India Speakers 2017

Ritu Chawla Mathur is currently the Managing Partner at Prognosis Global Consulting a full service Consulting Asset Management and Business Advisory services company focused on Hospitality and Food Services industry in the South Asia Region In her role she is responsible for Strategic Operational Business Advisory Services that include evaluating lodging markets to determine the potential for new hotel development conversion opportunities franchise management contracts negotiations develop operational strategies to enhance elevate and solidify a hotel asset s ability to drive value for the owner via maximized profit Before this she was GM with the Marriott and Taj Group of Hotels She is also the ALL – India Chair – Hospitality Consultancy In her personal time she enjoys to paint.

Mrs Anju Sharma, an MBA in Finance and Marketing and Masters in International Development Policy from Duke University, USA, has worked with Gujarat Government on various senior administrative posts. She currently is working as Principal Secretary, Higher and Technical Education (H&TE), Government of Gujarat with an additional charge of Director General, Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management (GIDM). For her she is awarded with Prime Minister’s Award for Administrative Excellence for implementing the Sickle CellAnemia Control Program in the Gujarat (2011) and with Individual Contribution Award for Health Insurance Scheme-Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojna(RSBY)(2011). Prior to these, she also was awarded with NASSCOM Social Innovation Leaders Award and National E Governance Award. She also is an author of “I of the Storm- Discover your true self”, which deals with varied issues that a person faces in his quest for truth or struggle to find happiness.

Subhash Ghai is an Indian film director, producer and screenwriter, known for his works predominantly in Hindi cinema. His most notable films include Kalicharan (1976), Karz (1980), Hero (1983), Meri Jung (1985), Karma (1986), Ram Lakhan (1989), Saudagar (1991), Khalnayak (1993), Pardes (1997), Taal (1999), and Black & White (2008). In 1982, he started Mukta Arts Private Limited which, in 2000, became a public company, with Subhash Ghai as its executive chairman. In 2006, he received the National Film Award, for producing the social problem film Iqbal.Ghai started his career in Hindi cinema as an actor with small roles in films including Taqdeer (1967) and Aradhana (1971). He was the male lead in the 1970s Umang, and Gumraah (1976). His directorial debut was the film Kalicharan (1976) which he obtained through a recommendation by Shatrughan Sinha. As of 2016, he has written and directed a total of 16 movies.In the 1980s and 1990s, he formed a collaboration with Dilip Kumar whom he directed in Vidhaata (1982), Karma (1986) and Saudagar (1991), the latter for which he won the Filmfare Best Director Award. He introduced Jackie Shroff as a leading actor in Hero (1983) and helped establish Anil Kapoor’s rising career with Meri Jung (1985) for which he was nominated for a Filmfare Best Actor Award[citation needed] . He went on to frequently work with Shroff and Anil Kapoor, casting them together in the films Karma (1986), Ram Lakhan (1989) and Trimurti (1995) which he had produced and was directed by Mukul S. Anand. His 1993 release Khalnayak starring Sanjay Dutt, Madhuri Dixit and Shroff featured the songs “nayak nahin khalnayak hu main” and “Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai”.After a three-year hiatus from directing, he returned in 2008 with Black and White released on 7 March 2008 and, later Yuvvraaj released in November 2008 which didn’t perform well at the box office. A. R. Rahman stated in an interview that Ghai had asked him to use the words “Jai Ho” in a song.

I had done my Bachelors in Spanish Literature Germanic Romance Studies Arts Faculty University of Delhi and i can do conversation in Spanish After completing my Bachelors i had completed my Masters in Anthropology Social Anthropology from Ignou Regular and now i had completed my M phill Physical Anthropology Department of Anthropology University of Delhi I had pursued my research work for M phill on tribal groups and rural women of Uttarakhand state of India analyzing their reproductive health and nutritional status.

Shri Sushil Kumar Singhal arrived in Luanda on September 5, 2015 and presented credentials to Hon’ble President Mr. Jose Eduardo dos Santos on 21 September, 2015. Earlier Shri Singhal served as Deputy High Commissioner in High Commission of India, Nairobi and also he was DPR to UNEP and UN Habitat in Nairobi. Ambassador Singhal has served in Indian Missions in Tanzania, Belgium, Bangladesh, Hungry also in different capacities. In 2004-2007, he was on Desk in AMS Division in Ministry of External Affairs looking after bilateral relations with USA and Canada. Ambassador Singhal had done Masters in law form Delhi University and he is Associate of Institute of Company Secretaries of India New Delhi.

Started my journey towards spirituality about 7 years ago when I learnt Theta Healing After working in as a teacher in play school I worked as marketing head of a jewellery company for10 years I became more inclined to this modality when I started seeing a positive change in my life .

Hansi has over 20 years of financial services industry experience, mostly in online delivery of investment research and consulting for the wealth management industry across Asia Pacific. Hansi runs a financial literacy/investor education blog called ‘The Money Hans’. She started posting her blog on LinkedIn, and within a few posts, got named in the inaugural Top 10 Voices for Money & Finance list. She’s made a web-series called ‘Money Talks with Hansi’ in conjunction with Big Decisions, a News Corp company. She now has more than 215k followers, one of the highest amongst those who are not officially marked ‘Influencer’. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Hansi set up and was Asia Pacific head of wealth management for Mercer’s Investment Consulting business, based in Australia and Singapore. She led a number of projects in India including design of the investment options for the New Pension System. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Delhi University, Graduate Diploma of Applied Finance and Investments and Chartered Financial Analyst charter from CFA Institute

Over 20 years of global and domestic market experience in Risk Management, Consulting, Business Development, Research, Training, and Academics. Exceptional inter-personal and people leadership skills with experience in Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) for Financial, Consulting and Manufacturing Industries. Proficiency in data driven decision support solutions using Data Warehousing and Data Mining and Certified Green Belt in Six-sigma. Excellent track record in innovative approaches to problem solving, mapping business information needs with software solutions for quantitative & qualitative consulting projects.Specialties: Leadership expertise in creating organization goals and vision in Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO) operations for providing Advanced Analytics and Risk Management solutions in Financial, Insurance, Research, Consulting and Manufacturing sectors for large global corporations. Extensive experience in using best-in-class data management and data mining technology for solving business information needs.

A user experience designer by profession taking pride in designing user-friendly web applications for enterprises Passionate about finding solutions and making a difference in the world using technology Love DIYs and find craft work therapeutic I m diligent hardworking and enthusiastic about exploring various avenues.

Tripta Singh has nearly 10 years of experience in consulting marketing and business development Tripta spent the last two years directing content development and designing innovative blended learning solutions for an education technology firm Prior to that she worked at McKinsey Company and Siemens Healthcare Tripta holds an MSc in International Health Economics from The London School of Economics and Political Science LSE and a BSc in Economics Politics and International Studies from The University of Warwick

Misha Kohli is the Co-Founder of Learnosophy – a start up designing tailored and immersive learning experiences recently launched in Singapore and India Learnosophy customises learning experiences for young professionals to address strategic intents with a core focus on behavioural interventions and learning-by-doing The aim is to bridge the gap between skills that are conventionally taught and those young adults require today to be truly future-ready These live workshops cover practical topics spanning life-readiness personal professional growth competencies self-leadership and transforming purpose into action Prior to Learnosophy Misha spent four years at McKinsey Co as an Organisational Health Coach In this capacity Misha coached clients through the process of their transformational change journeys This included measuring their organisational health to diagnose strengths and weaknesses prioritising key areas for improvement developing action plans against priorities implementing targeted actions to improve their health and embedding health in performance management cycles Misha went on to play the role of the People and Operations Lead of the Organisational Diagnostics Solution team across Asia Misha is excited to make a formal transition from organisational transformation to individual personal transformation Beyond mindsets and behaviours Misha s interests include travelling cooking eating animal welfare and fitness Misha holds an MSc in Social and Organisational Psychology from The London School of Economics and Political Science LSE and a BA in Psychology from Lady Shri Ram College for Women Delhi University

Pallavi Jha is the Chairperson and Managing Director of Dale Carnegie Training India which has international partnerships with some of the world’s leading firms and brands such as Dale Carnegie, USA (training), and PerformanSe, France (Assessments). Pallavi has diversified exposure to various management practices in areas such as training and development, HR, consulting and business restructuring, covering a wide range of industries from media, entertainment, technology to the financial services sector and the engineering industry. Apart from being a keynote speaker and a panel member in various forums on business, HR, training and leadership and an active member of the Confederation of Indian Industry and has held offices of the Chairperson for Maharashtra Council, CII and the Skills Development Committee for CII, Western Region, she is also an active member of the National Council on Skills Development, CII and its National Sub-committee on School Education. As a member of Rotary Club of India, Pallavi pursues her efforts in social projects. She has also received recognition as a Paul Harris Fellow. Earlier, was Executive Director of India’s leading construction company, HCC, an erstwhile Walchand Group company before starting off her own ventures. She also worked briefly in market research at Feedback Ventures and Procter & Gamble. Pallavi is an MBA from Syracuse University, New York and a graduate in humanities from St Xavier’s College, Mumbai. Dale Carnegie Training® India Dale Carnegie Training India represents the first corporate face of the Training Industry in India. As a company dedicated to Performance Enhancement, it offers ‘Talent Development Solutions’ in the areas of Leadership, Communications, Presentations & Public Speaking, Sales Training, World Class Customer Service, Interpersonal Skills, Building High Performance Teams, Media Training, E – Learning, Executive Coaching and Profiling & Competency Assessment tools in a variety of formats to suit various needs. In over 10 years of its operations, Dale Carnegie Training India has succeeded in setting new global benchmarks and has created a quiet revolution in this sector. The incredible work of Dale Carnegie Training India has been well recognized by Dale Carnegie & Associates by way of numerous awards for Superior Training Quality, Most Number of Trained Graduates, Best Start – up Operations Award, etc. Headquartered in Mumbai, Dale Carnegie Training India has its branch offices in Delhi, Bengaluru and Pune.

Aparna Sharma based in New Delhi is a trainer, Life Coach, Neuro Linguistic Programming Master Practitioner, New CODE NLP Practitioner, Pranic Healer, Advanced EFT Therapist and Matrix Re imprinting Practitioner and Parenting Coach having more than 18 years of experience in the field of health, child care, adolescent Behaviour Management, Wellbeing and social advocacy. As a teenager she has always been overwhelmed in mysticism, faith and universal science, developed strong desire to engage herself in the guidance accomplishments. Aparna Sharma is a post graduate in Sociology and having studied psychology throughout her education and career building with both human and societal structure of operating made her to elevate herself to research and to begin her career. All her offering and standard services are facilitated through her wellness centre named Anantham Mind Studio, New Delhi. As a natural healer she has great curiosity in the field of counselling since her teenage years, she now practices different techniques learned and practiced over the time to heal and coach. She is a Core team member of IHF wellness Orbitarium, and in the planning team to set up an Institute for conducting training and wellness programs for the same. Her work with Sahayam organisation as a consultant in a project for adolescent aggression gave immense successful opportunities to present the paper at the 4th National Convention and as an empirical paper presentation at prestigious Institute of IIT Delhi. She is also a Patron member to Prayas, Institute of Juvenile Justice, Delhi. She is a member of management team of HR solutions www.scaleuphr.in , where training and development elucidations provided to the MNCs. She is a consultant with NYS project of ZEE Media and DISH TV. She is an empanelled counselling expert with Times Internet as well. Apart from the training activities she was also taking care of Training content for Kai’s Concept, Kochi and Gateways Computers LLC, Dubai for a year. She is an accomplished Coach who time and again achieves exceptional results with her clients. She believes that everyone deserves to experience the best part of them by creating a secure, comfortable environment and an attitude of open acceptance. She is passionate about her work and is committed to her own personal and professional development, which augments her work as a practitioner and a Coach.

Shruti Sugwekar, one of the most dynamic personalities in the field of alternative medicine and therapeutic healing, has been providing promising solutions to a wide spectrum of people, consulting with them with her holistic and illuminative approach. Shruti is a curious and avid learner, a quality which propelled her to educate herself with a vast variety of some of the most effective modalities available in the world of healing. Her hard work and perseverance in her studies helped her gain a wider scope of knowledge through her multiple learning journeys across the country. Some of the modalities that feature in Shruti’s credentials range from being a Past Life Regression Therapist, a Master Practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming, an Advanced Life Coach and being a Practitioner of Emotional Intelligence to that of studying the patterns of Motivational Behavior and Facilitative Trainings. She is one of the few and renowned personalities to acquire knowledge in a vast range of sciences. Since analyzing the patterns that cause changes in the human behavior has been the primary topic of her interest, she also followed up on Psychological Counseling, giving life changing solutions to those who come to her in distress. She has pioneered the art of Integrated Clinical Hypnotherapy, Past Life Regression and TASSO – Trans Regression Therapeutic Work and various other such modalities that have always held her interest. Of late, people consult her as an official guide in some of the most difficult subjects and controversial case studies related to Human Dynamics. Her inquisitive nature helped her undertake Teachers Training in some of the most convincing of subjects. She is one of the most popular names when it comes to delivering trainings to an array of people, which range from school and college students, corporate clientele, entrepreneurs and other major audiences in the city. Shruti proves to be an excellent motivational orator on international platforms as well. Shruti’s listening skills and empathy quotient become a boon for the most disturbed of minds, deliver solace to all of those who come to her and count upon her valuable advice and guidance. Unlike other healers, she believes in projecting a mirror to the client, leading them to introspection, and causing them to acquire solutions from within—a unique quality justifies the favoritism she receives from her clientele. Shruti has been driven by the benchmarks that she has continually achieved throughout her journey. She was also invited to be one of the panelists for the selection process of MBA students, in the Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM) in Lavale, Pune—one of the most renowned business institutes in the country. Additionally, she was invited for a talk on Marital Harmony & Discord at INS Shivaji, Naval Base at Lonavala. She also has been featured in some of the most popular newspapers, magazines and television shows on a frequent basis. “Learning is an ongoing process and one must strive and conquer the infinite”, Shruti says, as she believes her solutions are not outputs of individual modalities but rather an amalgamation of all the knowledge she has gained so far. This sincere and intuitive soul has the mission and vision to impart one unique message to all, of “Happiness is a choice we all have access to.” With all of her enthusiasm and open nature she aspires to travel the globe to learn and teach life in all its forms and the importance of elevating oneself to a higher level.

I am a self-employed run a Hospital called DR SURESH DIACARE specialized in Diabetes in Bangalore Have my Textile and Apparel business I am passionate about Women Empowerment.

Teacher of English for all classes at various schools all over India especially trained to teach English as a second language and the Theory of Linguistics. Helped to devise the new English syllabus for 10 & 12th grades in collaboration with the British Council for CBSE School syllabus. Worked to formulate the NCERT Educational Policy 1986. Taught a degree course in English at the Naval Academy (INS Mandovi) Goa for 4th year cadets in 1990. Taught spoken English for business executives in a training centre and devised the curriculum in Kochi, Kerala. Did the same for executives in Goa being trained at the Shipping Institute Vasco-da-gama, Goa.1992-95 Joseph Conrad scholar- Life member of Joseph Conrad Society UK & USA. Present papers based on my thesis for M. Phil. Took active part in theatre events in school, college and as a teacher! Played leading roles in plays and dramatic productions.

