TEDxDTU 2012

Every year, we invite nation's leading thinkers and doers gather for an event and speak on the theme. This year our theme is "Lightening the sparks of Passion"

Confirmed Speakers

Sanjana Kapoor - Film Actress, Daughter of Legendary Shashi Kapoor
Ashok Alexander - Country Head, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Prabhu Chawla - Editorial Director, The New Indian Express Group
Parimarjan Negi - World's Youngest Grand Slam Chess Champion
Sonal Kapoor - Founder, NGO Protsahan
Siddhartha Sharma - Founder, SuccessMonks
Ishita Chaudhary - CEO & Founder, The YP Foundation
Kaushik Chakraborty - Vice President, RBS India
Akash Gautam - India's Motivator & Success Coach
Vicky Roy - Ragpicker turned Lensman, ICP New York
Meher Malik- Belly Dancer, Just Dance & Indias got talent contender
KanthRisa- Renowned SAND ARTIST

About TEDx, x = independently organized event

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.)

About TED
TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conference invites the world's leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The annual TED Conference takes place in Long Beach, California, with simulcast in Palm Springs; TEDGlobal is held each year in Oxford, UK. TED's media initiatives include TED.com, where new TEDTalks are posted daily, and the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as the ability for any TEDTalk to be translated by volunteers worldwide. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world are given the opportunity to put their wishes into action; TEDx, which offers individuals or groups a way to organize independent, TED-like events around the world; and the TEDFellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.