Bangalore, Karnataka, February 8, 2014[/b] – City based premier management institute, SIBM Bangalore, hosted TEDxSIBMBangalore, for the third time in a row. Technology. Entertainment. Design. Red and Black. This in itself defined the essence of their most coveted event TEDx, an independently organised TED event. Complementing the theme of the event, “The Road Less Travelled”, the mission was to inspire minds and seek deep discussions among people at large. The speakers were drawn from varied fields and backgrounds to give the audience a 360 degree view on life.
Soumik Sen, debutant director, directing the film Gulaab Gang, said that we need to get out the Security Zone and Life is about searching for happiness. Through his experience he learnt that questioning things and ability to stay dissatisfied is what drives us. He also highlighted the fact that when someone is happy, he spreads the happiness all around him. On the other hand someone sad will keep the sadness inside him. His inspirational message was “Start working towards your goal. Challenge every convention. Unshackle your minds and follow your heart.”
The stage was enlightened with presence of Mahalakshmi Iyer, the Indian playback singer who gave successful soundtracks like Mission Kashmir and Sathiya to name a few. She told the audience to believe in ourselves, keep practicing as practice gives confidence to perform better. She said “Practice makes a man perfect. Hours and hours of practice is the key. Talent needs to be polished. Successful performer needs to connect to audience to make the experience phenomenal.” She also talked about her debut break which was a jingle in her college days!! Started her career by singing a jingle - the turning point that helped her overcome doubts and chose singing as her career. She added “One lesson from A.R. Rehman is - Music is vast. The more you give, the more you get in return.”
The third speaker for the day was Akash Gautam. He elaborated on his success mantra of staying fit and having excellent relationships. He also warned the audience of being a victim of ‘Herd’ mentality, where he emphasized on following one’s belief rather than succumbing to social pressure.
Pushpa Basnet, the only foreigner to receive the South Korea ELGA youth award, choose a different career path against all odds. When it would have been easy to continue with her family business, her madness to help the society lead her to laying foundations of Non Profit Organizations like Early Childhood Development Center and Butterfly Home. Talking about the topic on adopting children, she raised a very sensitive and important concern as to why a child be punished for the parent’s mistake.
Armstrong Pame the first IAS officer from the Zeme tribe of the state of Nagaland. Also famous as the Miracle Man, he said "If I can be a solution to a smallest of the problem, I want to be. Give the best, do what you want and dream big.”
Danish Aslam, director of the movie Break Ke Baad, told to create your path rather than following everyone. He told that do not fall in the social pressure and be open to deviate from the norms. He said “Dont be afraid of the fact that you don't know what you want to do in life says”
Kate Hallam, the former Miss England started with the inspiring story of her brother who overcame cancer, and is now living a healthy life. She also talked about her career path, her aspirations to work in movies and about her. Her speech concluded by "The more you travel the more u get richer in terms of knowledge."
Lucky Ali, the famous singer who won the Filmfare award for his track ‘Na Tum Jaano Na Hum’ got the crowd agape by his performance. He talked about his life journey, how he entered the music industry and his overall experiences. He concluded by singing “Anjaani Raho main” and left the audience mesmerized.
The event was also marked with presence of Lisa Sthalekar, the Indian born former Australian cricketer, the only woman cricketer to hold the unique double of 1000 runs and 100 ODI wickets, and Nikhil D’Souza, the singer who has sung for many Bollywood and Tollywood films, began with a spectacular performance. There were also Alyssa Mendonsa- Singer, Alicia Souza- Founder of Chumbak and Satish Acharya- Cartoonist.
Akshata Malhotra and Lekshmy R, final year MBA students and the event organizers said “It was a great opportunity to be organizing a TEDx event in the institute and with the help of the management and the volunteers; we did justice to the event. Our seniors had set up a high benchmark last year of this event and it was a challenge to overcome it. Overall, it was a great learning experience and the memories by this event will be cherished for lifetime. We shall come back next year to this event as spectators and hope to see our juniors putting up a more amazing show.”
The sponsors for the event included
· Manipal Hospital
· Tata Motors
· Coca Cola
· Engage Deo Sprays
· Lords Plaza
· Just Bake
· Royal Meenakshi Mall
· Himalaya Herbals
· Bloomberg Institute
· Vespa
· Unibic
About TEDx, x = independently organized event
· In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations)
About TED
· TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conference invites the world's leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The annual TED Conference takes place in Long Beach, California, with simulcast in Palm Springs; TEDGlobal is held each year in Edinburgh, UK. TED's media initiatives include TED.com, where new TEDTalks are posted daily, and the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as the ability for any TEDTalk to be translated by volunteers worldwide. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world are given the opportunity to put their wishes into action; TEDx, which offers individuals or groups a way to organize local, independent TED-like events around the world; and the TEDFellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.
· Follow TED on Twitter at twitter.com/TEDTalks, and on Facebook at facebook.com/TED.
· For information about TED's upcoming conferences, visit http://www.ted.com/registration
About SIBM Bangalore:
Ever since its inception in 1978, SYMBIOSIS has been synonymous with progress. The trend of progress has been continued by setting up of SIU’s first campus outside Maharashtra at Bangalore in 2008. SIBM Bangalore provides a holistic approach to management.