I work for the Taj Group of Hotels as Executive Housekeeper. Have been President for Professional Housekeepers Association, Karnataka. Currently, Chair person for Hospitality, Karnataka

Mahiema has been making films for 20 odd years. Approximately 10 years ago she changed the direction of her genre and went into making films related to spirit and human evolution - understanding and exploring the unseen, unheard and mysterious.

An entrepreneur, a gifting enthusiast and a seasoned sales and marketing professional with over 14 years hands-on experience in direct marketing, sales operations, client services and public relations.

Madhavi Shree, is a journalist, blogger & poet based in New Delhi for last ten years. She has been an active media professional for the past 15 years. In 2010-2011, She won LAADLI MEDIA AWARD for Journalistic Work on Women Issues for her blog BAKBAK. Besides, she has won two more awards in features writer category in NCR from MEWAR INSTITUTE and one more MEDIA MAHARATHI, PEOPLE ‘S CHOICE AWARD from EXCHANGE OF MEDIA GROUP in 2013. She is been recently appointed as the Member of Internal Complain Committee of Global Payments’ Asia Pacific India Office for the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace ( Prevention , Prohibition & Redressal ) Act 2013

Never ever imagined that my passion for driving would eventually become a bread winner career for me and many others especially women. And also that it would get created because I am a teetolaller. A challenge with my friends helped set up the 1st ever womens taxi service. Only to be followed by the giants of the industry in the years to come.

Tanuja Shankar Khan, has been born and brought up in Patna, where she stayed till 1996 with her family. Masters in English Literature from Patna University and Diploma Holder in Mass Communication, Tanuja was brought up in a very academic and artistic environment, where she along with her three bright siblings was given all opportunities to participate in various forms of performing arts and media like Theater, Music, Drama, Radio, Writing and Television by her erudite parents. Tanuja, started her professional career by joining her own alma mater, the prestigious Patna Women’s College as a lecturer of Radio & TV Journalism in 1994, teaching students of Communicative English and continued till 1996. Witnessing the satellite television’s boom in metro cities like Bombay and Delhi, She decided to shift to New Delhi and start her career in television. From 1997-2004, she diligently worked for various TV Production Houses and Channels producing and directing different genres of television programming and documentaries for top TV channels in India. In 2004, her career shifted to media education and she got closely associated with a number of Film & TV Institutes and at present is working as Channel Advisor, at Doordarshan National, New Delhi.Along with this, Tanuja’s creative buds have always been tickling to create something new and thus she started writing scripts for films, and thus was born the idea for the film, ‘MUSIC MERI JAAN’ based on youths participating in a music reality show. “Flames Of Paradise” is her first novel, after being into writing of short stories and scripts for last 20 years.

Work Experience: With a work experience of 22 plus years, have trained , guided and motivated more than 8000 students and corporate employees who believe in change , adding life to values and leading those who want to dare to dream . It’s not about thinking positive it’s about being positive .Believing to learn more each day and exploring the world of knowledge this journey of learning and expatiate continues. Personal Philosophy: To excel in your believe; communicate it in simple and honest way. Give the world the best and the best will come back to you. Wear smile instead of a lipstick, a twinkle in your eyes instead of Kajal. Training Modules Developed and Training Skills Imparted On: Business English and Communication Skills, Behavioral Skills, Stress Management, Confidence Building, Product Customer Services & Motivation and Positivity Building. Train The Trainer Certifications and Diploma: Diploma in Training by Manipal City and Guilds, Infosys Campus Connect, Dale Carnegie & Master Practitioner in NLP, Advance level Coach by IFC and NLP A brief profile of work experience: 2016-1992: Current: Designing Training Content and Conducting Training in both Corporate and Institute. Train the Trainer Program For: Skilled Trainers from Afghanistan training done for Future Brilliance UK project under the Agies of Manipal City and Guilds . Teacher Training for Schools effective teaching skills, Infosys Campus Connect, MNIT Faculty Development Program on building positive working environment, Independent Public workshops: Workshops on Stress Management, Coaching and Mentoring Individual, Be Positive to A Positive, Mind and Body Healing, Creating Excellence, Know yourself.

Jasmin Waldmann is the founder of Jasmin Waldmann Life Coaching company As an international life coach she came to India 4 years ago and worked amongst other companies with M S Dhoni and Sportsfit She supports people to reach their aims – in personal life like how to improve relationships and how to have a happy and healthy life But also in professional life like to become a greater leader how to choose the right employees how to become more successful overall Hundreds of people have benefited from the Life Coach and discovered and improved their full inner potential.

Kumud Anant Baid is Co – Founder at Codezin Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Codez is an innovative web engineering company based out of Kolkata, India, providing a wide range of web and mobile services across the globe. Our verticals include websites, Android Apps, iOS Apps, and Virtual Reality Solutions. We were a team of 30 passionate and dedicated professionals. We deliver consistent high quality and user friendly websites. My role is to manage the team and ensure smooth functioning of the organization. I also look into business development. A few sites we have developed are listed below. A detailed portfolio can be found at www.codez.in

Prof John Varghese, the XIII Principal of St Stephen’s College, completed his education at Loyola College, Chennai and the Madras Christian College. He has taught at Loyola College, Chennai, George Mason University’s off shore campus at Ras al Khaimah and was Head, Department of Communication at the English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, before taking charge of St Stephen’s College. Prof Varghese has taught in the areas of English Language, English Literature and Media & Communication, but Literature remains his favourite. His doctoral thesis was in the area of Victorian Fiction and Psychoanalysis. He has supervised research work and has also written and edited books in both Literature and English Language Teaching. He also has a special interest in Media and Language Teaching Prof Varghese brings with him substantial experience in both teaching and administration, including International Relations.

Bijal Doshi is Sole Proprietors at Bijoux Bijal Participated in intensive yoga familiarization teaching course in appreciation and assimilation of the Philosophy, Psychology and Practice of the Science of Yoga. She is Currently conducting therapeutic and general yoga classes under the name ‘Bijal’s Yoga Divine ’ with unusual blends of Asanas, Pranayam, Mudras, Bandhas, Yoga Nidra, Sun-Salutations and Tibetan Rites and Meditation. She received Scholarship in the Silver Jublee year of Priyadarshani Academy in the field of Yoga Educational Scholarship and Literary Award Program. She received Certificate From Yoga Sadhana Seva Trust for Course & Research Paper in Yogic Philosophy & Yoga Therapy. She was Awarded the first prize in the Innerwheel South Asia Rally 2008. She is also contributing as The President in Indus International and also chaired various Committees Since 1991.

Dr. Ashok Seth is the current Chairman of Fortis Escorts Heart Institute, New Delhi and Head, Cardiology Council of Fortis Group of Hospitals. His contributions in the field of Cardiology, especially Interventional Cardiology have been recognised extensively in India as well as across the world. During his career span of 26-years, he has pioneered numerous angioplasty techniques Directional Atherectomy, Angioscopy, Stents, Thrombectomy devices and Drug Eluting Stents, use of Impella heart support device failing heart, Bioabsorbable Stents and TAVI and implemented it successfully both in India and other regions in Asia Pacific. He has performed one of the highest number of angiographies and angioplasties which has been mentioned in the ‘LIMCA Book of Records’. He has been a part of the Focused Advisory Group and seminal studies for development and clinical applicability of Bioresorbable Scaffold (BRS) Stent which is highly recognised technique worldwide. For his unique achievements & contributions he has been honoured with the prestigious National Honour of “Padma Bhushan” and “Padma Shri” Award by the President of India in 2015 and 2003 respectively, the National Award of Republic of Spain “Officer’s Cross Order of Isabella the Catholic” in 2010, ‘Mason Sones Award’ from SCAI (USA) in 2010 and numerous other awards. Dr. Seth has been the President of the Cardiological Society of India and Vice President of the Asian Pacific Society of Cardiology. He was elected Board of Trustee of SCAI (USA) for the period 2007-2010 and is presently a member of the SCAI Nominating Committee and Voting Selector of the MSCAI Nominating Committee. He has been invited to lecture on and demonstrate complex angioplasty techniques in more than 400 international training courses and meetings across the globe including live transmissions of complex cases from India to the TCT and EuroPCR Meetings. He is on the Editorial Board of JACC Cardiovascular Interventions, CCI, Euro Intervention, Indian Heart Journal and others. He has been honoured by Doctorate from four prestigious Universities in India. He has more than 250 publications to his credit in prestigious Indian and International medical journals, written and edited chapters in 10 text books of Cardiology and Medicine & edited two books in Cardiology. He has trained more than 350 cardiologists from India and abroad in advance techniques of angioplasty

Dr. Pratibha Jolly is Principal of Miranda House, the premiere college for women at University of Delhi. She gained Ph.D for theoretical work in Chemical Physics from University of Delhi and taught in Miranda House for eight years before joining Department of Physics at the University of Delhi as Research Scientist where she began work in the area of Physics Education Research and Curriculum Development at the tertiary level. Her research interests include computational physics; electronic instrumentation; use of computer-based technologies in education; development of locally produced low-cost equipment; teacher training; cognitive aspects of students’ learning and diverse student populations. A major thrust has been to engage undergraduate students in development of a package called Science Online consisting of an indigenous low-cost data-acquisition system and comprehensive set of sensor circuits for real-time measurements in multidisciplinary contexts.Her multifaceted work has led to the establishment in 2008 of the D S Kothari Centre for Research and Innovation in Science Education at Miranda House with generous funding from the Department of Science and Technology. She has recently been selected for the prestigious 2009-2010 Fulbright New Century Scholar award to work on the theme The University as Innovation Driver and Knowledge Centre. This will enable her to work with a multidisciplinary team of 36 scholars from 22 countries in the coming months. Dr. Jolly is currently Chair of the International Commission on Physics Education (ICPE), Commission 14 of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP). She has the distinction of having been member of ICPE from 2002 to 2005; being elected as Chair from 2005 to 2008 and then, being re-elected to Chair for a further period of three years till 2011. She also served as Vice President of IUPAP for a period of three years from October 2005 to 2008. She is the National Point of Contact for the Asian Physics Education Network (ASPEN), promoted by UNESCO. Widely traveled, Dr. Jolly was awarded the Kilambi Ramavataram Fellowship by American Physical Society and the Tata-Fulbright travel fellowship in 1995 to enable work with leading Physics Education Research Groups at University of Maryland and Kansas State University. This supplemented an earlier exposure to science education at, both, school and tertiary level in the U.K. where she worked with the Science Education Group at University of York on a Commonwealth Academic Staff Fellowship in 1987. Dr. Jolly was the General Secretary of Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT), an academic body of nearly four thousand teachers spread across the country, from 2003 to 2006. She has served on apex academic committees at the University of Delhi and is a key player in academic reforms and restructuring of the science programs. She regularly interacts with schools, colleges and other educational institutions. She was on the Board of School of Science, Indira Gandhi National Open University and Advisor for publication of school study materials by Encyclopedia Brittanica, South Asia. She is on the programme committee of the National Science Museum in Delhi. She also serves on the various Department of Science and Technology (DST) Committees on Women in Science; Science and Society, and Science Communication. She was on the National Committee for the organization of the UNESCO International Year of Physics (2005) activities in India. Dr. Jolly organized the first ever major International Conference on Physics Education titled World View on Physics Education in 2005: Focusing on Change in Delhi in August 2005. She was also the co-chair for the Physics Education segment in the World Conference on Physics and Sustainable Development held in October 2005 at Durban and is member of the group responsible for implementation of its action plans. In furtherance of these plans, she is organizing, with an international team, PHYSWARE, the first in a series of collaborative workshops on low-cost equipment and appropriate technologies that promote undergraduate level, hands-on physics education throughout the developing world at the Abdul Salam Centre for Theoretical Physics at Trieste, Italy, in February 2009.

I have been an educationist for 37 years and what started as an interest and profession quickly became a passion. Being with children is now as important for me as the essentials for sustenance! My journey in education started from Delhi Public School RK Puram in 1980. I taught English to age groups of 8 to 17. My students are now adults who are contributing to society and remember the days we spent together very fondly. I am especially proud of the very strong relationship I had with each class of mine. In 1995 DPS management gave me the responsibility of heading the Primary School of DPS RK Puram at Vasant Vihar. Those were the most fruitful years of my career, when I was at my creative best. We worked on a number of innovations in the pedagogy by constantly researching about the latest trends. The school during this period stood apart from others as dynamic and happening. In 2000, I left the country to start a school for DPS at Sharjah, UAE. This was the most challenging assignment of my career. I was to set up a school in a foreign land keeping in mind the local sensitivities and rules. Though a tough task, I remember this experience with a feeling of fulfilment and satisfaction. By the time I left this school in 2008, it was regarded as the top school, excelling in academic, sports and the cultural arenas. In 8 years it had grown from 180 to 4500 students! DPS Sharjah will always be a feather in my cap and I am proud of being its Founder Principal. I joined Sanskriti in 2008. The school echoed my vision and philosophy of education – that each child is unique and the purpose of education is to understand this difference and nurture each child accordingly. After my taking over as the Principal, we have embarked on new vistas and are looking forward to new excitements ahead. The school average in Class 12 Board exams has shown a marked increase consistently since 2008. I have never let the school lose sight of its vision, which is ‘’to create happy, feeling and thinking Sanskritians who will be the change makers’’. Values are the most important aspect in my school and I ensure that while academics gets its due, the children grow up as positive thinking, humane individuals. In Sanskriti I have constantly worked at empowering my teachers. There is always a stimulating atmosphere in the school encouraging teachers to add on to their expertise. Besides this, I have been able to give the teachers space to experiment and innovate.

Anita Nayyar is a veteran of Indian media being an integral part of its growth. As CEO she took on the mandate to expand the Havas Media Group footprint in these lucrative emerging SA markets in 2006. Under her leadership Havas Media Group in India has grown exponentially. It has expanded its offerings as an integrated communications group for traditional, digital, mobile, performance marketing and out-of-home. The agency has grown 10 times in 8 years. This 2015 RECMA ranked Havas Media in the Top 5 Media Agencies in its 2014 Qualitative Evaluation. Havas Media was ranked as the No.2 Indian Media Agency in the Agency Report Card 2014 by Campaign India. In 2013 RECMA graded Havas Media at No.1 in Compitches in both their preliminary reports. RECMA rated Havas Media Group as the fastest growing media agency in India at 43%, 3x the industry in 2012. Anita was voted the 2nd most influential media person in India by The Brand Equity Survey in 2006 and has always been in the top list of the most influential media personalities ever since. Much awarded she has been recognized every year for her leadership and Havas Media has won at the agency level for its work. Her 30+years in the industry have seen her passionately manage a mega portfolio of brands across sectors. A prominent speaker, moderator, panelist and judge at all major events and awards year on year; her views and opinions have been sort by both Indian and international media. She started and went on to lead leading agencies in India including Saatchi & Saatchi, Ogilvy & Mather, Initiative Media, MediaCom and Starcom Worldwide. Anita’s area of expertise is with business, brands and people as well as media, digital, mobile, entertainment, OOH and sports. She holds a Bachelors degree in Microbiology and has done her Post Graduation in Advertising and Marketing with a Masters in Management.

