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Campari Queen & lifestyle influencer
Suchana, is a multi-talented personality. She is a mixologist, accomplished marketing expert, lifestyle influencer, and a content creator. Her interest ranges from Cooking to travelling, to curating experiences and to exploring cuisines and many more. An unstoppable personality, Suchana has a plethora of accolades in her arsenal. She is an elite international woman of the year 2018 by Elite Magazine. She has been covered by many leading media dailies and magazines around the globe TOI, HT, Femina, Spiritz Magazine, Asian Age, Hello, Fever 104, Elite magazine, wedding Asia are few of the many to name. Her style and mantra reduce, reuse and recycle an epitome of sustainability.
Founder and Chairman, CL Educate
Satya Narayanan R. is an entrepreneur, teacher, founder and chairman of CL Educate, one of the few listed EdTech companies with presence in Asia, North America and Africa. The well known brands such as Career Launcher, Indus World Schools were founded by Satya. Satya is a much sought-after advisor on policy and governance in the areas of education and entrepreneurship. Satya is on the MHRD steering committee 2019 on National EduTech Policy. He authored and chaired the New Education Policy for Delhi Government in 2014 that has transformed school quality education. He is a Govt appointee on I&ECT Academy (A IIT Kanpur - Meity Project for cloud university). Satya has been a mentor-investor in young start-ups directly as well as through venture funds for over two decades. He is active in cross-border growth mentoring through South Africa Bootcamp, Yournest, Z5 (USA) and Z5-Wain Fund in India and Africa. Satya is a published poet in Urdu (www.muasir.in). Satya currently is working on Sanskrit to Urdu translations of great works by Kalidasa. He converses only in Sanskrit at home and also never misses his 20min of Urdu newspaper reading every day. Satya also serves on the board of Rekhta, the largest / non-profit organisation committed to promotion of Urdu. (www.rekhta.org). Satya has played competitive cricket all the way up-to University level. Satya studied at St. Stephen's College and IIM Bangalore.
Executive Director and Fund Manager; Co-founder of YourNest
Girish is a co-founder of YourNest, and early stage DeepTech focused VC fund. He has varied experience of over 27 years in the across domains like of IT consulting, Telecom, Media and Financial Services. He specializes in Early Stage Venture Capital investing, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence and Analytics. With a strong process centricity and expertise in analytical and decision support systems, Girish is responsible for evolving the investment strategy and recognising emerging trends and venture opportunities at YourNest. Speed and focus is his mantra, for the initial stages of a start-up. An avid traveller, Girish is tech-savant, and has an in-depth understanding of emerging technologies. Tracking disruptive technologies and able innovators are his passion. He is an Alumnus of St Stephens College, Delhi and IMT, Ghaziabad
Musician, Entrepreneur, Sportsman, DJ
In dance music circles, Sasha's name conjures fond memories of unforgettable gigs at various destinations around the World. What punctuates Sasha's skills as a DJ is his capacity to incorporate diverse genres and styles and to transcend them by infusing his music with pure emotion. Sasha's talent is matched only by his passion, which has seen him become one of Bangalore’ s hottest DJs. He started his career almost 2 decades back playing at House parties. His first big break came when he joined The Park Hotel - IBAR, as resident DJ in October 2001. He never looked back since. He became an instant hit among the crowds who would come regularly to IBAR to dance to his tunes. His stint at IBAR lasted over 5 years as he moved on to join FUGA - one of Bangalore's #1 nightclubs in 2006. Over the next few years, he played there as the resident DJ and moved on to FBAR later renamed. He was the Official DJ of the ICC World Cup 2011 held in India and performed at all the matched held at the Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai.
Singer-Songwriter, Composer, Music Producer, Multi-instrumentalist, Multi-lingual vocalist
Alvin Presley is a Singer-Songwriter, Composer, Music Producer, multi-instrumentalist and a multi-lingual vocalist from Chennai, India. At the tender age of 3 he started learning how to play the keyboard and was hooked. Due to his curiosity to understand music deeply, he was trained in Hindustani Classical Music and eventually became proficient in playing more than 15 instruments. Alvin has carved a unique fresh music genre for himself which revolves around World , Alternative , Post, RnB and Popular Music. Growing up in a culturally diverse locality in the city of Nagpur, he learnt to understand the nuances of multiple languages which helps him write his music in Tamil , Hindi and English languages. Alvin has also worked with singers Shriram Iyer and Mahalakshmi Iyer in Bollywood as a session guitarist and co-producer. 2020 has been a golden year for Alvin Presley, his 4 track Bilingual Debut EP titled 'Fall Today’ was released and has received an immensely positive response in the Chennai Indie Scene. Alvin took care of the Artwork to Music Production , Mix and Master of the songs to keep it personal and to give the audience a taste of his personality.
CEO, Professional Volleyball League (PVL)
Joy Bhattacharjya is currently the CEO of the PVL, India’s first ever professional volleyball league. His previous stint was as the Project Director for the FIFA U-17 World Cup, which in October 2017 became the most attended and successful junior tournament in the history of FIFA. Prior to that, he was the Team Director of the Kolkata Knight Riders. This relationship began with the first ever IPL auction in 2008 where he had the opportunity to contribute to a very successful franchise and two championship seasons. Joy was the head of programming for both the History Channel and National Geographic channel for South Asia, and ESPN Star Sports' first Indian Head of Production. His stint in sport television included producing live sport, cricket, football, hockey and many others to the best international specifications. He also created popular franchises like Super Selector, Harsha Online and the ESPN School Quiz Olympiad. He has written on sport for the likes of India Today, Man's World, The Telegraph and the Hindustan Times and has a regular column on sport for the Economic Times.
