TEDxSRMUWomen

Speakers

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• Elisabetta Marino

  Avid Researcher, Opinion Maker and Associate Professor of English Literature

  Elisabetta Marino is an Avid Researcher, Opinion Maker and Associate Professor of English Literature at the University of Rome. She is author of many appealing research papers and books like The West in Asia and Asia in the West: Essays on Transnational Interactions; Transnational, national, and personal voices: new perspectives on Asian American and Asian diasporic women writers; and When East Meets West: A Sweet and Sour Encounter in Ang Lee's The Wedding Banquet.

• Malini Awasthi

  Padma Shri Awardee and Folk Singer

  Padma Shri Awardee, Malini Awasthi is an Indian folk singer. She sings in Hindi language dialects like Awadhi, Bundelkhandi, and Bhojpuri. She also presents in Thumri and Kajri. She has a high pitch voice and is popular for the rendition of thumari, Thaare Raho Baanke Shyam. She is a popular A grade artist of All India Radio. She was appointed as the brand ambassador by Election Commission for UP Elections 2012. She sang the song "Sunder Susheel" in the 2015 film Dum Laga Ke Haisha which had music by Anu Malik.

• Sunita Aron

  Author, Editor, Anchor and Activist

  Sunita Aron is an author, reporter, an anchor and an activist and Senior Resident Editor at Hindustan Times. Her main job is news management and man management. She goes to colleges, IIm, IIT's for media advocacy as she has come to the conclusion that people in high positions don't know how the media functions. However what excites her, ignites her imagination are achievers in any field and anywhere, in small towns, in villages, or anywhere in the world.

• Swati Sharma

  Humanitarian and Social Activist

  Swati Sharma a Humanitarian, Social Activist and Principal of Asha Jyoti School, which is a prime Institute of UP, for mentally challenged Children. It started in the year 1990 in a hired building with only four children. It was due to her involvement, attachment with these children, the institute has reached to present day level. Gradually with the wholehearted support from Govt. of India and Parents donation today the institute is having its own building and children's strength has increased to more than a hundred.