Her work sets the tone on the prejudice of Ageism, questioning our perspective of growing older. ‘This Chair Rocks: A Manifesto of Ageism’ by Ashton Applewhite provides a compelling lens for abstaining from the assumption on old age and associated impoverishment.

Her podcast on linguistics is downright quirky and tickles one’s funny bones. In 2007, Helen Zaltzman and Olly Mann launched ‘Answer Me This!’ (AMT), an infectiously funny podcast based on listener questions. This became a sensation and vaulted her to early celebrity in the comedy podcast pantheon. Today, her podcast, ‘The Allusionist’, continues to entertain its audience with a humorous look at linguistics.

David explores human experience in his work that brings new territories under the limelight in a subtle yet powerful way. A native of Yorkshire, England, David Whyte draws from his diverse background and a deep philosophical curiosity to craft poems that are at once highly relatable, yet altogether new. His work spans the worlds of literature, philosophy and organizational leadership.

Her journey at the Kaveri Group of Institutes began as a School Counselor and culminated in designing programs to address needs of gifted children. Her passion to address this issue has furthered her education by being awarded a Fellowship to attend a five-day residential course in gifted education from Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education at University of Iowa, USA. She has also been associated with Mensa India working with tribal gifted students. Sameena has been working as a Facilitator specifically in the area of giftedness for about 10 years. She has a keen interest in supporting the socio-emotional needs of these children and does so through designing workshops, facilitating parent support groups, organizing mentorship opportunities for the children and counselling families of the gifted. She has presented research papers in both National and International conferences. She is currently pursuing her doctoral research on self-concept of underprivileged gifted children.

Prasoon Kumar, Co-Founder and CEO of billionBricks (bB), is an urban planner and architect with over 10 years of experience in design firms across India, USA, Hong Kong and Singapore. In 2013, he founded bB, a one-of-a-kind non-profit innovation studio that uses design as its primary tool to solve one of the most pressing global problems - homelessness. He works at providing shelter and infrastructure solutions for the homeless and vulnerable which are scalable, sustainable, and able to create opportunities for communities to emerge out of poverty. In 2016, Prasoon led bB to launch its first product, WeatherHYDE which was awarded the A'Design in Social Design. Since 2013, bB has rehabilitated more than 1,800 homeless and vulnerable people in Asia. Chosen as one of Urban Land Institute's 40 under 40 in 2016, he is a recipient of the Focussed Issue Planning Award from the California State APA in 2007, and was shortlisted in the top 5 of the World Architecture News Award.

Anju Rani along with other children in her village have created a campaign 'Komal Haath Kalam Ke Saath' (Tender hands with Education). They act like a task force, which visits the farms nearby their village in the harvesting season and counsel the parents, children as well as landlords for not employing children in the farm work. They explain them effects of involving the children as laborers and its implications on their future.

George Abraham has devoted a significant amount of time for the empowerment of the blind. Whether it is organizing the World Cup for the blind or the project Eyeway, the effort has been persistent only because George has a unique insight and perspective into the cause. At TEDxPune 2017, George will #UNRAVEL a new vision and unique point of view on blindness.

Teacher and Maker, Executive Director of Vigyan Ashram, Pabal in India. He is engaged in the development of appropriate technology solutions for poor communities. He is training rural youth and helping them to start a technology-based enterprise in villages. He runs a Fab Lab in village Pabal since 2002. He is also heading the design innovation center at Vigyan Ashram in association with Saviribai Phule Pune University. Yogesh is credited with scaling up the work centered education program 'Introduction to Basic Technology' in 122+ schools in four states benefiting 8000 students every year.

Anand is a reformer in chemically-free farming technique and aspires to create a food forest. Founder of The Eco Factory Foundation, he firmly believes in ‘Waste to Wealth’ and ‘Waste to Health’.

Polymer scientist and a co-founder at the BioMed Innovations Pvt. Ltd., Anuya’s is currently leading the efforts of silk-based research at the National Chemical Laboratory in Pune.

Juhi advocates the power of emotions in creating a healthier, more cohesive and compassionate society. Through research and alternative educational approaches at her organization, Light Up, she equips children to lead an emotionally balanced life.

A young girl of 17, Saleha is determinant to break the taboo on menstruation. She advocates on education, health, and sanitation on platforms like Save the Children and WASH4LIFE in her community. She is a recipient of Savitribai Phule Award and a nominee to the International Peace Prize for Children.

A lyrics writer and music composer, Vipul is the founding member of the music band, Folk Masti. Inspired by Raghu Dixit’s project and Indian Ocean’s music, the band composes sound that has Indian-ness with a touch of western elements.