Management Consultant
Jayaram Krishnan is a management consultant to mid-sized, small and start-up organizations, mainly in areas of sales, marketing, HR and operations. JK has advised businesses in IT services, financial services, solar energy, health and wellness, and HR services. He has also mentored a few non-profit organizations and several entrepreneurs. Earlier, JK began his career in IT sales and then founded a bootstrap start-up which grew over 12 years to a prominent marketing services company with a countrywide presence and 100+ regular employees. The company was then acquired by a larger entity, with JK exiting, and has grown much larger, now led by much of the same leadership talent earlier mentored by JK. JK's other interests include art, music, wildlife and fitness. He has a BE from Osmania University, Hyderabad and a PG in management from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
Founder and CEO, Scripbox
Atul started Scripbox as he felt strongly that India deserved better than what was on offer for the common investor. Having spent over 20 years in building businesses in South Africa, UK and India, Atul brings expertise and experience in taking companies from 10 to 100 and beyond. He has held leadership positions at Coats Viyella, Standard Chartered, Old Mutual and Capital One in his corporate life. After 2 stints in building new businesses as an Intrapreneur, he started his own entrepreneurship journey with Probe Information Services - now the leading provider on Corporate Information in India. At Scripbox, Atul is in charge of growth and his mission is to help a million families achieve financial freedom, by making Scripbox the He has held leadership positions at Coats Viyella, Standard Chartered, Old Mutual and Capital One in his corporate life. After 2 stints in building new businesses as an Intrapreneur, he started his own entrepreneurship journey with Probe Information Services - now the leading provider on Corporate Information in India. At Scripbox, Atul is in charge of growth and his mission is to help a million families achieve financial freedom, by making Scripbox the preferred partner in their wealth creation journey. He is passionate about Entrepreneurship and apart from founding and scaling two successful start-ups, Scripbox and Probe Information Services (both well funded by leading VCs in the world), he also actively mentors a number of start-ups, including being involved with NSRCEL. He is also a regular speaker at Fintech and Entrepreneurship forums. Atul is an alumnus of Mayo College, IIT Madras and IIM Bangalore.
Founder, School of Meaningful Experiences
Dr. Rakesh Godhwani is the founder of School of Meaningful Experiences, an online ed-tech start-up in Bangalore. He is also an Adjunct Faculty of Communication at IIM Bangalore and IIM Udaipur. Dr. Godhwani coaches promising start-ups and senior managers in the industry, gives seminars and talks in corporate events and colleges, reads a story to his kids every night before they sleep, bicycles, does yoga, writes, earns a fraction of what he used to, but lives a million times better. Rakesh’s research and teaching interests focus on how a charismatic leader builds a persuasive message to impact audiences. His fourth book titled “Public Speaking Kaleidoscope” was released by Business Expert Press USA in May 2017. His earlier book “What to Say and when to Shut Up!” was published by Penguin Random House in November 2014 and translated in Marathi in 2017. Rakesh recently launched his online course on EdX and IIMBx called “Effective Business Communication” designed for learners around the world. Besides this, Dr. Godhwani also has his own podcast called “Plunnge” which is available on Spotify, Google, Apple Podcast apps or on his website. Prior to his plunge into academia, teaching and writing, Dr. Godhwani worked with companies like Wipro, Intel and Qualcomm in various capacities ranging from engineering to business development. He also volunteers with Vishwas Society for Mental Health, an organization that offers free and confidential counselling.
Multidisciplinary Artist, Curator and Storyteller
Raghava KK explores the transcendence of art through the ambits of the current digital era without sacrificing the particular. His work traverses traditional forms of painting, installation and performance, while his practice embraces new media to express post-human contemporary realities. His painting exhibitions, Incoherent Scraps of Gluttony, Brooklyn Bound R Train, and That’s All Folks!, disrupt the limits of the Social and the Perceptual Self through the friction between found digital elements, instead of asserting identity. Raghava KK’s neuro-feedback artwork - MonaLisa 2.0, and visual discovery engine - Must#, anchor digital algorithms to the physical space and with the specific locus of the viewer’s body and emotions. His project SOZO - a painting machine, was developed for him by ArtMatr at the MIT Media lab. To embody his idea of distributed authorship and authenticity, he developed Pop-it and Aadona Banni, in the genres of digital and physical children’s fiction. Raghava was inducted into the National Geographic Society in 2013 as an Explorer, for pushing the boundaries of scientific exploration through art. Artistic creativity for him is a deeply de-centred enterprise shared with the users of the artwork, evidenced in his numerous collaborations with fellow artists, technologists, corporations, educationists, scientists, academia, etc. His lectures, including 5 TED talks, are renowned for inspiring audiences to expand their social and psychological selves, using art.
Founder & Chairman, Harappa Education
Founder & Trustee, Ashoka University
Pramath is a pioneering force in Indian higher education. He is the Founder & Chairman of Harappa Education, which strives to become India’s largest online institution focused on teaching habits and skills critical to workplace success in the 21st century. He is the Founding Dean and a member of the Executive Board of ISB which rapidly became one of the top-20 business schools in the world. He is also a Founder & Trustee of the acclaimed Ashoka University, a liberal arts university which launched the popular Young India Fellowship. Pramath has been instrumental in setting up a wide spectrum of change-based higher education initiatives, including a management program for career-oriented women, an entrepreneurship fellowship for the Himalayan region, and a solution-focused design university for the built environment. He has also been a media entrepreneur, education consultant and management advisor at the 9.9 Group, which he founded, the CEO of the Ananda Bazar Patrika Group, and a Partner at McKinsey & Company. Academics are his first love: He received a PhD and an MSE from the University of Pennsylvania and a BTech from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, where he was honored with the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2018.
Co-founder, CEO & Managing Director, Sportz Village
Saumil Majmudar is the Co-founder, CEO & Managing Director of Sportz Village. Saumil has been an entrepreneur since 1998. Over the last seven years, in his role at EduSports, Saumil has personally engaged with over 20,000 children, 5,000 parents and more than 100 schools in the sports context. Saumil believes that schools are the ideal partners for creating a generation of "Champions in Life" that is, healthier and fitter children equipped with key life-skills. In his role of CEO at EduSports, he has been working with schools, federations, policy-makers and sponsors towards creating more quality opportunities for children to experience the magic of sport. Saumil represented EduSports on India’s leading social activism platform on television – Aamir Khan’s Satyamev Jayate Sports episode – where EduSports was chosen as the sustainable and scalable model of getting children to play. He has also received the CII Emerging Entrepreneur Award and has been recognized as one of the “Top 50 Leaders influencing Education” by Education World.
