Theme: Warrior Within

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time" - Leo Tolstoy As we battle against time towards triumph, we're fighting to maintain patience as excitement builds. Join us in keeping the warrior within ourselves strong as we count down the days to the official unveiling of TEDxNITRaipur 5.0

Architecture Auditorium, National Institute of Technology Raipur
National Institute of Technology Raipur, G. E road
Raipur, Chhattisgarh, 492010
India

Kena Shree

Author and Corporate leader

Kena Shree is an HR, Storyteller as well as an Author. She has conducted numerous sessions reaching over one lakh participants, including prestigious B-schools such as IIM Lucknow and IIM Shillong. She is an artist with All India Radio As an author, she writes stories, poetry, and HR/OB narratives. She is a columnist at Huffington Post, Times of India web besides writing for Cox & Kings, Hindustan Times, and runs a personal blog which has 1.4 lakh plus views. She is a co-contributor to books published by Times Group, Readomania while her debut novel is work-in-progress.

Nishit Sharma

Cinematographer, Photographer

Featured on CNBC and Incredible India foundation, Nishit Sharma is one of the most talented video content creators and has been working in the field of cinematography for the past 5 years with the YouTube handle "Hopping bug". He has been associated with brands like Samsung and Amazon prime and has curated his own filmmaking course!

Om Prakash Rawat

22nd Chief Election Commissioner of India

Om Prakash Rawat is a former IAS officer of Madhya Pradesh and who also served as 22nd Chief Election Commissioner of India. He held various posts as a government official, his post of IAS officer as Principal Secretary of Tribal Welfare he received Prime Minister Award for innovative work. He was also the Public Enterprise Secretary of India. It was under his guidance, in April 2013, that the Guidelines on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Sustainability for Central Public Sector Enterprises were developed and became a forebear to the amendment of Indian Companies Act that introduced a new CSR Policy in the country. He retired as Chief Election commissioner in 2018.

Saumya Pandey

IAS Officer

Saumya Pandey is an IAS Officer who achieved her dream at a very young age of 23 in her first attempt with securing 4th Rank in UPSC 2016. She is a role model for every modern Indian woman who dreams of Civil services. Not just an IAS officer, she is also the Gold Medalist from the Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology. Saumya was highly appreciated for her dedication amidst her critical situation during the covid times.

Shreya Rao

Social Activist

Beauty with Brains is an understatement for Telugu Model, Shreya Rao Kamavarapu who is also a 2nd Runner-up of FBB Colors Femina Miss India 2018 who is famous as the Rajnigandha Pearls Miss Goodness Ambassador. Before participating in Miss India 2018, she was working as a head strategic planner at an architecture company in Hyderabad. Thriving as a model she showed the country that one can follow their dreams even if they are in different life or profession at a young age.

Vantika Agrawal

Chess Player

Woman International Master at the age of 14, a gold medal winner at the age of 17 - that's how one will describe Vantika Agrawal’s chess journey. The Delhi girl has already made some big impressions in the chess world at such a young age. From her rapid climb in the ratings to her constant hard work and dedication towards the sport, Vantika is on the fast road to success. The youngster has accomplished a lot in the short span of time when she won the Woman International Master (WIM) title and was even awarded the National Child Award by the Indian Government.