Theme: POSSIBILITY TO REALITY

Meaningful weekends with TEDxChowringhee. 2 weekends on 12th and 19th September from 6 pm to 8 pm, we will take you through an amazing journey of those who made the Possibility to Reality. Register for the event, Grab your coffee, sit in the comfort of your home, and make your weekend Meaningful. The event would include Powerful stories, Discussion rooms, Polls, Entertainment, and much more. The event would be hosted virtually using the Zoom platform.

VIRTUAL EVENT
VIRTUAL EVENT
KOLKATA, West Bengal, VIRTUAL EVENT
India

Deependra Sengar

Soldier of Fortune

Mr Sengar's story is of incredible courage and sounds very much like an amazing Hollywood film. He was shot while fighting militants, evacuated, fought for life, doctors were not hopeful but he survived. He pushes his way back to active services through his will, passion, and discipline, rejoin duties, and gets posted to Kargil. This Soldier of Fortune was shot again, this time being much more serious .....Once a soldier, always a soldier. He did not give up. He recovered but was on crossroads as could not be back to active soldier life. He decided to join a B School. He joined the best B School - IIMA (Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad). He is currently working with Microsoft at Seatle.

Devendra Kumar Gupta

Founder Ladli foundation

Imagine you were left by your parents at the age of 2 along with your 3-day old sister at a relative's house. Grew up in slums, bashed up by drug peddlers, Mr. Gupta decided very early to make his life count. He He is a grass-root level social worker & rehabilitator to a multitude of unprivileged slum girls. He is conferred with National Award by Government of India and his organization Ladli Foundation Trust granted Special Consultative Status by the United Nation. He did not get a chance to call a place his home for a very long time, but today he’s the reason behind the happiness of a large number of families by providing them homes, respect and dignity. The likes of President of our country and personalities like Mr. Amitabh Bachchan have applauded and acknowledged his contribution. Join us to know how he managed to convert the Possibility that was residing in his mind to a Reality.

Dr Fuad Halim

Medical practitioner, social worker, social scientist and science communicator

Dr. Fuad Halim's name would be listed right at the top in the list of Kolkatans who give up their comforts so that others can live a healthy and respectable life. During these Pandemic times, he has conducted more than 3500 dialysis procedures for only Rs.50/ per procedure. He never bothered about his own health while serving people in these challenging times resulting in infected by COVID-19 and battled for his life in the ICU of a hospital.

NAVEEN TOSHNIWAL

GRAPHO THERAPY SPECIALIST

Naveen Toshniwal analyzes handwriting and guides people to change a few strokes to strike a change in their lives for the better. An alumnus of St. Xaviers College, Kolkata, and an Engineer from Jadavpur University, he is also an entrepreneur who runs his traditional family business. His passion during college days has turned into a profession and is helping many in finding the right strokes.

NILAV BOSE

Documentary & Street Photographer

Nilav loves documenting life and narrating stories through his lenses. He is a great example of age is only a number. All of 18 years his work has been featured and published in National Geographic, Sony BBC Earth, Today’s Traveller India Magazine, Discover India Magazine, and The Telegraph. Nilav is the founder and curator of OTHELLO, India’s 1st Black and White Photography Magazine. He is the youngest Indian to be the founder of a photography magazine.

NISHANT BHALOTIA

HOLISTIC FITNESS COACH & AUTHOR

Nishant Bhalotia, a Gold Medalist in MBA(PGCBM) from XLRI and an industrialist, is passionate about Inspiring and promoting Healthy Living for the community. He firmly believes in the concept of Walk the Talk. He pursued his own Health & Fitness Journey before he started promoting its benefits. He is Certified from Govt of India & NASM, USA. His articles are featured regularly in the various sections of media.

Prashant Gade

Founder & CEO , Inali Assistive Tech

An incident in life changed Prashant’s direction in life. He is god sent messiah for those who have lost their arms. Prashant founded Inali intending to provide affordable but advanced prosthetic arms to people living in developing countries with certain upper limb amputation. Through the foundation Prashant has given more than 1500 hands in India.

SARIKA JAIN

CA & IRS

She is a CA & IRS. Her Mantra in life is - Polio is in my legs and not in my Mind. She did not give up despite her multiple challenges in life - Born in a Marwari family, Polio at the age of 2, coming from a small town in Odisha, and many more. She faced them all and achieved what many of us only dream of. A very inspiring tale of Creating possibilities and then making them a Reality. She is currently the Deputy Income Tax Commissioner and is based out of Mumbai.

SIDDHARTH RAJSEKAR

Lifestyle Entrepreneur & Coach

Siddharth is someone who has always rediscovered himself whenever life pushed him to the wall. He is a college drop-out and a "musician turned digital geek" He is a digital growth hacker on a mission. His mission is to build an army of Digital Leaders, built on core principles of humanity & simplicity - by improving one's social skills, happiness, productivity, and awesomeness.