TEDxRainbow School Youth

Speakers

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• AASTHA SHARMA

  Aastha Sharma is a singer, anchor, and content creator who began her musical journey at the age of four. A Guinness World Record holder and law gold medalist currently pursuing a PhD, she has performed on national television including Comedy Nights with Kapil and collaborated with Padmashree Anup Jalota. With over five years of legal experience alongside an active creative career, Aastha has built a distinctive identity across entertainment, academia, and digital platforms. Her journey of navigating two professional worlds simultaneously shapes her perspective on identity, growth, and the power of refusing to choose a single path. She speaks with honesty and relatability, drawing on both formal education and lived experience to connect ideas to real life.

• ADITYA SHANKER RAGHUWANSHI

  Aditya Shanker Raghuwanshi is an entrepreneur, musician, and educator, and the Founder and CEO of Masterclass Space, impacting students across 25 countries. A BITS Pilani graduate, he walked away from campus placements to pursue music through the traditional guru-shishya parampara, before building a digital education company that grew into a global operation. He integrates science, arts, and entrepreneurship to create future-ready learning pathways and has delivered music workshops at IIT Kanpur, NTU Singapore, and BITS Pilani. His story of designing every career decision around a single guiding question offers a fresh perspective on how passion can function as a compass, not just a dream.

• AKSHAT SHARMA

  Akshat Sharma is an IT Officer at State Bank of India and former Data Scientist at Tech Mahindra. Ranked among the top 0.1% mentors on Topmate and recognised as a LinkedIn Top Voice in Public Speaking and Data Science, he has mentored over 3,000 students through seminars, webinars, and one-on-one sessions on careers, communication, and technical preparation. A national-level debater, former Head Boy of Rainbow School, and holder of multiple AIR 1 ranks in national coding competitions, he brings both analytical rigour and lived experience to his speaking. His talk draws directly from his own journey of showing up consistently through failure and uncertainty, shaped by a belief that identity drives action more reliably than motivation ever can.

• Ankit Singhal

  Ankit Singhal is the Co-founder of Afterskool Inspire and Inspireshala, organisations transforming education through design thinking, experiential learning, and technologies including 3D printing, AI, and robotics. A former software engineer at Dell and Bertelsmann turned educationist, he is an IBM-certified Design Thinking expert who works with schools across India. During COVID-19, his team used 3D printing to produce face shields for frontline workers in collaboration with government institutions.

• DEEPANSHI ARORA

  Deepanshi Arora is a 16-year-old student in Class 10 at Rainbow School, Saharanpur. She has participated in ITC debate competitions, a book reading session with Kiran Bedi, and multiple speech competitions that have helped her build confidence as a communicator. Deepanshi is drawn to understanding how people think, how identity forms through the choices we make in quiet moments, and what it means to grow into your own voice. Her talk emerges from genuine personal observation rather than theory, offering a perspective that is honest, grounded, and directly relevant to the young audience she is speaking to.

• DR. ARTI KHOSLA

  Dr. Arti Khosla is a global leader in educational quality, standardisation, and accreditation with over 25 years of experience across nearly 30 countries. As Founder and CEO of COAE International and India's representative at ISO Geneva, she shapes international education standards across AI, sustainability, and digital learning. Beginning her career in 1997 as a classroom educator, her curiosity about what makes learning truly effective led her into systems design, international auditing, and leadership development. She has coached hundreds of educational leaders, helping them connect purpose with practice. Her published work includes the book Transforming Education through Quality, launched at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi in December 2025. She believes meaningful progress comes not from having the right answers, but from asking the right questions.

• HUZAIFA HASAN

  Huzaifa Hasan is a final-year law student at Symbiosis International University, founder of Supremacy with Literacy, and a US Department of State Cultural Ambassador. His grassroots education initiative has impacted over 2,000 children, documented by the United Nations Academic Impact. He is the sole Indian recipient of the State Department's Global Scholar programme and has represented Indian youth at the UN ECOSOC Youth Forum in New York, the World Bank Group Youth Summit, and the European Parliament. A Mercedes-Benz Foundation BeVisioneer Fellow and Oxford Smith School alumnus, he has received offers for an LLM in Human Rights and an MSc in Comparative Education from the University of Edinburgh. He speaks from the belief that where you are from is not a limitation but a credential.

