Theme: Tenacity - A legacy of timeless ideas

Big ideas have small beginnings. One needs to essentially reinvent, explore, innovate and be more curious every time as an idea multiplies, leading to a fresh new perspective every time. With a strong legacy of 9 years of celebrating, sharing, incubating and spreading the joy of ideas worth spreading TEDxSIULavale is stepping into its Decade with viscosity and determination, enjoying the process of creating diverse thought-provoking, delightful engaging ideas and holding on to them without an iota of fear, sticking on to the most unique notions with an infectious resilience and the ability to overcome any and every challenge, odd and barrier with a winning idea each time. We are determined to take this legacy forward because ideas are timeless and our legacy is beyond the expiry date.

Symbiosis International University
Lavale
Pune, Maharashtra, 412115
India

Amoghavarsha JS

Filmmaker and wildlife photographer

Amoghavarsha JS is a filmmaker and wildlife photographer. He has worked with companies such as National Geographic and BBC. His films have won awards such as the 67th National Film Awards, the Impact Docs Award of Merit, and the Australia India Youth Dialogue alumni grant for the year 2015. His work on climate change was showcased at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. He also addressed the United Nations headquarters in 2020 when his movie Wild Karnataka was screened there.

Harsh Parikh

Banker-turned-Entrepreneur

Mr. Harsh Parikh is a Banker-turned-Entrepreneur. He started his career as a Chartered Accountant and later shifted towards Investment Banking. Over time, he became an advisor of choice at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Further, he started his own venture “DRiefcase” in 2016. DRiefcase is India's 1st ABDM-integrated PHR app and health locker that provides its users a secure online, easy-to-use access to personal health records accessible to them at any time and from anywhere using the Internet. Mr. Harsh is also an avid traveller who loves to meet new people and develop new relationships, contributing to the growth of businesses.

Krishnan Sunderarajan

Founder of India's First Gamified Metaverse App "LOKA"

Krishnan Sunderarajan, founder of Loka, is an avid gamer, gadget junkie, repeat entrepreneur, amateur distance runner, and someone who’s eternally high on the Future & the possibilities it holds. He co-founded his first venture in 2015 in the food space which he successfully ran for over 4.5 years. In 2020, he and his team embarked on an ambitious journey to create a 3-Dimensional Internet with unlimited Concurrent Users aka The Metaverse. His vision is to create a world that is independent of someone’s age, gender, location, literacy, or economic background and only limited by an internet connection, a smartphone, and their imagination itself. Featuring on Shark Tank has motivated him further to dive deeper into the ocean which is the Metaverse.

Mae Mariyam Thomas

Presenter, Podcast Producer & Founder of Maed in India

Mae Mariyam Thomas is a presenter, podcaster, journalist, and voice over artist with over 15 years’ experience in radio and podcasting. She is currently the founder of podcast production company & consultancy, Maed in India (which is also the name of her indie music podcast).

Pratyush Pillai

Behaviour Design Lead at TinkerLabs

At TinkerLabs, along with training students and corporate employees on the methodologies of Behaviour Design and Design Thinking, he has also applied these principles on several interesting problem statements such as Helping TB patients adhere to their 6-month medication regimen, Helping redesign a food delivery company's employee onboarding experience, Helping redesign a global consulting firm's employee referral program. Behaviour Design, for him, is a powerful tool that must be used for good. "If you understand the frailties and irrationalities of the brain, it's your responsibility to use it to design a better world rather than just to motivate someone to buy something."

Shubhi Jain

Founder, Maatiwala, Traffic warden at Indore Traffic Police, Radio jockey at Radio Mirchi

Shubhi Jain is an RJ, entrepreneur, and traffic warden. An MBA graduate from SIBM, Pune. She started volunteering with the Indore traffic police as part of a social internship program in her college in 2019 and became a viral sensation. She has continued to volunteer ever since. Beyond being a traffic warden, she founded her start-up, Maatiwala, a one-stop-shop for all gardening requirements at home in January 2021.