Theme: Uncharted Territory

TEDxIIMKozhikode aims to empower the local community with ideas from diverse backgrounds. These ideas would be centred around venturing into Uncharted Territory and how to tread while in one. The venue for the event is PGP Auditorium, IIM Kozhikode.

Indian Institute of Management-Kozhikode
Indian Institute of Mangement- IIMK Campus P.O, Kunnamangalam - 673 570
Kozhikode, Kerala, 673570
India

Archana Sardana

Skydiver – BASE Jumper – Deep Sea Diver – Mountaineer

(a) First Indian to Skydive with the Indian Flag in USA. I am a ‘C’ licence in skydiving from the United States Paratroopers Association having completed 335 skydives. (b) First Indian to BASE (Building, Antenna, Span, Earth) Jump the KL Tower, Malaysia with the Indian Flag. I am India’s only woman BASE Jumper and have completed 45 BASE Jumps. (c) First Indian to unfurl the Indian flag at 60 feet depth, off Neil Island, Port Blair. I am India’s only woman Master Scuba Diver Trainer certified by Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI), USA. (d) Completed Adventure, Basic & Advance Mountaineering Course at Himalayan Institute of Mountaineering, Darjeeling and Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi.

Arunabh Das Sharma

President Times group and Social Observer

He is the current President of Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd. (Times Group) - owner of newspaper brands such as The Times of India and The Economic Times. He joined BCCL in 2011 as executive president and advisor – strategic initiatives. A year later, he was appointed as the president, and inducted in the BCCL board. Responsible for the front end of the business (revenue and related functions), he handles a team of over 2,000 people. He has worked with Coca-Cola, GSK, Goodyear and Whirlpool, besides being part of a start–up Intercept Technologies, which dealt with data analytics and media analytics space. He is an alumnus of Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Malvika Iyer

Social Activist and Motivational speaker

Malvika Iyer is a bomb blast survivor, social worker, Doctoral Researcher and a Junior Research Fellow at Madras School of Social Work. She is also a Global Shaper from the Chennai Hub, which is a part of the Global Shapers Community, an initiative of the World Economic Forum. After an accident that caused her to lose both the hands at the age of 13, young Malvika braved all the odds and emerged victorious to be a symbol of courage and optimism. An alumnus of St. Stephen's College, Delhi and Delhi School of Social Work, she works extensively to spread awareness on disability and to shape an inclusive society for the differently abled. A state topper in class 10th in 2004, she is a recipient of a number of awards for meritorious performance and has worked on various research projects over the years. She has been featured in ‘GIFTED’, a national bestseller on inspiring stories of people with disabilities

Prashant Nair

IAS

A 2007 Batch Kerala cadre Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, Prashant Nair is the District Collector of Kozhikode district in Kerala. He is not the regular kind of bureaucrat one usually comes across in India. He represents a new breed of administrators who want to capitalise on the technology platforms to reach out to the citizens. He characterizes the changing face of Indian administration in this rapidly evolving sociopolitical ecosystem. He leads innovative crowd-funded campaigns through social media to generate public opinion and to address important issues. One campaign headed by Prashant in the district that has really taken off is called ‘Operation Sulaimani’. Named after the iconic spiced tea of the region, Operation Sulaimani is a decentralised participatory project to enable those who cannot afford a meal with dignity and to avoid food wastage in the city.

V S Sudhakar

Entrepreneur

He is the co-founder of BigBasket, a leading online grocery company with a listing of over 14,000 products from more than 1,000 brands. BigBasket had secured the BMA Best Start-up of the Year award in 2014. Prior to BigBasket, he was the founder and CEO of Indiaplaza Pvt. Ltd, a leading retail business (formerly called Fabmall Pvt. Ltd.) which was sold to the Aditya Birla Group in the year 2006 and was renamed as More. He has the unique distinction of starting and building India's first internet services company- Planetasia.com. He is an alumnus of IIM Ahmedabad.