TEDxGIMS

Speakers

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• Amit Pandey

  CEO & Board of Director at PINCAP | Founder of Super77

  Amit is currently the CEO and Board Director at PINCAP. His remarkable journey—from an engineering graduate to CEO and now on the board, stands as a testament to resilience, vision, and relentless professional growth. Before PINCAP, he held influential leadership roles including CEO at Orient Cables and COO at Exicom. Over time, Amit discovered his deeper purpose: transforming human lives through experience-driven wisdom and authentic connection. He has delivered over 500 knowledge-sharing sessions without any commercial compensation reflecting his commitment to giving back to society and enabling personal transformation for others. Throughout his corporate career, Amit has earned 116 recognitions and awards across India, Singapore, and London for his contributions to HR, Procurement, Supply Chain, and Operations Management. He also serves as an advisory board member for 3 universities and 4 colleges, and as a board member of INFHRA and HPMF.

• Dr. Som

  Mathematics Enthusiast | Strategic Leader | Reflective Thinker

  From classrooms to boardrooms, Dr. Som's journey transformed education itself. Armed with a PhD in Statistics, he didn't just teach numbers—he decoded the formula for institutional excellence. Across institutions like GNIOT, JIMS, and FIIB, he built academic empires from vision to reality. Attended and delivered sessions at reputed IIMs and IITs, he is humbled with multiple accolades. Each system designed, each policy crafted, each team led became a stepping stone toward one truth: transformation isn't imposed—it's chosen. Today, he stands before you, having proven that when educators choose to evolve, they don't just change institutions; they change lives.

• Kamyaa Misra

  Ex IPS, Bihar Cadre (2019) Director, GM Iron and Steel Founder, Kamyaabi Charitable Trust

  Kamyaa Mishra is a woman who chose courage over comfort. At 22, she became one of Bihar's youngest Superintendents of Police, converting 15 police stations into evening study centers and achieving an 89% conviction rate. But numbers weren't enough. At 28, she made the unconventional choice to resign from the Indian Police Service, not after failure, but at her peak to address the root causes of crime rather than its symptoms. Today, she's pioneering sustainable tribal development in her hometown of Rairangpur, Odisha, building livelihood models for 1,000+ families through her Kamyaabi Foundation while leading her family's iron and steel operations. Kamyaa's journey challenges every comfortable assumption about success, service, and what it means to truly make a difference.

• Khushboo Jha

  Principal | Edupreneur | Author | Life Skills Trainer | Life Coach | Reiki Healer | NLP Practitioner | Influencer

  Deeply empathetic and service-oriented from an early age, she volunteered with NGOs, offered free English-language classes, and dedicated herself to supporting learners who felt unseen or unheard. Every barrier she faced — linguistic, social, and personal — became a brushstroke that added depth to her journey.

• Meenakshi Dabas

  Educationist | Softskills & Communication Trainer | PD Coach

  Meenakshi Dabas is an award-winning educator, Business Communication expert, researcher, and mentor with over 14 years of experience in shaping confident communicators and future leaders. Raised in the narrow lanes of Delhi by her grandparents, she emerged from a Hindi-medium background where she was often underestimated — yet consistently stood first in her class. Her TED Talk, “From Beige to Bold: Repainting My Life’s Palette,” invites audiences to rethink resilience, embrace imperfect beginnings, and transform their stories through the power of perspective and purpose. Today, as a Ph.D. scholar and seasoned communication professional, she blends lived experience with academic insight to redefine how communication shapes identity, belonging, and leadership. Her work continues to empower students and professionals to find clarity, voice, and courage in an increasingly complex world.

• Radhika Agrawal

  Entrepreneur | Psychologist | Creative Thinker | Multipotentialist | Astrologer | Painter | Adventurer | Founder- Bloomsberry

  Radhika Agrawal is a psychologist-turned-entrepreneur and the founder of a flourishing skincare brand. She is a Master’s in Psychology and is an Alumuni of Lady Shri Ram College and has experience as a school psychologist at Delhi Public School and currently running a succesful Ecommerce based skincare brand. A true multifaceted person, Radhika’s passions also spans from being a professional painter and astrologer along with studying Bhagwad gita as part of her ongoing spiritual growth— bringing creativity, intuition, and curiosity into everything she pursues. She belives in continuously learning, growing, and applying diverse perspectives to life and work.

• Richa Wahi

  Storytelling Strategist | Executive Presence & Leadership Coach | Founder - Tales Dat Spin

  Richa Wahi is a leader who has built her career on one powerful belief: communication is not a soft skill — it is the strategic edge that sets people apart. For more than two decades, she has shaped how founders, executives, and emerging professionals think, speak, and lead when the stakes are highest. An alumna of XLRI and certified in Executive Presence, Storytelling, and Influence by IIM Kozhikode, she brings the rare combination of intellectual clarity, instinctive emotional intelligence, and an ability to command a room without raising her voice. As the founder of Tales Dat Spin, she has guided hundreds of entrepreneurs and thousands of students to articulate their ambitions with precision, presence, and a voice that stands its ground. Her mission is to storify one million lives, and her vision is unapologetically bold — to build a generation for whom confidence is trained, communication is intentional, and leadership begins with owning one’s story.

• Sai Prasanna Swain

  Curious Learner| Content Writer| Empathetic Thinker| Budding HR

  Sai Prasanna Swain is a management student shaped by a curious mind and an empathetic heart. A computer science graduate who began her journey as a content writer, she steadily carved her way toward her true passion—human resource management. She believes empathy is the gateway to meaningful problem-solving, and she champions simple, practical solutions that create real impact. To her, accountability is not a duty but a way of being—rooted in authenticity, responsibility, and an openness to learn, unlearn, and grow.

• Umesh Rathod

  Founder- Lean Campus Startups

  Mr. Umesh Rathod, an Alumni of IIM Calcutta, is an award winning educator, mentor, author, researcher, policy advocate, and founder of Lean Campus Startups. With over 1.5 decades in the startup ecosystem, he has mentored 4.75 lakh students across India, shaping ideas into impactful ventures. A teacher with deep empathy and real-world insight, he bridges academia, industry, and policy. His literary work, The Fun of Being in a Startup, Startup Chanakya, and Startup: Theories, Examples & Activities continue to inspire young innovators and strengthen India’s education and entrepreneurship landscape.