Theme: Backstage - Drawing The Curtains

The theme we’re tendering is: ‘Backstage: Drawing The Curtains’. It personifies the spirit of the TED community in the most thought-invoking abstract sense bringing forth the intrigue and diversity of the talks. We’d bring forward the true change-makers in our social landscape. Women and men who have for long sacrificed their own personal endeavours of financial and social stability in a bid to help society without the prejudiced distinction or cast or economic status (two factors that are still prevalent in our country as hurdles to development) Perhaps, through the success of this talk we’d show people that the pursuit for the betterment of our society isn't an unattainable notion, but rather a meaningful pursuit.

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Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 201009
India

Arvind Gaur

Theatre Director

Arvind Gaur is an Indian theatre director known for innovative, socially and politically relevant plays in India. Gaur's plays are contemporary and thought-provoking, connecting intimate personal spheres of existence to larger social political issues. His work deals with Internet censorship, communalism, caste issues, feudalism, domestic violence, crimes of state, politics of power, violence, injustice, social discrimination, marginalisation, and racism. Arvind is the leader of Asmita, Delhi's "most prolific theatre group",and is an actor trainer, social activist, street theatre worker and story teller.

Caralisa Monteiro

Singer, Social Activist

Rightfully titled ‘The Jingle Queen of India’, Caralisa Monteiro is not only a gifted singer and music composer -has been part of more than 7000 advertisement campaigns in India- but also a prominent social activist, mingling the former with the latter to sensitise the masses about various social issues.

Meenakshi Lekhi

Member of Parliament, Socio-Political Activist

Meenakshi Lekhi is a lawyer of the Supreme Court of India and socio-political activist. She has worked on several important cases like banning of lotteries in Delhi, Shantimukund rape case, and special prosecutor for Jyoti Dhawan’s case.

Sahil Verma

Actor, Comedian, Writer

Sahil Verma is an actor and youth icon. He did theatre from 'Sangharsh', the Dramatics Society of Shaheed Bhagat Singh Evening College. He also writes and directs videos and web series. Some of them are 'Type of Doctors', 'School Days', 'Jizzy-Veerji and Friends'. Sahil Verma also acted in the videos for popular entertainment channel The Timeliners like 'School Days', 'Every Cricket Advice Ever', 'Road Trip With Dad'.

Sandeep Mishra

Educationist

An educationist by profession, he works in India and contributes to global strategy as member of a global leadership team to impact learning of 750 million children by 2030. He also works with state government and NGOs to lead our country towards a higher quality ‘Model of Teachers’.

Sandeep Sreedharan

Chef, Entrepreneur

Sandeep has over 2 decades of practice in creating culinary experiences all over the world. With a strong management background, and a stronger passion for food, Sandeep runs a successful food blog and a design studio under the brand name ‘Esca Brahma’.

Srijan Pal Singh

Author, Public Speaker

Srijan Pal Singh is an Indian author, public speaker and social entrepreneur. He has co-authored the bestselling book ‘Target 3 Billion’ with Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (11th President of India), and worked closely with him as his ‘Officer-on-Special-Duty’ and Advisor for Science, Technology and Policy.

Vikramjit Singh Rooprai

Heritage Activist, Teacher Trainer

Vikramjit Singh Rooprai is a Heritage Activist and a Teacher Trainer who left his successful IT career and established ‘The Heritage Photography Club’ which promotes heritage across India. He also devised techniques to teach other subjects using History as a tool and has served as an auditor for UNESCO. He has given several talks regarding the activities of the education sector in prominent universities.