Playback Singer
Sri Vijay Prakash an Indian playback singer from Mysuru was born in a family of musicians, composers, singers who served the cause of Carnatic classical music. His work spans devotional, classical, films and pop. He is a versatile artiste in the truest sense. His thirst for Music made him move to Mumbai in 1996. He came under the tutelage of Shri Suresh Wadkar who exposed him to Hindustani classical and other light forms of Indian Music. He has sung in more than 3000 ad jingles and close to 1000 film songs in many Indian languages - Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi, Malayalam and Marathi. He is one of the singers credited for the song 'Jai Ho', which won the Academy award and the Grammy award. He has been awarded the Filmfare award for the best Kannada playback singer- Male twice in 2015 and 2017 and the Karnataka State Award for the best male playback singer in 2016. He has also performed at the international music festivals like the Woodstock festival and the Womad. He is one of the very few Indian artistes who performed in the United Nations(New York) in 2017 commemorating the 70th year of Indian Independence. He was invited by the reputed Berklee college of music Boston in 2016 to perform with their Indian ensemble which comprised of students from 22 countries and who performed his hits along with him at the Berklee Performance Centre to a packed audience. His live concerts are electrifying and have taken him all over the world for his performances. Impressed with such a concert in Charlotte on May 12th, 2019, the mayor of Concorde(US-North Carolina) declared May 12th, 2019 as' Vijayprakash Day' and issued a proclamation stating so. He was one of the selected few from the film industry delegation invited by the honorable PM Shri Narendra Modi in 2019 commemorating the 150th Gandhi Jayanti celebrations. His proficiency in Carnatic and knowledge of Hindustani have made him a formidable name in the music industry today.
Radio Personality, Emcee & Adrenaline Junkie
Srimam started his career with All India Radio before taking up his stint with Radio Indigo. He currently hosts the No.1 Evening Drive Radio Show - The SuperHero Show on Fever 104 FM. He is also the Programming Head for 94.3, Radio One, Bangalore - India's No.1 International Radio Network. Sriram is the only Radio Host to have a video game based on him. Known as The SuperHero Show Video Game, It has over 40 lakh downloads. Besides, he was the finalist at the New York Radio Festival for Best Personality. Apart from all these, Sriram is a certified Scuba Diver and part of the Rolling Thunder MotorCycle Club.
Consultant & Mixologist, (Mixandtravel)
Devi Singh is a multi-awarded and well travelled mixologist who pioneered the comprehensive Multisensory Mixology (MM) concept in India – a drinking experience that engages all five senses.
Visual Artist
Madhuri has exhibited for RAW-Natural born artists in Melbourne, Australia. She has successfully sold originals and prints of her artwork; and hosted more than 50 art workshops in Australia and India.
Dr. S. N. Mishra briefly worked in GOI for 36 years, which includes a stint as Director Finance with Dr Kalam and Joint Secretary in Mod with Dr Pranab Mukherji. Currently Dr. Misra is a professor in Economics in KIIT University and Dean in School of Management for the last 8 years. A. columnist and opinion maker in TV programs, he has 200 research papers and three books to his credit.
Artist and Sketchopreneur
With over 10 years of experience, Nikkita has made a name for herself in the world of cartooning, illustration and design mentoring. She can be rightly called a sketchopreneur and for her entrepreneurial spirit, Nikkita won many awards in various disciples of art.
Yoga Instructor & Dancer
Anjali Pandey is a passionate yoga practitioner and a dancer. She is also a certified yoga instructor (yoga alliance) from Yoga Capital Mysuru. The uniqueness of Anjali is, as a professional dancer she believes in combining the rhythm of breath with the body, and focuses on body alignment with proper progressions as well as modifications.
Yogi Sciences Expert and Apothecary
Annelise specializes in cross-cultural business solutions, empowering global leaders and building team synergy. Her asset is a combination of over 25 years in customer relations, HR, and global business communications training. Anna specializes in physical and emotional healing, using a combination of yin yoga, essential oils and metaphor therapy. She is a qualified Hatha and Yin yoga teacher with Yoga Alliance USA, and an NLP Master Practitioner and Trainer, licensed by co-founder Dr. Richard Bandler and the Society of Neuro Linguistic Programming (USA & UK). She applies this technology in individual and group coaching, enabling participants to learn language patterns faster, and change behaviours and limiting beliefs. She’s coached executives in leading investment banks and has been a consultant with Acuity Knowledge Partners (used to be Moody’s Analytics) since 2006. She has also worked with a broad spectrum of individuals in health and IT.
Flute Player, Vocalist & Pianist
Danish Abdi is trained in Hindustani Flute. As a largely self-taught pianist and vocalist, he was the frontman of Navrachana Rock Band in Vadodara, winning the Battle of the Bands for two consecutive years. In college, he became a senior performer in the Music Club and Ragamalika, the Classical Music and Dance Club of BITS Pilani. After coming to Bangalore, he joined Lamhe as an arranger and performer, giving performances throughout major cities in the country, even playing the piano for a song with Hariharan. Now, as the co-founder of Muse, apart from weekend trips and house parties, he organizes and performs in house concerts, conducts workshops about music, and collaborates with upcoming artists to create a bigger artistic community.
