Theme: WILLINGNESS TO WELLNESS

The theme of our forthcoming TEDxChowringhee event is “Willingness to Wellness”. We all want our wellbeing but are we Willingly leading ourselves towards Wellness.
In the hectic modern world, more so post pandemic, Wellness has become the buzzword for all individuals as well as institutions. While, lately a lot of focus has been put on mental wellness, there are several aspects of wellness that complete a person’s need for wellbeing. At the TEDxChowringhee event on 25th June, we would like to bring experts and storytellers from different walks of life who will take us through the 8 identified aspects of wellness - Mental, Emotional, Physical, Financial, Environmental, Occupational, Social, Educational & Spiritual and much more.
Join us to soak in a day where you will invest in your wellbeing. As someone rightly said - Health is a state of body but Wellness is a state of being.

KOLKATA CENTRE FOR CREATIVITY
777, Eastern Metropolitan Bypass, Anandapur, Adarsha Nagar
FIRST FLOOR
KOLKATA, West Bengal, 700107
India

Anvi Lohia

Student & Founder of Ampana Life

Anvi is currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in Economics and Political Science at the University of Chicago. Anvi is the founder of Ampana Life, a startup that aims to reduce the opportunity costs for female access to healthcare and wellness.

Arpit Arora

Personal Finance Coach

"While most people try to make money through their job, profession or business, they forget that the easiest way to making more money is by using the power of passive income generated from their existing income." These are the words of Arpita Arora, who has worked in the financial industry for over a decade now. Arpit Arora is on a mission to transform the Financial lives of Entrepreneurs and Professionals to eliminate the dependence of income from their active work. He wants India to focus on their work as Passion and make Passive Income from the growth of their existing wealth. Awarded with Philip Kotler Award for Excellence as a Financial Coach, his articles are published across various esteemed platforms.

Atul Satya Koushik

Indian Mythology Erudite Published Author | Stage Writer & Director | CA | LLB

Atul Satya Koushik is a graduate in commerce with honours from Asia’s most prestigious commerce college i.e. Sri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC, DU). He is a Chartered Accountant and also holds a degree in Law from Faculty of Law, DU. He pioneered modern commercial Hindi theatre in India and runs one of the most performing theatre companies of India. He is a published author and is an erudite on Indian mythology specially Bhagavat Gita, Bhagavat Puran, Ramayana and Mahabharata, a story teller who is on a mission to tell thousand year old stories in a manner like never before.

Basab Sen

Philosopher & Teacher, Trustee – Vedanta Institute, Kolkata and Mumbai

Basab Sen is a senior-disciple of world-renowned philosopher A. Parthasarathy. He is an alumnus of the Vedanta Academy, India which conducts residential courses on Vedanta. For almost two decades Basabji, as he is popularly known, has dedicated himself to the full-time study and propagation of this practical wisdom to audiences around the world. Since 2007 Basab has been doing full-time voluntary work for the Vedanta Cultural Foundation. Vedanta Cultural Foundation is a charitable trust whose primary objective is to disseminate the timeless values of Vedanta. He has been conducting study classes, Self-management seminars, wellness workshops for diverse audiences in India and aboard.

Dr. Shumayou Dutta

MS(Orth). FASSI(Spine), MBBS and Consultant Spine Surgeon

Dr. Shumayou Dutta heads the Neck and Spine Clinic as a consultant spine surgeon at Medical Super speciality Hospital, Kolkata. Dr. Shumayou Dutta is one of the pioneers of Minimally Invasive Spine Surgery in Kolkata. He is one of the few surgeons who believes in surgery as the last options. He has received several highly acclaimed international awards in spine surgery such as The SRS-Global Outreach Scholarship Award 2020, the Asia Pacific Spine Society–SICOT Travelling fellowship Award 2020, The ‘Patrick Kluger Best Published Paper’ in Europe and Asia 2018, the ‘Best Spine Reconstruction Award’ in USA 2018, the IASA Spine Fellowship Award in USA 2018, the ‘ASSI Inland Travelling Fellowship Award’ 2017 to name a few.

Karan Kakkad

Nutri-genomics & Disease Reversal Expert

Mr. Karan Kakkad firmly believes that the human body can heal itself and it is designed for optimum health and well-being while disease is a manifestation of an imbalance in the basic nature of the body. Today, Mr. Kakkad is an internationally renowned Nutrigenomics & Disease Reversal expert. He has trained extensively under the field of nutri-genomics and is associated with American Fitness Professionals & Associates (AFPA).

Neerja Singh

The Seenager, GenBridger, Author of 3 GenerationalBooks

Neerja is a former teacher, published author, and blogger with a background and training in media, having worked in advertising, public relations, documentary filmmaking, and feature journalism. Her understanding of cross generational differences makes her the most ideal person to address the conflict that arises out of it resulting in dividends at work and in life. She urges people to think of her as a millennial with the benefit of hindsight. Like the millennials she is ambitious, engaged with the environment, tech-savvy, bent upon giving shape to her ideas, and excited at sharing them with the larger world.

Neha Jain

Pranic Healing Instructor, Entrepreneur, YouTuber

Neha Jain has been a Pranic Healing Instructor for the last 15 years and a Certified Pranic Healer. She is known for her dynamism and passion to spread the practice of pranic healing, which gives us the ability to achieve success by applying spiritual laws into our practice day to day life.

Rupa Chakravarti

Global Educator and Author

Rupa Chakravarti is a career diplomat and a prolific multi-faceted person. She is an internationally celebrated teacher and has taught in schools in New Delhi, Moscow, Brussels and many more. She is an immensely talented poet, writer, artist and singer. She is an integral part of Kolkata's art and cultural milieu.

Shubha Singhania

Chartered Accountant & Founder Blue Organics

Shubha is a practicing Chartered Accountant and an Indian Institute of Management – Calcutta alumnus. In her words, “My bread & butter Comes from Accountancy & Income tax practice. The tofu and the veggies on the bread come from Blues Organic, my baby founded in 2016. She is associated with a number of NGO's where they try to teach people how to grow own food plus how to keep the environment around pollution free.