TEDxHRCollege is one of the most prestigious TEDx events in the financial capital of India, Mumbai. It is an independently organized event by the students of H.R. College of Commerce and Economics who firmly believe in the spirit of TED's mission-Ideas worth spreading.
TEDxHRCollege has been graced by speakers such as Mr. Niranjan Hiranandani (billionaire real-estate entrepreneur), Mrs. Alka Joshi (best selling author and a Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick), and Ms. Nidhi Goyal (advisor to the UN Women Executive Director) among many others, who shared their ideas, experiences, and unique perspectives to an audience of college students, working professionals, and many more.
At TEDxHRCollege, we firmly believe that the stories we tell shape us to believe who we are, and this belief translates into who we become. Hence, the theme of this year's event is “Master of My Ship”. It is a one-day event that aims at bringing great minds together to give talks that are idea-focused on a wide range of subjects to foster wonder and inspiration and provoke learning.
ACTIVITIES 2023-2024
THEME REVEAL
January 16, 2024
TEDxHRCOLLEGE organized an offline theme reveal for their upcoming event in early 2024. The purpose of the event was to spread the word regarding the event’s theme for the year 2024 which is, “A Person Through People." This event involved asking students a question, “What are some of the qualities that you have picked up from someone who has influenced your life?”. A simple question, but one that forces you to introspect. The students were prompted to think about the people who have made them the persons that they are and envision incorporating these qualities into their future endeavours. Participants had the opportunity to express their thoughts on a board while each member of the team celebrated this reveal.
The event was graced by Principal, Dr. Pooja Ramchandani,Vice Principal, Dr. Navin Punjabi and Teacher-in-charge, Dr. Chandani Bhattacharjee who also shared their thoughts on the theme
TEDxHRCollege x The Movement India
5th March, 2024 Attendees: 6
TEDxHR College collaborated with The Movement India, participating in The Movement’s initiative which involves mobilizing volunteer talent to educate children from the urban poor sector of society, majorly first-generation learners. As a part of this initiative, six volunteers, Kaavya Vaidyanathan, Andrea Sebastian, Akshadha Shreeram, Jeel Punmiya, Mahek Sanghvi and Tanya Daryani, representing TEDxHR College, visited the streets of Maharashtra Nagar, Mankhurd, where they played the role of Teaching Associates, assisting with the schooling of pre-primary and primary students. The volunteers engaged with the children, fostering a nurturing environment that encouraged curiosity and active participation in their learning journey. Through innovative teaching methods and personalized attention, they not only imparted academic knowledge but also instilled confidence and a sense of empowerment in these young minds, leaving a lasting impact on both the students and themselves
TEDxHR
March 9, 2024
TEDxHRCollege held its 9th edition at Garware Club House, Wankhede Stadium. Ms. Natasha Sharma, Mr. Atul Karwal, Anshula Kapoor, Rohit Raj, Mrs. Chhavi Mittal, Sam Koshy, and Shraddha Kamdar were the speakers. They discussed creativity, resilience, self-acceptance, decision-making, self-discovery, community service, and narrative power. The talks emphasized the significance of challenging norms, perseverance, and dedication in achieving one's aspirations. The event was a huge success and marked the end of TEDxHRCollege's 9th edition.
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ACTIVITIES 2022-2023
THEME REVEAL
November 9, 2022 Venue: H.R. College of Commerce & Economics
TEDxHRCOLLEGE organized an offline theme reveal for their upcoming event in 2023. The event was organized to promote within the college, the theme for the year, which is “Master of My Ship”. This event involved asking students a simple question, “10 years down the lane, you are the master of your ship. If asked this today, how would you describe your then version?” The students were encouraged to think about their future selves and look forward to working to achieve all of their goals.
They could write their goals and ambitions on a board and answer a few simple questions related to the theme. The event was graced by Principal, Dr. Pooja Ramchandani, and Vice Principal, Dr. Navin Punjabi, who also shared their thoughts on the theme.
TEDxHRCOLLEGE X TEACH FOR INDIA
November 25, 2022 Attendees: 21
TEDxHRCollege organized ‘Step in to a Classroom’ in collaboration with Expotonvironment: Teach for India; a movement that highlights grassroot problems in the Indian educational system and makes education accessible to different strata of students.
