Theme: Rowing Against The Current

TEDxSairam organized its first edition in the year 2012, themed inventing innovations. Consistent on the grind, we have successfully conducted TEDxSairam 2013(beyond conventions), TEDxSairam 2014(dream dare do), TEDxSairam 2015(process. Pioneer. Prove.). Fully ready to rumble, we are all set to conduct our fifth edition TEDxSairam 2016 . At a TEDx Sairam, TED Talks and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connections.The theme we have proposed for TEDxSairam 2016 is "Rowing against the current". The theme is aimed at inducing pragmatic perceptions amongst the pervasive audience. We have planned on an exciting list of speakers to highlight our theme.

Sigma Auditorium
Sai Leo Nagar, West Tambaram
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600044
India

Dr. Aditi Singhal

Memory trainer

Dr. Aditi Singhal is Guinness World Record Holder for teaching Maths and has 3 records in The Limca Book of Records, for memory and calculations. She is generation next educationist, international memory trainer, author, motivational speaker, and vedic maths expert

G Annadurai

Entrepreneur

G Annadurai aka Auto Annadurai, a class 12 dropout, stunned Chennai with his auto. Stocked with magazines, books, newspapers, a small TV and a Wi-Fi connection.Chennai’s most-loved auto driver, 31, now has 10,000 followers on Facebook, more than 40 speeches at corporate offices, and two TED talks under his belt, reports The Weekend Leader. Auto Annadurai has addressed employees of Vodafone, Hyundai, Royal Enfield, Danfoss and Gamesa, and has flown to more than a dozen Indian cities on speaking assignments.

Joshna Ramakrishnan

Yoga and wellness instructor

Joshna Ramakrishnan is a 28-year-old yoga and wellness instructor. Holistic Wellness is her passion, her profession and her life style. she expresses her love for the universe and tries to understand how it operates on all levels by questioning its very structure and finding the answer within. She quotes ' I am happy and content if I can influence even one life towards well being'.

Pradeep Ramesh

Freestyle Footballer

Pradeep is a Professional Freestyle Footballer. His shows involve juggling, eye-catchy tricks and gravity defying stunts with a Football. Pradeep has performed over 200 shows in many parts of the World. Pradeep always tries beyond his ability to make sure that his performances are always OUT OF THE BOX and fresh to the clients and audiences.

R.S Rengan

Surgeon

Comprehensive surgical care and service with empathy has been the hallmark of Home of Healing Surgical Centre. Dr ( Major ) R S Rengan is a former surgeon in the Armed Forces who now currently practices Laparoscopic, Gastrointestinal and General surgery at Apollo First Med Hospital. Dr Rengan is a firm advocate of evidence based medicine and at Home of healing you can be assured of the best scientific practices in surgery. Home of Healing Surgical Centre has served thousands of Indians and foreigners but the emphasis has always been on ensuring safe recovery and ethical care to the patients.

Raul Villamarin Rodriguez

CIO at Interpol, Co-CEO of IRIANS

Raul Villamarin Rodriguez is the CIO at Interpol, Co-CEO of IRIANS, an Entrepreneur, Neuroscientist, Private Psychotherapist & Keynote Speaker and is a recognized authority on Deception Detection, Psychotherapy, Cognitive Approach, Negotiation, Fraud Examination, Business Communication, Fraud Analysis, Analysis of Emotional, Emotional Foot printing, criminal Profiling and Analytical interviewing. He has relevant experience in several cases regarding renamed criminal and terrorist organisations. In India, he works with the Mumbai Police to help them solve murder cases and works with the Interpol as a criminal intelligence officer.

Swetha Suresh

Whistler

Swetha, Popularly known as the ‘Whistling Queen’, became the first Indian woman to win two first prizes in the World Whistling Convention 2016 held at Kawasaki, Japan which saw participation from a total of 6 countries including, Japan, India, Australia, Korea, the United States, and Venezuela. Making a career out of whistling, which is probably not even considered a profession, is what makes Swetha Suresh one of a kind.

Syed Subahan

Playback Singer

Syed Subahan is an indian playback singer. He is judges choice winner of airtel super singer 4, a tamil language music reality show which was telecasted from Star Vijay Tv .The last two years after the competition saw Syed performing to a live audience in India and countries like Malaysia, Singapore, Norway, Denmark, France, Australia, and Sri Lanka. He also recorded the Telugu version of the popular A.R. Rahman song ‘Kadal Raasa Nee’ from the film Mariyan.

Yusuf Omar

Mobile Journalist

Yusuf Omar is Mobile editor of the Hindustan Times in India. He is currently building the world’s largest mobile journalism team, training 750 reporters to tell stories using their phone. Yusuf won the international Journalists’ network’s Journalist of the month In September 2016, for his use of Snapchat to tell the stories of sexual abuse survivors in India- or rather, to allow them to tell their own stories through selfie journalism.