2026: Stories Shaping Tomorrow
This year, TEDxIIM Bangalore explores the ideas, choices and narratives that are actively shaping the future we are moving toward. Stories Shaping Tomorrow focuses on the forces that influence what comes next, whether through innovation, leadership, resilience, public engagement or quiet yet transformative acts of change.
We believe that tomorrow is not built overnight; it is shaped by the stories people choose to act on today. These stories may emerge from science, technology, public policy, education, grassroots movements or deeply personal journeys of purpose and transformation. Some stories challenge the status quo, some imagine new possibilities and others redefine what sustainable progress truly means.
Through this theme, we aim to highlight voices that are not only reflecting on the world as it is but are actively contributing to the world as it could be.
Learn moreSpeakers
Rishabh Telang
Co-founder, Cult.fit
Shashi Kumar
Founder & CEO of Akshaykalpa Organic
Shiv Tandan
Writer, Director, Songwriter. Lyricist of âDooron Dooronâ & âBotalaanâ
Dr. Siddharth Warrier
Neurologist, TEDx speaker, content creator
Tvisha Tuli
Creator: Business, Economy, AI
Yugandhara Lad
Women-in-tech Leader, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist
Adarsh Menon
Partner, Fireside Ventures, ex-CXO & SVP Flipkart
Ayyappan R
Founder, FirstClub
Chetan Singh Solanki
Sustainability Advocate; Founder of Energy Swaraj
Khurshed Batliwala
Teacher, Art of Living Foundation
Mazhar Kamran
Director, cinematographer, author, professor
Rishabh Telang
Co-founder, Cult.fit
Shashi Kumar
Founder & CEO of Akshaykalpa Organic
Shiv Tandan
Writer, Director, Songwriter. Lyricist of âDooron Dooronâ & âBotalaanâ
Dr. Siddharth Warrier
Neurologist, TEDx speaker, content creator
Tvisha Tuli
Creator: Business, Economy, AI
Yugandhara Lad
Women-in-tech Leader, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist
Adarsh Menon
Partner, Fireside Ventures, ex-CXO & SVP Flipkart
Ayyappan R
Founder, FirstClub
Chetan Singh Solanki
Sustainability Advocate; Founder of Energy Swaraj
Khurshed Batliwala
Teacher, Art of Living Foundation
Mazhar Kamran
Director, cinematographer, author, professor
Rishabh Telang
Co-founder, Cult.fit
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