Theme: Rest Of the Ice Berg

At TEDxBIMTECH, where x denotes independently organized TED event, speakers from various walks of life shall share their ideas and experiences with the BIMTECH community which comprises of the students, faculties, alumni and corporate. The aim of this event is to provide a new perspective for the community to look at the world and make it a better place. We believe that these ideas have the potential to spark constructive conversations and lay a path for building a sustainable future.

Our theme of the event is “Rest of the Iceberg”. We all see the realities in front of us, but what we miss out on are those larger realities. We all see the tip of the iceberg but fail to see the rest of it. Given your educational background and then this off beat career that you pursue, it goes without saying that your perspective of things is different from that of a common man.

our event’s theme tries to shake up the human inside you, to open the minds of everyone and inspire collective, dynamic, sustainable change. Our theme, “The rest of the iceberg” is an attempt to bring together stirring, inspiring voices who, by their talks, that are stimulating, thought provoking and en-kindling, bring out thoughts that matter. In this world of 9 to 5 jobs and lives lived looking forward to weekends, we try to broaden the narrow sight that we as humans have today, and remove the bottleneck that incapacitates us from looking at the bigger picture, from knowing about the world that we don’t see. Our endeavor with this is to help people escape the tunnel vision and discover opportunities that elude them, the godsend they can prove to be. The problems that aren’t on the surface but bigger than, & the catastrophe that it could bring. We want to help people realign their perspective, to look at not just the part that is visible but the rest of the iceberg.

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Dr. Prakash Amte

Social Activist

social activist Saviour for animals and a Ray of hope for the tribesmen of a large part of Maharashtra. Dr Prakash Amte is surely an inspiration for the educated and well to do youth of today. It's also his first TEDx talk and hence a lot more awaited one. The story that started with Babli, a baby monkey who was brought home by Dr. Prakash Amte and his wife Dr. Mandakini Amte after they saw the baby monkey and her mother being taken by the local Madia-gond tribal community, hunting for whom wasn’t recreational but a means for survival. When they found the baby monkey and her dead mother being taken by the tribesmen, it ignited a what is today known as “Animal Ark”, a shelter set up by the inspiring minds of Dr. Amte and his family. Babli became on the first residents of the shelter that became home to more than hundreds of orphaned and orphaned animals. A deal was soon struck with the tribe to atleast send the minors of the animal community to Dr. Amte in exchange for food and clothes.

Jeeveshu Alhuwalia

Standup Comedian

Salman Khan of THE Fat World – that’s what Jeeveshu is known as in the comedy circuit. After being diagnosed with Monday allergies, he quit his teenage (16 year old) job and walked away to do Stand-Up. Few years later, he’s happier bringing roaring laughter to thousands than lecturing a corporate smartass. His fascination with comedy normally sways between a fat guy’s amusing life (his) and failed attempts to please his over optimistic mother whose only dream is to get him married. And thinner. And taller. And younger... Jeeveshu’s quick wit can be easily spotted in spontaneous one-liners & quirky jokes. His peculiar style of comedy is most inspired by everyday observations. He has done over 2000 shows across different genres. His journey from the board room to the biggest clubs, colleges, corporates, auditoriums and comedy festivals has taken him to every corner of India and other countries such as Bahrain, Singapore, Dubai, Doha, Thailand, Philippines and Malaysia.

Meher Moos

Solo Traveller

A standard Indian passport has 36 pages, and the “jumbo” passport has 60. Imagine the travelling you would have to do fill one of that. Now multiply that by 18. Guess what, Meher Moos, Affectionately called “Magellan” after the Portuguese explorer, has already done that. And she is nowhere close to the end of it. With 18 passports, 181 countries and the achievement of being the first Indian women under her belt, Meher is the quintessence of “Wanderlust” All this started with her job as an air hostess in Air India, in 1965, when she was just 21. She would spend the next seven years flying on the Nairobi- Japan-New York route. During this time, her thirst for travel grew stronger. In 1972, Meher was transferred to the ground staff team, but the travel enthusiast chose to join the tourism department of the airlines. Her new assignment was to promote the Buddhist tourism circuit in India to countries in East Asia, and for this, she was deployed to Lumbini, the birthplace of Buddha.

