Theme: Perspective

"What you see depends not only at what you look at, but where you look from"
- James Deacon

Life is very long journey which gets tougher and tougher. As children enter the high school era, they realize that they have come to a point where every small decision changes their lives.  Their lives turn to twisting, murderous mazes of treacherous decisions when, actually, their lives can be seen as the stepping stone into a brilliant future .
Questions in high school are like dark, dark and long tunnels. There is light at the end of the tunnel, but sometimes it is just difficult to see.

This tunnel is not always which fields to aspire for or what career option to pick. They also come in the form of simple day to day situations that children face and don't understand. To see the light in these situations it takes more than one pair of eyes.

"If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at will change"
-Wayne Dyer

Welcome to TEDxYouth@DPSBangaloreEast 2017.

"In the right light, in the right place, everything is extraordinary"
-Aron Rose

Perspective is something that can change out lives completely. To make the right choices in life and to find answers to right questions, you need to read the book upside down. This is not something that is very easily achieved.

TEDxYouth@DPSBangaloreEast brings to you the perspective of five extremely talented and experienced professionals who have seen the world from a different view. Step into their shoes and see the world in their perspective as they spread ideas about what they love...

Delhi Public School Bangalore East
Delhi Public School Bangalore East #43 Sulikunte village, Dommasandra post, Sarjapura Road
Bangalore, Karnataka, 562125
India

Annie. S

Head of learning and Operations - ILoveMondays

Annie Sidotam has been a pioneer in helping kids and strengthening teaching methods across India. She is a multi-talented personality who has donned many roles in her time with ‘Teach for India’ (TFI) an organization that aims at improving the educational inequity in India. As a school coordinator at TFI’s training institute, she designed and managed systems and procedures to maximize school-site and training efficiency. She helped track and analyze city-school data related to student achievement and fellow effectiveness and mentored the fellows for both personal and professional development. Along with this, during her two year tenure, she took on the challenge of working on a game changing project called MAYA, which integrates art and value education along with Design Thinking Process for children from low income schools. Currently she heads Learning & Operations at I Love Mondays.

Kaarthikeya Bajpai

Editor -The Bombay Review

Kaartikeya Bajpai, 21, a JN Tata and Sir Dorabjee Scholar and journalism graduate from Symbiosis International University, was first published in Chandamama when he was nine and his work has since appeared in Tehelka, Helter Skelter, Muse India, Reading Hour, Sahitya Academy’s Indian Literature Journal, and many other magazines and newspapers and he has edited two volumes of collected fiction and poetry. He lives in New York, completing his masters in Creative Writing and also works as a Research Assistant for the India China Institute, in Manhattan. He recently won the '25 Under 25 Changemakers in India' Award in the field of writing sponsored by Tata Nano and Campus Diaries, and in Aug 2016, he represented India as the official Global Leader in a ten day conference in Macedonia.

Naina Swareeta Urs

Creative Strategist - ILoveMondays

An artist herself, Naina’s passion for integrating arts into education comes from her work as a fellow with Teach for India. Now an alum, her journey as a fellow has had a deep rooted impact on her and has made her resolute towards her goal. During her two year fellowship, spread over Hyderabad and Bangalore, she ensured her students got ample opportunities to delve in creativity. Her efforts were extended to her students in Bangalore raising funds for their classroom by selling their art work through their initiative called ‘Citizens of Tomorrow’. Her class of 35 students not only raised around Rs.5000 in just one art show but they also managed to get many people from different backgrounds to volunteer in their class. Naina was determined to expose these kids to as many people and opportunities as possible, to inculcate a growth mindset in them by exploring and experiencing a myriad of things. Ownership, passion and empathy is what drives her and what she wants to see in all.

Rashmi Ramesh

Growth Strategist - I Love Mondays

Rashmi Ramesh is an ardent optimist who sees the best in everything she comes across in life. Being fascinated from childhood about how a few lines of commands could control an entire machine’s behaviour, she became a software engineer. Her search for a forum to hone her public speaking skills led her to become a member of the Toastmasters International, a global platform in public speaking and leadership skills. She went on to earn the Competent Communicator award, the Competent Leader award and the Advanced Leadership Bronze award after completing multiple communication and leadership projects in Toastmasters. For having achieved all the three awards in the same year, she also received the Triple Crown award. Her intention of making a difference to people’s lives with her communication and leadership skills found a perfect fit in fellow Toastmaster Mala Mary Martina’s brain child ‘I Love Mondays’ dedicated to helping teenagers make educated career choices.

Samir(Sam) Gulve

Engineer

Shankar Moni

CEO, Moodeye Media and Technologies

SHANKAR MONI Dr. Shankar Moni leads Xyo in taking the concept of "Technology in Education" to a whole new level, combining 20 years of semiconductor technology leadership experience with a passion for excellence in education. He has held senior management and engineering positions in several companies, including Nvidia, Microsoft, Cadence, and National Semiconductor. He founded the India Development Center of Nvidia's Mobile Semiconductor Division. He has guided numerous strategic decisions and successfully lead several multi-million dollar projects. His focus on execution and quality have resulted in cutting edge technology products being brought to market. With 24 US patents and numerous IEEE journal publications in his name, he has lead teams doing pioneering research and developing innovative solutions to challenging industry problems. He holds a BTech (EE) degree from IIT Bombay, and a PhD (EE) from Purdue University.

Yatharth Ratnum Rastogi

Musician+Artist

At only 20 years old, Yatharth has already been on a remarkable journey. Born in Varanasi, Yatharth was trained in Indian classical music for many years. At age 13, he took part in a reality TV program on Zee TV entitled Sa re ga ma pa, Li’lChamps. In 2009, as a fan favorite, he was honored as the first runner-up in the competition. In 2010 Yatharth was invited to travel to Los Angeles, California and be honored for his work at the "Young Artist Awards" as that year's "Outstanding International Vocalist. The Grammy Museum hosted a tribute to Motown where Yatharth was selected to perform for famed Motown founder Berry Gordie and legendary Smokey RobinsonIn 2014, Yatharth returned to India and completed the lead role in the film Blue Mountain, where he shared the screen with Ranvir Shorey, Gracy Singh, and Rajpal Yadaw. Yatharth was the youngest artist to compete on ‘The Stage’ and was recently declared the ‘Winner’ on this 1st ever English Music Talent Hunt in India.