Gunjan Jain is an avid reader who is also a compulsive writer a thought leader, often sharing her discernment at public forums. The writer in her has been hard at work. Her debut book, She Walks, She Leads, an authorized anthology of India’s most dynamic women leaders, profiles 24 prolific life stories. Capturing a panoramic range of professions, passions and sensibilities, through the book, each personality shares her personal journey like never before. The biographies are supplemented by reference conversations with more than a hundred leading personalities. Leading from her book, Gunjan authors a special series on Leadership for Forbes India. Gunjan belongs to the family conglomerate – The Arissan Group, which is primarily into Media (Aastha Channel), Finance, and Infrastructure. Gunjan currently lives and works out of Mumbai, India.

Ms. Sonica Malhotra, Joint Managing Director, MBD Group is driving the Group by taking powerful strides into Hospitality, real estate, retail and mall development ventures. Being an energetic entrepreneur, she handles all the key projects from start to finish, right from project planning to pre-opening and post-opening of hotels and malls. She has been directing the Group’s strategy very meticulously and is also responsible for branding, positioning and assisting in the expansion plans of MBD Group. Under her aegis, MBD Group forayed into hospitality sector about 12 years ago when it entered into a franchise agreement with Radisson Hotels & Resorts and opened their first maiden venture The Radisson Blu MBD Hotel, Noida. After successfully establishing the hotel in Noida, Ms Malhotra helped in repeating the success story with Radisson Blu Hotel MBD, Ludhiana- the first five star hotel of Ludhiana. Ms Malhotra has also introduced premium and luxury brands in the state of Punjab with MBD Neopolis, Ludhiana and Jalandhar – mixed use developments entailing five star Hotel, premium and luxury retail mall and a multiplex. The next category of mixed use development is coming up in Whitefield, Bangalore- MBD Zephyr, which houses luxury hotel and luxury service apartments. A new allure based on a timeless concept of unparalleled beauty & perfection, MBD Zephyr, is a dream project of the Group interpreting luxury in the true sense of the word.

Dr. Som Singh Dutta is an Indian entrepreneur, angel investor, Nasscom 10K, Microsoft and Target Accelerator mentor. She is currently the Co-trustee and Director at Centre for Entrepreneurial Excellence (CEE) while also being the Founder & Chief Marketing at Unspun Consulting Group, one of India’s first technology-based marketing company based out of Bangalore. Som’s expertise lies in product to market fit assessment, customer segmentation, competitors’ advantage mapping, pricing and lead generation. Armed with an MBA degree and a PhD in management, Som also tutors at some of the most prestigious educational institutions in India like IFIM (Institute of Finance and International Management) and IIITB (International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore). Som strives to build a dedicated disciplined curriculum on entrepreneurship and build the e-cell that will mentor entrepreneurs from scratch; from setting up shop to getting them out in the market. She is also a board member of IT Software Policy making, Department of IT and Electronics. Apart from all this, Som also has a lighter side to her demeanor. She’s the founder of an exclusive designer collection store for women, IRA HOUSE OF DESIGNERS which brings to you a range of designer wear that is bespoke and select, minus the expensive price tag. Here’s one of a kind fashion address that encourages designers from across India to showcase their collections.

Swati sharma is a fellow at Teach for India, teaching in a government school in New Delhi. she is a Law graduate, and just after compliting her graduation joined the movement to end the problem of educational inequality in India. she strongly believes that awareness is the solution to every problem and thats why initiated a legal awareness project “Humara Haq” in the school and community and heading towards expanding the project in different communities in Delhi. Her interest includes international trade and business law, Arbitration, corporate law and taxation.

Charu Malhotra is an Entrepreneur, business strategist and a consultant. Currently she is Business Consultant, with American Express. She aims of unlocking the leadership and entrepreneurial potential in the ones who believe in creating a difference around. She always welcome new opportunities and helps in mentoring and strategizing the growth of ventures. Prior to American Express, she was involved in international business development for IT companies in different geographies worldwide including Europe, Middle East, US, Australia, + where she connected with lots of entrepreneur with diverse innovations, skills and interesting thoughts. Charu’s future goal is to establish an online based services business for women’s targeting to lifestyles and wardrobes without pocket depreciations.

Mrs Anju Handa is the CEO and Director of GREENS a consultancy and event management company established in 1999. She is B.SC and M.A. in English from the most prestigious “ Barring Union Christian College “ in Punjab. She started her career as teacher in Bangalore. After her marriage in Delhi she ventured in various professions like Hobby Classes, Cooking Classes, Soft Toys making but finally she got an opportunity to show her talent for a chain of Preschools without a relevant degree in NTT or B.Ed. Her knowledge and vision coupled with dedication and hard work bestowed laurels with recognitions and rewards. During the tenure of three years in school she was promoted to many responsible positions. she proved her capability at every step and finally became the marketing head leading a team of ten people. With her proven record of work she got the best marketing manager award for her work. Her determination and desire to achieve much more led her to leave the job and start her own Pre school consultancy company by the name of GREENS.

Meena Baluja, founder director of hand in hand workshops, born and brought up in a family from an army background where honesty, dedication and empathy have been ingrained in blood, Learnt to be adaptable, social, and a visionary from my mother who made life look so simple and fun loving in spite of all the hardships we faced Was given a different perspective of values to look at life There have been many challenges and challenging situations in different fields during the journey of teaching and learning as a Student…..- Learner…. – Teacher…..-Counselor…. – Trainer…. Mentor…. and as a human being…….. The thought of sharing experiences was very strongly felt by me in the due course of my journey. As I believe strongly as we are webbed with targets, schedules, routines and commitments, We hardly have time to sort out things which we are trapped in-Hence we look for shortcut solutions I unravel those shortcuts and try to sort out issues and their mental blogs Have been involved in Teaching as a field worker since 1988, Seek eminence and excel in every task and work in hand Strictly HATE POLITICS and believes in KARMA The place where unnecessary politics breeds creativity and growth is finished forever and for everybody Has been involved in major projects and been happy changing mindsets and mental blocks of the people towards life

Jewellery Designer and Jeweller of International repute. Mainly designs Jewellery for the discerning few in India and in Newyork.MBA by qualification, she dropped a career in Media Marketing to follow her passion for design and studied the nuances of Jewellery Designing .

MBA& MSC graduate , successful worked with corporates like Ranbaxy, IPru, Max . Currently running business in video productions and digital marketing.

Parull Mahaajan is an Inspiring Lady who wears many hats at the same time. A Lawyer, Interior Designer specialising in green and sustainable designs , Advisor Delhi Literature Festival and Social Activist working for multiple causes like Environment Conservation, Swachh Bharat, Women Empowerment.

Founder Director Kaizen Consult – an Organization engaged in Business Consulting, Training and Head Hunting, Mentoring Start ups. Lakshmy has over 25 plus years of work experience in India and Global markets. Responsible for relaunch of Elizabeth Arden Brand in Oman. Worked with HelpAge India.

Experienced Director with a demonstrated history of working in the renewables and environment industry. Skilled in Solar Power, Construction Management, Project Estimation, Feasibility Studies, and Asset Management. Strong professional with a MS focused in Civil Engineering (Construction Engineering and Management) from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Bhavna Toor is the founder of Shenomics, a Mindful Leadership platform helping women live and lead from within. Her work and her passion centers on the intersection between Mindful Leadership and Women’s Leadership. Bhavna has been helping to build leaders and mentor entrepreneurs for over 5 years, including as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the GSF Global Accelerator and previously as the CEO and Director of the National Social Entrepreneurship Forum, helping to create a supportive eco-system for over 10,000 young social entrepreneurs. Prior to that, Bhavna had a 9-year long celebrated career on Wall Street, most recently as a Vice President at a top investment firm in New York. As a passionate women’s leadership coach, Bhavna has spoken on various platforms including TEDx, and has worked with high-potential women at leading companies like Societe Generale, Google, Citi Bank, Hewlett Packard, among others. Bhavna is a founding member of the Womensphere Global Network, an alumna of GIFT’s Global Young Leaders, the Startup Leadership Program, the Piramal Fellowship, and has an MBA in Social Impact from New York University’s Stern School of Business. Bhavna has lived in 6 different countries, and brings a global understanding and sensitivity to her work.

Gauri Sarin is a dreamer. She likes to dream of new realities and doesn’t want to let them happen. She attempts to do something about them. After spending 20 odd years as a Recruiter, Talent Coach and entrepreneur running two firms Approach International and Approach Talent Solutions, Gauri chose to take a sabbatical for the nation – nurture citizenship values, women leadership and now bring change in the lives of girls through dialogue and mentorship. Gauri has a vast network and she puts platforms together so more get an opportunity to engage in giving back to society, beyond their call of professional duties. Gauri actively influences thinking on critical issues on social media and encourages citizens/women to speak up. She has platforms such as Forum for Women Leaders for Better India and is member of National Alliance of Women Reservation Bill along with other women oriented NGOs. She is a businesswoman, a meditator, healer and social activist all rolled into one. Her experience taught her that it takes courage to take bold steps and challenge the status quo within and outside to achieve your potential. Saahas is an attempt to embrace the value of Courage often seen missing in young girls who feel disempowered to make life choices on their own. It also encourages talented women to mentor these young girls in low budget schools, colleges. These girls in turn can be the levers of social and economic transformation.

Shamsa is a seasoned management consultant and has worked in the private sector, academia and the development sector in 13 countries in 4 continents. Qualified as an Engineer in 1996, Shamsa worked across Europe and USA in large MNC’s in the aerospace and specialty chemicals manufacturing industry. In 2004, Shamsa relocated to Dubai to work as Senior Consultant – Strategy and Business Excellence with TECOM Investments, part of Dubai Holding Group. Since 2007, Shamsa is working as a freelance consultant managing large projects across multiple sectors. (Successfully delivered 13 projects in numerous sectors of Afghanistan over 5 years.)

Kapil Sibal is an Indian politician belonging to the Indian National Congress party. A lawyer, he formerly served at the helm of various ministries in the Congress lead UPA government over the years – beginning with the Ministry of Science & Technology, then the Ministry of Human Resource Development followed by the Ministry of Communications & IT, and the Ministry of Law & Justice. Sibal was first nominated in July 1998, as a Member of the upper house of the Indian Parliament, the Rajya Sabha, from the state of Bihar. He served as Additional Solicitor General of India (December 1989 – December 1990) and President of the Supreme Court Bar Association on three occasions (1995–96, 1997–98 and 2001–2002).[2] In 2004 general elections, he won the Chandni Chowk constituency of New Delhi with 71% vote share. In 2014 general elections, he received 18% of the votes and trailed at third position for Chandni Chowk constituency, behind Harsh Vardhan (winner, BJP) and Ashutosh (AAP).

The story of Usha Jha is a story of many women of India yet so very different. The owner of Petals Crafts which she established in 1991, she had to overcome a lot of adversaries to march towards her dream of becoming a self reliant and empowered women in a patriarchal society. Born on 28th November 1957, in a small village called Bhadreshwar in the erstwhile Purnia district of Bihar. Her father, under the influence of socialist leaders of independent India tried to impart education to all his eight children including his four daughters. Women’s education was not at all a reality during those times. However, her father could not fight the society regarding the child marriage and she was married off at the age of 14. A bright students from the beginning, she did not accept her marriage as the end of academic life, and obtained a Master’s degree in Political Science from Mithila University along with managing her family with two of her children. However, she was not just satisfied with her educational achievements but wanted to achieve a greater heights in her professional life. But as Indra Nooyi said “Women cannot have it all,” she had to wait till her children became old enough to manage themselves. In 1991 she established Petals Crafts and then there was no looking back. Petal Crafts has travelled a long mile since its inception and have its international presence now. It is registered under Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) program of the Government of Inia (GOI). As a member of MSMEs, Usha Jha presented the Petals Crafts in two international stages such as “India Show” St. Petersburg, Russia in 2009; and “World Indian Festival” in Singapore in 2014. Though directly into the export, the products of Petals Crafts are in demand in many nations through NRIs and her stint aboard. Petals craft has a client base in all over India and other countries like the United States and Dubai. Within India, some of the largest buyers of her products are Indian Railways, Banks such as State Bank of India and Government of Bihar. The famous Mithila paintings of Petals crafts find its space in trains like Gareeb Rath and Sampoorna Kranti etc.

Mallika is the CEO and co-founder of the world’s first Museum to remember the Partition of India. The Partition Museum opened its doors at the Town Hall in Amritsar in OCt 2016, and in a short span of time has received over 25,000 visitors. The Museum aims to be a memorial to all those millions impacted in the largest migration in human history, as well as, a comprehensive archive on the Partition. Prior to this, Mallika was the India Country Lead for Health Systems Design at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation in Delhi, where she anchored the Foundation’s work to bring increased accountability, access, quality of care, and financial risk protection through cross-cutting health system approaches. She holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MPA in International Development from Harvard Kennedy School and an A.B. cum laude from Princeton University in public policy and international affairs.

B.tech ,M.tech by qualification and 12 years of working experience in field of science,teaching and computers.A writer and opinions are covered in newspapers like The TRIBUNE one of article link https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/life-style/gyan-zone/and-the-award-returned-to/145065.html Regularly invited to various colleges,institutions and companies for motivational talk and enterpreneur skills . An avid reader and believes that a women is a powerhouse and stock of enormous amount of positive energy which if given right direction can create , invent and build wonders in every sphere. Co-Founder and CEO of an e-commerce company noisyrock.com which has employed all women candidates,training them and on the contrary company sells men’s products in the whole country! Website :www.noisyrock.com FB page :https://www.facebook.com/Noisy-Rock-542762432527883/

Priceless Possessions is a Brand Management company. It has also created its own event properties in Luxury Lifestyle. The company has also ventured into a Multi-Designer store for Budding Designers in Fashion & Lifestyle. And soon launching lifestyele magazine and a Luxury Blog & You Tube Channel

Bharati Thakore is a Mumbai-based author, filmmaker and founder director of EducationWorld films. A media and communications major of Denison University, USA, Bharati was the assistant director to Karan Johar and Madhur Bhandarkar. In 2009 she launched EducationWorld films and has produced and dir

31 years of experience in increasing responsibility roles in the School-based academics, in India and Nepal; engaged in self development fields like sports, music, communication and fine arts; believe in holistic approach to Education and Leadership Currently training in the leadership, delivery and engagement of higher Education; and seek possibilities of inter-disciplinary and cross-industry assignments. Am an Education consultant, counsellor and have been conducting workshops for teachers, students and parents. Have also been involved in personality grooming of adults and students of all ages. Also am engaged in conducting Spoken English classes for all ages. Qualification • M.Sc – Environmental Science, 2010 • M.Ed, ICFAI University, 2006 • B.Ed, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 1986 • B.Sc, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 1985 Awards and Recognitions • Awarded the ‘BEST Speaker award’ in the Annual Program of Millenium Mams Kolkata • Have won innumerable awards in singing competitions in folk, classical, bhajans, Rabindra Sangeet, patriotic songs and gazals • Was honored by Mr.B.K.Birla for organizing a Sports and cultural carnival involving 1300 students. • Was awarded the ‘Best Speaker award’ in a Toast Master International session held in 2014 • Have won innumerable accolades in swimming competitions • Was judged as the ‘Best Baker’ in an event held in Saharanpur. • Have won prizes in ‘Flower Arrangement’ competitions References can be provided later based on relevance

Entrepreneur; Passionate about the enormous opportunities for collaboration between Global Consumers and Producers. Advocate for Equal Opportunity and Fair Play.