Standup Comedian
Atul Khatri is a Mumbai based Sindhi businessman who got up late in life and decided to do English Standup comedy so that he could tick it off his own personal bucket list. An Indian Computer Engineer and a British Mgmt. scholar who always orders soup one by two even when he is eating alone. CNN-IBN recently rated him as one of the top 20 comedians in India to watch out for. He recently won the 'CEOs got Talent' trophy competing against 11 other CEOs. In September 2018 - Atul was awarded Best Stand-up Act in India; by India Nightlife Convention and Awards which falls under NRAI (National Restaurants Association of India) In January 2019 - His Comedy Special “The Happiest Ending” was beamed on NETFLIX worldwide as part of COMEDIANS OF THE WORLD featuring 47 top comedians from 13 countries across the world. In November 2019 - Atul performed at the prestigious “Just for Laughs Comedy Festival” in Sydney which also featured leading comedians from the world including Steve Martin and Martin Short. This also included a taping which will be featured on Australian TV which was shot inside the Sydney Opera House. He also routinely performs to consistently sell-out crowds at a number of distinguished comedy venues all over India and the world. In the Pandemic Lockdown period of March 2020 – he has come out with ‘Only Positive News!’ on his social media channels – a fun quick DAILY segment of only positive news amidst all the negative news around to pep up the mood of his followers.
Internationally Acclaimed Swimmer
An Arjuna Awardee, Virdhawal Khade is India’s most accomplished swimmers, also the youngest swimmer to qualify for the Olympic Games (2008). Right from the young age of 14, he has been breaking national records, winning Gold medals at various competitions. Also, he is the first Indian to break into the top 50 FINA World Rankings. He has been an undisputed national champion in the 50m Freestyle and 50m Butterfly event. Some of his biggest achievements include winning 3 Gold and Silver medals at the 2008 Youth Commonwealth Games, a Bronze medal at the 2010 Asian Games. His Asian Games medal ended a 24-year medal drought for India at the Asian Games. He has most recently won a Gold (50m Freestyle) and a Silver (50m Butterfly) medal at the Singapore National Age Group Championship and a Gold (100m Freestyle) and Silver (50m Freestyle) at the Singapore Nationals in June 2018. Apart from being India’s fastest swimmer, Vir has been consistent at winning medals at domestic as well as international events.
Regional Alliance Head for Intel
Akanksha is the Regional Alliance Head for Intel to lead partnership with Team Amazon for Asia Pacific & Japan. She is responsible for growth, scale and collaboration with Intel’s key partner. With her teams, she brings in Intel & AWS partnership value and driving ecosystem impact through technology leadership in Migrations, AI, HPC and Edge to Cloud. Akanksha has the charter to drive optimized value on all Intel® technologies on Cloud. She has been driving focused strategies to help build HPC, IOT and AI knowhow on Intel across the region. In her tenure at Intel, Akanksha built many developer and data scientist related programs like code modernization workshops, software developer conferences, HPCDEVCONs and since the past 16 years has managed to tech skill over 100,000 developers. Prior to her career at Intel, Akanksha was market evangelist for Microsoft. She holds a double MBA from UCLA and a DCE from BU.
Social entrepreneur and Founder-President of Avtar
Dr Saundarya Rajesh is a social entrepreneur and Founder-President of Avtar. Accredited as the originator of the concept of Second Career opportunities for women in Corporate India, Dr Saundarya is an advisor for several companies on Inclusion and Diversity. She has been recognised as a “#100 Women Achiever" by India’s Ministry of Women and Child Development as also listed in the United Nation’s "Women Transforming India". Her debut book, The 99 Day Diversity Challenge: Creating an Inclusive Workplace was launched in 2018 in Chennai.
Founder & CEO, INK, Keynote Speaker, Story Curator
Lakshmi’s penchant for community-building and technological innovation led her to found INK which stands for Innovation and Knowledge. INK is also a metaphor for building a platform where we write our future together. INK is known for events like its flagship annual INK Conference and its programs like INK Fellows wherein stories of game-changing innovations are curated to reach far and wide. As a speaker, Lakshmi addresses large corporates and leaders where she instills cutting-edge insights and moonshot style of thinking to bring innovative business practices into the company. Lakshmi speaks widely on the topic of storytelling, specifically the vital role that stories play in businesses and institution-building. Her long experience in this area dates back to her time at Intel where she harnessed the power of storytelling to help the IT giant transform from a chip company to a leader in the computing industry through programs like Intel Inside. She also talks passionately about redefining success in terms of breathtaking moments and not billions of dollars. Lakshmi has a tremendous stage presence built over years of speaking at global conferences such as TED, DLD, and WIRED; hosting over ten major INK events across Asia; and acting in theatre in the US.
Para Swimmer
Mohammad Shams Aalam Shaikh is an Indian Para Swimmer. He won 4 Gold medals at Indian Open Para Swimming Championship held on 11th -12th July 2018 at Basavangudi Aquatic Centre, Bengaluru in S-5 category & Bronze at the 2016 Can-Am Para Swimming Championships held in Gatineau, Quebec in the men's 100m Breaststroke SB4 category. He also represented India at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta, Indonesia. Aalam was born in Rathos Village, Madhubani District, Bihar. He was brought up in a modest upbringing before shifting to Mumbai with his family. At the age of 24, he developed a benign tumour in his lower back which immobilized his lower half due to unsuccessful surgeries. Despite the setback, he trained himself to be a para swimmer with the support and advice of various coaches and family members where he said, "This is like a rebirth for me, and better one, because I have gotten to represent my country several times and make my family proud!".
He is Station producer cum radio presenter with Fever 104 FM with keen interest in comedy, content creation and singing. Currently, He is doing a radio show called - Ab Tak Single, every Sunday - 6pm onwards on Fever 104 FM, Bangalore.
President of Working Mother Media
Subha Barry is President of Working Mother Media, overseeing Working Mother magazine, workingmother.com, Diversity Best Practices, the National Association for Female Executives, and Culture@Work.Subha was SVP and Chief Diversity Officer at Freddie Mac, where she served on the firm's management committee and led their Foundation. During her 20+ years at Merrill Lynch, Subha was a Managing Director and Global Head of D&I. She also created a highly successful Multicultural Business Development Group to focus their Wealth Management business on diverse and multicultural communities. Subha is married to her college sweetheart, Jim, for 34 years. They have two grown children.
