TEDxHyderabad 2026 inspires with ideas under Fire-Up theme

TEDxHyderabad 2026 featured 14 speakers and multiple performances under the theme ‘Fire-Up’. Experts from healthcare, environment and social sectors shared insights, inspiring over 1,200 attendees with ideas on innovation, awareness and meaningful change.

Hyderabad: TEDxHyderabad 2026 brought together a lineup of 14 thinkers, creators and changemakers under the theme ‘Fire-Up’. Over 1,200 attendees, including prominent personalities such as Allu Arvind, witnessed inspiring ideas and journeys, and four curated performances added vibrancy to the day-long event, a press note said.

Dr M Subrahmanyam, founder of Sparsh Hospice, spoke on compassionate end-of-life care. “When cure is not possible, care must step in. Every soul has the right to die with dignity,” he said, highlighting how his initiative has served over 15,000 patients.

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Paediatrician Dr Sivaranjani Santosh shared her eight-year legal battle against misleading ORS products and warned against deceptive marketing practices, stating, “Misinformation in something as basic as oral rehydration can cost lives.”

Uttam Kumar brought attention to the realities of deaf-blindness, reminding the audience that for over 5,00,000 Indians, this is everyday life. Dr Soma Raju shared valuable insights into recent innovations in medicine and highlighted the Kalam–Raju stent, an indigenously developed coronary stent created in collaboration with A P J Abdul Kalam.

Dr Suravi Kumar challenged the way people think about menopause, not as an ending, but as a critical turning point for brain and long-term health. Environmental storyteller Uday Krishna captivated the audience with stories of India’s heritage trees. Having travelled over 40,000 km and helped save over 5,000 trees, he urged people to rethink how cities measure wealth.