The event shall feature about 8 people from Indian cities who have managed to find their own niche in the development sector and have a social impact. They could be running non-profits with a focus on rural empowerment through internet and broadband, or be fighting for queer feminist rights through stand up comedy.
The diverse set of speakers come with varied experience of putting to practice new ways and ideas in the social sector, and create scalable models of social impact.
The speakers are:
Osama Manzar, Digital Empowerment Foundation
Talk: Information Poverty & Knowledge Society
Ajay Chaturvedi, CNN IBN Young Leader Award winner, HaRva
Talk: Socio-Capitalistic Business Models: The way ahead!
Tania James, Best selling author, Atlas of Unknowns
Talk: Writing, art and inspiration
Piyush Tewari, Winner of Rolex Award, SaveLIFE Foundation
Talk: Innovation in emergency medical response
Pramada Menon, Queer Feminist Activist, CREA
Talk: Not Straight, Not Weird... Just Commonplace
Anoj Vishwanathan, Milaap
Talk: Engaged Giving and Creating Change from Outside the System
Ishita Khanna, Ecosphere
Swati Sahni, Right to Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India
Talk: Reforming School Education in India: Challenges and Possibilities
Organizing team
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Anshul Tewari
Organizer -
Aashish Birgi
Organizing Committee Vice President -
Manvir Singh
OC VP -
Harshvardhan Gupta
OC VP