Final Gateway

On the other side of the spectrum, Mr. KV Sridhar (Founder, Hyper Collective) talked about the ‘ Psychology of creativity’
with some absolutely stunning illustrations, followed by Mr. Shankar Srinivasan (Co-Founder, Inclov) who won everyone’s
heart with his own story of how he came around to creating the first matchmaking App for the differently-abled,
which helps them look for acceptance and love. Mr. Anupam Raghuvanshi (Director, T.I.M.E, UP) discussed how
children succumb to peer and parental pressures, and confuse ‘Becoming with Being’.
One of the major highlights of the conference was the talk from BMU’s own Shreyas Bharadwaj, the student speaker
for the event. Mr. Bharadwaj spoke about the Indian urban transportation, from the perspective of Bruce Yandle i.e. the
theory of Bootleggers and Baptists. In the process, he recounted his weekly visits to Delhi, caused by his acute
cravings for satisfying South Indian food in the heart of North India.
During the lunch, students from in-house bands ‘The Petals’ and ‘The SoulForge’ played ethereal music for attendees,
who relished the lunch and the vibes. The emcees made sure that they made the audience roll with laughter, making
masala dosas explode and fireballing helicopters with Jai Shree Rams in an intense mad-libbing session. They
disguised themselves as struggling authors, whose last book bombed big time because it was called 'Why Navjot
Singh Siddhu is the finest philosopher of the 21st century'. The event ended with Mr. KV Sridhar promising to publish
the struggling authors’ newest endeavour.
As the guests made their way to high tea, a glow of satisfaction could be seen on the faces of the TEDxBMU team.
Clearly, all their hard work and sleepless nights had paid off with the event having struck a chord with the attendees who
appeared to be enjoying themselves hugely. When it came to snapshot time with the speakers, all their tiredness just
fell off and smiles came on along with poses.
By Bala Vishal
BTech, 3rd Year, BML Munjal University
KV SRIDHAR AKA POPS
FOUNDER, HYPER COLLECTIVE
SHAILI CHOPRA
FOUNDER, SHETHEPEOPLE
RAJESH DHUDDU
SVP, QUATRRO GLOBAL SERVICES
SHANKAR SRINIVASAN
CO-FOUNDER, INCLOV
DR. CHANDAN CHOWDHURY
VP, GLOBAL AFFAIRS AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT,
DASSAULT SYSTEMES
SHREYAS BHARADWAJ
STUDENT SPEAKER
RAJEEV KARWAL
FOUNDER DIRECTOR, MILAGROW
ANUPAM RAGHUVANSHI
DIRECTOR, T.I.M.E.
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