Fabsouk is founded with a simple idea to bring latest and modern designs in home decor specially carpets. We are committed to bring best quality product from manufacturers to you cutting down all the mediators from the market. We customise carpets according to your need and taste.

A very passionate early educator who believes that each child is truly unique. With 7 years of experience in the field of early education, she really knows and understands how important the early years are for a child. She believes that “Mind is everything” and if at a young age these minds can be fed with the right knowledge, thoughts and values the resonance is life-long. Being a mother herself she was always on a lookout as to how can she bring up her child more holistically. This helped her find her true calling. Having completed her training in Montessori education in APM and spending 3 years as a teacher in Sri Sri Academy she started Globetrotters, teaching diversity to young children. After gathering experience over the years and cultivating her passion to teach, Pooja decided to start her own preschool where she is nurturing young minds to be lifelong independent learners and happy individuals.

Simrat is a communications professional with more than 16 years of work experience across industries. She has been instrumental in conceptualising and implementing new initiatives, developing new platforms and diversifying communications portfolio to support business priorities. She has contributed immensely towards creating influencer outreach programmes, integrating digital media with communications, PR and environmental initiatives. She believes hard work, persistence and positive outlook are key ingredients to achieve your goal. She is highly passionate, enjoys creativity and endeavours to meaningfully contribute to the society through social work.

Shri I. S. Jha (57 years), (DIN: 00015615) is Chairman & Managing Director of our Company. Prior to his present assignment, he successfully served as Director (Projects) of the Company from September, 2009 and was responsible for planning, engineering, project management, monitoring and implementation of all transmission and distribution projects. An Electrical Engineer from NIT, Jamshedpur, he is a well known Power System Professional having more than 35 years of rich and varied work experience. He began his professional career in 1981 as an Executive Trainee in NTPC. He has been associated with POWERGRID since its inception in 1991 and has been part of departments such as Engineering, Distribution Management System (DMS), and Corporate Monitoring Group. He has worked as Executive Director of North Eastern Region, Engineering and Corporate Monitoring Group of the Company. While working at various projects and Corporate Ofice of NTPC and POWERGRID, he was involved in conceptualization, planning, design, engineering, monitoring and implementation of projects of National importance. Apart from these, he has been a lead Member in Planning, Engineering and Execution of APDRP and RGGVY schemes in POWERGRID. He is member of Governing Body of CPRI, Bangalore and Empowered Committee of Government of India for promoting competition in Power Transmission Sector. He is also associated with professional bodies such as Institution of Engineers – India, Power Engineering Society of IEEE – USA, and International Council on Large Electric Systems (CIGRE) – France. He has published/ presented numerous articles, technical papers in the ield of power system in various international and National Journal/Conferences. He has been appointed CMD of the company in November, 2015.

Ms. Ameera Shah is the Managing Director and Promoter of Metropolis Healthcare Ltd., a highly respected and multinational chain of diagnostic centers.Ms. Shah has evolved Metropolis from its single pathology laboratory status to a fully integrated multinational chain of 137 diagnostic centers and 1000 collection centers across the globe. Metropolis delivers over 15 million tests a year, catering to more than 10,000 Laboratories, Hospitals, Nursing homes and 2,00,000 Consultants. With 34 years of experience in delivering accurate reports, Metropolis has earned the reputation of being India’s leading and only multinational chain of diagnostic centres with presence in UAE, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Kenya, Mauritius and Ghana.She has revolutionized the pathology industry from being a doctor led practice to a professional corporate group in an extremely unregulated, competitive and fragmented market. Under her leadership, Metropolis has been the first to create a sustainable business model for pathology, the first to traverse in to emerging markets & the first to implement global standards of quality in all its processes & systems.Ms. Shah received a degree in Finance from The University of Texas at Austin and has also completed the prestigious Owner-President Management Program at Harvard Business School.Ms. Shah is an eminent industry spokesperson and has been featured as a speaker in various National and International forums, industry events and conclaves. She has been a key-speaker at prestigious events organized by IIM- Ahmedabad, Harvard Business School, TedX, CII and many such reputed institutions. She has also been elected the Secretary of the IAPL (Indian Association of Pathology Laboratories) and is the Chairperson of the ‘FICCI Health services Western Subgroup’ that drives policy decisions at the Center. Ms. Shah is an independent director on the board of several reputed companies and she is also an advisor to many educational institutions.An International & National award winner, She was conferred with ‘The Young entrepreneur of the Year Award’ by GE in 2006 and ‘The Young Achiever of the Year Award’ at the CMO Asia Awards in 2011. She was also the recipient of the prestigious ‘Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award’ in 2011 organized by Entrepreneur India and Bloomberg. She has been honored with ‘Exemplary Women Leadership award’ at the World Women Leadership and Congress awards 2014. She has been chosen as one of the most respected leaders under 40 years by Economic Times & Spencer Stuart (2014). Recently Forbes Asia listed Ms. Shah in the Asia’s Most Powerful Women 2015 for powering the rise of Metropolis Healthcare and brining a significant shift in the diagnostics industry. She is one among the only 12 Indian Women to be featured in this globally acclaimed list. Ms Shah has also been featured in the acclaimed ‘Young Global Leader’ list brought out by the prestigious ‘World Economic Forum’ in 2015.

Sandeep Chaudhary was appointed as the CEO India for Aon Hewitt consulting at the start of 2014. He looks after all areas of consulting that include, Talent & Leadership, Engagement, M&A, Performance & Rewards and Retirement. He is a member of the Asia Pacific Leadership Team. In his previous assignment with the firm he was a Senior Partner and led the Performance and Rewards consulting practice. He has 18 years of consulting experience, out of which 15 years is with Aon Hewitt across various offices. Sandeep is an experienced consultant with subject matter expertise in goal setting, performance management, broad-based, executive and sales compensation. Sandeep has worked extensively with local, multi-national and state owned enterprises. His work includes all critical aspects of Total Rewards – reward strategy, base pay design, benchmarking, job evaluation & organization grading/ leveling, incentive design, sales commission, Mergers & Acquisitions etc. He is an appointed consultant to many board/ remuneration committees in India. His clients include a mix of foreign, Indian and state owned enterprises. Sandeep partners with leading industry forum as a thought leader, and is a speaker in several annual seminars and international HR forums, the likes of The Conference Board, EIU, NHRD India, Nasscom. Sandeep has authored various articles and shared perspectives on HR and Reward topics in leading Indian and Asian media publications and is often invited by the leading news channels.

Pallavi is the Co-Founder of Desiderata Impact Ventures – a specialist intermediary firm that is bringing transformative approaches to solving critical development challenges. In her current role, she is supporting high-potential social innovations expand their impact across markets in the global south. Prior to this, Pallavi worked with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the World Bank, where she led the South Asia regional program on inclusive business. With a background in corporate sector, she has been focusing on bringing private sector led approaches to development and more specifically scaling social innovations to achieving scalable, sustainable development impact at the base of the pyramid. Pallavi has been listed among the “50 Most Impactful Social Innovators” globally in 2016 by World CSR and awarded with 2015 Africa Social Innovation Leadership Award and the World Bank Vice-Presidential Unit Award in 2014. Pallavi has an undergraduate in engineering and an MBA from XLRI.

Mr. Lalit Bhasin is currently the President of the Society of Indian Law Firms and also the Managing Partner of Bhasin & Co. He was awarded Honorary Membership of the IBA in Melbourne in 1994 for outstanding service to the legal profession. He is also the honorary Secretary General of The Bar Association of India. He was awarded the Plaque of Honour by the Prime Minister of India in 2002 for outstanding contribution to the Rule of Law. He is the Executive President of the India Law Foundation. According to Asia Law Profiles “the high-profile advocate and litigator Lalit Bhasin, Bhasin & Co., Advocates continues to be one of New Delhi’s leading litigation firms. Bhasin is well respected for his leadership abilities in the legal community. Apart from litigation, the firm also has a good reputation for its general corporate and commercial work and has recently joined the list of firms involved in privatization. Bhasin & Co. currently maintains offices in New Delhi and Mumbai and has 28 associates.”

Ms. Hiresha Verma, MD & CEO, Hanzen Technologies Pvt Ltd. is a role model for many women entrepreneurs in India. Ms. Hiresha Verma harnessed her entrepreneurial acuity to start a successful social enterprise in mushroom farming and trained over a thousand women in Uttarakhand, who now farm mushrooms at their homes. Her socially-conscious business model has provided employment and livelihood to thousands of housewives, who are earning handsome returns every month. Ms. Verma with her drive and enterprise, market these home-harvested mushrooms to clients across UAE, USA and East Asia. Ms. Hiresha Verma has been awarded and honored many times and the most recent is ‘Grassroot Level Women of the Decade Award 2014’. She has also been honored with Women Enterpreneur Award in 2011 and in 2014 along with ISB for Leadership and Management Certificate. Ms. Hiresha Verma holds degree of Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Botany and Chemistry, post-graduation in Human Recourse and MBA in International Business

BIO Ruchi founded the startup enterprise TARU (naturals & organic), working with small-scale farmers and tribal groups on sustainable agriculture, decentralised renewable energy and climate adaptation. TARU works with tribals/small farmers pan India,providing sustainable farming trainings & technology .

‘To know others is wisdom, to know oneself is enlightenment.'”We are not human beings having a spiritual experience; We are spiritual beings having a human experience” Science to faith isn’t a journey for me, because to me they are two sides of the same coin. A Master’s Degree in Zoology acquainted me with the workings of physical bodies, and interactions with spiritual masters led to my understanding of higher realms. The subtle connection between the two is a source of fascination for me. This fascination is the reason for my absorption of any knowledge that the Almighty chooses for me. My certifications include Reiki Master, Professional Coach following ICF Competencies, Soul Coach, Shamanic Practitioner, Tarot & Angel Card Reader, Pendulum Dowsing Trainer, Aura Cleanser & Energiser, Chakra Healer & Aligner, Curejoy Expert and Indian Paranormal Team Associate. I am the founder of Divine Vibrations, an entity dedicated to helping individuals in eliminating stress and dealing with depression, trauma, losses & death. Additionally we assist you in manifesting goals, building joyous relationships, gaining confidence and increasing your emotional & spiritual quotient. We also conduct workshops, seminars and group meditation meetups. Connect with us at: www.divinevibrations.in

Smita Awasthi is a Masters in Psychology (topper 1983) and a PG Dip in Counseling from NCERT, India. She completed her ABA Education from University of North Texas, USA to become the First Behavior Analyst in 2004. In a career spanning 32 years; she was involved with rehabilitation work in villages on a UNICEF project in 1984, taught psychology and was involved with parent training and resource building for children with autism in India & the Middle East (2004-till date). She has pioneered the ABA movement in India and is involved with Advocacy, Training, Mentoring & Application of ABA principles in the field of Education, Development Disabilities & Autism in India & the region. She was involved with counselling, teaching psychology students at Mithibai College Mumbai. Between 2000-2008 she is involved with ABA training for the staff of many NGO’s across India. Since 2004 she has conducted workshops for parents of children with autism and professionals across India (Bhilwara, Korba, Raipur, Bhubaneshwar, Madurai, Lucknow, Kanpur, Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune, Bangalore, Chennai) and abroad (Dubai, Muscat, Belfast, Abu Dhabi). She has done extensive workshop of five days with The Social Welfare Department of Chhattisgarh in 2007. She continues to mentor ABA professionals and some of her mentees are now certified behavior analysts. Since she has started working with children with Autism in 1994 she has spent more than 75000 hours in the field working hands on with children between the ages of 1.8 months to 28 years. She founded ABA-India in 2009 an affiliate chapter of ABAI. She advocated for early intervention in autism. She founded Behavior Momentum India (2010) and pioneered 1:1 format teaching and formed the first systems based organization in special needs for children with autism in India. She supervises 12 centers across the country and have trained more than 600 para professionals in field of Autism. Due to the resource pool crunch she started the First ABA Course in India (2013). A BACB, USA approved course of which she is Program Director. She formed BMI Foundation India (2013) towards an Assisted living facility for Adults with Special needs in India. She is a PhD student at the Queen’s University Belfast, Ireland. She has been a keynote Speaker at the European ABA Conf (2012–14), and at many Conferences in India and abroad. She is a Full Member of the ABA International, USA. She has presented papers and posters at conferences organized by ABA International between 2005 – till date.

Padmaja Ruparel, an entrepreneur, an Angel Investor, is today the President of Indian Angel Network (IAN), building it from just a gleam in the eye to India’s first and Asia’s largest group of business angels, comprising the who’s who of successful entrepreneurs and dynamic CEOs from India and overseas. This “For Entrepreneurs, By Entrepreneurs” platform now has over 200 investors with a portfolio of close to 50 companies across multiple sectors and geographies; operating across 5 cities, providing exits such as 11.5x over 42 months, with over 350 entrepreneurs approaching the network month on month. She has established a unique model of an incubator, based on domain expertise and mentoring portfolio, which now has a portfolio of 36 incubatee companies, growing quickly to attract seed funding within 6 months of incubation. As a key player in the entrepreneurial eco system of India, she operationalised the TiE Universe’s best chapter – TiE Delhi chapter and revived the Indian Venture Capital Association, India’s oldest and largest association of VC and PE firms as CFO of the organisation. Paints & piano take Padmaja to a different realm.

Kanchan Sukhija is self-learner and highly determined young woman entrepreneur who has made her mark in the Indian business industry with her e-commerce venture CompareMunafa.com. She is the Co-founder and CEO of Compare Munafa and is responsible for the smooth functioning and execution of strategic goals of the Company. She believes that there is no end of learning, thus takes inspiration from everyone and everything around her. She has bagged Young women Entrepreneur of the year 2015 award from Youth Pathsala. Unlike many other shopping portals in the online space, CompareMunafa.com lists products from all online portals and deploys analytics to display meaningful information such as price trends graphs and detailing. It allows customers to save time, effort and money by screening through an array of shopping websites and offering the best options available to a customer. CompareMunafa.com also offers a unique proposition through which customers can earn Munafa points which is similar to cashback while making purchases through CompareMunafa.com. She believes in being the consumer herself before being the face of the brands. According to her “If we can convince ourselves to an action then convincing what we believe in follows quite naturally. That’s we follow the Mantra: Na Sirf Bachao Munafa Bhi Kamao” Kanchan also believes in being socially responsible and apart from managing CompareMunafa.com, she is associated with SUIT (Societal Upliftment Initiative Trust) as a Treasurer, which works towards upliftment of Underprivileged Children. She completed her bachelor in business management from Nottingham University Business School and earned her Masters in finance from the University of Southampton for Actuarial Science. Kanchan began her career as an executive in Jardian Lolyds Thompson India where she was recognized for her work and received a spot award within 6 months of joining the company. Learning her way through the curve, Kanchan was instrumental in rolling out CompareMunafa.com to address the need gap prevailing in the industry. Her greatest inspiration is her father. She has learnt the basics of business from her father and his rich value system have made her the person she is today. He once told her a famous quote “If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” He has taught her nothing is impossible and we should never give up in life. He is not only an inspiration but also a mentor and her biggest strength.

Ms. Sabina Chopra is Co-Founder of Yatra Online, Inc. and serves as its Chief Operating Officer of Corporate Hotels. Ms. Chopra has over 16 years of work experience, has through knowledge of all facets of the Travel BPO Industry and an extensive network within the Indian travel community. She served as an Executive Vice President of Operations at Yatra Online, Inc. Prior to Yatra, Ms. Chopra headed India based Operations of ebookers, Europe’s largest online travel company.

