Celebrating Girls in STEM: In Conversation with 3M Awarded Young Innovators

3M-CII Young Innovators Challenge Awards 2021

Celebrating Girls in STEM: In Conversation with Gitanjali Rao & Ankita Gulati

Hosted by The Dais & Partners

14th August 2021 | 07.30 PM - 08.30 PM IST,  10.00 AM - 11.00 AM EST

Zoom and Live-stream on Facebook

Moderator: Mr. Keshav Gupta, The Dais

Speakers: 

Ms. Gitanjali Rao, 3M Awared Young Innovator, Scientist | Time Magazine Kid of the Year 2020

Ms. Ankita Gulati, 3M Awareded Young Innovator | Forbes 30 under 30 Asia

Session Introduction

The Dais has partnered with 3M-CII Young Innovators Challenge Awards 2021 towards creating awareness, understanding and helping our youth to use innovation and lead impact towards achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations. The Dais will be hosting a 60 minutes conversation with 3M Awarded Young Innovators, Ms. Gitanjali Rao and Ms. Ankita Gulati exploring their journey, challenges and accomplishments in STEM and reflecting on how they think and innovate in their respective lives. The conversation will also explore their  experiences, learnings and ideas on young people and innovation in STEM, promoting gender equality, diversity and inclusion in innovation through initiatives of different stakeholders.

Moderator: Keshav Gupta, Founder, The Dais

Keshav Gupta is the founder of The Dais, & International Centre for Sustainable Development an organisation dedicated to the 2030 Agenda and Youth Empowerment. A Tedx Speaker, Keshav is the winner of  Karmaveer Chakra 2018, by iCONGO in Partnership with the United Nations and Global Green Schools Award at the UNGA Climate Action Week, NYC 2017. Keshav has previously worked with District Administration as an Advisor for Civil Society Support and Localisation of SDGs besides being engaged on SDGs through projects related to capacity building, reporting, accounting and policy alignment of SDGs within governance frameworks.