As part of the initiative, members of the team visited The Worli Seaface BMC School where they assisted 4th grade students in a pen pal activity with the aim that it would foster speaking and writing skills in English. The honesty, innocence, kindness and inclusivity that members experienced was heartwarming. Members also realized that sustained intervention is the only way these children will benefit in the long run. Thus, what started off as an attempt to help students in their learning space ended with an experience filled with joy, laughter, and abundant love.
TEDXHRCOLLEGE TAKES OVER ‘SUNDAY STREETS’
January 8, 2023
TEDxHRCollege, on Sunday, January 8, 2023 joined the ‘Sunday Streets’ at Marine Drive, Mumbai, an initiative started by Mumbai Police to revive the ‘Spirit of Mumbai’. As part of the event, members of our team conducted several activities for people to enjoy including a game of human tic tac toe, digital bingo, doodling on the pavements, a live singing performance by team members and garba with the crowd! Owing to our theme ‘Master of My Ship’, people also wrote down things that they would want to achieve this year on chits.
IDEAS WORTH SPREADING
January 21, 2023 Venue: Cricket Club of India, Churchgate
TEDxHRCollege hosted its 8th edition this year at the Cricket Club of India. Licensed by TED, this independently organized event by the students of H.R. College of Commerce & Economics, upholds TED’s mission, ‘Ideas Worth Spreading’. The theme for this year is ‘Master of My Ship’, the event aimed at encouraging attendees to have the conviction and grit to take control of their own lives.
The first speaker of the event was Mr. Pratham Mittal; an alumnus of Wharton University and founder of a unique practitioner-led higher education institution called ‘Masters’ Union’. His talk, ‘What Teaching Learning should be’, highlighted the problems in the Indian Educational system and offered solutions. He provided valuable insights into how it is important to ‘Teach to the problem and not the solution’.
Our next speaker for the day was Ms. Yamini Joshi. She is an actress and the co-founder of ‘Alfaaz’, a digital theatre platform. Through her talk, ‘3 Things Theatre Taught Me About Life’, she took pages from her time at theater school and applied them to life as a whole. She emphasized how, in life, our ‘WHY’ will always be our hero and urged members of the audience to trust their impulses and attach themselves to the process while detaching themselves from the result.
Mr. Arjun Vaidya, founder of Dr. Vaidya’s New Age Ayurveda, a venture capitalist, and the host of a podcast entitled, ‘Direct to a Billion Consumers’ was our next speaker for the day. His talk stressed the importance of communication, patience, and clearly defining responsibilities while working with family. While most people advise against business with family, he encouraged the audience to take a leap of faith with their family to create something they can be proud of.
Ms. Shalini Dutta, our fourth speaker for the day, is a tech professional and an ex-Teach for India fellow. She now runs an NGO, ‘Aftertaste’, which helps victims of domestic violence and poor women earn a living. Her talk, ‘Poverty, Women, and Freedom’ was an eye-opener that focused on life trajectories. She left the audience to ponder over how they could choose to use their privilege to create ripples of change in our society.
Our final speaker, Mr. Rij Eappen is a luxury influencer with 90,000 followers. He is part of the founding team of a very interesting startup around social currency, WYLD. According to him, everybody is an influencer and doesn’t necessarily have to be paid to do so. Through his talk, he voiced the functioning of social currency and urged the audience to find their niche, and create something meaningful in their own authentic voice to build social capital.
The event sought to encourage networking and getting people out of their comfort zones by using a number of ideas like the meet and greet session, innovative activity with ID cards and constant reminders through networking tips. The event also saw attendance of Miss Malani founder, Malini Agarwal, representatives from Teach For India organization among others
The Meet and Greet followed by the High Tea officially marked the end of the 8th edition of TEDxHRCollege. The team went on to celebrate what was a successful event after months of deliberation, commitment, and hard work.
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ACTIVITIES 2021-2022
SPOTLIGHT
October 8, 2021
TEDxHRCollege organized a 'Spotlight' exclusively event for H.R. College students and teachers to share their inspiring journeys.
