Theme: Beyond Medicine

We remember people for the values they uphold, for the stories they tell. Ideas and knowledge become the very spindle destiny is woven with. What lies beyond medicine, are vast expanse of ideas and stories, the intersection of a web that bifurcates exponentially, albeit the point of anchorage undeniably remains human life.

As students of today, we resonate with the spirit of TED which is 'ideas worth sharing' and what better than a idea that stems from a mind diligently and dutifully devoted to adding meaning to peoples' lives. A breakthrough from a set pattern of ideology. Professionals in and beyond the realm of medicine contribute their share of social responsibility through entrepreneurship, art, teaching, and much more. Beyond medicine is a sentiment to honour such talented human beings. To celebrate ideas across the imaginative spectrum to add to and safeguard the worth of a meaningful life.

Encompassing life, Beyond medicine.

Government Medical College and Hospital Auditorium
PVP3+CHX, maheshpura, chowk, Bakshi Nagar
Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, 180001
India

Abhishek Kaushal

Entrepreneur

Abhishek Kaushal is an entrepreneur working on tackling India’s diabetic complications like blindness and foot amputation using technologies like artificial intelligence, IOT and 3D printing. He is an IIM & SLP alumni with work & research experience at a fortune 500 healthcare company, Central research institutions and startup ecosystem. He has represented India multiple times internationally for digital health innovations including being an invitee to Nobel peace prize ceremony Oslo’15, UN-Dtac Asia youth summit’16 etc. Their current project has won multiple international awards including various competitive financial grants from DST GOI, DBT GOI, MIETY GOI and corporates like CISCO & PRIF apart from academic institutions like IIIT Hyderabad and IIM Ahmedabad. He is extremely passionate about medical research, AI, Product & currently the Co-founder & CEO of Radiate healthcare.

Dr Aditi Parimoo

Doctor

Dr Aditi Parimoo has done her MBBS and MD General Medicine from GMC Jammu. She pursued her Senior Residency from AIIMS Delhi. On one hand she is trying to contribute her share of social responsibility through medicine and on the other hand she's trying to be actively rebellious against the injustice and prejudice. She's studying to become a cardiologist from King Edward Memorial Hospital Mumbai. Having studied and worked in 3 different hospitals and cities, she is amazed by the piousness and sincerity in doctor patient interaction, especially in a diverse country such as ours with 1.3 billion people living in 4 thousand different ethnic groups, 100 languages with over 16 hundred dialects. All this diversity means that we might have different ways of living, but the core values of kindness and humanity lie at the heart of doctor patient interaction anywhere and everywhere across the country and the world at large.

Dr Aditya Gupta

Paediatrician

Presenting Dr. Aditya Gupta, who is currently working as a senior resident and pursuing his DM in Paediatric Oncology from one of the most premier institutes of the country - AIIMS, New Delhi. He has always been a meritorious student since his UG days, securing the top 10 AIRs in AIPMT, AIIMS and JIPMER 2012. He has been awarded a gold medal in Biochemistry and secured distinctions in Anatomy, Biochemistry, Pathology and Microbiology. Maintaining his consistency throughout, he has achieved an AIR 17 in AIIMS PG 2018 and an AIR 2 in INI SS. Not only is he academically brilliant, he is a passionate youtuber as well with a whopping 250K+ subscribers inspiring and guiding pre meds and meds to strategize and crack their entrance exams

Dr. Rajinder Kumar

Psychiatrist

Dr. Rajinder Kumar, a psychiatrist and a faculty at Govt. Medical College, Jammu is working with the growing concern of mental health and substance abuse problem in the society for the last 15 years. He did his MBBS from GMC, Jammu (J&K) and MD Psychiatry from Central Institute of Psychiatry, Ranchi. He is having a unique experience of working at eight different psychiatry settings ranging from general hospital psychiatry like Lady Harding Medical College (New Delhi), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (New Delhi) and Government Medical College, Jammu (J&K) to psychiatry dedicated institutes like Institute of Human Behaviour & Allied Sciences (New Delhi) and Central Institute of Psychiatry (Ranchi) and private practice. His areas of interest are community outreach programmes and de-addiction psychiatry.

Dr. Subhadra Jalali

Ophthalmologist

Dr Subhadra Jalali is the Network Director - Quality at LVPEI (L V Prasad Eye Institute). She is a respected alumna of GMC Jammu. She is best known for her work in the area of Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP). She is on the National Task Force on ROP, Govt. of India. Specialized in managing advanced vitreoretinal conditions and primary genetic retinal degenerations, Dr Jalali has been associated with LVPEI as a faculty since 1993. She underwent a short-term fellowship program in the management of paediatric retinal disorders at the William Beaumont Hospital, Michigan. Dr Jalali has received several awards, including the Indian National Talent Search Award, American Academy Achievement Award and Asia Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology Achievement award.

Rashmi Muraleedhar

Critical Thinking Instructor

Rashmi Muraleedhar is an instructor at the Undergraduate Writing Programme and teaches a course on Critical Thinking to first year undergraduates at Ashoka University. She is a social science researcher, who graduated with a masters degree in International Relations from the University of Chicago and a masters in Politics from Jawaharlal Nehru University. Her research interests lie at the intersection of South Asian politics, nationalism, migration and foreign policy. Her MA thesis looked at civic engagement practices among the Indian diaspora in the US. With a commitment to live an examined life herself, she hopes to impress upon her students the significance and utility of critical thinking within the classroom and out of it.