TEDxSRMRamapuram is a community where people will be able to exchange ideas, foster rich conversations and bring a positive change. We feature speakers who seek to enlighten and inspire the group that attends the event and those viewing the talks later. The third edition of TEDxSRMRamapuram occurred on March 17, 2016.

SRM University
Ramapuram
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 600089
India

Aaron Thomas

Football Coach, SlumSoccer Chennai

Aaron Thomas is a football coach at SlumSoccer, Chennai. SlumSoccer is an organization that teaches invaluable life lessons about team work, discipline and leadership to kids in slums through football. Aaron is currently heading operations at Santhome Beach Community for U21 boys and sholinganallur government school for girls. He trains them to master the game and imparts personality traits as well.

Dr. Lakshmanan Sriramkumar

Professor, Department of Physics, IIT Madras

Would you like to hear a talk about one of mankinds greatest discoveries in the last 100 years? Yes, we're talking about Einstein's Gravitational Waves! Dr. Lakshmanan Sriramkumar, Professor, IIT Madras will be presenting an exciting talk on "Ripples in spacetime: A new window to the universe".

Harish Sivaramakrishnan

Engineer + Marketer + Designer + Rockstar

Harish Sivaramakrishnan is called "The Rockstar Techie". He's the VP of UI/UX design at Freecharge and has worked at Snapdeal and Myntra. He's the lead vocalist at Agam, the Carnatic Progressive Rock Band. They've also performed at MTV Coke Studio.

Kaartikeya Bajpai

Editor-in-Chief, The Bombay Review

Kaartikeya Bajpai has conducted literary events across the world, has worked as a crime reporter with Mumbai Mirror and is the editor in chief of "The Bombay Review", a literary magazine that has a readership in over 90 countries. He's also a journalism graduate. All this and he's just 20!

Kiriti Rambhatla

Author + Television Host + Actor + Entreprenuer

Kiriti Rambhatla is a multi faceted personality with strong roots in business strategy, writing, talk show hosting and acting. He holds a baccalaureate in Electrical Engineering and an MBA along with post master specialization from London Business School and MIT, USA.

Madhavi Latha

Paralympic Swimming Champion + Founder "Yes We Too Can" Movement

Madhavi Latha is a national level paralympic swimming champion, Associate Vice President at Scope International and a "sports for the differently abled" activist. She takes on tremendous challenges with a beautiful smile.

Peter van Geit

Founder, Chennai Trekking Club + Adventurer + Explorer

Peter Van Geit is a Belgian who settled down in India since 1998. He's the founder of Chennai Trekking Club and he personally saved over 130 lives during the Chennai floods. His organization was instrumental in the clean up afterwards. He's an adventurer, explorer and a computer engineer at Cisco.