Saturday, 29 April 2023 | PNS | DEHRADUN
The TEDxYouth Talks organised by Doon International School Riverside Campus featured the director general of police, Uttarakhand, Ashok Kumar; IRS Officer Deepankar Aron; author Jaskirat Kaur; business leader, IIT & IIM topper and a National Pageant winner, Akshit Batra; Maanas Lal, a renowned author and artist, and Anukriti Batra Arora, entrepreneur and founder of Plan your Memories. The theme of the talks was ‘Aspire, Believe, Achieve.’
The congregation began with the talk by the Uttarakhand DGP who spoke on the topic – Aspire to Achieve. Deepankar Aron spoke about ‘Indian Heritage – 2000 years of History in 20 minutes’. Jaskirat Kaur’s topic was ‘You Can Have It All’. Akshit Batra dwelt on the subject ‘Understanding Modern Day Substance Abuse among School Children – Towards Prevention and Protection’. Maanas Lal spoke on asking for help when in distress while Anukriti Batra spoke on the topic ‘Create Your Own Passion’.
The guest of honour of TEDx Talks was the headmaster of The Doon School Jagpreet Singh.
