TEDxMIS Pune Youth

Speakers

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• Anaya Atulkar

  Student : MYP-5

  Anaya Atulkar is a student at Mahindra International School with a strong interest in exploring ideas, questioning assumptions, and communicating perspectives. She is passionate about understanding how people form opinions and interpret the world around them, while also pursuing interests in palaeontology, visual arts, design, and sports. Through her involvement in school projects and activities, Anaya enjoys combining creativity with research and finding ways to communicate complex ideas in engaging and accessible ways. In her TEDx talk, she explores the idea of why you will never know how much you matter, encouraging the audience to question something they may normally take for granted and consider a different perspective.

• Avyaay Rathi

  Student -MYP 5

  Avyaay Rathi is a MYP5 student at Mahindra International School who enjoys building things and exploring the unknown. He is the founder of Refyn Technologies, an EdTech startup developing an AI system that detects whether students are genuinely learning or just extracting answers. He also leads Nelo OS, an offline-first AI educational assistant designed for rural students in Maharashtra who have no reliable internet access. Outside the classroom, he has published peer-reviewed research in gravitational wave detection, competed at USACO Gold level, and been featured on the ChatEDU podcast. His TEDx talk, The Drift System, explores something that has nothing to do with technology and everything to do with being human: how the small, invisible choices we stop noticing are quietly building, or dismantling, our futures, and what it actually takes to interrupt them.

• Myra Agnani

  Student -MYP 2

  Myra Agnani is a MYP 2 student at Mahindra International School. She is a curious and enthusiastic learner who enjoys exploring her interests both inside and outside the classroom. In her free time, she likes listening to music, reading books, and sketching. Her parents are her greatest inspiration, and their constant encouragement motivates her to step out of her comfort zone and try new experiences. Myra has a strong passion for music, particularly singing, and enjoys expressing her creativity through it. She hopes to continue developing her interests and skills while embracing new opportunities and challenges.

• Ridhima Deshmukh

  Student : DP2

  Ridhima Deshmukh is a senior at Mahindra International School with a growing passion for public speaking and the questions that shape how we understand the world. Her interest in oratory developed through hosting events for the Indian Association in Shanghai and, more recently, serving as Master of Ceremonies at THIMUN Singapore. She is particularly interested in global politics and physics, and the unexpected connections between them, often finding that they offer different ways of asking similar questions about how the world works.

• Vineet Sharma

  Faculty Maths

  Vineet Sharma is a passionate mathematics educator with a strong interest in making mathematics meaningful, engaging, and connected to real life. He enjoys exploring innovative approaches to mathematics education, interdisciplinary learning, and the use of technology to enhance learning. Known for his enthusiasm and ability to make complex mathematical ideas accessible, Vineet believes that mistakes are an essential part of learning and growth. His TEDx talk explores how errors can become opportunities for learning, resilience, and innovation.