TEDxYouth@DarjeelingMore is an independently organized TED Youth event, that aims to be a medium for diverse perspectives, thoughts, and ideas.

Ideas that penetrate through the stereotypes and biases, allowing communities to come together, shares ideas, and build something bigger, than they on their own, ever could.

Inspiria Knowledge Campus
Himachal Vihar, Phase – II, Matigara, Darjeeling
Ground Floor
Siliguri, West Bengal, 734010
India

Amit Agarwal

Youngest Entrepreneur of India

Himanshu Talwar

Edupreneur | National Level Awards Winner | TEDx Speaker | Trainer | Writer

Winner of two National Level Awards for a significant contribution towards Management and Vocational Education, for more than a decade, has been working for International organisations; facilitating people-to-people contacts, and conducting training/ workshops for professionals and, for students – school, under & postgraduate on International Relations, Cross-Cultural & Corporate Communications, Business and Corporate laws, etc. During his corporate journey, he has worked for the Government of Japan, Poland, UAE, El Salvador and trained nationals of East Asia, Europe, Middle East, Latin America and top executives of MNC’s. Having acquired his Masters’ in Business Administration (MBA), he further enhanced his skills by studying Philosophy, Law and, attended Executive Management Programme (s) at Said Business School (SBS), University of Oxford, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta and Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore. He holds a Doctorate degree in Management.

Jasveer Singh

Forbes 30 Under 30 | Serial Entrepreneur | Founder QiK Rooms

Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia 2018 list. Recently Govt. of India appointed as Mentor for Incubation Innovation Centres. Serial entrepreneur with over 6 years of experience and currently the founder of Qik Rooms (India’s fastest growing hotel chain marketplace) having made a successful exit from previous two start-ups. Proven record of building businesses from scratch and creating unique revenue models for their exponential expansion.

Karimul Haque

Padma Shri Awardee | Social Activist

He is a worker in the tea gardens of North India. Locally known as "Bike-Ambulance Dada", he has received the prestigious Padma Shri Award for his work supporting the villagers in and around Dhalabari, by bringing sick people to hospital in his motorcycle ambulance.

Praveen Wadalkar

CEO, Techizer Tech Solutions Pvt. Ltd. | Solo-traveler

Mr. Praveen Wadalkar is a CEO and co-founder of an IT company Techizer Tech Solutions Pvt. Ltd. employing around 100 people. As a story teller, Praveen loves to convert real-life experiences and observations into stories. An an entrepreneur, budgeted solo traveller,and an HMI certified mountaineer, he gets immense opportunity to meet people and pick several stories for his audience.

Riddhi Sen Majumder

UN Emerging Global Youth Leader

Riddhi Sen Majumder is currently pursuing BA (Honours) in Political Science at Serampore College, Calcutta University. An aspiring UN Civil Servant, a voracious reader, with an apodictic proclivity for writing, and profundity of global affairs; he has a penchant for any political argument. Mr. Riddhi is a capable leader and has undertaken several leadership roles pertaining to youth and the UN, in his country and on the international stage. A young innovator, he is renowned for his belief in creating sustainable avenues for young people to address the challenges of leadership in his region.

Sumit Sadawarti

Asia's Got Talent Semifinalist | Jazz/Blues/Soul singer/songwriter | Speaker at TEDxGateway

Sumit Sadawarti is a jazz/blues/soul singer/songwriter who represented India on the semifinals of Asia's Got Talent 2017 and spoke at TEDxGateway, the biggest TEDx conference in India. He has been featured on The Verve Magazine as a modern day icon and has received several others features on platforms like ScoopWhoop, MensXP, MTV India Nescafe Labs, The Free Press Journal, The Indian Express, Scroll, among many others.