TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a global set of conferences run by the private non-profit Sapling Foundation, under the slogan "Ideas Worth Spreading”. The IIM Trichy TEDx Committee is a student run body and is responsible for organizing the annual TEDx event. The committee works year round to reach out to distinguished members from various fields to select individuals best suited to deliver maximum value and intellect to our student community to bridge the gap between students and research scholars across fields.
The TEDx committee of IIM Trichy conducted TED 2.0,the second edition of TED event. Speaking on the theme “
CHANGE THE GAME", the panel featured five imminent guests from various backgrounds and the event received a good response, with students and professors from IIM Trichy, NIT Trichy and BIM Trichy who turned up in good numbers.
Dr. Gopalan Jagdeesh, one of the speakers, shared his idea of needleless drug delivery using shock waves. Dr. B. Narayan Viswanath an urban farmer spoke on organic urban/terrace farming and the importance of environmental sustainability. Sharing his ideas on ‘space technology and the common man’ was T. Subramanya Ganesh a senior scientist at ISRO. Naveen Rabelli,an engineer turned passionate traveller from Bangalore, shared about his idea of travelling to London using the ‘zero emission solar Tuk-Tuk’. Highlighting 'MozziQuit', a plausible resolution to the mosquito menace was researcher Ignatius Orwin Noronha. The event also had veteran yoga consultant and philosopher Vasudevan B sharing his idea of 'Game of Love'and expressing his views on managing relationship in married life.
Overall the event was a grand success and witnessed ideas from diverse fields.
This article is a part of the Meet the Clubs and Committees Series powered by the External Relations Team at IIM Trichy to help aspirants to get to know the batch and the diverse activities that our student fraternity conducts as part of IIMT.
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