Soumik Sen, debutant director, directing the film Gulaab Gang, said that we need to get out the Security Zone and Life is about searching for happiness. Through his experience he learnt that questioning things and ability to stay dissatisfied is what drives us. He also highlighted the fact that when someone is happy, he spreads the happiness all around him. On the other hand someone sad will keep the sadness inside him. His inspirational message was “Start working towards your goal. Challenge every convention. Unshackle your minds and follow your heart.”
The stage was enlightened with presence of Mahalakshmi Iyer, the Indian playback singer who gave successful soundtracks like Mission Kashmir and Sathiya to name a few. She told the audience to believe in ourselves, keep practicing as practice gives confidence to perform better. She said “Practice makes a man perfect. Hours and hours of practice is the key. Talent needs to be polished. Successful performer needs to connect to audience to make the experience phenomenal.” She also talked about her debut break which was a jingle in her college days!! Started her career by singing a jingle - the turning point that helped her overcome doubts and chose singing as her career. She added “One lesson from A.R. Rehman is - Music is vast. The more you give, the more you get in return.”
The third speaker for the day was Akash Gautam. He elaborated on his success mantra of staying fit and having excellent relationships. He also warned the audience of being a victim of ‘Herd’ mentality, where he emphasized on following one’s belief rather than succumbing to social pressure.
Pushpa Basnet, the only foreigner to receive the South Korea ELGA youth award, choose a different career path against all odds. When it would have been easy to continue with her family business, her madness to help the society lead her to laying foundations of Non Profit Organizations like Early Childhood Development Center and Butterfly Home. Talking about the topic on adopting children, she raised a very sensitive and important concern as to why a child be punished for the parent’s mistake.
Armstrong Pame the first IAS officer from the Zeme tribe of the state of Nagaland. Also famous as the Miracle Man, he said "If I can be a solution to a smallest of the problem, I want to be. Give the best, do what you want and dream big.”
Danish Aslam, director of the movie Break Ke Baad, told to create your path rather than following everyone. He told that do not fall in the social pressure and be open to deviate from the norms. He said “Dont be afraid of the fact that you don't know what you want to do in life says”
Kate Hallam, the former Miss England started with the inspiring story of her brother who overcame cancer, and is now living a healthy life. She also talked about her career path, her aspirations to work in movies and about her. Her speech concluded by "The more you travel the more u get richer in terms of knowledge."
Lucky Ali, the famous singer who won the Filmfare award for his track ‘Na Tum Jaano Na Hum’ got the crowd agape by his performance. He talked about his life journey, how he entered the music industry and his overall experiences. He concluded by singing “Anjaani Raho main” and left the audience mesmerized.
The event was also marked with presence of Lisa Sthalekar, the Indian born former Australian cricketer, the only woman cricketer to hold the unique double of 1000 runs and 100 ODI wickets, and Nikhil D’Souza, the singer who has sung for many Bollywood and Tollywood films, began with a spectacular performance. There were also Alyssa Mendonsa- Singer, Alicia Souza- Founder of Chumbak and Satish Acharya- Cartoonist.
Akshata Malhotra and Lekshmy R, final year MBA students and the event organizers said “It was a great opportunity to be organizing a TEDx event in the institute and with the help of the management and the volunteers; we did justice to the event. Our seniors had set up a high benchmark last year of this event and it was a challenge to overcome it. Overall, it was a great learning experience and the memories by this event will be cherished for lifetime. We shall come back next year to this event as spectators and hope to see our juniors putting up a more amazing show.”
The sponsors for the event included
· Manipal Hospital
· Tata Motors
· Coca Cola
· Engage Deo Sprays
· Lords Plaza
· Just Bake
· Royal Meenakshi Mall
· Himalaya Herbals
· Bloomberg Institute
· Vespa
· Unibic
About TEDx, x = independently organized event
· In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations)
About TED
· TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Started as a four-day conference in California 25 years ago, TED has grown to support those world-changing ideas with multiple initiatives. The annual TED Conference invites the world's leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made available, free, at TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Al Gore, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Isabel Allende and UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown. The annual TED Conference takes place in Long Beach, California, with simulcast in Palm Springs; TEDGlobal is held each year in Edinburgh, UK. TED's media initiatives include TED.com, where new TEDTalks are posted daily, and the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as the ability for any TEDTalk to be translated by volunteers worldwide. TED has established the annual TED Prize, where exceptional individuals with a wish to change the world are given the opportunity to put their wishes into action; TEDx, which offers individuals or groups a way to organize local, independent TED-like events around the world; and the TEDFellows program, helping world-changing innovators from around the globe to become part of the TED community and, with its help, amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities.
· Follow TED on Twitter at twitter.com/TEDTalks, and on Facebook at facebook.com/TED.
· For information about TED's upcoming conferences, visit http://www.ted.com/registration
About SIBM Bangalore:
Ever since its inception in 1978, SYMBIOSIS has been synonymous with progress. The trend of progress has been continued by setting up of SIU’s first campus outside Maharashtra at Bangalore in 2008. SIBM Bangalore provides a holistic approach to management.