In the spirit of ideas worth spreading students of Oberoi International School (OIS) organized and hosted TEDxYOUTH@OIS event on Saturday, 12th January 2019 at Oberoi International School Auditorium, Goregaon. The theme of the talks this year was ‘Evol-YOU-tion’, signifying achieving something above and beyond what has been achieved so far.
TEDxYouth@OIS is a student-led, independently organized TED event. The speakers this year included three student speakers from OIS - Ida Ali, a student of Oberoi International School, Filmmaker Director and Writer; Aamir Khan, another IB student of Oberoi International School, Young Entrepreneur, Vedika Kanchan, writer and artist, and three guest speakers. The guest speakers were Mr. Vinay Jaju, Social Entrepreneur Co-founder and COO of ONergy Solar and SwitchON, Alisha Rajpal Freelance Copywriter and Writer and Siddarth Shetty, Digital Infrastructure Expert.
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| Aamir Khan, Ida Ali and Vedika Kanchan, the student speakers and Mr Vinay Jaju and Siddharth Shetty, the |
Commenting on the occasion, the organizer of the event, Ms. Zarine Khan (Economics & Business Management Teacher at OIS) said, “TEDxYouth@OIS is one of the most creative events of our school since they are organized by and catered towards our students. This event lends a platform to inspirational ideas of OIS students and also for the achievers from various walks of life. The objective of our students to host this event annually is sowing the seeds of change today to create a better tomorrow and improve the fabric of society."
One of the student speakers, Aamir Khan (17), Youth Entrepreneur and Innovator and the youngest Group Vice President at EL Group International & COO of YachtSmarter a New York based company, shared his experience by saying, “This was my first TEDxYouth talk. I have spoken at other platforms and conferences as well, which involved a majority of adults in the audience and that makes it challenging. However, today’s talk involved the young audience and my school community which allowed me to make my talk more relatable and helped me connect better."
The event ended with a vote of thanks. A sapling that signifies continuous growth and evolution, along with a goodie bag was given to both, the speakers and the audience present for the talk.
About Oberoi International School
Established in 2008, the school aims to provide an elevated learning environment through comprehensive facilities and an enriching curriculum. A co-educational private school, Oberoi International School is fully authorized IB School (International Baccalaureate School) offering all three IB programmes, the Primary Years Programme (PYP) from Nursery to Grade 5, Middle Years Programme (MYP) from Grades 6 to 10 and the IB Diploma Programme (IBDP) for Grades 11 & 12. Oberoi International School has two campuses in Mumbai, its vision and mission are extended across both their campuses as does their commitment to delivering high-quality international education. OIS is 'One School, Two Campuses' with a strong synergy, collaborative leadership and shared best practices. The infrastructure at both OGC and JVLR campus is purposefully-built, planned, exquisitely designed and precisely fabricated to educate and empower future global citizens. The facilities and resources are among the world’s best, making Oberoi International School a significant example of a 21st-century learning environment.
About TED and TEDx
TED, a non-profit organization started about 30 years ago, has been a growing platform for ‘Ideas Worth Spreading’. Expanding from a 4-day conference in California, TED now reaches out to hundreds of countries around the world. TED as developed and grown to support world-changing ideas that are brought to stage at these events. The TEDx Event is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to replicate a TED-like experience. The main goal of these is to initiate meaningful conversations and help create a closer-knit community of intellectual thinkers. In the term TEDx, x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides the organizers of these events with general guidelines, but individual TEDx events are self-organized under a license issued by TED Conference.
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