Mumbai witnessed the 4th edition of TEDxGateway
~ 24 influential speakers from across
globe share their innovations and ideas for the first time in India~
Mumbai, December 8th, 2013: With renowned speakers giving inspiring speeches,
the atmosphere at NCPA was almost contagious with enthusiasm as Mumbai welcomed
its 4th edition of TEDxGateway on Sunday morning. The
event saw an eclectic mix of participants and audiences partaking in the
activities, intently rooted to their seats through the event.
The
first segment kicked off with Jonathan
Rives, a frequent TED contributor, showcased his poems, and hosted the
audience to the speakers. This was
followed by a lot more ideas that left the audience truly inspired and hungry
for more. Dr. Sarah Kenderdine, Pioneer
of panoramic and stereoscopic display systems as well as content creation,
exposed us to an amalgamation of cultural heritage with new media art practice. Yashraj Khaitan, the co-founder and
CEO of Gram Power, an energy technology company working on introducing a new
paradigm of power distribution in rural India. Through these strong
personalities, there many others who left the audience spell bound by
showcasing the Shark kits projects was, Angad
Daryani, child prodigy, little genius and inspiring teenager.
Giving
its audience more ideas to take in, the further sessions of TEDxGateway
stage was taken over by Sharad Devarajan,
a creator, media entrepreneur, professor and self-professed comic book geek who
wants one to break some rules and help to spark a creative renaissance in
India. TEDxGateway also showcased an
exclusive video from legendary creator, Stan
Lee, entitled “Secrets of Great Superheroes.” Through the video, the comic
book legend revealed his process and storytelling secrets for making great
superhero characters. Lt. Cdr Abhilash
Tomy, who embarked on a brave
journey to circumnavigate the globe, solo and non-stop, he took us through his
arduous sail around the globe and how he started his mornings meditating. 150
days of solitude had taught him the pleasures of spending time all by himself
on a yacht.
Adding
to the excitement of the day were the concluding sessions which were conducted
by Dr Shashi Tharoor, a
widely-published critic, commentator and columnist, inspired the audience by his
kind thoughts on education ecosystem, Orchestra conductor Itay Talgam redefined the art of leadership by showing how
musicians work together and how these techniques apply to challenges outside of
the concert hall.
With this,
TEDxGateway, home to ideas that inspire people to change their lives,
their communities and ultimately, their world was concluded with an intent to
leave every participating individual inspired and have them take back an idea,
the courage and the motivation to excel in their respective fields of work.
On
this special occasion, the curator of TEDxGateway, Yashraj Akashi, ecstatically said “We are extremely happy with the
response we have received this year at TEDxGateway. We saw the sessions to be
houseful, with free knowledge from
the world's most inspired thinkers, and also a community of curious souls to
engage with ideas and each other.
Next year we plan on having more such special editions for which we are
extremely excited about.”
Mrs.Sangita Jindal,
Chairperson, JSW Foundation, added, “It was a privilege to be associated with TEDxGateway,
third year in a row. Each time it gets even better with an overwhelming
response of the audience to the inspiring ideas. We are looking forward to a
continued association.”
The
TEDxGateway conference had left the
audience completely enthralled by being in the presence of these magnificent
entities whose ground ideas could possibly change the world in the fields of
technology, education and design.
TEDxGateway is an independently organized
TED event operated under license from TED. At the daylong conference we will
feature eminent speakers from different walks of life will share unique ideas
from India and all around the globe – ideas which will spark deep discussion
and introspection among the group that attends, those viewing live from across
the world, and those who view the talk`s after the event is over. We seek to
enlighten, unite and provoke. After the tremendous success of the 2010, 2011
and 2012 editions, comes a bigger and better edition this year.
TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth
Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people
from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has
become ever broader. Along with two annual conferences — the TED Conference in
Long Beach and Palm Springs each spring, and the TEDGlobal conference in
Edinburgh UK each summer — TED includes the award-winning TEDTalks video site,
the Open Translation Project and TED Conversations, the inspiring TED Fellows
and TEDx programs, and the annual TED Prize.
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