President, Give India
Ashok is serving as the President of GiveIndia to alleviate poverty by enabling the world to give. Give India is India's largest and most trustworthy giving platform for donors. Ashok is an experienced start-up CEO & an entrepreneur, given his last stint as Cofounder & CEO of Scripbox, India'smost trusted online investment service. He became financially independent before he turned 40 and wanted to share that path with millions of Indians, through Scripbox venture, which he has been leading & scaling since 2015. He has moved full time to Give India to pursue his passion for social entrepreneurship. Ashok has over two decades of rich and diverse B2B & B2C business experience with a strong track record of building high growth businesses that are customer obsessed. He has held various leadership positions at IT, Telecom & Hitech companies such as Wipro, Intel, Airtel & Cisco. He holds a Management degree from IIM-K and a B.E. in Computer Engineering from Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai. Ashok is a passionate & seasoned full-marathon runner and has been practicing Transcendental Meditation since he was a teenager.
Advertising Professor, Social Media Influencer, TEDx Speaker, Body Positive.
Dr. Falguni Vasavada is Professor & Chair, Strategic Marketing Area at MICA. She is a double gold medallist with over two decades of teaching experience in the area of Marketing and Advertising. She has trained corporate professionals and mentored young entrepreneurs in areas like Advertising, Marketing, Consumer Understanding, Branding, Social Media. She has published in International Journals and presented papers in national and international conferences and is involved in international joint research projects in the area of advertising. She is a visiting faculty at management institutes of repute in India and overseas. Her teaching, research and consultancy interests are in the area of Advertising, Branding, and Social Media. She is a TEDx speaker & is frequently invited to speak at reputed forums/panels/ roundtables.
Movement Artist
Preetesh is a versatile movement artist. He Did his diploma in movement arts at Bangalore after his engineering. He has been exploring his own movement approaches and creating tools to work from inside to outside. He has been trained in multiple dance styles like jazz, contemporary, hip-hop, salsa, Bachata.
International Belly Dance Performer, Teacher and Festival Organiser
Winner of 2nd Place Belly dancer of the World in one of the most prestigious belly dance competitions held in Germany, Leena has travelled to several countries such as UK USA, Egypt, Germany to train in, perform and teach belly dance. India’s strong misogynistic view of this art form led her to start out her vision, Bwitchs International Belly dance, which aims at marrying art and activism by bringing about connection, inspiration and learning within the community while also serving humanity, She is the curator of Mumbai's First International Belly dance Festival as well India’s First and largest International Belly dance Fusion Festival, She also envisaged the World’s First belly dance flash mob in tribute to Nirbhaya to create awareness on women's plight. In June 2020, she curated the World's First and Largest and Longest Online Belly dance Festival. Proceeds from this event went to support COVID-impacted, displaced, starving migrant workers of India
Mehndi Artist
I have been an artist since I can remember. My love for mehndi started at the age of 15. At every occasion, I used to get Mehndi applied on my hands as well as to friends and relatives. Everyone around appreciated my talent and creativity. The appreciation led to pursuing my hobby as a profession. I conduct online Mehndi Classes, which have a wide variety of courses. I have always believed that one should keep learning constantly. There’s no scarcity of knowledge in this world! And trying out new things every day is what gives you a kick in life.
Co-founder of NutrifyMyDiet
Shona is the co-founder of NutrifyMyDiet (Founded in April 2016) with a master’s degree in Sports & Exercise Nutrition from Loughborough University – a premier institution for sports nutrition. She has a work experience of 9+ years in Wellness and Sports. Provides nutrition counselling services and customized nutrition plans to individuals, corporates and sports academies. Having the skills of a nutritionist and experience being a former athlete gives an added advantage in understanding clients and helping them reach their goals/ healthier lifestyle through simplifying nutritional science. Clientele include: Top Level CEO's in India, Olympic Level Athletes (Men's & Women's Hockey Team of India, National Level Athletes, State Level Athletes).
Recipe developer, Food stylist & Photographer
She started her company Cook Style Click in the year 2015 and since have had the opportunity to work with many brands for Developing Recipes & Styling and Clicking their products. In 2017, her food passion led her to being a co-Founder & Culinary Head of my restaurant: Shibuya Food & Bar. They are a Pan Asian restaurant nestled in Delhi NCR aiming to cater soul food that is aesthetically plated along with craft cocktails and a welcoming atmosphere for a memorable experience. The restaurant has been awarded the Times Food Award 2020 for Best Oriental Food(casual) in Delhi & TripAdvisor Travellers Choice Winner 2020.
Engineer and Entrepreneur
He is the Founder and Director of Smartcircuits Innovation Pvt. Ltd. Chandigarh. He is passionate about Space Science and Technology and involved in projects related to Space Technology and Education. He is also the recipient of Jerome Pearson Award 2012 from ISEC, USA, Young Innovator Award, SAM Global Award, Karmaveer Chakra Instituted with United Nations. He is also appreciated and recognized by Late Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Sir Ratan Tata, Former Vice President of India, Hon. M.H. Ansari, Padmashree Dr. V. Adhimurthy from ISRO and many scientists from NASA, ESA, ISRO. He is also the recipient of Limca Book of Records for his research work in the field of Space Debris Mitigation. He is also a TEDx Speaker, INK Fellow, Associate Fellow, Royal Commonwealth Society, London.
Holistic Wellness Coach and Co-Founder @ LYF (LEAP Yoga & Fitness)
A former Economics Lecturer, Violet today is a transformational healer using the science of Yoga with its varied offerings of Asanas, Pranayama, Mudras & Bandhas. She Co-founded LEAP Yoga & Fitness LLP giving wings to her vision of impacting lives positively. She brings 10+ years of teaching experience in various aspects of Yoga, Pilates, Mindfulness & Pranayam. Certifications includes Vyasa University and Yoga Alliance(USA). Learning continues with Bihar School of Yoga affiliated to The Ayush Ministry, India besides ongoing deep learning around various nuances of Yogic Science.
A band created for the soul purpose of the fans and giving to them a dose of good music, entertainment and fun in one complete package called "VIGHNANZ".