This event was the brainchild of the Marketing team of TEDxHRCollege, headed by Stuti Karia, and was held on Zoom. Srishti Tyagi, the Head Organizer and Licensee of TEDxHRCollege 2021-22 commenced the evening by delivering the welcome address, and the Head Curator Yash Rajani, shed light on the theme of this year – The Stories We Tell. The Co-Organizers for the year, Vaishnavi Singh and Shuchi Modi, along with Shresth Toshniwal were the stunning hosts for the evening. Joining them was Dr. Chandani Bhattacharjee, the faculty advisor for TEDxHRCollege.
The evening kicked off with the Principal Dr. Pooja Ramchandani's inspirational story titled 'Life is a train journey.’ which had a lasting impact on the audience and many were left teary-eyed. The audience consisting of students and faculty members was in awe of Dr. Pooja's courage and resilience and many faculty members shared their experience of working with Dr. Ramchandani with the others. This talk laid the perfect foundation for the next set of performances that followed.
The talented students of H.R. College then took over and they managed to entice the audience while the spotlight was on them. The line-up consisted of singers, dancers, musicians, and storytellers, who were keen to share their journeys with the rest. The theme of Spotlight - 'It's your time to shine.' was truly apt, as it gave the exceptional talents of H.R. College; a perfect stage to voice their thoughts and share their talents with others. The event culminated with a vote of thanks, which was delivered by Shuchi Modi.
Student Speakers at Spotlight:
- Mitali Chhattani - SYBMS
- Danish Malhotra - SYBAMMC
- Khushi Ashar - TYBFM
- Riya Choithani - SYBMS
- Ishika Agarwal - TYBAMMC
- Miti Shah - TYBMS
- Kiara Xavier - SYBCOM
- Haely Khadawala – SYBCOM
Student Performers at Spotlight:
- Deepanshi Chandaliya - SYBMS
- Kavya Vartak - SYBAMMC
- Ushma Shah - TYBAMMC (Journalism)
- Vanshika Mithani - TYBMS
- Drshika Advani - SYBMS
- Aayushi Biyani - SYBAMMC
- Jagjeet Singh - TYBBI
- Maitri Bhat – TYBMS
FLASHMOB
December 21, 2021
The TEDxHRCollege organizing committee had the brilliant idea of arranging a flash mob - coordinated dance routine in public. Maintaining social distancing, choreographing the dance routine, putting in multiple practices, and doing all of this in less than 4 hours was quite the task. Our choreographer did a fantastic job in managing the 20 odd excited college students. The flash mob was recorded and shared on social media, and TEDxHRCollege got considerable exposure from the views.
SHARK TANK
February 5, 2022
TEDxHRCollege hosted “Shark Tank,” as an initiative to give the students of our college a platform to share their entrepreneurial 'ideas worth spreading.' The online event saw the elegant Ms. Masumi Mewawala, a fashion designer by profession, and the witty CA Adil Harianawalla, a financial consultant at KPMG as the 'sharks.'
The event ended with Aayan Ali Shah Prem Suthar bagging the first podium for 'The Kool School' - an idea that the sharks & audience resonated the most with!
TEDxHRCollege
March 5, 2022 World Trade Center, Cuffe Parade
TEDxHRCollege came back this year with its seventh edition at the World Trade Center. This is an independently organised event by the students of H.R. College under the license issued by TED. This event is organised in the spirit of TED's mission, 'Ideas worth Spreading'.
The first speaker of the event was Ms. Shabnam Nasimi. She is the Executive Director of Conservative Friends of Afghanistan, a group that exists to promote understanding and support for Afghanistan in the United Kingdom. Her talk, presented in the form of a pre-recorded video, highlighted how the cost of war is female. She urged people to remember Afghanistan and the suffering of women there.
Our next speaker was Ms. Bhavna Rajpal, an advocate of Sindhi culture who gave a talk on talk “Embracing My Sindhi Self.” A Young India Scholar, gold medallist in English Literature at the University of Mumbai, and a doctoral candidate at CNRS, EHESS in Paris, Ms. Rajpal gave a phenomenal speech on Sindhi culture and her journey of embracing it. She connected with the audience at a personal level and they were left to ponder over how they can save their "dying culture.”
The third speaker for the day was Mr. Suveer Bajaj - an alumnus of H. R. College of Commerce and Economics who started the now award-winning and renowned digital agency FoxyMoron when he was just 19. His talk, presented in the form of a pre-recorded video, captured his unconventional journey of becoming an 'entrepreneur' at 19. Co-founding one of India's early digital advertising agencies Foxymoron, Suveer undoubtedly mapped the blueprint for digital in India. All lauded Suveer’s insights on why it’s ‘cool’ to ‘Be Your Own Shark Tank’.
