St Joseph Engineering College all set to host the first edition of TEDxSJEC on 16 Feb 2020
Mangaluru: The students of St Joseph Engineering College (SJEC), Mangaluru, are all in readiness to organize the very first edition of TEDxSJEC on Sunday, 16 February 2020. The event is scheduled to be held on the said date at Kalam Auditorium, 5th Floor, Academic Block-II of the college.
Reminiscent to the theme for the day-long event "Love Conquers All", a select group of individuals from all over the country, who have stood tall for love and have conquered great odds to succeed in life, have been picked from a spectrum of backgrounds and age groups to speak at the event.
The enthralling list of speakers goes as follows:
Aarohi Pandit, World Record Holding Indian Pilot
Corrine Antoinette Rasquinha, Social Worker and Founder of White Doves NGO
Girish Bharadwaj, Padma Shri Awardee, Engineer & Social Innovator
Omkar Pai, Engineer and Nature Enthusiast
Vaishak JP, Mountaineer
Smitha Hedge, Teacher & Scientist
Abhiraj Rajadhyaksha & Ms Niyati Mavinkurve, Chief Storytellers at Following Love/Travel Writer and Author
Mx Ria Sharma, Model, Speaker, Storyteller and an LGBTQAI + Youth Activist
Apart from the speakers, the following performances are also lined up during the day:
Vidwan Deepak Kumar & Vidushi Preethikala, Bharathanatyam Artistes
Vidushi Mahima S Rao, Yakshagana Artiste
Prithesh Bhandari & Team, Theatre Artist & Film Maker
Gladson Peter, One Man Band
TEDxSJEC aims to bring people together and inspire them to collaborate and think about the larger picture, igniting a spark of love in them. Hatred is strong, but the one thing that is stronger is love. Hatred may conquer some, but LOVE CONQUERS ALL!
The fascinating daylong event is open to all students and the general public.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
