New Delhi: The high-powered TED Talks — short for Technology, Entertainment and Design — have come to the Indian capital in a micro-level avatar, TEDx Mehrauli, to address issues confronting the community and city, which is transforming in the process of globalisation.
A host of high-profile speakers, including Mani Shankar Aiyar, Saba Naqvi, Nilanjana Roy, Arpita Das, Peter Smetacek and Rahul Ram, will assemble today at Olive, a hip resto-lounge in the ancient archaeological site of Mehrauli dating back to the time of early Islamic rule in India, for the event.
TEDx Mehrauli is a confluence of ideas, a meeting of some of the most accomplished minds in the sphere of art, culture, writing, technology, innovation and environment, said Anurag Srivastava, the organisor of TEDx Mehrauli.
Tedx Mehrauli is an offshoot of the TED Talks started in the United States by TED, a non-profit organisation devoted to spreading ideas. It has brought together veterans from the world of technology, entertainment and design to debate new ideas, share life stories and provide a platform for inspirations.
Over the years, the organisers of TED talks in the US have spread out the talks to cover cities and communities worldwide through a Tedx independent franchise network.
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