{"id":10074,"date":"2013-05-07T16:20:41","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T10:50:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.entecity.com\/?p=10074"},"modified":"2013-05-30T11:53:37","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T06:23:37","slug":"trivandrum-to-host-first-tedxyouth-event-in-the-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entecity.com\/news\/trivandrum-to-host-first-tedxyouth-event-in-the-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Kerala&#8217;s first TEDxYouth event to be held in Trivandrum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The inaugural edition of <strong>TEDxYouth Trivandrum<\/strong>, the first-of-its-kind event in the state will be held on\u00a0June 8th, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>In its inaugural edition TEDx Youth conference aims to bring together creative minds, intriguing concepts and innovative ideas to a single platform. The TEDx Youth@Trivandrum team is not just a bunch of TED enthusiasts but is in fact a group, with firm conviction in the power of ideas to mould opinions and spark positive shifts in society. TEDx was created in the spirit of TED\u2019s mission \u2013 \u201cIdeas worth spreading.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) is a global set of conferences owned by the private non-profit Sapling Foundation, formed to disseminate &#8220;ideas worth spreading.&#8221; World&#8217;s greatest visionaries and achievers are invited to these conferences for sharing their thoughts and ideas. While TEDx, where x= independently organized TED event, is a group of local, self organized events conducted under the aegis of TED. TEDTalks combines speeches and demonstrations to spark in-depth discussions and interactions within a small group. Targeting the youth TED also has planned to host TEDxYouth event where there will be speeches by pros, TED videos, demonstrations and hands-on activities.<\/p>\n<p>The motif selected for the <strong>TEDxYouth@Trivandrum event is &#8216;Kaleidoscope&#8217;.<\/strong> As different bits of coloured glass and pebbles come together to weave a beautiful pattern within a kaleidoscope, the event also hopes to bring together some of the most creative ideas, activities and demonstrations to captivate and inspire the attendees.<\/p>\n<p>The event will be enriched by noted personalities like <strong>Pulapre Balakrishnan<\/strong>, the economist trained at the Oxford and Cambridge University, <strong>Ira Trivedi<\/strong> an Indian novelist, yoga teacher, entrepreneur, and speaker, <strong>Suhani Shah<\/strong> an illusionist, psychosomatic counsellor and a powerful hypnotherapist, <strong>Shefali Kulkarni<\/strong> an academician, teacher and advocate of gender inclusion and <strong>Sreevas Sahasranamam<\/strong> a Doctoral Student in at the IIMK and an advocate for the future of solar energy in India and \u00a0<strong>Vasundhara Das<\/strong>\u00a0, is an Indian recording artist, songwriter, composer, actress and environmentalist. She has recorded her own album of non-film songs. She has sung in French, English, Kannada, Tamil, Hindi and Telugu. She has also sung a song called &#8220;Tide&#8221; with Ashu and Dhruv for the show\u00a0<em>Channel V Jammin.<\/em>\u00a0She performed in Yuva Dasara \u00a0at Mysore, Karnataka. Her latest performance happened in Ekatvam organised by Mahindra Satyam at Hyderabad<\/p>\n<p>Tedx Youth@Trivandrum is supported by a strong team of enterprising and vibrant organizers whose honest commitment to the spirit of \u2018greater good\u2019 can be easily gauged from their involvement in other non-profit organizations such as Uni-Y Trivandrum, M.A.D and Paperman in the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The inaugural edition of TEDxYouth Trivandrum, the first-of-its-kind event in the state will be held on\u00a0June 8th, 2013. 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