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TEDxYouth@DAIS 2021 Adille Sumariwalla is an Olympian athlete who represented Adille Sumariwalla

India at the 1980 Moscow Olympics. He is the coach of an
Olympian and an entrepreneur. He has 20 National Gold Medals and 17 International Medals.
He is also a recipient of the Arjuna Award. Currently, he is the President of the Athletics
Federation of India and was elected as Council Member of World Athletics in 2015, becoming
the first Indian to receive this honor. He is also an entrepreneur and has launched Indian media
Without curiosity, wonder, inquisitiveness, where
would we be? It takes a flashlight to search, a businesses, in areas like newspapers, outdoor advertising, FM radio etc. He is currently the
microscope to look, a key to unlock a door. To find Founder & MD of InterSpace Communications.
information, to find ideas worth spreading, someone 2021
needs to first ask. It's in the hope of examining our
approach to seeking information that the theme for
TEDxYouth@DAIS 2021 was chosen:
Are we asking the right questions? Our Alumni speaker: Neil Satra DAIS Class of 2011 Alumnus Neil Satra is
currently working as a product manager at
The virtual TEDxYouth event at DAIS was an enthralling experience featuring six Google, California. As a Course Director at the Cambridge Coding Academy, he designed and
speakers across diverse fields, from theatre to economics to sports who explored new
lenses from which to view the world and shared unique ideas with DAIS students, led the instruction of a Web Development course for participants ranging from high school
staff, and alumni. The opportunity to interact with the speakers after their talks students to Cambridge researchers to prospective Computer Science teachers. He also secured
allowed for inspirational insights into their respective trajectories. Audience a place at Entrepreneur First to build his own startup, Magi Metrics.
engagement was at its peak with the members of the team having to forcibly move on
to the next speaker due to the overwhelming responses. TEDxYouth@DAIS2021 was
undoubtedly a resounding success!

Colonel VP Singh Col VP Singh, one of the founding members of DAIS and the first
School Administrator has varied experience of over two decades 17 year old Vrinda Das is currently in
in the Indian Army, including the 1965 and 1971 Wars, followed by a 35-year corporate/school IBDP Grade 12, pursuing the IB Our student speaker: Vrinda Das
second innings. In 1971, he constructed the longest bridge ever made in war over the programme at DAIS. For Vrinda, the arts have been a big part of her exploration of social issues
Madhumati River in Bangladesh. He has taken on numerous roles from Organizing Secretary around the world, especially feminism and gender. She has used her exploration of gender
of the 1985 National Games Yachting events to an Olympian (Munich 1972), Himalayan car through the arts to get involved with matters of policy and representation. She has worked
rally driver, biker, marathon runner, cyclist, traveler, dirt biker and even an avid photographer closely with the transgender community in India and advocated to improve their status as a
with over 1 crore views on Google Maps! national minority within spheres of policy. As an aspiring film-history student, she hopes to
create lasting change through the arts.
Monika Halan is a personal finance writer, speaker, and media Monika Halan
personality, who has run many TV segments about personal finance
with NDTV, Zee, and Bloomberg in addition to working with Mint,
The Economic Times and The Indian Express. She is also the best-selling author of Let's Talk
Money, and an Adjunct Professor at the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs. Notably, she has
worked with the Indian Government in the Ministry of Finance Committee on Incentives, the
SEBI Mutual Fund Advisory Committee and was an advisor to the Swarup Committee in 2009.

Monika Halan is a personal finance writer, speaker, and media personality, who has run many
TV segments about personal finance with NDTV, Zee, and Bloomberg in addition to working
with Mint, The Economic Times and The Indian Express. She is also the best-selling author of
Let's Talk Money, and an Adjunct Professor at the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs. Notably,
she has worked with the Indian Government in the Ministry of Finance Committee on Incentives, the SEBI Mutual Fund
Advisory Committee and was an advisor to the Swarup Committee in 2009.

Shailesh Kumar Dr. Shailesh Kumar is currently the Chief Data Scientist at the
Centre of Excellence in AI/ML, Reliance Jio. As one of the top data
scientists and AI experts in India, he has also worked as a data scientist at Ola cabs, as a
researcher at Google Brain and Yahoo! Labs, as a principal developer at Microsoft; he also co-
founded his EdTech company, Third Leap. He has published over 20 international papers and
holds more than 20 patents in AI/ML and was recognised as one of the top 10 Indian data
scientists in 2015 by Analytics India Magazine.

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