Carson

Future mars Astronaut

“Always follow your dream and don’t let anyone take it from you.” — Alyssa Carson. Alyssa has lived her 19 years on Earth a life which many can only dream of. She is the first person to complete all the NASA Space Camps in the world, including Space Camp Turkey and Space Camp Canada. In January 2013, NASA invited her to be on the MER 10 panel in Washington DC to discuss future missions to Mars live on NASA TV. She was later selected as one of seven ambassadors representing Mars One, a mission to establish a human colony on Mars in 2030. In October of 2016, Alyssa was the youngest to be accepted and graduate the Advanced Possum Academy, officially making her certified to go to space and an astronaut trainee. When she was 18, Carson earned her pilot's license. Her training has also included water survival, g force training, micro gravity flights, obtaining scuba certification, and decompression training.

Amit Ranjan Biswas

Child Neuropsychiatrist; Poet-Playwright-Film maker, Social Alchemist

Amit fosters creative interdisciplinary dialogues to transform self and society. He is based in London, working in NHS as a Senior Consultant Child/ Adolescent Neuropsychiatrist ;he is also an multi award winning filmmaker, educator, Mindful leadership trainer, and a global speaker raising Awareness, Well Being, Resilience and Excellence. Amit dedicates his time both in India and West to inspire young people to thrive and be the best versions of themselves using multiple lenses of science, philosophy, psychology, medicine, art, movement, and contemplative practices in their lives.

Debayan Saha

Inventor and Entrepreneur on a mission for global health and environmental transformation

Co-Founder of PerSapien Innovations Pvt. Ltd., GlobalBiodesign Alumni Fellow at Stanford University, Guest-Faculty at School of International Biodesign Delhi, SIB Alumni Fellow at AIIMS Delhi, Former PI at Pfizer IIT Delhi Innovation & IP Program in IIT Delhi, Jury member & Ambassador at 'Tech For Good' Megacities-SD Paris

Nabila Jamshed

Public Policy Specialist

Nabila Jamshed is a public policy and global governance specialist, currently working with the United Nations. She has served as a political analyst with multilateral agencies and the UN in The Hague, in India, and with the United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan. With a Master’s degree in Global Governance from the University of Oxford, Nabila joined the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons during the organisation’s work on chemical disarmament in Syria. She has also worked for UNESCO and with the Asian Development Bank. In her most recent assignment with UN Peacekeeping, Nabila was posted to Juba, South Sudan, where she worked with the Joint Mission Analysis Centre during the conflict of 2016. She is a public speaker who has delivered multiple TEDx and other talks in India, and around the world, written columns for newspapers and specialises in the UN’s work on crisis response and outlawing weapons of mass destruction.

Siddhant Shah

Founder at accessforall.co; Resource Consultant for Dis-Abled Access.

A heritage architect and access consultant bridging the gap between cultural heritage and disability through his innovative Access for All. A Stavros Niarchos Scholar, his team focuses on access audits, interpretation and educational activities, inclusive outreach programs, sensitisation and awareness program, Braille-tactile kits, Braille books and CSR based engagement programs.