Revant Himatsingka

Author

Our next speaker is the youngest of the lot and surely younger in a lot of other lots as well! Who says 25 is a age to start! He has not even got there and he is already way too far ahead of people double his age. They say life doesn’t really start till you’re 25. By then, most people have jobs, start to see and know responsibilities up close, and in India, people are trying to arrange your marriage too! 25 sounds like the start, right? Well, Revant proves this notion wrong.... at just 24 years old, Revant has accomplished things that people hope to achieve at the later stages of their lives. By 24, Revant was already a bestselling author with his book “Selfienomics”, a book that talks about “reflecting on different aspects of your life and taking the initiative to improve so that you can be the best version of yourself." This book reached the Amazon's Top 100 Bestseller list in the 1st week of pre-order itself, His book is a humorous yet helpful guide to living the “good life”.

RJ Divya Vasudeva

Radio Jockey

The voice of a woman is far more than just words... it is a impactful thought process, a lingering idea, a change on its way.... And a lot more.... And especially when it is the voice that you know her from it's surely something we are all looking forward to. Introducing our next speaker, the voice of Delhi RJ Divya. Heard her speak? That's not even a question she is more like a part of our day... So what is it that is different? The stage! That red dot! And her first TEDx Talk!!! With an experience as extensive as 10 years in radio, RJ Divya is one of the most famous RJ’s in India.She completed her Masters in Mass Communication from Jamia Milia Islamia (considered one of the best in the country and the continent) but if you think that’s where it ends, you don’t know RJ Divya at all! She started her Radio career at ‘S FM’ which we now know as Red FM in Jaipur in 2006. From there she moved back to Delhi to work for MEOW FM, India’s first and only women talk radio.

Sankalp Kohli

Motivational Speaker

You know why you remember how Red Riding Hood was poisoned till today... but you don't remember the exact definition you were trying to memorize the other day?! All the difference lies in the fact that while one is a story another is just theory.... Our next speaker is a storyteller by profession and for obvious reasons speaker who would say things you will remember for good!!! Sankalp Kohli is one of the most inspiring storyteller, motivational speaker and corporate trainer in India and has spoken at more than 100 institutes across India. His stellar education, backed by years on research and diverse professional background makes him the ideal person to share his thoughts on the topic of storytelling. He has a strong belief that, writing and storytelling, if understood properly, can act as a very powerful tool for budding engineers, managers and entrepreneurs of India. He is also the author of four bestsellers – Because… every raindrop is a hope, When I Found You, I Found Myself etc.

Saurabh Kochhar

Entrepreneur

In a world where everyone wants everything at their doorstep, in a jiffy, but don’t want leave the sanctity of their “zone”, Mr. Saurabh Kochhar is someone who has invested his time and efforts into food so that we don’t have to invest ours to get great food at a bargain. An ex McKinsey and Co. employee, Saurabh went on to start “PrintVenue” an online market place for all your printing needs. Saurabh followed the success of Printvenue to lead foodpanda India, india’s pioneer food ordering and delivery platform, where he now serves as The CEO and also the chief business officer of global operations. He is the man who turned around the fate of foopanda, a company that now looks at 30-40% growth in the future. Being the head and the face of a company that is now active in over 40 countries, is a humongous charge but Saurabh makes it look like a small feat.

Sukant Khurana

NeuroScientist

"He took the road less travelled!" Be it in his subjects of research, his work in life, his ideas or the way he goes about them all... This man is simply interdisciplinary!!! A neuroscientist who explains things with ART, he is as vivid as it gets. Introducing to you our next speaker, Dr Sukant Khurana. “I am passionate about neuroscience, drug-discovery, computation, AI, and data science.” In a country where people choose a path of life based on what their parents want, and become Doctors, Engineers etc., Dr. Sukant stands out as someone who is a scientist by passion, rather than profession. A trailblazer in the fields of, YES, FIELDS of neuroscience, medicine, computation, AI and Data Science, he has an interdisciplinary Ph.D. in neuroscience from UT Austin (with collaborative computational work with NYU and molecular biology work with Northwestern). He has conducted post-doctoral research at UT Austin and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in drug-discovery and artificial intelligence.