Theme: Whirling Out

"We came whirling out of nothingness scattering stars like dust. The stars made a circle and in the middle we dance"
-Jalaluddin Rumi
The first chapter of TEDxMirandaHouse was launched this year with a belief in the power of ideas to change attitudes, lives, and, ultimately, the world. With the panoramic theme of “Whirling Out”, our event is all about exploring the bigger picture and widening one’s horizons. With an enthusiastic team of students from varying backgrounds, we aim to offer a holistic experience through this conference and contribute our bit to the celebration of humanity.

The theme whirling out indicates outward movement, a transition from the narrow to the wide. Whirling out could be interpreted in numerous ways, whirling out of convention, breaking free, broadening one's understanding of something, exploring the bigger picture or widening the scope of a concept or activity. Whirling out indicates a journey, a journey from the limited to the endless, from entrapment to freedom, from exclusivity to inclusivity, from conformity to rebellion.

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Miranda House, Patel Chest Marg, University of Delhi, Delhi (110007)
New Delhi, Delhi, 110007
India

Ananya Sachdev

Sports Management

Columbia Graduate, State-level Basketball player and now working in sports partnerships with Rakuten, Ananya Sachdev is all about Sports. She assists global athletes and sports properties on various marketing activities. She is the Founder and CEO of a career-tech platform for the sports business, where she helps professionals and students upskill & get employed in the sports industry, globally. She hosts and produces a podcast "The Sportsbiz Show," which covers the "business and development of sports,” with a special focus on the Indian market, interviewing various Olympians for the same. She was also the former Captain of the SRCC Basketball team and currently is appointed as the Asia Lead for Yunus Sports Hub.

Harsha Durugadda

Installation artist

Harsha Durugadda is a multidisciplinary artist working with sculpture and performance art. He is the winner of the Rio Tinto Sculpture Award 2017 at Sculpture by the Sea, Australia. He currently lives and runs his sculpture studio at Oorna farm surrounded by agricultural lands on the outskirts of Hyderabad where he implements permaculture principles to grow food and build with earthen architecture. Durugadda’s sculptures have been exhibited internationally at Nord Art in Germany, Emergent Art Space in the United States, London and Australia. In 2014 he was invited by the Courtauld Institute of Art to present on Ancient Buddhist Sculpture at the British Museum, London. He has received the Andrew Stretton Memorial invitation in 2016 at Sydney.

Nikhitha C

CEO of Space Education Research and Development

Nikhitha C is the co-founder and CEO of Society for Space Education Research and Development (SSERD), which is an outstanding and eminent International organization and community dedicated towards elevating and fostering Space Education and Research around the globe. Her passion and commitment towards promoting Space Education and preparing the upcoming generation for a Space Revolution is non-pareil. A space geek and enthusiast, Nikhitha has numerous accolades (including the prestigious Kalpana Chawla Scholarship Fund) attributed to her name. She has also significantly contributed towards imparting knowledge on science and technology to underprivileged children and is a determined supporter of girls and women in STEM.

Tavissi Jain

Social worker, Founder of Coimbatore COVID Aid

Tavissi Jain, one of the 2nd Wave Superheroes, is the founder of Coimbatore COVID Aid (CCA), a student collective that aims to provide COVID relief initiatives to support marginalized communities. She's an alumna of the Philosophy department of Miranda House, Delhi University, who had helped set up a covid helpdesk for the Delhi-NCR region serving as the all important oxygen coordinator, relentlessly verifying leads and disseminating information. Her passion to give back to the society and to spread goodwill really shines through all her volunteer work!

Vinod Sreedhar

Founder of JwM, systems thinker, environmental educator

Founder of Journeys with Meaning, an award-winning social enterprise that integrates environmental education with responsible travel, Vinod Sreedhar is a systems thinker and environmental educator. He founded JwM in 2007 to bring inspiring stories of hope, resilience, innovation, and change to urban Indians disconnected from nature and the lessons it can teach. With 20+ years of experience in amplifying sustainable living, Sreedhar has generated impact through his on-ground campaigns, workshops, and consulting work.Between 2002-2007, he was a co-founder at 'Phase Five', a social enterprise that introduced youth to ecological sustainability and active citizenship. Besides his environmental work, Sreedhar is passionate about music composing having produced music for the advertising industry for 15 years, writing, teaching film-making, and woodworking.