Theme: Breaking The Loop

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).

Xavier Institute of Social Service (XISS) Ranchi
Dr. Camil Bulcke Path, P.O. Box.-7
Ranchi, Jharkhand, 834001
India

Gaurav Manohar Marathe

Assistant Professor, IIM Ranchi

Gaurav Marathe is currently an Assistant Professor at IIM Ranchi, specializing in Organizational Behaviour. He earned his Fellow of Management degree in Organizational Behaviour from XLRI Jamshedpur. He finds it meaningful to engage in inquiry/ sharing/ conversation around human behavior in his personal and professional life as an inquirer/ teacher/ friend/ partner, and fellow human being. The goal of his work is to make himself and the world clearer in their thinking, more capable in their perspective-taking, and more emotionally intelligent. Rather than being good or bad, he believes humans are complex and beautiful.

Mary Stella Michael

Entrepreneur, Educationist, Social Worker

An Educationist and an entrepreneur. Her vision is to uplift society through education and skill development. She believes in empowering women to make them be on their own and envisages a world where even children can express themselves. With her strong communication & leadership skills armed with her forte in Project Management, she has a rich experience in the field of education and organizing medical camps & women empowerment events with equal professional elan. She is a polyglot with proficiency in Hindi, English, Tamil & Telugu.

Rohit Tripathy

Founder, RanchiMall

An iconoclast and a thinker/ experimenter. He is an ethical hacker turned into a Technology Consultant & a Product Designer, a Credit Card Security Entrepreneur & a long-term investor turned into a Blockchain Entrepreneur. His venture RanchiMall is an eCommerce venture designed to be fully operational on the Internet. His domains incorporate BitCoins, Blockchain Internet Collaboration, and International Investments enabled through technology and internet marketplaces. An avid traveler, he has worked in all continents except Antarctica and has traveled to more than 120 countries.

Sridhar Rajagopal

Director, Otis Elevator Co.

Indefatigable & focused. With a Ph.D. in Business Strategy and M. Tech in Science & Technology, he has contributed richly in varied fields of sales and marketing, strategic planning, and M & A across companies and industries. Currently, contributing as Director of Sales, Marketing, Strategy, and M&A at Otis Elevator Co. He is focused on enhancing customer experience and making the purchase of elevators as easy as a white good. He is also busy launching the next generation of connected elevators with IoT and Remote Elevator Maintenance capabilities. He enjoys running and writing in his spare time.

Subhro Chatterjee

CEO, Reliance Jio

Leader and a builder of companies from scratch to market dominance. Possess rich and varied experience in complex project management, strategic business, technology & platform rollout and operationalization, marketing & brand management, UI & UX, customer service delivery & corporate affairs, brick & mortar retail rollout, establishing supply chain synergies across online and offline retailing and strategy… and the list goes on and on. He is currently managing a customer base of over 12 million and revenues in excess of Rs.3000 Crores per annum.