goa the tedx conference at bitsgoa on february 24 2013 was graced by an impressive lineup of speakers from different walks of life who shared their life journeys and success mantras with the audience the theme of this years edition was believe in yourself or to put it simply be you the speakers narrated how they went through thick and thin believing only in their ideas and having faith in themselves and not getting discouraged by the resistance from society to anything out of the ordinary the highlight was the performance by renowned sufi singer kavita seth who has sung hit bollywood numbers like tumhi ho bandhu from cocktail and iktara from wake up sid she mesmerized the crowd with her awesome voice and her account of how she followed her dreams another impressive speaker was anjali mangalgiri a real estate developer who focused on the concept of green buildings these structures are almost selfsufficient in terms of resources like water and create minimal pollution as compared to regular buildings they also use rainwater harvesting and percolation techniques to save water sourabh kaushal a space enthusiast talked about his project on the study of space debris and how his alltime fascination for space and inspiration from kalpana chawla brought him to the field he has published several research papers on space debris and he is currently fascinated by the possibility of space tourism and wants to work towards it other notable speakers included harit soni the founder of ecolibrium which is an initiative to monitor power distribution and to facilitate demand response so that power cuts and blackouts can be reduced astha kapoor the youngest member of the planning commission talked about how being in the corridors of power is such a great platform to understand the problems of a nation and serve the nation better sumit dagar shared his innovative design idea of a braille phone a device for the visually impaired while yatheesh vadakkeyakath talked about his love for tectonics and the ocean floor and how this made him enter the field of oceanography