Theme: For the Greater Common Good

Ideas shape the world around us, and history stands testimony to the fact that innovation comes from creating environments where a diverse set of ideas can connect and interact. At TEDxXLRI 2018, we intend to engage with such a diverse set of ideas under the theme of this edition of TEDxXLRI: "For the Greater Common Good". In our fifth edition, we bring to you acclaimed individuals from myriad backgrounds whose ground-breaking ideas have not only spurred innovations that have shaped a better world but have also helped ignite the same passion in hundreds around them. It is the very same passion that these speakers will put for us into words. Join us in the conclave of "ideas worth spreading" as our speakers help you explore newer ideas.

Father Prabhu Hall (FPH)
XLRI
Circuit House Area (East)
Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, 831035
India

Arun Krishnamurthy

Environmentalist

From being a curious nature enthusiast to a champion of India’s environment conservation, Arun Krishnamurthy is a role model for many. He is an engineer with Microbiology specialization from the Madras Christian College and has a Master’s degree from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Delhi. He directed two environmental documentaries and also founded his own company called Krish Info Media, working with the Reserve Bank of India and Delhi Police on ad films. He became the British Council Climate Champion in 2010 and went on to win Google’s Social Impact Award in 2011. He started Environmentalist Foundation of India in 2011 which is now active in 10 cities and has over 1200 volunteers. One of the biggest recognition for him came in through Rolex Awards for Enterprise where he became one of the 35 Young Laureates and won 50,000 Swiss Francs as an award and support.

Colonel Prabir Sengupta

Motivational Speaker

From commanding an infantry battalion – of 1000+ men deployed under arduous conditions to inspiring hundreds of professional executives, from sidestepping a bullet and working in minus 40° temperature to becoming a corporate soft skills trainer, he has done it all. He has been honoured by the President of India with a Vishisht Seva Medal and was handpicked to serve at The Presidential House with Late President APJ Kalam. His sessions are tailored to meet the intent of the organization and participants have consistently given feedback for them being passionate, engaging, energetic and humorous. He was the first Indian Army Officer on the TED platform speaking on YOUR story! He believes it all begins with YOU!

Kirti Bhoutika

MasterChef India (2016) Winner

Kirti Bhoutika is one of the selected 16 contestants in Masterchef India Season 5. She was born on june 1996 in Kolkata West bangal, India. Kirti was complected Graduation in Food & Nutrition from J.D. Birla Institute, Kolkata, West Bengal.She has started her career as a Chef from the very early age of 18 years and had opened small home bakery with the name of Sugar Plum Cakery. With managing the bakery she also had the full time college and teaches tuitions.She is also the trained dancer and also a painter. She wants to open a food studio where she wants to teach the baking.Her inquisitiveness had made her to practice more and more by learning from the television and Interview. Finally she won the title of Master chef season 5 Winne

Manish Advani

Head Change Management and Marketing, Mahindra

Manish Advani, also known as ‘The Coconut Man of India’, is an award-winning storyteller, songwriter, Change Leader and a Brand Builder known for his unconventional ways of positioning individual and corporate brands in the industry. Manish heads Change Management, Marketing & Public Relations for Mahindra Special Services Group (MSSG), one of India’s leading corporate security risk consulting firm. He has over 2 decades of industry experience working on client engagements from small scale companies to large B2B & B2C organizations like Microsoft, Ciba Vision, Kraft Foods, Jaguar & Land Rover, Hindustan Unilever, Arvind, IFFCO UAE and others in varied roles including Change agent for driving change, Sales &. Marketing to expand customer’s base and also revenue, Public Relations by engaging clients and communities in meaningful way, assisting clients in protecting their brands through Brand risk management.

Nitin Sisodia

Founder & CEO, Sohum Innovation Lab

Nitin is a 2010 Stanford India Bio-design fellow. He is passionate about ideas at the intersection of technology and user-centred design to serve unmet clinical needs. He has designed several innovative products with national and international companies in India such as hearing-screening and vision care solutions, Japan and Germany. Named as "Top 20 Innovator under 35" 2013 by MIT Tech Review and is also the CEO of Sohum Innovation Lab. Sohum Innovation Lab develops market-driven solutions to improve the health and incomes of people living in resource-poor settings. It does a front-line research and develops technology and strategies, that create self-sustaining value chains among the under-served. Nitin has a graduation degree in electrical engineering from National Institute of Technology, Bhopal and a masters in design from the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad.

Pavithra Chandra

CEO at B7 Sports Management

An International Basketball player and CEO of B7 Sports Management. Since childhood Pavithra liked to be active and play outdoor games unlike other girls around her. From 1997 to 2001, she was a member of India’s women’s national basketball team, and at the end of her athletic career she dedicated herself to her studies, earning an MBA in marketing and human resources from Mount Carmel Institute of Management. Throughout basketball career, she always felt frustrated by the lack of organized training and attention given to the women’s game. Furthermore, the cultural pressure from Indian parents to prioritize academics meant that most teenagers, male and female, either dropped sports altogether or approached it as a secondary hobby. Already experienced in upper management roles with the Paralympic Committee of India and Olympic Gold Quest Foundation, Pavithra launched B7 Sports Management in 2008. She is driven to change the perception of sports throughout India.