He has 25 years of experience, in which he has worked for many blue chip companies and gained experience in asset financing, renewable energy financing, and microfinance. Mr Mukherjee has worked in global consumer finance with GE Capital and has lead ICICI Banks Microfinance initiatives way back in 2007.SIdharth handled a portfolio upwards of a billion Dollars. Mr Mukherjee has also worked in banking software as the APAC head of VINsoft,based out of New York. More recently he was the Head of R.E. at Srei – BNP Paribas, financing projects in wind farming to micro financing in solar home light. Here he drove the solar home-light project, PVMTI, Photovoltaic market transformation initiative, by IFC Washington. Mr. Mukherjee has also served as the CEO of Maharishi Solar, a manufacturing company which includes cells, modules, power plants, and thermal power generation. Mr Mukherjee loves to travel and is a wild life enthusiast and counts Kenya among his all-time favourite spots.

Popularly known as the Clothing Man, Anshu has done his Mass communications twice and masters in Economics. Starting as a freelance journalist, Anshu left a corporate job in 1998 and founded GOONJ with a mission to make clothing a matter of concern and to bring it among the list of subjects for the development sector. An Ashoka Fellow and the Global Ambassador of Ashoka, Anshu is creating a mass movement for recycling and reuse of tones of waste material by channelising it from the cities to the villages, as a resource for rural development. A powerful and inspiring speaker, Anshu addresses many national and international forums to bring clothing on the development agenda and to motivate the youth to take action. He is a regular speaker in many parts of the world on innovation, leadership, village development, power of youths and social entrepreneurship

Pritha is the Head of Communications at HR Tech startup EdGE Networks. She is responsible for the company’s brand, message, thought leadership and communication with diverse stakeholder groups. In a rapid growth environment, Pritha uses her 17 plus years of marketing and communication experience to build corporate reputation and provide leadership on building a nextgen startup. For a startup like EdGE, much of the communication strategy is centered around the digital side – with social media and networking playing a significant part – and thought leadership being a key differentiator. Pritha’s experience prior to EdGE has largely been in the IT space, having worked with organizations like HCL and Infosys. With in-depth experience in conception, strategy and execution of large-scale programs she is passionate about brand creation, EVP and organizational culture. Pritha has written articles for publications and holds Masters degrees in Literature (Bangalore University) and Communications (Washington State University).

A Communication Designer with a holistic approach to design, Seema aspires to seamlessly integrate design thinking tools with business. Seema has over 14 years of hands-on experience in the design industry. In 2010, she setup Studio Sky, her own brand design consultancy. In 2012, Seema co-founded Footsy, a brand of playful socks – the first of its kind in India

Dr. Prashant Sarin, MBBS, MD, DNB(Radiodiagnosis) Is The Managing Director And Group Leader Of This Venture.He Has More Than A Decades Experience In Running And Establishing World Class Diagnostic Centres And Was Instrumental In The Set Up And Profitable Running Of Various Diagnostic Startups In Delhi And Ncr Region.He Is Professionally Respected In The Group Of Imaging Specialists With His Particular Area Of Interest Being Neuro-Radiology And Functional Imaging For Which He Has Had Training And Repeated Exposures In U.S.A. Along With Being A Fellow In Neuro-Radiology At Cornell Hospital New-York.He Is Overall Incharge Of The Diagnostic Operations,Administration And Along With The The Other Promoter Directors Is Instrumental In Policy Decisions And Future Project Expansion And Implementation.He Heads A Team Of Young Bright Radiologists Who Have Considerable Experience In All Diagnostic Modalities Who Help Him In Providing World Class Diagnostic Solutions.

Manoj Kohli is presently the Executive Chairman of the SoftBank Energy, a joint venture formed by Japan’s SoftBank, Bharti Enterprises and Foxconn. Manoj has 38 years of industry work experience. Before taking over this project, Manoj was the Managing Director, Bharti Enterprises Limited and responsible for the growth and operations of the Bharti group of companies – retail, insurance, agri-products, real estate, mobile internet etc. He was the Managing Director and CEO (International), Bharti Airtel, for operation across African continent spanning over 20 countries and led the business till 2013. Manoj joined Bharti Airtel in 2002 as President of Mobile Services business and became CEO and Managing Director. He led Bharti Airtel’s India operations to grow from 2 million to 150 million. Manoj was also founding member of Escotel, which he led for over 5 years as Executive Director and CEO, before coming on board at Bharti Airtel. Manoj started his career in 1979 with the DCM Shriram Group and held business leadership positions in the Foods, Chemicals and Fertilizer businesses and assignments in Engineering projects, including Shriram Honda. He started his career in HR field. Manoj led as the Chairman, Public Policy Committee of GSM Association (GSMA), was also Board Member of GSMA in 2008 and reappointed to the GSMA Board in 2012. Manoj is currently Chairman, CII Task Force on Ease of Doing Business working with PMO directly to transform the investment climate in India. Prior to this he has held the post of Chairman – Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) National Committee on Telecom & Broadband. He was adjudged “Telecom Man of the Year” in 2000 and “Telecom Person of the Year” in 2004 Manoj holds degrees in Commerce, Law and MBA from Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University. Manoj also attended the “Executive Business Program” at the Michigan Business School and the “Advanced Management Program” at the Wharton Business School

Umang, Managing Director at Facebook India leads the Global Marketing Solutions teams in India and plays a key role in building and maintaining strategic relationships with top clients and regional agencies. Umang has close to two decades of leadership experience covering sales, consulting, marketing and partnerships where he successfully built teams and grew businesses for multinational companies like Intuit, Symantec and Sun Microsystems. Prior to joining Facebook, Umang was the Managing Director of the South Asia region at Adobe. He was responsible for growing their business in India and helping India grow to amongst the leading markets for Adobe in the APAC and global regions. Prior to Adobe, Umang was the Managing Director for India & Emerging markets at Intuit Inc, where he lead the company’s business & execution of the region’s strategic plans. Prior to joining Intuit, Umang was the Business Head of the Banking and Financial Services segment at Symantec India. In this role, he helped grow the FSI business by over triple digits, year on year, by leveraging strategic enterprise level agreements with key financial institutions. Umang is an engineering graduate from University of Pune, an alumnus of Harvard Business School, recipient of the '40 Under Forty: India's Hottest Business Leaders Award’ given by The Economic Times and Spencer Stuart in 2014, 'GQ’s 50 Most Influential Young Indians' for 2016 and most recently the prestigious 'Fortune India 40 under 40' in 2017. He is also a Charter Member of the TiE Bangalore chapter and a member of several industry organizations like NASSCOM and IMA in India. Umang enjoys golf, photography, travel and speaks often on Digital Marketing at industry events and at academic institutions.

Reeta Passi, a Life Skills Educator, works as the Global Presence Ambassador for an international organization Parenting 2.0, the motto of which is ‘Raising Humanity Collaboratively and Consciously’. She is also the founder of Nouvel Era, an entity dedicated to empowering 21st century children with Life Skills Education for their meaningful growth and development. In addition she is Chapter Chairperson Kuwait for ALL- All Ladies League, Founder Member – Delhi Public School, Kuwait and a member of Delhi Public School Fraternity. Besides she is an active member of ‘Global India Connections’ and ‘Internations’- Ex Patriate members organisations in India and abroad, and also volunteers time teaching English to children at under privileged schools. Promotion of Life Skills Education is quite a passion with her. She has made it her mission to promote Life Skills awareness wherever she travels.

Bhavini Mehta is a new generation entrepreneur who believes in empowering and lifting people around her. She started her career at a very young age tasting the corporate culture, soon to realise that she was not made for it. Bhavini is born in India. She received her bachelor’s degree in Marketing from Christ College in 2004 and an MBA (Finance) from AESPG Institute of Management Ahmedabad in 2006 . She began her career in banking with HDFC Bank Ltd. A serial entrepreneur, Bhavini has founded multiple businesses including a loan channel partner company with HDFC Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank. Her current venture, Infinity Business Solutions is a shared services company serving clients across the UK, US, Australia, Canada and India. She has recently founded a self publishing company – Publishbook.me She firmly believes that women can achieve all that a man can and much more, however there exists a difficult phase in every woman’s professional life when she decides to plan a family. Bhavini faced it herself too and that acted as a motivating factor for her to create a workspace that is conducive to all the women in that special phase of their lives. Her business focuses on employing work from home mothers and women students who need support in their further studies. “There is opportunity for everyone, you must be vigilant to grab those” is her mantra for life and her advice for all.

Sneha Priya is the Co-Founder and CEO of SP Robotic Works Pvt Ltd. She, along with her partner Pranavan started the company in 2012 – with 4 divisions – Industrial Robotics, Home Automation, Cine Automation and Education. With Patents in IoT for the smallest hardware device that can wirelessly control devices from 5A upto 150A, a universal platform for reading and controlling wirelessly was developed by them in 2013. This device gained popularity and is in usage in multiple sectors – Home as well as industries and is known for its ruggedness and simplicity of design. Today, the company also majorly focuses on Educating young minds with the latest technologies with hands-on kits, thereby aiming to create a tech community that learns, creates and innovates new tech products. The company was recently funded 2 Crore by Indian Angel Network and The Chennai Angels.

This dynamic ‘Multipotentialite’ wears many Hats! Kuiljeit Uppaal is a Pilot, a CEO and Entrepreneur, an Image Scientist, Creative Director, an Author and an Educationist amongst other hats that she wears.Armed with four Masters to her credit - English Literature, Journalism & Mass Communications, Business Management and a Masters level International Certification in Image Management, Kuiljeit Uppaal has written her PhD thesis in Image Management and is the First Image Scientist in the World!In about three decades of corporate work experience she has explored a diverse career path in Aviation, Education, IT, Image Management, Advertising, Media and Publication Houses, and is currently the CEO of Krea, her Training and Consultancy firm. She is also an Associate Partner of Oscar Murphy International for Psychometrics and a certified NLP Practitioner with ANLP, UK.Having represented India on a development programme to Canada for six months, as also having worked in New York, Kuiljeit has international exposure to work scenarios and trends. This proud Indian was selected to represent India at the International South-East Asian Convention celebrating the Year of the Girl Child. She was nominated for the ‘Duke of Edinburgh’ Award for Social Service and Activities. She was also nominated for ‘AWWA Excellence Award’ for major contribution in the enhancement of army soldier’s wives from the state of Jammu & Kashmir in the context of making them self reliant, wherein she selflessly and relentlessly spent time with them over a few years, slowly nurturing their personalities and honing their skills.She has been felicitated with many prestigious awards including ‘Woman of Substance Award 2017’, ‘ALL Iconic Women Leader 2016’, ‘Women Achiever Award of Inspiration, 2016’, Crest of Honour ‘Pride 2013’, ‘Women Achiever Award 2012’ and three national ADEX Awards amongst a host of other awards. She has also been covered by magazines, applauding her journey of life.Being a Pilot, and a member of the Indian Women Pilots Association, she has aspired to bring quality education in the field of aviation. As Chairperson on the Board of Studies of KSOU she was instrumental in the introduction of BBA and MBA in Aviation in the country.She has worked closely with the Indian Ministry Of Cultural Affairs, Doordarshan, AVRC, All India Radio and other renowned studios in India in various capacities that include compering, singing for jingles, voice-overs etc, for over two decades, and her voice is across the five continents. This versatile personality has also been part of national level athletics, theatre, national and international music and classical dance renditions, and was also awarded a Silver Medal as India’s Best NCC cadet and amongst the handful of privileged cadets selected to meet honorable exPrime Minister Late Shri Rajiv Gandhi.She is the ALL India Chairperson for Image Management and is currently on a dynamic mission, which she lovingly calls “Mission Possible” to make a positive difference to the image of the youth and women of India. She has trained thousands of youth, as well as faculty and parents across as part of her ongoing mission. She aims to be able to reach out to every possible youth, especially those who are relatively economically challenged, in this journey of hers and make a positive difference to their lives. This, in her words, is ‘her calling’ to do something for her beloved country that made her whatever she is today. As a Chapter Chairperson she also works towards women empowerment and leadership at all levels and is committed to women’s wellness, wealth and welfare.She is a motivational speaker and has been invited to multiple forums, national seminars and symposiums wherein she has spoken on several topics related to motivation, attitude, women empowerment, handling stress, success in life and a plethora of subjects on life skills.She often spends time educating poor children and trying to ensure inculcation of good values in them, and also teaching them not to beg, but live a life of self respect. This patriot aspires to give to the nation all that she can in her lifetime, to build the nation to greater heights, upward and onward with pride!Armed with four Masters to her credit - English Literature, Journalism & Mass Communications, Business Management and a Masters level International Certification in Image Management, Kuiljeit Uppaal has written her PhD thesis in Image Management and is the First Image Scientist in the World!In about three decades of corporate work experience she has explored a diverse career path in Aviation, Education, IT, Image Management, Advertising, Media and Publication Houses, and is currently the CEO of Krea, her Training and Consultancy firm. She is also an Associate Partner of Oscar Murphy International for Psychometrics and a certified NLP Practitioner with ANLP, UK.Having represented India on a development programme to Canada for six months, as also having worked in New York, Kuiljeit has international exposure to work scenarios and trends. This proud Indian was selected to represent India at the International South-East Asian Convention celebrating the Year of the Girl Child. She was nominated for the ‘Duke of Edinburgh’ Award for Social Service and Activities. She was also nominated for ‘AWWA Excellence Award’ for major contribution in the enhancement of army soldier’s wives from the state of Jammu & Kashmir in the context of making them self reliant, wherein she selflessly and relentlessly spent time with them over a few years, slowly nurturing their personalities and honing their skills.She has been felicitated with many prestigious awards including ‘Woman of Substance Award 2017’, ‘ALL Iconic Women Leader 2016’, ‘Women Achiever Award of Inspiration, 2016’, Crest of Honour ‘Pride 2013’, ‘Women Achiever Award 2012’ and three national ADEX Awards amongst a host of other awards. She has also been covered by magazines, applauding her journey of life.Being a Pilot, and a member of the Indian Women Pilots Association, she has aspired to bring quality education in the field of aviation. As Chairperson on the Board of Studies of KSOU she was instrumental in the introduction of BBA and MBA in Aviation in the country.She has worked closely with the Indian Ministry Of Cultural Affairs, Doordarshan, AVRC, All India Radio and other renowned studios in India in various capacities that include compering, singing for jingles, voice-overs etc, for over two decades, and her voice is across the five continents. This versatile personality has also been part of national level athletics, theatre, national and international music and classical dance renditions, and was also awarded a Silver Medal as India’s Best NCC cadet and amongst the handful of privileged cadets selected to meet honorable exPrime Minister Late Shri Rajiv Gandhi.She is the ALL India Chairperson for Image Management and is currently on a dynamic mission, which she lovingly calls “Mission Possible” to make a positive difference to the image of the youth and women of India. She has trained thousands of youth, as well as faculty and parents across as part of her ongoing mission. She aims to be able to reach out to every possible youth, especially those who are relatively economically challenged, in this journey of hers and make a positive difference to their lives. This, in her words, is ‘her calling’ to do something for her beloved country that made her whatever she is today. As a Chapter Chairperson she also works towards women empowerment and leadership at all levels and is committed to women’s wellness, wealth and welfare.She is a motivational speaker and has been invited to multiple forums, national seminars and symposiums wherein she has spoken on several topics related to motivation, attitude, women empowerment, handling stress, success in life and a plethora of subjects on life skills.She often spends time educating poor children and trying to ensure inculcation of good values in them, and also teaching them not to beg, but live a life of self respect. This patriot aspires to give to the nation all that she can in her lifetime, to build the nation to greater heights, upward and onward with pride!.

