Media Release
Mangaluru, Feb 15: The students of St Joseph Engineering College (SJEC), Mangaluru, are all set to organize the very first edition of TEDxSJEC on Sunday, February 16. The event is scheduled to be held at Kalam Auditorium, 5th floor, Academic Block-II of the college.
Reminiscent to the theme for the day-long event 'Love Conquers All', a select group of individuals from all over the country, who have stood tall for love and have conquered great odds to succeed in life, have been picked from a spectrum of backgrounds and age groups to speak at the event.
The enthralling list of speakers goes as follows:
• Aarohi Pandit, world record holding Indian pilot
• Corrine Antoinette Rasquinha, social worker and founder of White Doves NGO
• Girish Bharadwaj, Padma Shri awardee, engineer and social innovator
• Omkar Pai, engineer and nature enthusiast
• Vaishak J P, mountaineer
• Dr Smitha Hedge, teacher and scientist
• Abhiraj Rajadhyaksha and Niyati Mavinkurve, chief storytellers at Following Love/Travel Writer and Author
• Ria Sharma, model, speaker, storyteller and an LGBTQAI and youth activist
Apart from the speakers, the following performances are also lined up during the day:
• Vidwan Deepak Kumar and Vidushi Preethikala, Bharathanatyam artistes
• Vidushi Mahima S Rao, Yakshagana artiste
• Prithesh Bhandari and team, theatre artiste and film maker
• Gladson Peter, One Man Band
TEDxSJEC aims to bring people together and inspire them to collaborate and think about the larger picture, igniting a spark of love in them. Hatred is strong, but the one thing that is stronger is love. Hatred may conquer some, but love conquers all!
The fascinating daylong event is open to all students and the general public.
TEDxSJEC is scheduled from 9 am to 5 pm.
To know more about the event, please visit http://tedxsjec.in/
Click here to register: http://bit.ly/tedxsjec-reg1
For queries contact: Dr Binu K G on +91 9739866947