Battles were fought, territories were drawn and redrawn. India’s history is speckled with the ruins of empires. Kingdoms have periodically risen here, expanded and fallen, reshaping with them the region’s culture and identity. The maps provide a vivid history tour for every beating Indian heart.

Dr. Sanjeev Chopra is a retired IAS officer - 1985 batch. A celebrated historian, policy analyst and former director @ LBS National Academy of Administration, India. Dr. Sanjeev has also served as a former Additional Chief Secretary to the Govt. of West Bengal. With a real-persuading talk on, ‘On Maps and Milestones of India’, he has visually demonstrated the Indian maps paired with a rock-strong curation of words - everything carefully curated from the historical cook-books.

Building upon his sagacious persona, he has acknowledged India’s contribution despite multiple stages of breaking and joining of pre-independence states with indescribable emotional jolts for the entire nation. Abutting the world’s silent witnessing of India’s sufferings and India’s exceptional strength in developing from scratch to construct the preached nation we are today - the golden talk beautifully encompassed all.
Historian, Policy Analyst and former Director @ LBS National Academy of Administration This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx