Theme: Ideas Driving Innovation

Bringing together bright minds to give talks that are idea-focused.
For the first time at JIIT.
To foster learning, inspiration and wonder and provoke conversations that matter.

Jaypee Institute Of Information Technology
Sector 128, Noida
Noida, Uttar Pradesh, 201301
India

Ajoy Ghatak

Physicist

Apart from being the author of more than 20 books, he is the man who has carved a niche for himself in the world of Physics as one of the most famous Indian Bengali Physicists. His research interests lie in Fibre Optics and Quantum mechanics and he has written over 170 research papers on different topics of interest.

Durga Shakti Nagpal

IAS Officer

Ms Durga Sakthi Nagpal is a 2009 UPSC Civil Services batch IAS officer, who is known for being fearless when it comes to uncovering illegal activities. During her 14 months tenure in Punjab, she unearthed a land scam in Mohali as a trainee IAS Officer. Also, she shook up the illegal mining industry when she uncovered illegal sand-mining in the Yamuna and Hindon river bank. She is continuing her exemplary work as an Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to the Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, Government of India. She began this new role in 2015 and she is determined to cover many more milestones and remain an inspiration for others.

Harsh Beniwal

Youtuber

Harsh Beniwal is a 21 year-old actor, viner and youtuber. He has amassed over a million followers on youtube and has a huge fan following among the youngsters. He is currently pursuing BCA from Sri Aurobindo College, Delhi University. He is a compassionate dog lover and promises to keep vining for his lovely audience even in the coming times.

Harsh Goela

Stock Analyst

Harsh Goela a young business expert and public speaker. He is the co-founder of Goela School of Finance. He has been conducting seminars in Delhi and various other cities to make spread financial awareness among students.

Navin Gulia

Adventurer/Social Worker

An Ex-Army Officer and a World Record Holder in Adventure Sports, Navin Gulia is a multiple award winning, internationally acclaimed, Author, Adventurer, Thinker, Orator and Social Worker. As an author he writes in 3 languages, his English book ‘In Quest of the Last Victory’ and his Hindi book ‘Veer Usko Janiye’ published are both best-sellers in their respective categories for over six years now.

Rakshit Tandon

Cyber Security Expert

Rakshit Tandon is an Indian Computer Security expert and has been a prominent public speaker on cyber security and is the official promoter of the “Safer Internet Day”. He has also played an important role in contributing to Child Online Protection in India Report by UNICEF. He was awarded with the precious Karamveer Chakra by Rex Conclive 2015, and in 2016 with Gold Karamveer Chakra . Most importantly he has has sensitized more than 1.8 million students on the issue of Cyber Safety across the nation.

Ryan Martyr

Dancer

Ryan Martyr started his journey of dance in college and since then, he hasn’t looked back. He was initially a western dancer but he changed his style to contemporary. Ryan has performed in London twice, wherein people fell in love with him cause he moved in a very unstructured manner. He was also one of the top 6 contestants in the dance reality show “So You Think You Can Dance”. Ryan is the author of the book “Simple”. He’s a very spiritual person who loves to teach, travel, write and inspire. He has been the speaker of a few talks and has given vision to many people.

Samar Singla

Entreprenuer

Samar Singla, the founder and CEO of Jugnoo and Click Labs is a well-known entrepreneur. Apart from entrepreneurship he has contributed to a lot of research projects and has worked as a researcher at University of Maryland, IBM and CERN.

Varun Rajput

Music Composer/Guitarist

Varun Rajput is a music composer, guitar player and singer based out of New Delhi, India. Best known for his work as the founder, guitarist and leader of Indian rock band, Antariksh, Varun is renowned for his eclectic guitar playing, composition skills, and bringing a modern, edgy sound to the world of Hindi Rock music in India.