TEDxIITGuwahati is non-profit organization created with aim to bring you the people from all over India who are doing great work for mankind. In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx. TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxIITGuwahati, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxIITGuwahati event, TED Talks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.

The journey of a theatre artist has never been easy, especially when the budding talent is a woman and that too, from the villages of the North East. Through her talk, Biswas took people through her own journey as a theatre artist and how she helped other women and children from to North East to pursue acting by providing the right opportunities.

In his talk titled ‘Do what you love’, he talks about how he pushed his limits to do what he loved the most, travel. How one day he realized that he had all that the world wanted him to have and still felt empty, urged him to stand up to his fear. 8 years down the line, he is a professional travel blogger, only because he chose to do what he loved.

Healing lives of around 2 million people across 2000 islands spread all over the mighty Brahmaputra, ‘Boat Clinic’ has evolved to be one of the greatest interventions in rural healthcare in India. Dr. Sanjoy Hazarika, the mastermind behind the ‘Boat Clinic’ took everyone on an intriguing journey through events that inspired him and the challenges he faced to finally come up with what he likes to call “A Ship Of Hope In A Valley Of Flood”.