In 2008, Cheryl Collins, Founder and Speaker, of Women Entrepreneurs Worldwide (WEW) established WEW for the purpose of “Building Cultural Relationships and Networking Bridges Globally serving as a conduit for connecting Women Entrepreneurs Worldwide.Its platform is interaction

Simmi Puri has over 25 years of experience in the field of education, training and consultancy. She completed her graduation from St Stephen’s College and her Masters from the Delhi School of Economics, and started her career as a lecturer in economics in Delhi University. Thereafter she worked as a trainer in Germany and Hong Kong, in the field of information technology and cybersecurity. She is a certified professional in Information Security Risk Management, Business Continuity Management, and Privacy. Currently she is a director at CISO Cybersecurity (CISO) -backed by The Statesman- which has innovated an EdSec platform (digiProctor) to foster inclusive education by enabling quality online education and testing to the remotest corners of the nation.

• Designed and conducted IT training workshops at the Princeton Center of Hong Kong Communication Art Centre (HKCAC) and the English Schools Foundation
• Raised cybersecurity awareness through a unique program called ‘Bridge the Gap’- an end user cybersecurity awareness program for corporates and government
• Conducted Professional Development program (PDP) – Tech in Teach - hands-on workshop that empower educators to infuse digital technologies and tools in teaching

She is the Founder of ‘unHack’ –a Pan-India Cyber-awareness program for Schools initiative to empower students, educators and parents to harness the opportunities provided by digital technologies, inculcate digital ethics and to ‘stay safe online’. She has addressed issues related to gender parity and ‘digital divide’ and is a member of the core committee of the ASSOCHAM Women Foundation (AWF) which has launched many initiatives to empower women.

Hi, I am Akanksha, 27 years old. I enjoy working with my father in developing fun science activities for school children and considers myself the guinea pig providing insights into the development and learning

Neha Patel is a clinical psychologist and psychotherapist with an experience of 22 years in the field of mental health. She holds a Masters degree in Clinical Psychology from Mumbai University and is a trained Arts-based therapy (ABT) Practitioner and Educator, certified by the WCCL Foundation

Dr. Monika is on a mission to fuse ancient Spiritual Birthing techniques with modern Scientific methods. Obstetrician, Gynecologist, Speaker & an internationally published Author of the anthology book “Struggles to Success”. Monika is on a mission to fuse ancient Spiritual Birthing techniques with modern Scientific methods. Dr.Monika Singh’s Personal Goal: To be a Catalyst and help start 100 Spiritual Birthing Centres by 2025.

Diva Sharma is an eighteen-year old student activist and technologist currently on a gap-year. At age 15, Diva invented a device that could detect distress in animals. This device received notable credit from the Indian Government. In turn, she filed for a scientific patent with the Indian Government. She also received an award from the President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, at Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-Ahmedabad). She is a named scientific researcher under the Indian Government and received the Times of India Student of the Year Award. Diva is also a keen orator. Having presented at conferences both at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City and the World Bank Headquarters in Washington DC as the youngest representative from India, Diva seeks to merge her passion for technology and economics. She spoke at the Nexus India Youth Summit among various indian industrialists. She also delivered a TEDx talk titled ‘Girls need to lean in too!’ that was selected by TED to be featured on the famous TEDx Playlists. Her talk reached an audience of over 40,000 people and also featured on CNN-IBN news channel. Diva is currently researching on macroeconomic trends under the Indian Government and working to invent the human version of a device that can detect distress in animals.

I founded an organisation called Josh Talks with an aim to showcase people and projects that are changing the world. I have earlier interned with companies like Outlook Magazine, Ogilvy & Mather and have done volunteer projects for TERI. I graduated from The Shri Ram School Aravali and have held student council positions throughout high school. I was also the Chief Editor for the Annual School Publication Magazine for two years.

Sinjini Sengupta is an Economics major from the Indian Statistical Institute and, and an Actuary by profession. By passion, she is a writer cum web-columnist cum script-writer cum poet, and also an artist in acrylic and charcoal painting. As a columnist, she writes mainly on gender issues, social reforms and on parenting in Huffington Post, Speaking Tree, Youth Ki Awaaz, Anandabazaar Patrika, Readomania, Our Front Cover, Baby Destination, World of Moms, Feministaa and several popular magazines. She was recently awarded the prestigious Orange Flowers Awards 2016 for her social columns. In fictions, one of her stories recently made into a short-film got selected at the 69th Cannes Film Festival, 22nd Kolkata International Film Festival among many others and won best film award in Caleidoscope (Boston), Best Director in Kolkata International among many others. As a poet, she also won the national level English Poetry contest – Rhyme India – hosted by Times of India in 2016. She is now working on her soon-to-be-published novel which revolves around the theme of parallel reality. Sinjini’s blog “Poems, Prayers and Promises” can be found at: https://sinjinisengupta.blogspot.

Vineet Siwal is a Clay Artist, Candle Designer, Art Lover, Entrepreneur, Social Worker, Philanthropist, Motivational Speaker, Business Coach, Political Advisor & Consultant for Indian political system. Under her name, she is assigned as following responsibilities: Founder & Secretary, Green Earth Patron Foundation Director, Sajjaa Home Décor, Singapore Director, India Kids Talent Founder, Social Achievers Award Esteemed Member, Ch. Sonpal Singh Memorial Trust Board Of Member, Vistaar Ecosys Pvt. Ltd.

Primary aim is to provide medical help to people suffering from incurable disorders through Stem Cell therapy Key Accomplishments Workshop on “Care, Management & Treatment for Autism” Publish of guidebooks on care and management of different diseases such as muscular dystrophy, autism, etc. Documentary Films Research & development to find cures & other treatments Contribute funds for new or ongoing research & clinical trials.Set up technology partnerships for research. Provide educational help

Sakshi Talwar is the Co-Founder of Rugs and Beyond; an online venture for exclusive, “One of a Kind” handmade carpets & home décor empowering talented weavers craftsmen in villages in Northern India. She regularly writes for various online publications like Huffington Post and has recently been written about in The New York Times, Business Standard etc. Sakshi is a frequent event speaker & recently conducted a workshop primer on “Discovering and following your true passion” organized by Ted Talks. A techpreneur by profession and an artist by passion, Sakshi paints modern contemporary art pieces and recently held her art exhibition in Delhi with the sole aim to donate part of the proceeds to the lesser-privileged children. Her work can also be seen in Galleries in LA and London. Sakshi holds an MBA (Finance) from Bryant University, USA, Interior Design- Parsons, NYC and a course in international business strategy from LSE(UK).

Social worker from Mumbai, who has actively worked for women empowerment and women upliftment since last 20 years. Her work has been recognized by many state government leaders, political parties and also other NGOs across Maharashtra State. Recently she was awarded with Grand Prize of a Joint Campaign by HDFC Bank, MasterCard & Flipkart for Women Empowerment “CelebrateTheHeroes Campaign” and Brand Ambassador was none other than Mr. Anil Kapoor. She actively works for the uneducated and unemployed women giving them a source of income, guiding them through their development & providing them a sustainable source of income which helps them being self independent in the society. She also helps them to develop Women Self Help Group and guiding them through everything from setting up of SHG, importance of saving, acquiring loans from banks, starting with a small scale business, and sustaining with smooth working, not just starting the SHG but also helping it grow by providing a platform for the SHG to sell their Unique Selling Item in the market and helping them to convert it into a successful business. She has more than 5000 SHG under her guidance currently spread across Maharashtra State.

Corporate Exposure => brings around 15 years of Global Corporate Experience in Very Senior Management Positions [TVS Suzuki -> General Motors Middle East -> Responsible for Complete Middle East Operations of Johnson Controls -> set up Raymond & Park-Avenue Products by establishing their retail outlets outside India for the First Time]. Delivering Solutions => About 18 years of Business/Industry Consulting, Launching Start-Ups, Executive Coaching [Top Leadership – MDs, CEOs, and Business Owners], Business Mentoring, Training & Counseling. Latest Major Projects Handled => Helping Them in Setting Up of 3 New factories + Providing Total Solutions to their HR/ Production/Marketing/Quality Challenges + Expansion to Double the Capacity of a Garment Major Based in Jordan/Egypt/China /Taiwan/Vietnam /Dubai + Evaluating the All The Executive Directors/GMs of Indian Oil for Future Promotion under E&Y Covered 60000+ Individuals in around 48+ organizations in more than 10 countries in 18 years across very Diverse Industries & Businesses. Partnered Mckinsey in two of their Mega Projects Academically a post-graduate from IIT Madras in Mathematics

In a world populated by 7.5 billion people, being acknowledged and honoured as an achiever worth emulating is no mean feat. So what is it that sets Dr. Sujata Sanjay apart? Well, in the last 5 years, she has organised 185 free health checkup camps in nearby areas of Dehradun where more than 5100 patients have benefited, a national record accepted by the India Book of Records.Dr Sujata also operates a free health clinic at Chora Gaon, Dehradun and runs an NGO - Society for Health, Education & Women Empowerment Awareness (SHEWA). A bilingual newspaper titled 'Health Post' is published and distributed free of cost to females, to aware them regarding their health. She is also quite active when it comes to social causes related to saving the girl child and women's health.In recognition of her commitment, dedication and sustained efforts, this Dehradun-based Consultant Obstetrician & Gynaeclogist was recently presented the '100 Women Achievers Award' by President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, at Rashtrapati Bhawan, New Delhi on January 22, 2016. Conferred by the Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD), Government of India, it is the latest in a series of notable awards received by her.She has also been conferred the Uttarakhand Gaurav, Mussoorie Ratna (both for outstanding contribution in social service and health care toward community) as well as the Indira Gandhi National Award. She has been honoured in special recognition for her services to the community on several occasions at various forums and presented mementos of appreciation for raising awareness of health and hygiene among women.Chief among her achievements is being the first doctor in Uttarakhand state to have performed a successful surgery on a kidney recipient patient and deliver a healthy baby. This is a national record accepted by Unique World Records.Dr Sujata has a MBBS degree and is a diploma holder in Obstetrics & Gynaecology. She is a Fellow of Indian College of Maternal and Child Health and Life Member, Indian Medical Association, Dehradun OBGYN society, Federation of Obstetrics & Gynaecological Society of India, National Association of Reproductive and Child Health of India and the Indian Society of Perinatology and Reproductive Biology.Her expertise lies in the following: • Multiple fields of Obstetrics & Gynaecology • Maternal Fetal Medicine • Laparoscopy - diagnostic & operative • Hysteroscopy - diagnostic & operative • Infertility evaluation and treatment short of IVF • High risk obstetrics • Conventional Gynae Surgery (such as for large Fibroids and complicated Cysts) • Gynae Endoscopic (Hysteroscopy and Laparoscopy) Surgery • High Risk Pregnancy Cases • Abnormal BleedingLeveraging the media to connect with those women who may not be fortunate enough to be educated, Dr Sujata is a familiar voice on the airwaves, with radio broadcasts of 76 programs in 17 months. This again is a national record accepted by India Book of Records.Her programs All India Radio (AIR), Nazibababad; Radio Khushi 90.4 FM, Mussoorie and Radio Zindigi 90.8 FM, Dehradun have helped countless women get a better understanding of how to deal with crucial issues such as pregnancy complications and prevention (with a separate segment for women above 40 years of age), hormonal imbalance, pregnancy care, cervical cancer, back pain, miscarriage, infertility, breast cancer, anemia, complications during pregnancy, twin pregnancies, family planning, infertility, fibroid during pregnancy, investigation during pregnancy, menstrual Irregularity, breast complication during lactation, P.C.O.D., U.T.I., sex education, health issues in children, dismenoria, thyroid dysfunction, malnutrition, pubertal and menopausal changes, hepatitis symptoms and prevention, premature delivery and sanitation.Similarly she has been equally active on the television medium on the 'Swasth Bharat' (Healthy India) and 'Ghar Pariwar' programs supported by the Department of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India highlighting the significance of pregnancy care, causes and prevention of miscarriage, why investigation is important during pregnancy, importance of nutritious food during pregnancy, methods of contraception, cervical cancer, hormonal imbalance, anemia in females and healthy diet in pregnancy.Dr Sujata's articles have also been published in leading newspapers and magazines. With special expertise and interest in treating high risk pregnancy, infertility and minimal access surgeries, she has successfully treated patients suffering from fibroids, ovarian cysts, ectopic pregnancy, adenomyosis, endometrial polyps, tubal block, and infertility. Almost 200 news items have been published in various national and regional Hindi and English newspapers.She has also participated in/ organized a number of conferences, seminars, awareness programs, rallies and competitions on themes such as Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, Awareness on Women Hygiene, Hygiene Practice (Hand Wash) for children, Breastfeeding Orientation, Hepatitis Awareness, Stages of Labour, Puberty Changes in Teenage Girls, Cervical Cancer, PCOS, IUI workshops, Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, CP Polio and more.To quote G. D Anderson, women are already strong; its about changing the way the world perceives their strength. Dr Sujata is a strong proponent of women empowerment and believes that 'knowledge is power.' By disseminating her knowledge among those who need it, she has been a social crusader with a clear agenda of helping women stand up for themselves and their rights.India has a long way to go before women and children are given the type of care and resources required. Increased awareness and education are vital for this and Dr Sujata is providing both in abundance. The topics that she holds close to her heart, touch upon the core issues faced by women and children across India.Constantly emphasising the importance of leading a better quality of life to the neglected sections of society, Dr Sujata is a true role model who sets an example for others to follow and charts out a roadmap for taking these vital social issues forward.

Shuddhaanandaa Brahmachari, Kolkata, India, is a globally acclaimed inspirational speaker and author. He is also a visionary social advocate, founding Lokenath Divine Life Mission, West Bengal, India in 1985. He develops innovative programs serving thousands of poverty-stricken women and children in slums of Kolkata and villages of West Bengal utilizing micro-credit and self-help. He does not believe in traditional charity but in empowering women to become economically self-sufficient. His Course in Mindfulness reflects his 40 years of mindfulness and meditation practice. He conducts seminars on breathing, relaxation, mindfulness, meditation and positive thinking for schools, corporations, hospitals, prisons and other venues. He recently presented at the ALL Women’s Economic Forum, New Delhi, 2016 and the LIFE (Leadership Initiative for Excellence) Global Youth Conference, New Delhi, 2016. He was awarded the “Lifetime Achievement Award” from S.T.A.R foundation, House of Lords, U.K. 2015, for his invaluable and outstanding contribution to society.
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An acclaimed community tourism entrepreneur leading a successful enterprise contributing to the conservation of bio-diversity, environment, arts, crafts and promoting rural livelihood Rashmi’s passion for travel and exploring cultures led her to showcase for the first ever time indigenous tribal art and crafts forms in the international Edinburgh festival. She has also been the passion driven soul behind the Mumbai Festival. The experiences she gained further propelled her into starting her own startup company in sustainable rural tourism. Her pilot initiative in the rural villages of Maharashtra, especially in the Konkan region, strengthened her resolve that sustainable development and conservation of indigenous art forms and work traditions is very much possible through tourism as the focul point. Her enterprise, Culture Aangan Tourism Pvt Ltd, has now scaled in 2 more states in India; Rajasthan and Uttarakhand. She envisions to establish rural tourism clusters across the country and beyond.

