City gears up for its first TED Event- TEDx Kanke

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City gears up for its first TED Event- TEDx Kanke

Sunday, 23 February 2020 | PNS | Ranchi

The Capital city is all set to host the first TED Talk of TEDx Kanke. Based on the theme ‘Breaking Barriers’, the event will take place on February 23 at Chanakya BNR Hotel.

With more than 13 speakers, the event will feature guests from the fields of innovation, leadership and art and culture of national and international acclaim.

The thought behind TEDx Kanke is to bring together new ideas and innovations. It will allow one to connect with thought leaders, contribute to the vision of ideas worth spreading, collaborate with like minded people and impact the future.

The event is being organised and curated by Rajeev Kumar Gupta. “Numerous problems are being faced all across the world. People can either continue to discuss the issues or find a unique way to contribute to the society. The best way is to bring the best ideators from all over the world and connect with the local people. It is only with positive ideas and proper action, that anything can be transformed. The main purpose of TEDx Kanke is to make Ranchi an idea hub so that all the great speakers in future would love to address and empower the people here,” said Gupta.

Gupta has received license from the TED, USA to organise the event in Ranchi, Jharkhand. TEDx Kanke will bring local, national and global innovators, change makers and design thinkers together to inspire critical thinking by sharing powerful ideas.

As many as 13 speakers from national and international platforms will grace the event.

These include names like Caroline Chavier from Paris who will talk on artificial intelligence. Nandita Naganoudar- the first woman from Karnataka to climb Mount Everest, IPS Siddharth Kaushal, Professor D r TV Rao- Founder and First President of the National HRD Network, Archana Sharma- senior scientist at the CERN Laboratory, Geneva and Hannah Kern- happiness activist and cyclist from London among others.

Mentors and people from the advisory board include GK Pillai, MJ Xavier, Raman Jha and Shreeranjan (IAS) who will also be available to interact with the members.

The event is being co- organised by Kanishka Poddar, Kanika Malhotra, Priti Gupta, Rashmi Saha, Santosh Sharma and Bijendra Sharma.

The title sponsor of the event is Tata Steel and is is also supported by CCL, TCSiON , GS Associate Star Travels, Moti Mahal and Ranchi Mall.

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