Theme: Education of the future

TEDxYadavagiriED is a half-day conference hosting a well-curated series of talks for the culturally refined residents of the Heritage City of Mysore. A TEDxED event will be a point of convergence for educators, administrators, students, and others to spark a productive discussion on the future of education. Aside from airing spawned ideas on a global platform, we aim to ensure that a chain of similar events could be initiated in the country, so that the ideas permeate into mainstream discourse and bear fruition in the form of much-needed real changes in the education system.

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Anuja Kapur

A criminal psychologist, and founder of the NGO, Nirbhaya Ek Shakti

Anuja Kapur has trodden the paths of Law and Psychology equally. Anuja is a criminal psychologist and an advocate who has practiced in Family and High courts and the Supreme Court of India. She is the founder of the NGO, Nirbhaya Ek Shakti. Not one to be media-shy, Anuja has donned the role of a guest panelist and given her expertise on various issues from criminological, psychological and victimological standpoints, in various leading news channels and print media. She has addressed audiences as a guest speaker in institutes like L&T Power Vadodara, IIM Ahmedabad, MIT Manipal, Banasthali Vidyapeeth, Mewar Law Institute, National Institute of Technology, Durgapur, IISER Pune and Raisoni Group, Nagpur. Anuja is a seasoned TEDx speaker with nearly eight awards in her kitty already and was awarded the Exceptional Women Of Excellence in her category by Women Economic Forum recently.

Dr R. Balasubramaniam

A social innovator, writer, leadership trainer, and the founder of two NGOs - GRAAM and SVYM

A doctor by profession and a socio-development activist by passion, Dr R. Balasubramaniam (Balu) is a man of many accolades. Balu is a social innovator, writer, leadership trainer, and the founder of two NGOs - GRAAM (Grassroots Research and Advocacy Movement) and SVYM - Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement. He is a physician who has specialized in Public Administration from Harvard University. Balu believes in leading by example and thus, lectures at various universities across the globe, on issues related to Leadership, Governance of NGOs, Poverty and Development, and Global Health. Balu is a visiting professor at Cornell University USA and at IIT-Delhi. He has also served as an adviser and consultant to the World Bank and several other International organizations. He was also the Professor and Head of the Vivekananda Chair, University of Mysore. His books 'i, the citizen', 'Voices from the Grassroots' and 'Leadership lessons for Daily Living' are globally acclaimed.

Dr. Sudarshan Iyengar

IIT Ropar faculty and an Online educator

Dr Sudarshan Iyengar is an avid computing and education enthusiast who firmly believes that storytelling is the most effective approach to teaching even the most technical subjects such as engineering. A PhD graduate from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), he is an Associate Professor at the CSE department of IIT Ropar currently on an academic sabbatical in Mysore. Dr Sudarshan Iyengar’s versatility as an exemplary teacher is borne by the popular science talks that he has delivered, numbering over 350, to students of high school and advanced graduate programmes alike. An education system could never be transformed without vastly improving its existent pedagogies. Toward this end, Sudarshan has conducted over 90 technical faculty development programmes, and offered more than 100 hours of online lectures that are adoptive of novel teaching methodologies and have reached 3,00,000 students on NPTEL.

Gayathri Iyer

An art historian, dance historian and Bharatanatyam dancer

Gayathri Iyer is an art historian, dance historian and Bharatanatyam dancer. Raised in New York, she wandered back to India a decade ago in search of Indian art. Since then, she has studied a Masters in Arts and Aesthetics, an M.Phil in Indian Art History, and she is currently completing a PhD in Temple Sculpture at JNU. She is an India Foundation of the Arts grantee for her project on the dance history of Bangalore, and she has consulted with INTACH on the inscription of the Hoysala heritage sites on the UNESCO World Heritage Site List. Trained in Bharatanatyam for over 27 years, Gayathri has performed at venues all over the world, such as the United Nations, and she specialises in the abhinaya tradition in the effort to understand heirloom classical dance repertoire. She is equally well versed in the Natyashastra and other theoretical aspects of the form and seeks to understand the meeting point of the static and the dynamic through her practice and research.

