TEDxChowrasta

TEDxChowrasta is a full-day event being curated at the Queen of Hills(Darjeeling). Our goal is to bring together bright minds to give talks that are idea-focused, and on a wide range of subjects, to foster learning, inspiration and to provoke conversations that matter.

It is the first ever TED event in the history of Darjeeling. Let's Break the Norm!

Glenary's
Chowrasta, Darjeeling
Darjeeling, West Bengal, 734101
India

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Speakers

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Anmol Gurung

A Storyteller - Filmmaker by profession - Bringing the untold stories from the hills - Started his own production house "Mountain Stories" - Director of the native feature film "APPA" - Singer - Songwriter & a master of Audio Storytelling.

Anuradha Sharma

Independent Journalist - India Correspondent for Reporters Sans Frontiers - Reuters Fellow at University of Oxford, 2012-2013 - International Journalists’ Programme Fellow to Germany in 2010 - Won the Laadli Media and Advertising Award for Gender Sensitivity 2020

Michael Wharton

An Entrepreneur and an Academic Counsellor - A 'Growth Hacker' by passion and a Career Coach - Through the platforms, EduAims and CollegeAims, he has helped 10,000+ candidates gain admission to top-50 ranked world-class universities, and obtain scholarships worth a total of USD 50 million+.

Priyanka Lama

Fashion Designer

Born in Darjeeling, Priyanka Ella Lorena Lama is an emerging Indian fashion designer. At the age of 23, she was launched as a Gen Next Designer - a highly coveted platform for emerging designers by Lakme Fashion Week, INDIA. Recognized as a Sustainable Designer early on for her work, the Green Wardrobe Week hosted by Hindustan Unilever saw her being awarded by Paul Polman, CEO at Unilever. She was a part of the Indian Team at the International Fashion Showcase, London Fashion Week, where India won the 'Country Award’ for the exhibition “The Indian Pastoralists”, against 26 countries. She also made it to the Forbes 30 under 30 Special Mention list for Fashion in 2018 at the age of 26. The first Ramie fibre project produced in Meghalaya, India for the Indo-French government collaboration also featured her zero waste designs. In 2020, Global Mobile Company OPPO also recognised Pella as a Creative Artist to represent India in their international campaign 'To Create is to Live'.