Photo: Pranav Mistry at TEDIndia, Session 3, “Wonder. Wonders.” November 5, 2009, in Mysore, India. Credit: TED / James Duncan Davidson A round-up of Session 3 from TEDIndia: Chris Anderson opens up the session reminding the audience of TED’s purpose: to re-awaken wonder. The TED experience is about channeling curiosity, which develops into wonder. Pawan […]
Dr. R.A Mashelkar at TEDIndia, Session 2, “Not Business as Usual,” November 5, 2009, in Mysore, India. Credit: TED / James Duncan Davidson A round-up from the second session of the first-ever TEDIndia: Lakshmi Pratury begins Session 2 by asking, “Why was TED destined to come to India?” She says it’s because 18 is a […]
Photo: Lakshmi Pratury and Chris Anderson at TEDIndia, Session 1, “Fast Forward,” November 5, 2009, in Mysore, India. Credit: TED / James Duncan Davidson A round-up from the thunderous first session of TEDIndia: Usha Uthup‘s mesmerizing voice rings in the first day of TEDIndia magic — Lakshmi Pratury, curator of TEDIndia, kicks off the first […]
The TEDIndia attendees are starting to gather at the Infosys campus in Mysore. Above, TEDIndia co-host Lakshmi Pratury, in yellow, in conversation at the first big community dinner last night. More TEDIndia images here >> Follow TEDIndia news here >>
We’re thrilled to announce that Day 1 of TEDIndia — plus the closing session on Day 3 — will be webcast live, to the world, for free. The webcast is hosted by the Times of India, TEDIndia’s online media partner. On Thursday and Saturday, watch the TEDIndia webcast at ted.indiatimes.com. Visit the link now to […]
Above is the first grand meeting of the AV crews from India, UK and the US who’ll be working on TEDIndia. Camera operators, video experts, cabling, wiring and lighting techs, even the slide guy. Lakshmi tells them: We may not all come from the same place, we may not be able to understand each other […]
Ishan Bhalla is a volunteer at TEDIndia. TEDIndia volunteers — there are about 30 of them — will be onsite throughout the conference helping with registration, special requests and generally making things run smoothly. We spoke to Bhalla after orientation on Saturday. How did you find out about volunteering at TEDIndia? I’d been following the […]
Onsite at the Infosys campus in Mysore: The TEDIndia war room is live, and staff from around the world are here pulling together details before Tuesday’s events begin. TEDIndia co-hosts Chris Anderson and Lakshmi Pratury are in conference in one corner; employee volunteers from Infosys are sitting at a long table in another corner building […]
Attention filmmakers: Enter your short film (30 sec to 3 mins) in our first-ever short film contest — with winners to be shown at the TEDIndia conference this November, to an audience of creative and influential people from around the world. Deadline for entry: Oct. 2, 2009. Get details and the brief entry form >> […]
For the first time in its 25-year history, the TED Conference is announcing a Call for Entries for its short film program, with selected films to be presented at TEDIndia, Nov. 4-7, 2009, in Mysore. Sprinkled between the speakers, TEDIndia will showcase short films, music videos and commercials, lasting about 30 seconds to 3 minutes. […]
TEDIndia co-host Lakshmi Pratury is touring India in the months leading up to the conference, on the lookout for the interesting new ideas and trends sprouting all around India. Below, hear her report from Bangalore; and find more video reports from Lakshmi on her site, Lakshmi’s Lounge. More Lakshmi video: At yesterday’s announcement of the […]
TEDIndia co-host Lakshmi Pratury at TEDGlobal, July 2009. Today in India, she announced the speaker line-up for November’s upcoming TEDIndia conference. Today, the TEDIndia team unveiled 40 speakers and performers for TEDIndia, to be held in Mysore, November 4-7, 2009 — the first TED event ever in India. Speakers range from artist A. Balasubramaniam to […]
Happening November 4-7, 2009, TEDIndia offers a vision of the future that’s rich with invention, entrepreneurship, cross-disciplinary problem-solving, unexpected solutions and sensory delight. Hosted in a country that’s reinventing itself — and reshaping the world. Want to know more? Watch this preview of the experience in Mysore this November 4-7: Learn more about TEDIndia >> […]
Photo: Lakshmi Pratury speaks about the upcoming TEDIndia conference at TEDGlobal in 2009. Oxford, UK, July 21-24, 2009. Credit: TED / James Duncan Davidson TEDIndia director Lakshmi Pratury took the TEDGlobal 2009 stage to give a glimpse of what is on offer for the TEDIndia conference, which is only months away. The conference, whose theme […]
TED2009 speaker Nandan Nilekani has stepped down from the company he co-founded, Infosys, to take a cabinet-level role in the Indian government. It’s a rare step in Indian politics — in fact, the Times of India calls Nilekani’s move “the biggest movement from private sector to government in India in recallable memory.” Nilekani will head […]
The TED Fellows program helps world-changing innovators from around the globe become part of the TED community. This short video conveys the intense, potentially life-changing experience of becoming a TED Fellow, through interviews with some of the TED2009 Long Beach Fellows and with TED’s Community Director, Tom Rielly: Inspired? Apply for a TEDIndia Fellowship! Applications […]