Classical Bharatanatyam Dancer, Artist & Bollywood Choreographer
The whistling winds, the chirping birds, the terrifying thunders all had music, and this inspired her to dance. She pursued her master's in dance BHARATANATYAM. She also had an opportunity to learn various dance styles from experts like CONTEMPORARY form Revati Puranik based in USA, BALLROOM from Ewa Maria Cherukuru Poland. From past few years she is working as Director of Choreography in Marathi film industry. In Hindi, she got an opportunity to work with Vidhu Vinod Chopra productions. She conducts workshops for Ekta Kapoor’s acting school. She handled a choreography course as a professor in Bharati Vidyapith University performing arts department. She has also choreographed for many musicals, award functions, and corporate events for well-known companies.
Co-founder of Groom India Salon & Spa Pvt Ltd
Destined to be an entrepreneur with a difference, Mr C. K. Kumaravel is the co-founder of Groom India Salon & Spa Pvt Ltd, the brand that owns India’s No 1 salon chain "Naturals". The first Naturals salon was started in 2000 by his wife, Mrs. K. Veena, and the brand now has 600 + salons across India and has been hailed as a game changer in the salon and franchising industry. Over the last 16 years, Naturals has created 350 women franchise partners, directly employed over 8000 staff and catered to 30+ lakh customers! In fact, Kumaravel and Veena have redefined and revolutionized the salon and franchising industry by constantly innovating and offering services that delight customers. They have recently started the “Naturals Training Academy” which will function as a launch pad for young people looking to make a mark in the beauty industry. It is Mr. C. K. Kumaravel’s fervent belief that women are just as capable as men in the business world and all they require is a small push to start them off as entrepreneurs and a little guidance in the initial stages of business, which Naturals is more than happy to provide. The brand vision is to create 3,000 salons, 1,000 successful women entrepreneurs and 50,000 job opportunities by the year 2020. Naturals is today India’s No.1 salon chain and the dream is to make it the world’s No.1 salon brand in the near future.
Singer
Chandrani Sharma is an Indian singer-performer. She was born in Guwahati, Assam, grew up in Delhi and is currently residing in Mumbai. Her musical journey started early, singing at home and school choirs. She is currently learning under Guru Suresh Wadekar. Her formal training started from school days with Sri Ram Bhartiya Kala Kendra in New Delhi. She went to Singapore (SG) for higher studies; however she continued her passion for music performing with Mika Singh and Ali Zafar at their International concerts in SG. She was part of SaReGaMaPa 2016 as an international guest singer. She also did the opening act in the Finale episode of Dance Singapore Dance (Season 2). She has a successful YouTube channel and does events at different places in India and Abroad.
Master Psychologist & Mind Reader
Motivational speaker, master psychologist, purveyor of mind games…. Pradip Amladi is all this and more. With his exceptional ability to inspire, entertain and mystify, Pradip’s corporate shows have taken him to 24 countries around the world. Pradip lives and works out of Mumbai, India and is a qualified chartered accountant. He comes with many years of work experience at two of India’s largest and most respected corporate houses. Mind games are Pradip’s hobby and passion. His presentations are not just entertaining and mind-boggling. They are also warm, insightful and empathetic. Pradip has a strong faith and belief in people and seeks to empower his audiences with confidence and awareness.
Singer
Mohammed Vakil is a prolific singer, a doyen in his art which he has received as an inheritance, being born in a musical family. He performed as a child artist at an early age of 8 years, and his passion for music and proficiency in his craft led him to participate in the famous reality show ‘Saregama’ wherein he bagged the winner’s title in both the finals in 1997and Mega Finals in 1998. His first break at Bollywood Playback came when he was offered to sing in the hit film Veer Zara and he has also sung under the music direction of the erstwhile Khayyam Saab and here onwards there was no looking back. Mohammed Vakil has gone on to win many awards & honours such as the ‘R.D.Burman Pancham Sanmaan' in 1998, the Rajasthan Sangeet Academy Award 2001 by Govt. of Rajasthan, the Rajasthan Ratna Award, etc and has released many albums & singles which have brought him many accolades. He has performed nationally & internationally with various renowned artists such as Bhupendra-Mitaliji, Late Jagjit Singhji, Roop Kumar & Sonali Rathodji, Shankar Mahadevan ji, Sonu Nigam ji, Kavita Krishnamurthy ji, Pankaj Udhas ji, Sunidhi Chauhan ji, Pandit Ajay Chakraborty ji, Anoop Jalota ji, & Shreya Ghoshal ji.
Fitness Consultant, Zumba Certified Trainer, Motivational Speaker
Gayatri Mohanty is a fitness consultant by profession and Ace certified fitness trainer, Zumba certified expert, A motivational speaker, influencer (YouTube channel - Gayatri Mohanty), She is a solo trekker, marathon runner & power lifter. Won "Mrs. India Global Universe 2019" title along with "Mrs. Dazzling Diva" , at a national level and She won "Mrs. Karnataka" as 1st runner up & “Best Body" award winner in the year 2019, An avid trekker & completed many tough treks namely ”chadar trek “, “Markha valley” Kedarkanta” and many more, an avid Runner and has paced more than handful of marathons across the country.
Anchor, Presenter & TV Host
Nadia Hakani Is the first Indian Anchor to host 50 consecutive International shows in less than 2 months" (Titled by You & I) represented India in Dubai at Global Village in 2017. She is a versatile freelancer Anchor with 8+ years of experience. She is not just an Anchor, MC, Corporate Games Energizer, Presenter and TV Host, but also a power packed performer. Known to engage audience with her enchanting nature, Nadia has hosted Film fare South (Press Meet 2015 & 2016, Red Carpet 2017), reality show (25 Episodes) for Times TV and anchored in Star Plus for TV Serial Ye Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, IPL, EK India Happy Wala live for MSM Distribution. "Afro T20 Cricket League 2017". She has hosted 1000 plus total shows and 50 + International shows in 17 countries. Based in Mumbai.
