Past TEDx event

TEDxPearlAcademyJaipur

The Express. The theme encapsulates the significance of Transition.

Took placeOctober 9, 2021
LocationJaipur, Rajasthan, India
FormatUniversity
TEDxPearlAcademyJaipur – “The Express” is an event that paves way to Social Inclusion. It focuses on how our personal choices could also impact other individuals, and society as a whole. The intent of this event is to take one through the journey of respective speakers and the way they scratched the surface of prevalent social issues. They intend to share their ideas of how they came up with creative solutions for problems otherwise perceived insoluble.

Speakers

Speakers may not be confirmed. Check the event website for the latest lineup.

  • Aarushi Kilawat

    Aarushi Kilawat, a vivid solo traveller, an artist at heart & a social activist. Founder of The Loom Art & Tārō, she believes in working for a cause & designing something which serves a purpose. Her idea is to reinvent and redesign the ideologies of sustainability, and their due course of channels considering the present scenario that we are living in. She strongly firmly believes that we are here to make impressions & do something worthwhile. To do justice to her ideologies she is on a journey to create a platform for artisans and the real super heroes who work behind-the-screen. By bringing together artisans and craftsmen, The Loom Art fosters a culture of sustainable fashion and attempts to provide artisans sustainable livelihood.

  • Shaheen Chishti

    Shaheen Chishti is the author of The Granddaughter Project, a book that spans through key historical events of the century from a female perspective-ranging from the holocaust, Bengal famine, and UK race-riots. Shaheen hails from the revered Chishti family of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Ajmer, India. Born in Ajmer, studied and brought up in London, Shaheen as a world-citizen works tirelessly towards world-peace and women empowerment issues globally.

  • Swasti Garg

    Swasti Garg, short for Swastika Garg, is a Jewellery Designer based in India. She is a business women now turned content creator who graduated from Pearl Academy, Jaipur in 2018. Soon after graduation, she started her own fashion jewellery brand, Gemeena Jewelcraftz, launched its official website gemeena.com, opened two retail stores, and participated in exhibitions thus selling jewelry both online and offline. Everything was working fine, however, this year, she decided to shut the business down as the sales got affected due to the pandemic. But a failed business didn't stop her from starting over after 3 years, and today, she has her classes published on Skillshare, a global online learning platform, and has taught over 300 students so far.

Organizing team