• MRIDU GUPTA

  : Mridu Gupta is a public health and development leader with over 30 years of experience across healthcare, education, and social impact. As Co-Founder and CEO of CAPED, the Cancer Awareness Prevention and Early Detection Trust, she has led large-scale community health initiatives focused on cancer prevention for underserved women across India. She founded the national movement Cervical Cancer Mukt Bharat and has conducted over 160 awareness and capacity-building sessions across diverse communities. A founding member of the APAC Women's Cancer Coalition and Cervical Cancer Elimination Consortium India, she has represented India at the UN Commission on the Status of Women, the Global Forum for Cervical Cancer Elimination, and the World Cancer Congress.

• RAHUL LAKHANPAL

  Rahul Lakhanpal is a strategist and independent thinker with deep exposure to political systems, public policy, and grassroots execution. His experience spans electoral strategy, governance advisory, financial markets, and agriculture. Educated at The Doon School, Hindu College University of Delhi, and NMIMS Mumbai with a specialisation in Finance, he has maintained a long association with debate and public discourse since school. An agricultural entrepreneur with interests in plantations, hospitality, and real estate, he is known for simplifying complex systems of power and decision-making for wider audiences. He approaches ideas with independence and objectivity, comfortable exploring perspectives that challenge conventional assumptions.

• RAJMOHAN SATHIYAN

  Rajmohan Sathiyan is a sports science professional, performance coach, and Associate Dean at Kumaraguru College of Liberal Arts and Science, where he shapes the future of sports science education in India. With over a decade of experience in high-performance training, athlete recovery, and long-term development, he has worked with elite athletes including Olympians, using evidence-based and holistic approaches. A former competitive badminton player, marathon runner, and yoga practitioner, his journey spans physical therapy, strength and conditioning, and curriculum innovation. He holds a core belief that human development must come before athletic performance and that movement is fundamental to how children build confidence, focus, and capability.

• ROUBLE NAGI

  Rouble Nagi is an artist and social entrepreneur whose work transforms communities through the power of art. Founder of the Rouble Nagi Art Foundation, she has created over 800 murals and held more than 150 exhibitions across India. Her flagship initiative Misaal Mumbai began with a single idea on the Bandra-Worli Sea Link and grew into a movement spanning slums, villages, and communities across India, integrating art with education, women empowerment, hygiene, and healthcare. In February 2026, she was awarded the Global Teacher Prize by the Varkey Foundation in collaboration with UNESCO at the World Government Summit in Dubai, one of the most prestigious educational recognitions in the world. She believes the most powerful ideas are born not in institutions but in the places we are conditioned to overlook.

• RUHANI SINGH

  Ruhani Singh is a globally trained chef and F&B consultant whose work sits at the intersection of food, craft, and human connection. A graduate of Les Roches International School of Hotel Management and Le Cordon Bleu London, she previously worked at Zuma Dubai. Her culinary journey began at age six when she baked her first cake, and her early promise was evident when she secured 7th rank nationally in the All India Young Chef Competition while still in school. Today she leads bespoke dining experiences, F&B consultancy projects across Delhi NCR, and is partner at restaurant Riches and the newly launched Kimikai. She is co-author of health and wellness cookbook HealthUnlimited alongside MasterChef winner Shipra Khanna and has appeared on Cosmopolitan UAE's Be The Boss panel.

• SAJAL JHAMB

  Sajal Jhamb is President of Youth Empowerment Society, a grassroots NGO working in healthcare, education for underprivileged children, empowerment of differently-abled individuals, and community development. Under his leadership, the organisation became the first NGO to receive a Letter of Collaboration from Uttar Pradesh Police for Mission Shakti Phase V, and one of the first to collaborate with the Central Government under the Ayushman Bharat Scheme. He has led awareness drives and public programmes in collaboration with local administration and law enforcement, including the Shiksha Samman Samaroh at Saharanpur Police Lines. His expertise lies in grassroots leadership, community mobilisation, and storytelling rooted in real-world impact. He regularly speaks at youth forums and community gatherings, focusing on purpose-driven leadership and the belief that meaningful change begins at the ground level.