Awake to Oneself

In his talk, Shri Ajay Prakash Shrivastava explores the thought of consciousness and its various stages. His life experiences are deep-rooted in the movement started by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and his technique of Transcendental Meditation in the post world war era.

The topic of consciousness has long been in the background of philosophical questions about the meaning of human life. The ancient Vedic literature of India recognized this perspective on states of consciousness: the states are different relationships to experience. Recently, it has emerged as the subject of cutting-edge questions for 21st-century science.

India is facing the worst water crisis in its history with some 600 million people suffering severe water shortage and approximately 200,000 people dying due to lack of access to clean drinking water each year. Ramveer Tanwar started an initiative to sensitise people about the importance of water and various factors related to water scarcity in society. This movement gave him the title of Pondman of India, and this talk covers his story and the importance of restoring ponds and their contribution to sustainable development.

In her talk, Sarah takes us through her emotional experience of raising a child with autism, adjusting to social challenges, and fighting to change societal norms on mental health issues.

n her pursuit of promoting consciousness-based healthcare, Dr Rini Vohra draws examples from her personal experience and familiar context around her that influenced her study and research on Transcendental Meditation. Her research with doctors and patients brings some exciting validation to ancient wisdom in Vedic scriptures.

In his talk, Ambrish explains his empathy, emotion and experience of overtaking expectations and overcoming the loss of his father's early demise due to COVID-related complications.

In her talk, Nidhi shares her journey from a working professional to an entrepreneur and getting validation on her social entrepreneurship model.

In her talk, Debjani discusses how her startup and social entrepreneurship approach brought about social change and empowered a community of women homemakers in Kolkata.

In his talk, Avi explains the impact of social media in developing social anxiety and depression; further, he shares his perspective on getting out of this personal dilemma.

In his talk, Sagar takes a philosophical approach to personal growth using anecdotes and the analogy of the 5 Ps. The Five P's, according to him, are Parivar (Family), Pyaar (love), Paisa (money), Power, and Padhai (education) and their co-relation to personal achievements.

In his talk, Rohit explains the benefit of Analytical meditation techniques like Transcendental Meditation with the context of Sanskrit and Vedic scriptures to contemplate the Vedic analysis of Negation.

In his talk, Sanjay takes us on a journey through his life and how three separate incidents shaped him to be a better human.