The fourth speaker - Mr. Nimesh Kampani, an alumnus of the Harvard Business School, a C.A. by profession has decades of experience in the banking and financial services sector. His speech was about how he puts the use of his passion and how today it is his profession. He shared how he tried his hand at different things, but he never really discovered his true passion - “Ikigai” as he said. Once he did which was mentoring people and startups, he excelled in life. This for him was “making passion work”.
The next speaker for the day, Ms. Depinder Chhibber, an Indian chef, known for her participation in Masterchef Australia S13, took over the platform via a pre-recorded talk and reminisced about the time she moved to Australia and how her relationship with Indian food brought her peace and comfort. She concluded - Home is food for the Indian Diaspora.
Ms. Shabnam Minwalla the next speaker is a popular writer of children's books in India. She regularly conducts workshops in schools around the country and has been a speaker at numerous literature festivals. She shared her “Lessons from the Rear View Mirror”. She talked about Colaba's history filtered through an artist's imagination.
Mr. Jack Randall, best known for hosting his television series, “Out There with Jack Randall” (Nat Geo WILD, Disney+) was the next speaker. In his pre-recorded talk, he mentioned how each of us should be local zoologists. He urged the audience to step outside and familiarise themselves with the wild. “Our Animals are homeless” - he stressed. He left the listeners contemplating as he spoke the words “Do we want to be the generation that saves our planet or the one that destroys it?”
Mr. Jasbir Singh Solanki, the next speaker, is an Armed Forces Veteran and a global business leader. He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Mahindra Defence System Limited. He was here to steer the ship and take us through his life in the Navy. His talk gave us a ride through his adventures in the Navy, his times aboard INS Trangini around the world through terrifying storms and choppy seas, and finally how to overcome self-doubt in testing times.
Our last speaker, Mr. Harshvardhan Joshi, is an Indian millennial mountaineer and a sustainability advocate. He has climbed six mountains of altitude 6000m and above in his mountaineering career which started in 2016. The way he narrated his journey from Mumbai at 20ft above sea level to the top of Everest at over 29000ft was simply extraordinary, and the pictures he shared led the audience to imagine and visualize the challenges mountaineers face along with the monumental beauty of nature they witness. He revealed that he still climbed the summit after battling Covid-19.
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ACTIVITIES 2020-2021
TEDxHRCOLLEGE 2020
TEDxHRCollege 2020 was a virtual event this year. In light of the existing Covid-19, the team took a deviation from the usual live event and hosted a Youtube Premier on their Youtube page for all nine of the speakers. The YouTube premier was conducted for three weekends, starting from September 26, 2020, followed by October 3 and October 10, 5:30 pm onwards.
The TED speakers this year were distinguished individuals from diversified walks of life, each highly accomplished in their fields. The speakers ranged from entrepreneurs and industrialists to people of science, Ayurveda, and even authors. The overall theme for TedxHRCollege 2020 was 'Minds Wide Open' and each speaker expressed their expertise, knowledge, experiences, and views on each of their talk- topics.
CAN THE MILLENNIALS CHANGE THE MILLENNIUM
June 4, 2020Being the faculty advisor for a social entrepreneurship club of HR college, Ms. Kanupriya Sharma talked about how to overcome the challenges of working in a social work sector and how we can contribute to such initiatives.
BAKE WITH MS. SRISHTI TYAGI
June 11, 2020Lockdown has been a boon for most of us and for Ms. Srishti Tyagi the boon came in the form of honing her baking skills. With this art, she gave a live baking session on the TEDxHRCollege Instagram page.
THE JOURNEY FROM FASHION BLOGGER TO VOGUE STYLIST
June 18, 2020With fashion on his mind, Mr. Parakram SJB Rana narrated his fashion journey and inspired others to follow their passion too.
ANXIETY MANAGEMENT IN THE PANDEMIC
June 26, 2020The pandemic had its bane, such as anxiety, and Ms. Tenzin Chodon was just the cure with her advice based on spirituality.
