Rajasthan Patrika Presents Keynote Idea Fest 2016

The Keynote presents thought-provoking talks and discussions by most distinguished leaders and change makers of national and international repute. It is a congregation of policy makers, innovators, social scientists, etc, to initiate passionate discussions around the themes covering crucial issues with the participation of all the stakeholders. It acts as catalysts in disseminating the ideas and discourse meant to pave a way for impacts.

Rolling it off once again Rajasthan Patrika presented its keynote Idea Fest 2016. A two day conclave featuring some of the eminent personalities from diverse fields.
The opening session of the event was addressed by the chief minister of Delhi Mr. Arvind Kejriwal who spoke about Even the Odds and other general public innovations and developments in the capital.

Some other attractive sessions by eminent personalities that highlighted the idea of the fest were - “Our Heroes : Do not fit in the files – by Mr. Anil Kumar Shastri, a Senior Congress leader, Chandra K Bose , the grand nephew of  Subhas Chandra Bose, Abhey Singh Sandhu, Nephew of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh, and Vishal Nayyar, the grandson of Sukhdev.

Designing your Life: By Film Director and Choreographer Farah Khan , Governance: From Past to Present by writer and politician- Arun Shourie, Good Governance : Gaps and Gains By  The National Vice President of Bharatiya Janta Party  Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, Freedom of Speech By  Advocate Prashant Bhushan, ABVP general Secretary- Vinay Bidre, Kanika Shekhawat, National Executive Council Member, ABVP and Hasiba Amin,National Secretary, NSUI,

The Moderation was done By N.K.Singh,General Secretary, Broadcast Editors’ Association (BEA) .

Urban Practices by Kester Tay, Democratic Dilemma- Walking on a tightrope: By Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs -Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Path to Peace By Pakistan High Commissioner to India -Abdul Basit , UNCommon by the founder of the Gulabi Gang - Sampat Pal and  Acid Attack Survivor  Ritu Saini and the Healing therapy specialist Hope Doctors By Fif Fernandes and Hamish Boyd and last but not the least in conversation with filmmaker R. Balkrishnan and Actor Arjun Kapoor.

This event received a spectacular response. It was graced by the presence of some of the elites, intellectuals, decision makers & also people from other walks of life. The audience was delighted to raise pertinent questions with the thought leaders and also got a chance to shake a leg along with Farah Khan and Arjun Kapoor.

This news has been trending on all Social sites and  micro blogging site such as Twitter . Live streaming updates and videos were flashed on our websites sharing every bit of information .An amazing response of viewership on our digital platforms was received.

Patrika's Key note raised some question and answered some. It came as a monumental crucible of thoughts where a lot of churning resulted in some earnestly thought provoking ideas and ideologies.