Gita based out of Chennai, India. She offer classes and one on one sessions, both online and offline, in person, particularly working on whole body solutions that cover mental, emotional and spiritual health and well being. Her power-packed and eclectic classes will help you find and implement comprehensive health solutions for her own symptoms and issues. They cover everything from nutrition and fitness to emotional, mental healing and spiritual growth. He have extensive experience and success with all sorts of health issues. Her passion centers around helping people understand the power they have within them to heal and transform, to tap and harness that power, and to make use of that power in healing themselves. Her personal transformation happened when she realized that she could find her own answers to her issues and that she was in control of her life and healing. Gita have the ability to clearly see the issues beneath her clients’ symptoms and can then guide them in uncomplicated ways to move forward. META-Health Trainer, Master Trainer EFT, META HEALTH YOGA,Theta Healing, NLP, Picture Tapping, Matrix Re-imprinting, Matrix Birth Reimprinting, Root Healing, PEAT,ACE MASTER, Access Bars, Reiki (Grandmaster), Magnified Healing, Bach Flower Therapy, Nutrition, Yoga (teacher), Aromatherapy, Acupressure, Acupuncture, Crystal therapy, Colour therapy, Tarot Card Reading, Cartouche reading, TAROT CARDS, RUNES, Dowsing and Hypnosis. She have learned that the immense feelings we experience and the way we perceive our environment via our psyche, can have a profound impact on our health and disease issues.

Vayjayanti Pugalia is the owner of Sonalis Cubo and The Table Tailor. Under the brand of Sonalis Cubo she has facilitated many creative workshops on soft skill training for children as well as for women.In the past she has been a part of the BIFS,summer school under Mahadevi Birla School,Tillotama beauty pagent as a table deportment teacher. She is actively working with numerous children from eminent schools across the city in departing etiquettes and mannerism know how. Sonalis Cubo is also involved with many other culinary and linguistic workshops as well.She has been successful in holding workshops in collaboration with Kavita Ji Dureha,from the Nita Mehta Academy , International movies screening with Bichitra Pathshala and many other such workbench to enrich and educate students of all ages. Her works have been covered by The Sanmarg and Women Entrepreneurs of India The Table Tailor is her passion where she pursues her creative skills in organising events and personalising gifts for corporates and individuals. Trained in Indian Classical Music from Chandigarh University gives her the advantage of hosting many musical events and workshops under her domain. As a Philanthropist,she has been associated with many NGOs and has been organising many events to raise funds for the underprivileged. Colours Of Innocense, Mangoes @10 are some of her endevours where more than 100 children participated in generating funds for education and food for slum children. Eye Donation Camp awareness programmes have also been initiated by her to avail visions to many in need. Working towards a wholesome life has always been her motto where an individual taps on all possibilities in becoming knowledgeable and well informed.

Dr. Meghana is a vivacious, vibrant and bubbly soul full of vivid colors that add the zing to your life.! Meet her and you will have decoded the clogs in your life that need to be cleansed to get your life flowing. Get the life back in your Life! She influences people to reinvent their lost selves and realize the value they possess within their unique skill sets and composure. Discover, explore and add back the missing puzzle pieces of your lives and experience the bliss of feeling complete, content and perfectly calm in your very existence. Arrive at and Achieve your true and highest potentials and fulfil all those dreams dumped, discarded and dabbed by you as “not –achievable”. Learn to enjoy the journey and scale- up your skills while adding new ones and achieve the dreams your hearts truly yearn for. Come Find Yourself!

Rumana Sinha Sehgal Managing Director & Founder at SerendipityHyderabad, IndiaThe pursuit of the undiscovered and the passion to present to the word various art forms and artistes with a keen sense of social entrepreneurship, are the driving forces behind Serendipity and Rumana Sinha Sehgal. This multi-talented mother of two young boys, is an Engineer and was a corporate professional with Fortune 500 companies like Oracle & ADP. Rumana turned into an entrepreneur when she started Serendipity in 2012. Rumana was also the Chairperson for the Young wing of Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs of India-Young COWE, supporting and mentoring young women entrepreneurs as they start off on their own. Additionally, she also served on the Executive Board for COWE – the Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs. Rumana’s Serendipity specializes in Papier Mache, Furniture and articles made from recycled products like tyres, 3D art and sculptures made of varied materials like Plaster of Paris, Thermocol, Wood and Fibre Glass. Also interested in the performing arts, her maiden production, Hyderabad Shuffle – a fusion of Jazz Music and Contemporary dance performed in Hyderabad in the summer of 2012. Rumana also does event designing for Corporate, School and private events. The Papier Mache furniture line was showcased at the COWE Trade Carnival in June 2013. Her 3D sculptures are also installed in one of Mumbai’s largest play centres, “Play Around”. She was also a key supporter of the well renowned Dr. Bhaktiar Choudhary’s photography exhibition in aid of “Friends of Snakes Society” at the Muse Art Gallery in Marriott Hyderabad. She has actively contributed towards the social causes for ” Fight Against Rape” HIFW-season 4 and ” Save the Girl Child” at HIFW-2015 as part of their show to support the cause. Over the years, Rumana has focused more on Social Entrepreneurship combined with encouraging young and upcoming artistes as they start their own artistic journeys. RECOGNITION & CAREER HIGHLIGHTS Decade of Excellence Award for contribution in Social Entrepreneurship and Art at the Women’s International Summit for Entrepreneurship (WISE) – 2014. Confederation of Women Entrepreneurs of India Award for the Best Entrepreneur for the Year for Social Entrepreneurship – 2014 The Lady -Women Achievers Award for Social Entrepreneurship -2015. Developed innovative and functional “Green” products by recycling different materials Creative use of non-biodegradable materials, thus enhancing their useful life. Has built a highly motivated team, providing them with enhanced skills and livelihood

Gautam Mahajan is a thought leader in Value creation, strategy, general management and globalisation. President of Inter-Link and Customer Value Foundation; Founding Editor, Journal of Creating Value. • His books, Value Creation: The Distinctive Guide for Business Leaders, Total Customer Value Management: Transforming Business Thinking, and Customer Value Investment: Formula for Sustained Business Success are best sellers. • Conducted workshops on Value Creation, Customer Value, Pricing and Value, Creativity and Innovation, and globalization around the world. • Worked in the US for 17 years with Continental Can, the world’s largest packaging company. He is one of the inventors of the PET petaloid bottle and noise control kits. He commercialized the half liter PET bottle, aseptic products. • Past President of the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce; Chairman, PlastIndia Committee, Vice President All India Plastics Manufacturers Association, Trustee Plastics Institute of America. • Fellowship from Harvard Business School and Illinois Institute of Technology • 18 US patents. • Honored by the Illinois Institute of Technology with its Distinguished Alumni award.

Charu is a Silicon Valley-based Indian explorer, serial entrepreneur, and author. With 5 National Awards, expeditions to all 7 continents, over 600 stage shows, and three books published, Charu was enlisted as a “Power Woman alongside such notables as Oprah Winfrey, Sonia Gandhi, and Melinda Gates by Youth Incorporated magazine in March 2012. She has dedicated all her savings and her last four years to create a global movement Go Against the Flow to educate 1 million women to take risks and build their own businesses. She has screened her documentary film all around the world – from the Empire State building in New York to the National Gallery of Singapore. Charu built two-award winning startup companies out of her college dorm room before getting recruited to LinkedIn to grow their Talent Solutions revenue. Charu is currently building her third startup venture Next Play, which is an artificial intelligence software product that helps women in the workplace to advance in their careers through 1:1 mentorship. In 2003, Charu and brother Chinmay were awarded the National Bravery Award by the Prime Minister of India for fighting with two goons in a train robbery and saving lives of women, making them ‘national heroes’ overnight. Charu went on to achieve black-belts in Karate and Taekwondo, represented India in Taekwondo in South Korea, and has been an advocate for self-defense training for women. The education board has dedicated chapters to her in the 10th grade English textbook and the 9th grade Hindi textbook in high schools in Maharashtra, India. Charu has been involved with startups and VC firms in Silicon Valley and New York City, holds business certificates from the Stanford GSB and the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, and she has previously worked with NASA Scientists, researchers in Antarctica, Bankers at Wall Street, senior journalists and top politicians. She has contributed to Huffington Post, Venture Beat, Business Insider, The Times of India and Youth Incorporated among other publications. She organized TEDxRiverNorth in Chicago, and she has spoken at two TEDx conferences on risk-taking and entrepreneurship respectively.

Nidhika is an Author, Entrepreneur, Elite Speaker and Success Coach. She has had the privilege of being been trained and mentored by great teachers like John C. Maxwell, Anthony Robbins, Blair Singer, T.Harv Eker and Les Brown. Passionate and self-motivated, Nidhika has repeatedly defied expectations and successfully demonstrated that in business and life, the only limits we have are those we place on ourselves. Nidhika has studied and reported on what makes successful people different. She knows what motivates them, what drives them and what inspires them. She brings this critical insight to her audiences with love, understanding and compassion. Nidhika often says that “Life is too short to keep hitting the snooze button!” and so her mission is to help people awaken to the possibilities in their personal and professional lives. Nidhika is obsessed with providing solutions that inspire people to move out of mediocrity and take a front-row seat in their lives, living out of their highest potenti

Ishira Mehta is the co-founder of CropConnect Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. , a company that has been building market based models to connect farmers to markets more efficiently since 2013. Over the last 3 years, Ishira has travelled over 80,000 kms across 21 states to meet and work with farmers. In 2015 she launched an initiative called the Original Indian Table that aims to bring traditional food experiences to urban customers who are looking for more healthy, nutritious and local alternatives. Prior to starting CropConnect, Ishira worked at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the private sector arm of the World Bank Group for over 6 years where she worked on multi-million dollar sustainable supply chain projects in the agriculture, forestry and extractive industries in India and Africa and also led IFC’s work in the social enterprise sector in South Asia. She has also worked with SEWA (Self Employed Women’s Association) on slum development. Ishira has a MPA in International Development from Harvard Kennedy School and a M.Sc. in Comparative Politics from the London School of Economics (LSE).

Prof. Rabinder. Henry: Currently Director at Pralhad P.Chhabria Research Center, Pune (A Project of Finolex). His thrust areas of work have been in transforming the education system specifically in Engineering Higher Education by making it more applied intelligence oriented. Formerly been Director for Engineering Colleges and also been CTO in the industry. He has a Master of Science Degrees in RF & Microwave Engineering (1) and Photonics (2) from Technical University Dresden and Master of Science in Medical Systems Engineering (3) form University of Magdeburg, Germany. He has worked with Fraunhofer Institute for Photonics Microsystems, Institute for Mikrosystemtechnik, Magdbeurg and Helmholtz Zentrum Rossendorf, Germany. His areas of interest include Microwave Engineering, Microfabrication, Bio implants, Photonics, Nanotechnology and convergence of technology. Professional member of many bodies IEEE, VLSI Society of India, ISTE, and ISC etc. Established Institutes at Meerut, Jaipur and Pune. His profile has been published by Marquis Publications in Who’s Who in World 2009. Global Young Leader by UNDP (United Nations Development Program) for Peace Initiative in 2008. Awarded by Society for Reliability Engineering, Quality and Operations Management (SREQOM) for Innovative Applications of Information Technology in Interdisciplinary areas in Science and Technology, December 2009.

Rachna Mehra based in New Delhi is a Spiritual Stylist & Catalyst for Change, who can energise you and spin your world into a new orbit. Honored with a Certificate of Science, A Master Instructor Theta Healing® from Theta Healing Institute of Knowledge, USA & a demure graduate in Business communication from HL College of Commerce, Ahmedabad changed the voyage of her life. Nominated as #100 Women Achievers of India by the Ministry of Women and Child Development of India under the Category of Healthcare and Wellness for her Amazing work in empowering women, men, and children transforming them with Belief work. Practicing since 2006, her natural charisma and compassion for those in need have given her the ability to be titled as a passionate healer, an intuitive who believes that- Together, we’re going to keep making life better and better by change in attitudes behaviors of an individual, Environment, society and world as whole.

Armed with nothing but her creative imagination and a thirst for change, Smriti Singhal is a, 25 years old Delhi bred entrepreneur who started my journey right out of our college. She started my venture The Education Tree as a small initiative to follow my passion and connect like minded individuals. The organization has now become the country’s fastest growing youth community reaching out to thousands of students every year.An alumni of DPS Rohini, Smriti pursued her graduation in the field of literature from Delhi University. A diploma in Public Relations and another in Business Journalism and Corporate Communication followed. She also holds a masters degree in Mass Communication. She has been presented Fit to Fight award by Reebok for her indomitable, take-charge spirit. She was also awarded Women’s Pride Award 2016 by Dainik Bhaskar. Furthering her desire to better the world, she acted as Digital Advocate for the World Humanitarian Summit of the United Nations. With the instincts of a revolutionary and a fighter, she has never chosen the convenient path and has always faced her hurdles head on.

Aruna Mukesh Katara has over 20 years of hands-on experience in key performance areas like management, administration and facilitating in the expansion of the family-owned business, prior to dedicating her efforts towards the inception and actualization of her dream projects of providing quality education to the not-so-privileged student community. She assumed the role of being one of the key management members at the renowned International Institute of Information Technology (I2IT), promoted by the Finolex Group Pune.She has been instrumental in providing higher education and industry opportunities to hundreds of students in India to equip themselves with skill-sets and knowledge through knowledge assimilation at I²IT, Pune and other educational hubs in the U.S., Russia and France through I²IT’s various academic and research collaborations with many foreign universities, an international exchange of knowledge is also facilitated at I²IT where foreign university students are being provided with a chance to grasp IT skills which India is so-well known for, through courses at I²IT.

Deepa Khanna, has spent over 20 years in IT industry working with large IT Companies. Prior to her Entrepreneur Journey she has worked with Intel Technology Pvt. Ltd. – responsible for Sales & Marketing in Western India. Deepa was first few women Channel Sales Managers in India at Intel in mid-2005. As a Channel Manager, she contributed to the multi-channel, integrated Brand Campaigning Programs to achieve market expansion goal. Deepa is very passionate about her work and is a go-getter. Post-Intel, she started her journey as an Entrepreneur in Sales & Marketing Consultancy arena – Kreaativ Mind as well as Online Ecommerce biz for Aromatherapy range of Products under the brand name KayurAaromas Essential Oil LLP. She thrives to take up projects that are completely different in scale & industry. She has travelled extensively to conduct Workshops and Lectures for IT Channel Partners / Retailers and Distributors across Western India. Leveraging on her experiences as a Consultant she has done workshops for youth to improve their understanding towards Entrepreneurship to increase their prospects to become financially independent. From a middleclass background in Mumbai has learnt things the hard way, climbing the ladder of success one rung at a time through hard work and perseverance. Deepa is also passionate for helping others, and is member of various help groups to share her experience. She is also appointed as a mentor in the educational institute where she completed her studies.