JOURNEY OF AN ACTOR
July 2, 2020Mr. Siddharth Shaw, an actor famous for endorsing many brands, was live and candid with TEDxHRCollege, where he shared his journey as an actor and what he and the entire entertainment industry must be doing in the pandemic. He inspired others to follow their passion too.
INSIGHT INTO THE LUXURY TRAVEL INDUSTRY
July 9, 2020Ms. Shreya Patharkar, the owner of a luxury travel company, made us understand the value of a brand and its image while explaining the intricacies of owning a business.
THE JOURNEY IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE DESTINATION
July 16, 2020Mr. Tejas Shah, a Charted Accountant, inspired other aspirants to follow their dreams by explaining his journey and the obstacles he faced.
AN INSIGHT ON BEES AND LEADERSHIP CONNECTION
July 23, 2020An interesting take on the leadership roles, Mr. Devendra Jani explained how bees are the prime example for leadership roles and how we can learn from them.
BREAKING THE MYTHS OF MENSTRUATION
July 30, 2020Ms. Nancy Litoriya delivered an informative session on the myths surrounding menstruation and encouraged everyone to talk about it openly.
MINDS WIDE OPEN
September 26, 2020Dr. Niranjan Hiranandani, Provost, HSNC University, Mumbai, and Trustee HSNC Board provided an insight into how some successful people reach a high level of achievement. With intriguing examples and analogies, he enlightened us on how luminaries never let setbacks get in the way of their aspirations and goals. He talked about the challenges faced by distinguished Indians and how they were overcome.
THE ART OF COMMUNICATING
September 26, 2020Tenzin Chodon, a cross-cultural communication coach, has worked in close association with His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama as a translation-compere. She talked of learning how to communicate with a purpose. Her talk activated our desire to find a purpose and not just any purpose, but our purpose as individuals.
YOUR SUPERPOWER IS YOUR DIFFERENCE
September 26, 2020Alka Joshi the author of the acclaimed The Henna Artist shared how finding her superpower helped her enhance her uniqueness. Through finding the ability to be different, she discovered all that she never had in the years that had already passed.
A TALE OF FINANCE BY COMIC HEROES
October 3, 2020Chirag Bavisi, Technical Analysis Mentor of Sharewolves, Founder & CEO of Sharewolves, spoke about the importance of self-belief. He correlated the concepts of finance with the characters of Marvel, which helped the audience understand the basics of Finance easily.
HOW TO LIVE AN EXTRAORDINARY LIFE
October 3, 2020Dr. Shamoly Khera, TV presenter, content producer, public speaker, and celebrity coach in her talk about removing the shackles of always wanting to fit in. Freeing us from old thought processes, she showed us how being extraordinary comes when you choose to find your strengths and use them to the fullest.
DON’T LIMIT YOUR CHALLENGES, CHALLENGE YOUR LIMITS
October 3, 2020Mrs. H.K. Joshi joined The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. as Director (Finance) and took over as CMD in late 2019. She showed how failures play an important role not only in our success but also in our lives indeed. She also threw light on how we should never give up, never settle, and never be afraid of educating ourselves at any age by keeping our minds.
MASTER YOUR MIND, BODY & EMOTIONS WITH AYURVEDA
October 10, 2020Dimple Jangda is an Ayurvedic Health Coach, Gut Health Expert, and founder of Prana. She spoke about how she found her purpose, her Ikigai back within her Indian roots, in the age-old Science of Life, Ayurveda that completely transformed her physical, mental & emotional health through mindful practice.
UNRAVELLING EXCELLENCE IN CANCER CARE
October 10, 2020Dr. Shailesh Shrikhande is Deputy Director at Tata Memorial Hospital. Cancer, one of the leading causes of death in a year, leaves a lasting impact on the lives of many. A pancreatic cancer specialist, he dived into the world of oncology and shared snippets from the evolution of cancer care, laying down the foundation for the future ahead of us.
WHY DO WE STRUGGLE TO MAKE THE RIGHT CHOICE ON NETFLIX AND IN LIFE
October 10, 2020Ujjwal Gadhvi qualified as a Chartered Accountant at the age of 22 and completed his MBA in Marketing. His mission is to help people realize the best versions of themselves and clear their mental blocks. His talk concentrated on how to deal with an overload of information, and the secrets of filtering out unwanted information.
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