Pooja Rai

Co-founder and CEO of Anthill Creations, a social enterprise incubated by NSRCEL IIM Bangalore

Pooja Rai understands the importance of stimulating play in the overall growth of children. She is the co-founder and CEO of Anthill Creations, a social enterprise incubated by NSRCEL IIM Bangalore and supported by Michael & Susan Dell Foundation and N/Core, Mphasis and Omidyar. Anthill Creations aims to make play accessible to all children, by building low cost and sustainable playscapes. Pooja is an architecture graduate from IIT Kharagpur and has also authored a book on women entrepreneurs named ‘The Road Not Taken’, published by IIM Bangalore.

Shiva Iyer

An education enthusiast, investment banker and GMAT instructor

An investment banker, Yale graduate, and former Adjunct Assistant Professor at NYU-Shiva Iyer is now into full-time teaching and mentoring of students worldwide. The range of subjects includes Advanced Finance Courses, Test Prep for US Education, and higher-level math courses. Shiva also has over three decades of experience in investment banking, corporate finance, Equity Markets, and Derivative Markets. As the CFO of Nitesh Estates, he has the unique experience of taking the company through IPO in 2009. He has taught at distinguished institutes such as NYU, SUNY, IIT, and others. He was formerly with JP Morgan as Executive Director and is respected in his industry for thought leadership, inspiring management style, and drive to realize organizational objectives.

Shivani Manchanda

A mental health activist, experienced counsellor, speaker and writer from IIT Bombay

Humanity looks up to superheroes and champions and Shivani Manchanda is a superhero fighting to destigmatize mental health issues in our country. Shivani is an experienced counsellor and is currently improving the mental health of residents of IIT Bombay. A writer and speaker with a demonstrated history of working in the mental health care and counselling industry, Shivani is also skilled in management, marketing strategy for youth, training, and curriculum development. A few also know Shivani as a newspaper columnist with a Counselling degree and a keen interest in Arts Based Therapy. Having been a part of the QPR Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Program, Shivani vehemently emphasizes the importance of mental health for students growing up in a fast-paced and stressful world.

Sudhanva Dhananjaya

An entrepreneur, educator, education technology consultant, investor, mentor, and the Co-founder & CEO of Excelsoft Technologies

Sudhanva Dhananjaya believes that entrepreneurship in education could possibly change the fate of humanity. Sudhanva is an entrepreneur, educator, education technology consultant, investor, mentor, and the Co-founder & CEO of Excelsoft Technologies, which he has steered to become one of the most innovative companies globally. It is a matter of pride for Mysoreans that he was born and brought up in the city. After earning an MS from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA, he worked for Kirloskar Electric, WPI, Wipro Infotech and the World Bank as a Senior Consultant. He has been invested in the field of education for three decades, along with numerous startups in the healthcare and technology sectors. Sudhanva’s enterprising nature has also inspired many entrepreneurs who he continues to mentor. He serves as a board member of TiE Inc and also as the President of the National Institute of Engineering, Mysuru.

Tanushree R

Musical prodigy

Tanushree R is a musical prodigy who was born and brought up in Mysore, encouraged by a supportive father and her mother, Shubha Raghavendra, a professional singer well-versed in all the sub-genres of Karnataka Folk Music. At 13, she went on to share the stage with eminent artists such as Vijay Prakash and Arjun Janya as a semi-finalist in the 14th Season of Zee Sa Re Ga Ma Pa. She was awarded the ‘Balashree’ by the Mysuru Sahithya mathhu Sanskruthika Prathishtana in recognition of her talent. She has released five albums and worked as a cinematic play-back singer. Her Youtube channel was released by the musical director Hamsalekha, and she has also had the privilege of working with theatre personalities such as Mandya Ramesh. Tanushree is a versatile singer who often sings songs from various languages and genres, from folk to jazz, on platforms around the world. Currently a student of VVSGJPU, Mysore, she aspires to study music at the Berklee School of Music.