Theme: Making Waves

TEDxXIE is a local gathering wherein we have speakers from different areas - share their ideas, experiences and invaluable information. Our goal is to bring together bright minds to give talks that are idea-focused, and on a wide range of subjects, to foster learning, inspiration and wonder – and provoke conversations that matter. This year our theme is 'Making waves' wherein we believe each idea involves creating positive changes and inspiring people with a proactive mindset.

Xavier Institute of Engineering
Mahim Causeway, Opposite Raheja Hospital
Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400016
India

Basesh Gala

MD of 39 Solutions

Basesh Gala is a Success Coach, Thought Leader, Management & Brand Expert, the Founder and M.D. of 39 Solutions (Strategy and Brand Insights Firm). He won the “Leadership Award” from the then President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. He is a graduate from VJTI in I.T., an MBA (Gold Medallist) from the Ohio State University (US) and has acquired his CFA® charter (CFAI, USA). He has also been awarded 'The Best Business Training Program' by Times Ascent & Global HRD Congress.

Dr. Abhas Mitra

Former Head, Theoretical Astrophysics Section, BARC

Dr Abhas Mitra is former Head, Theoretical Astrophysics Section, BARC. He is a noted theoretical astrophysicists and has made important contributions in several area. His peer reviewed papers have shown that even though black hole solution is correct, so-called black holes are likely to be ultra-hot ultra-magnetized balls of fire, and there are many observational support for this. One of the cosmology problem highlighted by him has been termed as 'Mitra Paradox'. He happens to be the most mentioned living ''Indian Physicist'' on the web, and Label magazine described him as the one of the 7 most talked about Indian Men of 2015

Dr. Kavi Arya

Principal Investigator at E-Yantra

Dr Kavi Arya is an Assoc. Professor of the Computer Science Department in IIT, Bombay. He is the convener of the Embedded & Real time Systems Lab (ERTS) and the Principal Investigator of 'E-Yantra'. He did his B.Sc. in Computer Science from Imperial College (UK) and M.Sc. /D.Phil. from Oxford University (UK). He has executed Defence projects and represents IIT Bombay at meetings with the Army Technology Board and Defence IT Consultative Committee.

Harnidh Kaur

Poet

Harnidh Kaur is an aspiring civil servant and an Accomplished Poet, Writer and Blogger; the author of two collections of poetry - ‘The Inability of Words’ and ‘The Ease of Forgetting’. Her first book, ‘The Inability of Words’ was the Amazon Poetry Bestseller on the first day of its launch. She is currently pursuing her masters in the field of Public Policy at St. Xavier's College (Mumbai). She has been featured on Students of India series in December’15 as an aspiring poet.

Pandita Anuradha Pal

Tabla Maestro

Pandita Anuradha Pal is a prominent musician in the Indian classical music scenario. Encyclopædia Britannica, Who’s Who Journal of the World and Limca Book of Records hailed her as the first professional female Tabla player in the world. She was trained by great Tabla legends, Late Ustad Alla Rakha & Ustad Zakir Hussain. She has performed for dignitaries such as the Hon. President & Prime Minister of India, Queen Elizabeth of Britain at major diplomatic events.

Vinay Kumar

CEO of Arya.ai

Vinay Kumar is the Cofounder & CEO of InvenZone and Arya.ai, the first Indian startup to make it to international innovators list. He has been featured on the Forbes 30 under 30 Asia list. He graduated from IIT, Bombay and is an author, researcher, and marketing manager. In June, his startup received it's second global recognition; where it was named as the top 4 next generation technology start-up at 'Silicon Valley Forum' held at Microsoft's US campus.