Theme: Behind the Scenes

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxIITGandhinagar, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxIITGandhinagar event, TED Talks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.

Jibaben Patel Auditorium (300 Auditorium)
IIT Gandhinagar Campus, Near Palaj
Gandhinagar, Gujarat, 382355
India

Akshay Singhal

Founder & CEO, Log9 Materials

Akshay is a Forbes Under30 Asia 2019 Awardee who graduated with honors in Materials Engineering from IIT Roorkee in 2015 and completed his PhD on Graphene at IIT Roorkee in 2021. He has research experience from University of Alberta, Canada and has published more than 6 scientific articles and filed 48 patent applications. He has worked in the field of Nanotechnology for the last 8 years and has spearheaded Log9 to make it a formidable player in the EV battery space. As an angel investor, he actively mentors startups in the climate tech space to ensure their solutions have a wide reach and positively impact the planet.

Amitabha Singh

Cinematographer and Producer, Indian Film Industry

Amitabha Singh is an internationally acclaimed Director of Photography in India having a vast body of work. A 1994 alumnus of the Film and Television Institute of India, his work has been leading the change as the content creation has evolved in India over the past two and half decades. Known for 'Khosla Ka Ghosla', 'Chillar Party' and 'The Good Road' - a pathbreaking Gujarati feature film that made its mark in the Oscars. His recent work in the popular Hindi web series "Panchayat" has been widely appreciated for its unique touch of realism. A graduate in Computer Sciences, Amitabha is learning to play the flute.

Anurag Chauhan

Social Worker Founder, Humans For Humanity

Anurag Chauhan is a social worker and the founder of the NGO ‘Humans for Humanity.’ His project WASH (Women, Sanitation, Hygiene) aims to sensitize and spread awareness among menstruating women in rural areas with the goal of making women self-reliant and is now active in up to six states in the country. As a teenager, he entered the social work field and has been working in the menstrual hygiene awareness space since 20. The WASH project goes beyond distributing sanitary pads to rural women and actively works at educating women, removing the stigma, and helping them understand menopause, hormonal fluctuations and various other related conditions in women. He has recently begun to work with transmen and included them as part of his WASH initiative, having recognised the need to include various menstruating persons in awareness-building programs.

NITIN AGGARWAL

Head of Cloud AI Services, Google India

Nitin Aggarwal is a machine learning expert with 10+ years of experience in the industry. He has been working with Google for the past 7 years and was recently promoted to Head of AI Services in 2021. His extensive experience in Deep Learning, Data Science, Product Management and Software Development has contributed to his expertise in the field of AI. He holds an engineering degree from Maharshi Dayanand University in Electronics and Communications Engineering and an MBA from IIT Kanpur as well as additional degrees in Executive Data Science, Data Processing from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Executive Education, Corporate Innovation and Leadership from Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

Reema Nanavaty

Social worker and Director, SEWA (Self-Employed Women's Association of India)

For over three decades, Reema Nanavaty has played a significant role in organising women into co-operative organisations, enterprises and trade unions in India. Based out of Ahmedabad, Reema’s work in the development sector is well recognised- she received Padma Shri in 2013 for her contributions. Reema is also a member of the Advisory Council on Gender of the World Bank Group. She was also invited as a member of International Labor Organization’s High Level Global Commission on Future of Work. She was the only commissioner representing the informal sector workers, self-employed workers and the rural workers union in the entire commission. She has also been invited as a member of the UN High-level Dialogue`s Technical Working Group on Energy Action to Advance Other SDGs.