TEDxHyderabad to go live on Sept 24

TEDxHyderabad is all set to go live on September 24. The theme of the third edition of the event is `DO' TEDxHyderabad, this year will showcase 13 speakers and 2,500 attendees with five of these 12 speakers local Hyderabadis.

According to Viiveck Verma, co-organizer of the event, TEDxHyderabad always looks for stories and ideas worth spreading.“We are trying to build the intellectual stimulation that the city requires and with this momentum. The response from the audience here has been phenomenal.From just 500 attendees in 2015, the number jumped to 1,500 in 2016 and is expected to grow at the same pace this year as well. We also see a lot of corporate interest and participation, this year,“ said Verma.

“Pharmaceutical, IT and manufacturing companies are not just keen about sponsoring the event but are also sending their employees to participants. We expect 50% of our attendees to be corporate employees,“ he said.The organisers said the themes should be realistic and must maintain arguments that can be



defended by wellfounded evidence. No commercial, political or religious agendas or polarizing topics will be allowed.

They further added that this year's theme `DO' arouse a lot of interest within the community and outside the community and that the attendees are super-excited about the event and speakers delving into the theme.

Some of the speakers, include transgender champion Gauri Sawant, social entrepreneurs Anshu Gupta and Pradeep Lokhande, activist and co-founder of antitrafficking organization `Prajwala' Sunitha Krishnan, photojournalist GMB Akash, hope creator ElcaGrobler; former Indian Army officer Lt Gen Zameer Uddin Shah; Mukesh Aghi, Global Strategizer; Kalpana Saroj, Disruptive Millionaire; Anu Acharya, Genome Guru.

TEDx is a one-day conference where socially conscious and curious individuals go to hear from real life stories and the world changing ideas to be inspired. It is a platform being curated and created to uplift the intellectual capital for the city of Hyderabad.