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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Women's quota bill would have ensured defeat of democracy, Constitution: Aaditya Thackeray
Mumbai (PTI): Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Saturday said that the passage of the women's quota bill would have ensured a "total defeat of democracy", alleging that the legislation, linked with a delimitation exercise, was a political tool designed to reduce the voice of states.
Thackeray, in a post on X, claimed that the Bill would have amended the Constitution for the political means of the ruling regime to increase seats, reduce the voice of many states and enable the gerrymandering of constituencies to ensure unfair victories.
"The very amendment that would have ensured the total defeat of democracy and the Constitution in India stands rejected by the unity of the Opposition MPs," he wrote.
The legislation should have been called "Delimitation to ensure unfair victory Bill", the former minister said, adding that there was a genuine need to enable 33 per cent reservation for women in the current number of seats.
"Now, it is up to the government to ensure that it is implemented in the 543 seats of the Lok Sabha for the 2029 elections and all elections across India, if that is the real intent of the government," he wrote.
A Constitution Amendment Bill to implement reservation for women in legislatures in 2029 and increase the number of Lok Sabha seats was defeated on Friday in the Lower House.
While 298 members voted in support of the Bill, 230 MPs voted against it. Out of 528 members who voted, the Bill required 352 votes for a two-thirds majority.
According to the Constitution Amendment Bill, Lok Sabha seats were to be increased to a maximum of 850 from the current 543 to "operationalise" the women's reservation law before the 2029 parliamentary polls, following a delimitation exercise based on the 2011 Census.