Motivational Speaker and certified Leadership, Business & Executive Coach
Harish, a certified Banker from the Indian Institute of Bankers, is now a Motivational Speaker and certified Leadership, Business & Executive Coach with over 36 years of experience in Public Sector, Private Sector and in Senior Management Roles. Today, Harish Mehta is the President of PSAI Mumbai Chapter, motivational speaker, member Les Brown Maximum Achievement team, a certified business and executive coach from Action COACH International, USA. He is also a certified John Maxwell (JMT) , Leadership coach, a certified Law of Attraction (LoA) trainer, trained by Michael Losier, a 'Think Buzan licensed instructor’ in Mind Maps by the well-known Tony Buzan, and the Founder of DISRUPT.
Author
Shoba Narayan is the author of four books. She has been a journalist and columnist for 30 years, writing about travel, food, wine, culture, crafts and relationships, for national and international publications. She has won a James Beard Award and a Pulitzer Fellowship. She has taught and lectured at universities in India and abroad. She is interested in Indian aesthetics-- and has researched its influence on jewellery, music, textiles and scents. She founded and co-created a website called Project LooM, which documents the weaving traditions of India. She is a birdwatcher, wine-drinker and gadget geek. Her lifelong mission is to get fit without exercising and lose weight without dieting.
Global Leading Holistic Health Guru, Corporate Life Coach
The recipient of 'The Health & Wellness Icon of India' award by Economic Times, Mickey is among the '100 Most Impactful Wellness Leaders of the World' as announced at the Global Wellness Conclave 2018. He is the first personal trainer of India, the first fitness columnist and the first fitness tv and radio presenter in India and still continues to educate us on these channels. Mickey authored two very successful books, 'The Shoonyam Quotient' & 'Lose Weight Gain Shape', with five more books in the pipeline.
Singer
Currently a highly recommended female singer in LIVE Events circuits, singer Biswajeeta Deb has above 5 years in professional singing. With expertise in all genres of singing, she appeared in Zee Bangla TV Sa Re Ga Ma Pa as a contestant with some fantastic comments by judges Mika, Pritam, Kumar Sanu & others. She has released her own private songs, albums & cover songs videos.
Singer, Performer & Fitness Influencer
Navya Jaiti is a professional singer-performer and a fitness influencer. Over 13 years of her singing career she has worked as a playback singer in the Odiya film industry and has done songs for more than 25 movies. Having performed all over the world and done more than 2500 shows, her forte is western music. She has also been a mentor and judge for an Odia singing reality show on Tarang channel.
Singer
Lipika Nag is a versatile singer and performer who's well versed in four different language. She's a visharad in hindustani classical music but likes to experiment with different genres of music. She was featured as a lead vocalist of the only girls band from Gujarat on Sony Tv reality show "Entertainment ke liye kuch bhi karega". She has been performing across India and abroad at beautiful venues like Prague, Ireland etc. for past three years now. Being a Bengali, music is in her roots and she loves spreading joy through it.
Dancer
Rakesh Bidnoor of Indian Dancers Community is an Urban dancer hailing from Kalaburgi, Karnataka. A participant in the "The Great Karnataka Dance League" telecasted on ETV Channel, he would be teaching Urban Dance Style on Bollywood song.
Singer
Sanjukta Das is a talented singer from Bhubaneswar, Odisha. She was the runner up of Mein Bhi Hoon Kalakar and was in the top 10 of Flutin Homestar. An ambivert girl driving in an alley of music to reach out her dreams, she got her breakthrough in an Odia music album as a playback singer. Music is not just her passion but also her dream. Whenever she feels sad, she finds that music comes for her rescue. Sanjukta is a strong believer of happy mind and happy heart.
Singer
Rituraj Mohanty is one of the most promising bollywood singer in the current scene. He came to limelight by singing his first ever Bollywood song ' Sahib' from Bhoothnath Returns for Amitabh Bachchan. He then gained popularity by singing 'Aam ke Aam honge' for the biggest trp tv series on starplus - Satyamev Jayate. His latest Bollywood release is Shukriya from the filmHaathi mera Saathi by Shantanu Moitra ji. There are many more songs scheduled to release soon.
Dancer
Akash Das is a Professional Dancer and a Choreographer with over 16 years of Experience in the field of Dance. He was Two Times Runner Up in Boogie Woogie - SONY TV and Won Many Titles in National and State Level Reality Shows. He is Trained by BIG DANCE CENTRE.
Entrepreneur
Mr. Ankith Shetty is an entrepreneur, with more than 8 years’ experience in handholding many multi-national companies entering India to set up their business operations. He has strong insights into complicated tax structure and compliance mandates relevant in India to ensure business owners can fully focus on their business and rest is taken care by his team. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant (ICAI) and Information Systems Auditor (CISA) with certificate of Diploma in International Financial Reporting from ACCA apart from holding a degree in Bachelor of Commerce. He currently heading SEZ Advisory, Business Setup and consulting practice in his own Firm.
Cookholics’ by Shaiby is a online/offline culinary school, specialized in vegetarian cooking courses and more than 40+ cuisines. Its’s main motto is to teach Exotic Restaurant Style Dishes with simple and basic home ingredients and equipment. Cookholics’ has collaborated with brands like Swad Food Beverages , KenCook , HI-tech, Hesthetic oils and many such other brands.Chef Shaiby, the brain behind Cookholicks’, has also worked with very renowned chefs like Chef Ajay Chopra, Chef Shazia, Chef Vikas Khanna and many more.
EKAM STUDIO Franchise is a great opportunity for those who wish to work on healing & wellness of human being professionally by Yoga, but don’t have much prior Yoga experience & sources. With our proven yoga business model you will be able to jump start your own Yoga Studio in the best possible way. Our aim is to cure maximum people against any disorder or illness, with the help of Yoga Therapy to support sufferer for soothing experience.
Gofitness academy is a leading name in Fitness education in India for 20 years. Founded by Payal Madan Arora who has over 40 fitness certifications and has trained more than 9000 students. Her mission is to transform fitness professionals into health professionals. The Academy has a wide bouquet of fitness courses like Personal trainer course, Yoga, Powermoves Aerobics course, Powermoves Step Aerobics course, Powermoves Latin Salsa, Flexifit Pilates, Functional training, Fitness Nutrition and many more.