With around a decade’s experience, Nilambaree’s creativity stands strong with the background of designing and executing number of landscape projects across the country. Her experience has given her a perfect blend of skill-sets that includes ingenuity with technicality. Her expertise include landscape designing, master planning and landscape execution management. She has been involved in diverse projects that includes residential, commercial, hospitality, golf course, master planning, infrastructure and research. After completing architecture for Pune University and Masters in Landscape Architecture from the prestigious CEPT University at Ahmedabad, she has worked at leadership positions with various top organizations. She has worked as key landscape designer for Aamby Valley City for more than four years where she has worked on the diverse kinds of projects. Her role there was demanding the designs that are suitable to the terrains of Sahyadris. Nilambaree competently handled more than 90 projects of various scales starting from quarter acre villa landscapes to 100 acres of master planning developments for which she was highly appreciated by the management and the clients of Aamby valley city for her hard-work, efficiency and commitment. Nilambaree has also worked as landscape lead with DLF golf course at Gurgaon which is one of the high end golf courses of the country. She has worked along with Terrence Riordan as execution head, Sir Gary Player as golf course consultant and GCH Seattle as consulting landscape architects for the project. There she also worked for DLF phase 5 infrastructure developments as DLF’s landscape designer. Her most recent association was with a Sydney based design studio- HBO+EMTB as associate director where she was heading the landscape design team for the organization’s India operations. Here her role necessitated designing and controlling few of the top residential developments in Mumbai and Ahmedabad. Being on directorial position she also handled business development, finances, contracts and human resourcing for the organization.

An entrepreneur who is a relentless pursuer of hope, positivity and drive – Ms. Kanika Tekriwal was not only chosen as one of the 100 most inspirational women in the world by BBC but also recognized by Forbes Asia as one of the 30 under 30 leading entrepreneurs in Asia amongst various other accolades.. Her energy is infectious and compels everyone around her strive for even greater success. A marathon runner, a painter, a traveler and more – she is redefining her life every day.Self Belief – My Success Mantra “I have always believed in the power of the mind – If you believe it, you can do it. The events one face in their lifetime are nothing but a reciprocation of a combination of their thoughts and actions. If you think, you believe and are determined to do something; your actions automatically work towards achieving it.”Journey as an Entrepreneur Ms. Kanika Tekriwal started her journey in the aviation industry at the age of 17. During her tenure, she has seen the industry grow and has grown with it. It is well and truly safe to assume that she has learnt more than a thing or two about the industry in this time.As her career unfolded, she saw the frustration suffered by any customer in regard to chartering planes or helicopters. The industry was clouded by charter brokers and operators who were more interested in their commission than satisfying their customers. The absence of a technology driven platform in the private aviation industry led to a lack of transparency and astronomical prices for the same. The demand for “something better” was the spark that led her to create “A professional and comprehensive technology driver charter service providing a variety of aircrafts with a transparent pricing system”

A wild life and adventure sport enthusiast, Ayaz Shafi is a Learning Facilitator and has been associated with industry and academia for nearly 3 decades. He is the author of “A New Approach to Motivation – Four Drive Model” (Taylor & Francis, International Journal for Human Behaviour in Social Environment). He is currently working on his study “Leadership – Dimensions & Drivers”. Apart from being a T&D Consultant he is an Associate Professor at a B-School in Kolkata. Ayaz is a visiting faculty and Guest Speaker at University of Professional Studies, Accra (Ghana) and University of the West of England (Bristol, U.K.) He is a certified Chally Assessor (Chally’s Worldwide of USA) and has wide ranging experience as an Assessor. He has been involved in the T&D process at Standard Chartered Bank in Zambia, Ghana, Botswana, Nigeria and Sierra Leonne over the last 6 years. Ayaz Shafi coaches senior professionals and individuals for greater effectiveness in business and personal life. His last designation as a corporate professional was AVP. Visit: www.ayazshafi.com

Shivi Dua is a healer, trainer and author. She has more than 15 years of experience in energy healing. She is the founder of the healing modality called Serenity Surrender (SS). SS is a way of the holistic study of the self that believes in being able to live the present moment in the most liberating way by rediscovering one’s connection with the divine. It enables one to find their true potential by understanding the self through their life situations. SS has developed into a small movement consisting of twenty workshops and thousands of pages of spiritual ruminations. Apart from SS workshops, Shivi has also authored three self-help books to spread her spiritual knowledge perfected by long hours of working on herself and others. Her books are: Let the Power be with You (publisher Wisdom Tree) Let Go Mom… I will be fine (publisher Wisdom Village Publications) Eternity (publisher Notion Press)

Mrs. Avnita Bir, Director–Principal, Podar Schools, is a well-known educator. A postgraduate in Economics from Delhi School of Economics, she has worked in the field of Education for over three decades. She has been a member of the Governing Body of CBSE, the leading education board of the country. Passionate about children, education, economics and technology, she has been able to combine all her interests into her professional life. She has authored two books on Economics. She is the recipient of the prestigious National Award for Teachers, conferred by the Hon’ble President of India. She has also been honored by the President of Singapore for her contribution to education. She was awarded the Microsoft Mentor Award for Innovation in Education. She also received the FICCI Outstanding Woman Achiever Award for her work in education. More recently she has been appointed as a member of the Advisory Board of Google For Education. She writes a guest column on parenting for the Times of India group

Venkat Matoory is a policy influencer and a business advisor, with business and consulting experience across India, Japan, Australia and United States. Seen as a trusted, articulate and wise senior resource by CXO leadership, he is well respected in the professional community for his insight and counsel. He consults independently and as Consulting Professional with Cross Border Associates (CBA) – a 50+ Country international alliance of business advisers, legal / tax experts, professional consultants and entrepreneurs focused exclusively on cross-border business transactions. He is the Founder CEO of JA India – the India organization of the world’s largest education social enterprise (www.jaworldwide.org). Additionally, he leads the India Enterprise Network initiative as Senior Director. In his decade long public policy engagements, he actively influenced stakeholder thoughts across platforms including the World Economic Forum and as a TEDx speaker. He contributed to Davos 2016 discussions on Global Governance as a moderator and panelist. He has been a panelist for WEF’s session on Capitalizing India’s Human Capital (IES 2010) and has contributed to WEF publications on talent / talent mobility / entrepreneurship / skill development. Additionally, he is part of World Economic Forum’s India Skills Initiative. He is an invited panelist to the Horasis Global Convention, Liverpool UK on Global Governance matters, Horasis Asia Convention of Asian Industry Growth agenda and the Horasis India Convention, Portugal on employment, skills and education. In his entrepreneurial roles, he has varying exposures to multiple ventures in independent capacity, as family member, and as member of formal investment platforms. An acclaimed educator and thinker, he is Member of the Board for Learning Paths School. Under his guidance, India’s first high school commerce initiative using his AGILE PERSONALIZATION® framework has been set up.

I am an educationist, a meditator, a yoga practitioner and an aspiring singer. I have had the experience of working in the education industry as a teacher in an under resourced school for two years with Teach for India , a consultant with McKinsey & Company on the School Excellence Project with the MCGM, and a Program Manager on social projects. I am creating a program for children aimed to help them retain their happiness, make them healthier, stronger, and more creative and empower them to follow their dreams. I aim to reach 1 million children in the next decade through this program. I would like to start my organization that will be involved in controlling climate change and promoting art and culture. I am also a volunteer with Art of Living involved in meditating and organising courses for children and adults, so that they get to do the Sudarshan Kriya and meditate.

Sonia Gandhi, CFA has spent over 18 years in the Investment Management industry working with several global blue chip Investment Banks. As Director -Equities, she was responsible for Deutsche Bank’s APAC client base. Prior to that she worked with JP Morgan, BNP Paribas and Jardine Fleming – responsible for equity sales, capital market transactions and global account management.Sonia is the first woman Director on the Board of Indian Association of Investment professionals (IAIP), CFA India society, in charge of the Programming and Continuing Education (PCE) Committee. As a CFA charter holder, she is part of the vibrant international community of professionals, promoting the highest standards of Ethics, Education, and Professional Excellence. As a member of the Global Society Brand Council, she contributes to the multi-channel, fully integrated Global Brand Campaign of the CFA Institute, targeted at the Investment Management industry.Sonia is extremely passionate about mentoring the next generation of finance professionals, especially women. She travels extensively to conduct Ethics Workshops and Lectures for students at management institutes and universities across India, leveraging on her depth of real life experiences as a finance professional. As part of “Teach India” initiative, she has also taught spoken English to youth from underprivileged background to improve their employability prospects.

Bisman Deu, 18 years old, is currently studying at the University of Warwick. At the age of 15, she invented a low cost building material, ‘Green Wood’, made up of rice waste, which aims at providing affordable housing to the underprivileged. She is a passionate public speaker and is a national debate winner. Deu was invited by UNICEF to the launch of their Flagship publication, ‘SOWC 2015’, to which she had also contributed an essay, as a keynote speaker and panelist. She was further involved with UNICEF as a judge for their ‘Wearables for Good Challenge’. She was a highlighted speaker at Nexus Global Youth Summit in New York and was the leading voice at the Nexus India Youth Summit.Bisman is not only passionate about sustainability and innovation but is also an ardent supporter of women rights and women empowerment which led her to start her own campaign, ‘Colour the World Pink’. This campaign aims at promoting entrepreneurship and leadership among girls with an attempt to bridge the ambition gap.

Meher Gupta, Director Contemporary Connect is a force to reckon with in the world of Luxury Brand Management. Contemporary Connect stood out from its inception in 2014, started off as the brain child of one girl who wanted to bridge the gap between Indian brands and their International contemporaries.A name to reckon with in the world of golf from a young age, placing at top five in the under eighteen category, this tomboy had her first brush with fashion walking the ramp for Amrapali jewels and hasn’t looked back since. Awarded a scholarship for her first year at Lancaster on the basis of her golf, Meher took a stand and decided to pursue Corporate Law and Marketing in the United Kingdom, rejecting offers from LSR, Stephens and JMC.Working with Coca Cola after her undergrad she realized that her direction lay in Niche markets rather than Mass market, and decided to pursue luxury brand management from European Business School, London. Work experience with Companies like Michael Kors, Jimmy Choo and Bottega Veneta, the idea for Contemporary Connect was born. Working with Quintessentially and Genesis made her realize the scope for growth of companies in India was huge and all they needed was a guiding hand. Contemporary Connect is one of the few companies in India that has partner agencies in Paris and London, and works with a client base as diverse as Private Chartered Jets to Fashion Designers like Manish Arora.

A second generation Army officer, Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain, PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, SM, VSM & BAR, has extensive experience in the handling of turbulent situations throughout his career which gave him hands on insight at different ranks in diverse environment such as Sri Lanka (as part of IPKF), Siachen, North East India , Mozambique and Rwanda (as part of UN Forces) and most frequently in Jammu & Kashmir where he served seven tours of duty ending as the Commander of the Srinagar based 15 Corps. The Hasnain family has the rarest distinction of having ten military honors and awards to its credit and the only one with father and son both being awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal by the President of India. Educated at Sherwood College Nainital, St Stephen’s College, Delhi and Kings College, London General Hasnain has also done strategic level long exchange programs at the famous Royal College of Defense Studies (RCDS), London and at the Asia Pacific Centre for Security studies (APCSS), Hawaii. He also has an M Phil in Defense and Management Studies from the Indore University. General Hasnain uses his vast experience and education to research and write on strategic issues focusing on Kashmir, Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, Middle East, Religious Radicalism, Internal Security Issues and Terrorism. He is the winner of the Capital Foundation Society’s Award for Excellence in Military Leadership and is a leading contributor to famous media houses of India. His repertoire of knowledge of Jammu & Kashmir is based upon his boots on ground experience spread across various ranks and appointments. He is reputed to have been largely responsible for turning the situation around in 2011-12 after three years of street turbulence which had seen Kashmir virtually paralysed. His public outreach and ability to relate with all segments of society was the game changer even as he ensure the most successful year for the Indian Army’s counter infiltration efforts on the Line of Control. He is now an important member of Track 2 diplomacy with Pakistan He writes on various strategic issues for mainline print and online newspapers and magazines. A regular participant in National TV debates he is associated with Vivekanand International Foundation as Visiting Fellow and Delhi Policy Group as Senior Fellow and is also on the Governing Council of Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS). He also recently conducted a most successful lecture tour of Bangladesh. A reputed speaker he is regularly called upon to deliver motivation and strategic affairs talks all over India and abroad.

Dipika Trehan, A graduate from Delhi University and an MBA in HR from IMT Ghaziabad. She began her career in training and development with American Express. Having stayed abroad for close to a decade she understands the nuances of cross cultural barriers. Dipika started practicing yoga 8 years ago and got certified as Patanjali Yoga instructor in Mumbai. She, since then has amalgamated her HR expertise, Multi-cultural life skills along with Yoga and conducts various corporate and non-corporate workshops (women only as well as mixed group). Her client list includes Amazon, MindTree, HARMAN, Mylan Pharma, Capgemini, SRL diagnostics to name a few. She has been a Yoga instructor to reputed VIP’s, a visiting faculty for yoga at AyurVAID hospitals, Bangalore and the official Yoga and Mind Strength coach to the contestants of Ms. FITNESS INDIA 2016. She also is, the Advisory Executive Council Member of WEF (Women Economic Forum) and a Speaker on Women’s Health in the upcoming WEF 2017 conference. Recently, Dipika was recognised and Applauded for her work in Corporate wellness and Fitness by Mrs. Cherie Blair herself in person! Dipika is the founder of The H.O.W. (Health Of Women) Forum. The forum is about her journey from a young girl to a woman to a mother to finally ‘Finding HERSELF’.A story of self-belief, falling, rising, realizing and making her dream come true of being Physically-Emotionally and Spiritually FIT. The H.O.W. Forum is a community to promote and ensure the holistic health and fitness of a Woman. Our Motto: “Making a Woman fall in love again… This time with HERSELF!” Her YouTube video on Yoga for PCOD and Hormonal imbalance has over 150,000+ views! YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=126CZ-ZHjRg LinkedIn Profile: https://www.google.co.in/search?q=dipika+trehan&ie=&oe=# FaceBook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/thehowforum/ Wordpress Blog: https://thehowforum.wordpress.com/

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Dr Hemangini Sane: is a living statement of Research and advancements of the future, she has been detected forALS disorder. Has numerous international research papers to her credit. An expert advisor for Medical StemCell advancements and clinical trial:The advancements in Stemcell: LS,Autism,Muscular Dystrophy. Dr Hemangi Sane is the Deputy Director & Head of Research & Development of Stem Cell Therapy at Neurogen Brain & Spine Institute, Mumbai, India. Her experience as an Ethics committee member of Institutional Committee for Stem Cell Research and Therapy (IC-SCRT) at Lokmanya Tilak Medical Government Hospital, Mumbai is an additional asset. She is the chief coordinator for International Association of Neurorestoratology, India. She is also the founding President of “Asha Ek Hope foundation for MND/ALS”, a non-profit organization. She is an American Board of Internal Medicine certified physician. The International Association of Internists has recognized Dr. Hemangi Sane as one of the Leading Physicians of the World, 2013-2014. She is dedicated towards finding a cure for neurological disorders, through research. She was honored with International Women’s Day Award in the year 2013, by the Mayor of Mumbai city.