TEDxYouth@NMS

Speakers

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• Abhishek Gupta

  Co-founder & CEO, WeVOIS Labs Pvt Ltd

  Abhishek Gupta, Co-founder & CEO of WeVOIS Labs Pvt Ltd, is a serial entrepreneur recognised for building ventures that combine technology with sustainability. At WeVOIS Labs, he has led the development of innovative waste management solutions, promoting eco-friendly practices in urban environments. He is the Founder of Joblo.ai, an AI-driven job search platform reshaping how candidates & companies connect, and heads Data Folkz, an Ed-Tech venture advancing learning in Data Analytics, AI & Big Data. Abhishek also serves as Co-founder & CEO of Tutort Academy & Inkprint.in, expanding opportunities in education & printing, and is Co-founder at Abhiyaan Wealth, helping individuals grow financially. His career reflects a track record of launching & scaling impactful businesses, securing strategic partnerships, and delivering practical solutions to complex challenges, making him a multi-domain leader in India’s startup ecosystem.

• Advika Kasliwal

  STEM Enthusiast

  Advika Kasliwal is a dynamic STEM enthusiast & nationally ranked tennis player with victories in several all-India tournaments. Beyond the court, she is committed to empowering women in sports through nutrition awareness, delivering impactful talks in government schools across Rajasthan and raising funds for the cause. Passionate about innovation, she represented her team at the World Robot Olympiad & was a quarterfinalist in the Technovation Girls Challenge. She developed Recyclink, an app addressing climate change and waste management, and created a smart interactive helmet for children with real-time parental tracking and eco-friendly technology to promote road safety. Her projects also include a drone-based communication system for disaster-hit regions, reflecting her drive to blend technology with social good. An avid public speaker, she qualified for the World Scholar’s Cup final round at Yale University and is an active member of her school’s Science Society.

• Aradhana Rai Gupta

  Co-Founder, Project Baala

  Aradhana Rai Gupta co-founded Project Baala with a simple but powerful aim, which is to make menstrual health accessible, understood & stigma-free. Recognised in Forbes India 30 Under 30 (2025), she has helped lead Baala’s journey from an idea shared between two friends into a movement that has reached over a million menstruators. Her work combines reusable products, honest conversations & income opportunities, ensuring impact is not only immediate but longlasting. Aradhana often finds herself in places far from the spotlight, like listening to women’s stories, answering sheepish questions, & sharing knowledge that can change lives. Her background in economics, business & sustainability fuels her ability to turn community needs into practical, scalable solutions. For her, progress is measured in dignity restored & voices heard. With each product distributed & each taboo broken, she works towards a future where periods are simply a fact of life, not a barrier for women around the world.

• Rajat Arya

  Founder & CEO, 169Pi

  Rajat Arya is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of 169Pi, a company that focuses on artificial intelligence research and its practical use, with the goal of helping India become a major player in the global AI field. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, he built ALPIE, one of the world’s most efficient large-scale reasoning models, & led projects in AI-powered education, healthcare & enterprise systems. His 32-billion-parameter model, optimised in 4-bit precision, outperforms models many times its size, including OpenAI’s 3, 4o & Claude 3. An entrepreneur at heart, Rajat earlier founded a blockchain company that launched India’s largest NFT collection, and worked at Snapchat, gaining hands-on experience in building products at a global scale. He is one of the few founders to secure a strategic deal with ISRO, where he has also spoken as a guest. Blending technology and impact, Rajat’s vision is to make advanced AI powerful, sustainable and accessible to people everywhere in the world.

• Rishabh Suri

  Co-Founder & CEO, Qudrat

  Rishabh Suri is the founder & CEO of Qudrat which up cycles Agricultural Waste & Residue into Sustainable Disposable Tableware & Packaging. His journey is a story of reinvention, resilience, and responsibility. Born in Bareilly, raised in Nainital and Delhi, and now building his dream by the beaches of Kerala. He dropped out of Chartered Accountancy at just 20, joined his family’s motorcycle business, and yet always felt the pull to carve his own identity. That calling turned into Qudrat, an enterprise born in 2020 with a mission to protect the planet. In all of 28 months of operations, Qudrat has served more than 30,000 customers in 9 Countries with their pro-planet packaging solutions. Through his work, Rishabh is a recipient of multiple awards & recognitions with the latest one being featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 List. Beyond business, he’s a stand-up enthusiast, a gardener, a certified scuba diver, a marathon runner, and yes—still a long-suffering Manchester United fan.

• Sanjeeva Shivesh

  Founder, ThinkStartup

  Sanjeeva Shivesh, founder of ThinkStartup, is leading the creation of a platform aimed at teaching entrepreneurship to college & high school students. ThinkStartup delivers unparalleled expertise, abilities, & perspectives in the domain via exclusive material from a group of distinguished scholars, researchers, & entrepreneurs in the startup ecosystem. Through his motivating leadership, the platform enables the next generation of creators & leaders by connecting academic education with real-world startup engagement. ThinkStartup equips young minds to create, & initiate businesses with substantial influence through selectively designed modules, expert guidance, & hands-on workshops. Sanjeeva seeks to democratize entrepreneurial abilities, guaranteeing that students develop strategic thinking, resilience, & adaptability by combining global knowledge with local significance. His goal is to motivate & guide young individuals to turn bold ideas into ventures that will shape the future.