Happy Planting started in 2015, and are now Delhi/NCR’s premiere choice for terrarium and plant gifting. Their products are highly customizable, so check out some of the terrariums they’ve done thus far on their website www.happyplanting.in and Happy Planting Facebook Page. You’ll see green gifts that take inspiration from just about anything, including home designs! They have also collaborated on wedding requests, hotels, schools and college events, where terrariums were created as favors for guests. This is definitely one for the creative plant lovers.
Happy Planting business, started by a bunch of garden lovers, is built upon four main ideals, that is their products are organic, eco-friendly, affordable and feature 100% live plants.
Visual Artist
Jisha is an accomplished Visual Artist, Visionary/Psychedelic Painter, Muralist, Illustrator, Art teacher with over 2 years of experience. She has taken oven 100 workshops across Maharashtra and has been part of both private and corporate events across Mumbai. She has been a part of Haanji Art Festival in Indore in 2019 as a muralist. Jisha is currently working on illustrations for a graphic novel to be published by the end of 2020.
Origamist
"I was an extremely naughty child who would never complete her books and get red marks in her 'report card'. And so to save me from that, my mum would stay friends with the mothers of smart and sincere kids in my class and photocopy their notebooks and make me complete mine. And after somehow completing them, I wild make dragons, flowers and unicorns depending on my mood and that's how I got into the Art of Paper Folding. As an Origamist, I have collaborated with many stationary brands, given talks and workshops and worked on some art installations.
Professor of Economics and Finance , KIIT School of Management
Dr Praveen Mohanty is a Professor of Economics and Finance at KIIT School of Management. Prior to KSOM, Dr Mohanty spent over 20 years in the financial sector, working for organizations like ICICI Bank, Srei Infrastructure Finance, Edelweiss Finance, and Aptivaa Consulting in diverse leadership roles. Over the years he has developed an expertise in the areas of risk management, structured finance, infrastructure project finance and strategic financial advisory. He is a pioneer in developing and using quantitative models to measure and price credit risk in India. He also played an active role in developing the country’s securitization market. Dr. Mohanty earned his PhD in Economics from the University of Southern California and got his masters degree from JNU.
Cooking Coach
Ruchi is an accomplished cooking coach with over 17 years of experience in vegetarian cooking. She has been running cooking classes for 17 years and live online classes now for 4 months. A YouTuber with Rajshri food, she garnered 25 lacs + subscribers and more than 600 videos with multimillion views.
Established in 2000, Tulleeho is a provider of beverage training and consulting services in India. Our clients include multi-national and Indian beverage companies, hotel chains and independent bars and restaurants. The Tulleeho Book of Cocktails was published in 2011 and Shaker Sutra being launched in 2019. Our website www.tulleeho.com is a premier destination for those who savour drink and the drinking experience.
Dancer & Zumba Instructor
Abhisek is a talented dancer and a gold medallist in All Indian Latin & Ballroom Dance. He was also a Boogiee Woogie semi-finalist - India’s most popular dance reality show on Sony TV. Abhishek represented India for 2nd Asian indoor games held in Macau. Besides, Abhishek is International Licensed Zumba Instructor trained by Zumba education specialist Sucheta Pal.
Mind Map Trainer
Dharmendra Rai is the World's First Brain Literacy & Mind Map Trainer . The First Person in the world to speak on TEDx on Mind Mapping & Creativity . He has conducted over 600 seminars in the last 10 years for almost all major Fortune 500 Companies . He won a UN award for Brain Literacy . He also won the Kotler Award that certifies him as one of the world's best marketing mavens . He also trains on Invisible Selling - Behavioural Economics & More & is an international best selling author.
Author, Columnist, Screenwriter, Television Personality
Anand Neelakantan is an Indian author, columnist, screenwriter, television personality and motivational speaker. He has authored seven fiction books in English and one in Malayalam. Anand Neelakantan also had signed with the producers of Baahubali, the blockbuster film, for a three-book series based on their film and the series will be a prequel to the film. His first book Asura: Tale of the Vanquished was shortlisted for Crossword popular award in 2013 and his second book, Ajaya: Roll of the dice was shortlisted for Crossword popular award in 2014. His book The Rise of Sivagami (Baahubali #1) was short listed for Crossword popular award in 2018. He has also written various Indian Tv shows like Siya ke Ram, Samrat, Adaalat -2, Sarforsh- battle of Saragarhi etc.
Celebrity Dietician & Nutritionist
Celebrity Internationally Renowned Dietitian and Nutritionist, Shikha A Sharma, Fat To Slim. The recipient of the " Excellence in diet and nutrition & Navratan of India " award by Any Smriti Irani & Arvind Kejriwal . "Top 10 most Impactful fitness Personality of the World". She is the first Dietitian who changed the world of diet into being economical , she says " Fitness is a right of every household , it should not be Luxury " . Shikha A Sharma owner of 22nd franchises from India To Aboard. She is people's champion. With unique concept of Eat Sleep No Exercise with magic of own Kitchen Secrets.
Baker
Baking comes naturally to this army wife, who has been putting out skillfully braided Challahs and gorgeous Gateaux for over 25 years . She blogs from an award winning blog called Baketitude and is an advocate of using locally sourced ingredients to make beautiful bakes. Even though she creates many beautiful cakes & mouth watering desserts, Shalini is a passionate bread baker, with Sourdough and Babkas being her forte. She recently trained from the School for European pastry and now caters her bakes in Delhi NCR.
Menstrual Man of India aka Padman
From a small village in Coimbatore, India, came a ‘man’ who revolutionized the menstrual hygiene industry in India! Mr. Arunachalam Muruganantham is a household name in many villages across the country and now globally, and his name is now strongly associated with women empowerment. He is the inventor of the world’s first Low Cost Sanitary Pad Making Machine. It all started when he found out, shortly after he was married, that his wife was using unhygienic rags during Menstruation. he tried on different pads himself to check their absorption and comfort !! Today, he is called the Menstrual Man of India aka Padman.