BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//KnowAFest//Campus Events//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eventsphere-46348@www.knowafest.com DTSTAMP:20261008T162505Z DTSTART:20160226T183000Z DTEND:20160227T182959Z SUMMARY:TEDxSIBMBengaluru 2016 LOCATION:Symbiosis Institute of Business Management\, Bengaluru DESCRIPTION:

Symbiosis Institute of Business Management\, Bengaluru is ge aring up to host its fifth edition of TEDxSIBMBengaluru on Saturday\, Febr uary 27th with noted speakers including amputee cyclist Aditya Mehta\, men talist Aathi\, top cop turned educationalist Abhayanand\, violin virtuoso Sangeetha Shankar.
\nWith the theme ‘Power of One’\, TEDxSIBMBeng aluru envisions that its live speakers\, talks\, videos and interactions s hall combine to spark profound discussions and inspire minds to usher in a world of possibilities. The driving force behind the event is an amalgama tion of the incessant intellectual curiosity and creative bend of the mind coupled with the ingenuous spirit of innovation.
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\nThe theme signifies that one can be the most powerful number\, that change need not be driven by scores of people. All it requires is one person with one gre at idea to disrupt everything. This theme is a testament to the work of pe ople who have given everything to their idea impacting lives of others in their community or country\, be it through social change or changes in Tec hnology\, Entertainment or Design.
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\nTickets for the event ar e priced at Rs.700 and are up for sale. For further details please contact 09740726398\, 09632403015.
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\nThe speakers of the event are:< br />\n
\nAditya Mehta: the first Indian above knee amputee to cycle the fastest 100 kms and enter the Limca Book of Records. He is also a doub le silver medallist at the 2013 Asian Para Cycling Championships.
\n< br />\nSundeep Rao: India's only blind comic... actually partially blind. Sundeep has been a professional comic since 2012. An improvisational actor and voice over artist\, he brings his unique style and dry humor to the s tage.
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\nMrinal Pai: started his career as the chief design en gineer for Project Vyoma which was involved in the design of 6 Unmanned Ae rial Vehicles. Has also won the prestigious NASA Systems Engineering Award Winner for the best design of a UAV. He then co-founded his own company c alled Skylark drones where he works as the chief pilot.
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\nAbh ayanand: the former Bihar director-general of police. From leading enocuon ters against criminals he conceptualised and co-founded the Super 30 to te ach the underprivileged students ways to crack the IIT JEE.
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\ nIndian Jam Project: The Musical Collective: They take popular soundtracks and give them an Indian classical makeover. Their re-composition of theme music: Harry Potter\, Interstellar\, Pirates of the Caribbean\, BBC Sherl ock and Game of Thrones already have 574\,582 Youtube views and counting!< br />\n
\nAathi - The Mentalist: Adarsh\, popularly known as Aathi\, is a leading Mentalist who designs and conducts lectures and theatre shows internationally to explore and exploit the Psychology of Deception. A res earcher in Behavioural Psychology\, he is an expert in Non-Verbal Communic ation and one of the youngest and sought-after Deception Analyst.
\n< br />\nYashas Mitta: the founder of Untold.in and Mukha. He travels across India and the world in search of stories of inspiring people who are chal lenging the routine and redefining the meaning of success. He captures the unspoken warmth\, beauty and simplicity of people in the remotest parts o f the country.
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\nDhimant Parekh: a serial entrepreneur\, co-f ounded The Better India along with his wife Anuradha Parekh. The Better In dia is a revolutionary content and news reporting site with a difference. They report only positive news across India and have more than 100 writers contributing from all over India.
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\nSudhir Shivaram: Shivara m got into wildlife photography in 1993 while still studying engineering. He founded India Nature Watch\, a non-commercial community website which h as been a breeding ground for umpteen aspiring Wildlife Photographers in I ndia. He was awarded the prestigious Sanctuary Asia's Wildlife Photographe r of the Year 2012 and also named Canon India's Brand Ambassador.
\n< br />\nArun Chandru: a PhD research scholar and gold medalist at the Depar tment of Aerospace Engineering\, Indian Institute of Science. He co-founde d Pandorum Technologies\, a Bangalore based biotechnology start-up in 2011 . Pandorum made headlines when they 3D bio-printed mini-liver tissues that mimic the human liver and can hence serve as test platforms for discovery and development of drugs with better efficacy and lesser side effects at lower costs.
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\nDr.Sangeeta Shankar: classical violinist\, dis ciple and daughter of the renowned violin virtuoso Padmabhushan Dr. Smt. N . Rajam. A gold medallist from the Banaras Hindu University\, she dons sev eral other hats that include being a visionary educationist\, entrepreneur \, motivational speaker\, composer and professor.

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