Theme: Urban Habitats

TEDxWalledCity Salon will focus on Urban Habitats. How design, communication and our activism lends to the design of our cities and communities. The talks are in the context of climate change at a micro level, where each one of us are participants.

The event is interspersed with interesting performances and music. Limited seating in a live theatre and simulcast spaces.

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organised TED event.

TEDxWalledCity is a focused, intimate and relatable setting where people who are deeply interested in ideas that can define our future, change the way we think and have an impact on the world get together to share their brain-trust. It brings together creative and forward thinking young people from India that are as fascinating and accomplished as the speakers themselves.

Jindal University
OP Jindal University
Delhi, Delhi, 110001
India

Arnab Bose

An MBA in Finance (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and a Masters in Economics (JNU, India), Bose has more than fourteen years of experience across various verticals and roles. He has conceptualized various theoretical finance frameworks for sustainability including a Financial Gradients Model and a Real Options Framework for climate action, building adaptive capacity and resilience.

Bahar Dutt

Winner of the Green Oscar in 2006, Bahar Dutt has reported on some of the biggest environment stories of our time. Known for the celebrated TV Series- Saving the Ganga (CNN-IBN), Dutt spent a decade with snake charmers across India on a community conservation project on a sustainable livelihoods project. Her environment investigations led to the shutdown of an illegal shopping mall on the river bed of the Yamuna, an illegal mine in Goa that was operating on forest land and helped halt the destruction of the wetlands that were home to the Sarus cranes in Uttar Pradesh. In this TEDx Talk, Bahaar talks about how environment stories often become political stories and the immense power of storytelling in initiating action towards protecting the environment.

Narayana Peesapaty

Known as the man behind Edible Cutlery, Narayan Peesapaty is the Founder and Managing Director of Bakeys Foods Private Ltd-a company that develops innovative solutions for growing environmental problems. Peesapaty has previously worked as a Researcher with the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics(ICRISAT) and published several research papers on groundwater management. He holds a BSC(Chemistry) from Osmania University and MBA from IIFM.

Seema Sharma

Currently an Assistant Professor in Vivekananda College, University of Delhi, Dr. Seema Sharma has a Ph.D. in industrial waste management and more than 12 years of experience in the area of Environment and Sustainability. She has redefined the concept of resilience (social and ecological) at local level by engaging with communities using noninvasive learning methods and creating resilience centers as an interface between academia-industry- policy-community to deal the issues at local level.

Vasu Primlani

One of the most prominent social entrepreneurs and comedians in the United States and India, Vasu won the People’s Green Award in 2012 and has a Masters degree from UCLA in Geography, Urban Planning and Law.

Vineet Talwar

Dr. Vineet Talwar earned his DM (Medical Oncology) from Adyar Cancer Institute, Chennai. He has more than 40 publications in National and International journals and is member of the European Society forMedical Oncology (ESMO), American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Indian Cooperative OncologyNetwork (ICON), Indian Society of Oncology (ISO). A fellow of the International Medical SciencesAcademy (IMSA), Indian College of Physicians (FICP) and Fellow of Royal Society of Physicians (FRCP), UK, Dr. Talwar is actively involved with the DNB Medical Oncology program which is being conducted atRajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and is a thesis guide as well. He actively participates in oncology updates,cancer detection camps, outreach clinics and drug trials (phase I, II, III) at the Institute.