In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized (subject to certain rules and regulations).

Navrachana University
Vasna Bhayli Road
Vadodara, Gujarat, 391410
India

Abhinav Gangumalla

Sustainable Farmer

Abhinav Gangumalla is serial entrepreneur working in the area of sustainability. Trained as a civil engineer, he forayed into the field of sustainability by starting an Organic store and delivering services like large scale rain water harvesting projects. He has expertise in organic waste composting and a foray into recycling was thus a natural progression.

Ansh Ansh Mishra

Hitchhiker and Traveller

Travelling tends to magnify all our emotions and exploring humanity is best done while you travel. To prove the same and to break all the barriers of human limitations..a young man at his age of 28 went to explore out our great country doing hitchiking without spending a single money. Ansh Mishra an MBA grad from Allahabad and a former HR professional went onto to a thrilling journey of 254 days and reaching out to people of 28 States and 4 union territories of great Indian Nation. Life is a new adventure each day and you learn and grow in it's every moment. This what he is trying to prove nowadays being an entrepreneur at a South India cuisine restaurant based out of Vadodara with a emotional yet interesting name as "Papa Maan Jao Na" ” This is my quest to explore humanity, which can't be bought by money — just like happiness, memories, relationships, and experience”, says Ansh.

Himanshu Agrawal

Origami Artist & Sculpturer

Holder of 5 World Records in the art of Origami and India’s one of the best origami artists’, Himanshu Agrawal will share his knowledge about the traditional Japanese art form of Origami. This artwork consists of Crease patterns which are known as the ‘Blueprint’ for origami. Himanshu took years to learn and understand these crease patterns and developed some on his own. His talk would also include origami and applications in future technology. His artwork is used in Online/Print/TV advertisements and visual merchandising. His passion of learning this beautiful art of folding papers led him to create an origami structure which was a 30 feet tall and 105 long Montroll dinosaur and more of such massive paper structures.

Juin Dutta

Social Activist

Her speech would contain, how language of love can transform the children of underprivileged section of society and how do they react positively once they feel that they are loved and given respect. She will share a few first hand experiences of her and her co teachers who are engaged in teaching the students of underprivileged children through Pathshala. She will share a few experiences, which would talk about the value system which we know the best and how one needs to unlearn certain things to understand their point of views.

Soumabrata Moulick

Wildlife Photographer

He is a nature lover at heart, engineer by qualification and a photographer by choice. He has been pursuing photography for over 8 years and have got my works published in various national/international magazines and websites. With an experience of shooting a plethora of subjects ranging from Bollywood events to candid wedding shoots, his true love lies with nature and he firmly believes in the following words: “Keep your love of nature, for that is the true way to understand art more and more.” - Vincent Van Gogh

Viral Joshi

Wildlife Expert

His speech would be on ”Looking at the birds through your ears.” and from his experience in wild more than 6 years, he would be talking about the identification of the birds just by their calls. The whole session would be an interactive session in which the sounds would be played and the audience would be just closing their eyes and guessing the common birds around them adding on to it the basic techniques of identification of the birds would be talked on.