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Abhina Aher

Abhina Aher is a transgender activist who has worked for their empowerment. Abhina has worked with national and International organisations such as The Humsafar Trust, Family Health international, John Hopkins University Centre for Communication Programme to bring change for the trans community of India.
Abhina founded a transgender dancing group called Dancing Queens, which aims to use dance and expressions as a medium to break barriers and works on trans advocacy.
A very articulate multiple-time TedX Speaker, Abhina is currently associated with I-TECH India as Technical Expert, Key Populations

Adhik Kadam

Adhik Kadam is a social entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is on a peacebuilding and peacekeeping mission, working in the conflict zones of Jammu and Kashmir.
At the age of 19, he visited a Kashmiri Pandit refugee camp in Jammu to observe their conditions. During the Kargil War, he worked on the forefront, especially for the refugees who were displaced in Kargil, Batalik and Drass Sectors.
He is a co-founder and the Chairman of Borderless World Foundation, which is an NGO that works for the deprived and victimised people of the border areas of India. The NGO runs four orphanage homes for girls in four districts of Jammu and Kashmir.

Deependra Singh

Deependra Singh, CMD of IREI (India) Ltd. has rich and varied experience spanning 3 decades in the field of Strategic Corporate Planning, Project Management, Quality Management Systems and Skill Development & Industrial Training.
Mr Singh is an MTech in Industrial design and an M.B.A. in Marketing. He is credited with managing and leading various projects with World Bank, OPEC, and Asian Development Bank. He is credited with over 65 presentations in international mineral and other conferences.
A highly awarded leader, he has won numerous awards including ‘Outstanding Business Leadership Award’; ‘CEO of the Year Award’; ‘CEO with HR Orientation Award’.

Dr Jerryl Banait

Dr Jerryl Banait, a Dermatologist and a Cosmetologist is an avid Social worker who works in the areas of Healthcare, Environment, Wildlife and Legal Reforms.
His NGO is internationally acclaimed and is associated with Big Cat Rescue based in Florida, United States of America. He is awarded as Top Ten Outstanding Young Person of India and TOP 20 outstanding Young Persons of the World by Junior Chamber International.
Dr Jerryl Banait is a Guinness and Limca World Record Holder.

Dr M A Maluk Mohamed

Dr M A Maluk Mohamed spent over two decades in research and identifying the gap in the healthcare space, co-founded Twin Health, Inc. Dr Maluk has been part of the invention of the whole body digital twin, which enables reversal of chronic metabolic diseases.
Prior to co-founding Twin Health, Dr Maluk founded and served as President and Chairman of the MAM Group of Institutions in Tamil Nadu, India. Under his leadership, the institution grew to 10 colleges, currently educating more than 10,000 undergraduate and graduate students in engineering, architecture, business administration, and nursing.
An alumnus of IIT Madras, where he completed his Doctorate of Philosophy, he has published 237 research publications in various international journals and conference proceedings. He has guided 13 PhD research scholars; has 2 patents in the area of health tech to his credit.

Dr. Deepak Vohra

Dr. Deepak Vohra is from the Indian Foreign Service class of 1973. He is a Special Advisor to the Prime Minister, Lesotho, South Sudan and Guinea-Bissau and to Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Councils, Kargil and Leh.
He has served in France, Vietnam, Tunisia, United States, Nigeria, Cameroon, Benin, Chad, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and Spain and as Ambassador of India to Armenia, Georgia, Sudan, South Sudan, Poland and Lithuania.
He has been among India's most loved television figures and was short-listed by a woman's magazine as one of the 'most sensational personalities' in India. He has acted in commercial films as well and One of his TedX videos on OUR WORLD @ 2025 has smashed previous records

J Sridhar

Rtn. J Sridhar, is a member of the Rotary Club of Madras Industrial City, Chennai under the classification of “Automobile Parts Manufacturing “ Rtn J Sridhar holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering and Post Graduate Degree in Management.
A qualified Automotive Cooling System Engineering Expert, he is now the Chief Executive Officer of Magal Engg Tech P Ltd, a subsidiary of Magal Engineering Ltd, UK, manufacturing critical powertrain parts and mechanical assemblies for the automobile industry.
A Rotarian since 2000, under his Presidentship in 2006-07, the club was recognised with the Rotary Action Trophy “GOLD” for the Overall Performance and was adjudged as No.1 Club in RI Dist 3230 for the highest Per Capita Contribution to The Rotary Foundation.
He has held many positions in the District, as the GSE Selection Committee Member (2009-13), Secretary-PETS held at Bangkok and Singapore (2009 & 2012), Assistant Governor (2009-10), Assistant Governor-Admin (2012-13), Director-International Service (2012-13), District Conference Secretary (2015-16), PETS Chairman, Assistant Governor-Admin and District Membership Chairman (2018-19)

Manoj George

Manoj George is an Indian violinist and a music composer. He has won several accolades for his music compositions including a nomination to Hollywood Music in Media Awards and Silver Medal from Global Music Awards.
Manoj George has performed at more than 3000 concerts around the globe. He has composed music for Malayalam and Kannada films, documentary films, corporate movies and advertisements.

Narpath Raman

Narpath Raman is an Indian mentalist, mind reader and corporate entertainer. Popularly known as Narpath-Next Door Mind Reader, he is the only mentalist to be named as one of the top 20 inspiring men in 2017.
Narpath did his BE in Mechanical Engineering and worked as a management consultant in a reputed company. However, at the age of 23, he quit his job to become a street performer and started performing on the streets in Bengaluru.
Narpath's first mind-reading show was held at Rangasthala Auditorium in Bengaluru.
Narpath has performed at many Fortune 500 companies and start-ups. As a mind reader, he has performed on numerous stage shows with celebrities like MS Dhoni, Jim Sarbh, Rana Daggubatti, and more!

P. S. Jayakumar

P. S. Jayakumar is a Chartered Accountant and Post Graduate in Business Management from XLRI Jamshedpur. He also has the distinction of being a Chevening Gurukool Scholar through the London School of Economics and Political Science.
A seasoned banker, he spent over 23 years in Citibank in India and Singapore handling diverse assignments and contributed to several innovations in retail banking. He is also a co-founder of multiple enterprises namely Home First Finance Ltd, a housing finance company and Value Budget Housing, a leader in housing for low and moderate income households.
In October 2015, he was appointed as MD & CEO of Bank of Baroda. He led a successful transformation of Bank of Baroda and completed three way merger between Bank of Baroda, Vijaya and Dena Bank. He was also awarded the ‘Banker of the Year’ by Financial Express in 2018.

Pashupathy Gopalan

Pashupathy Gopalan is a thought leader and visionary in energy and sustainability. An alumnus of IIT, Varanasi, Pashupathy also completed his M. S (engineering) from Arizona state University and MBA from Stanford university.
Pashupathy is currently focused on building out a portfolio of companies in the distributed energy and affordable housing to positively impact the environment and lives of the less privileged. He is the Co-chairman and CEO of SunEdison. He is also Co-founder and CEO of Vilasini Housing, an innovation platform to transform low-cost housing development for blue collar workers.
Under his leadership, SunEdison was named India’s Best Solar Power Producer. Pashu was also named the Solar Power Person of the Year for 2015 in India.

Radhe Jaggi

Radhe Jaggi with Project Samskriti for Save Soil
The performance is especially created around the theme of Save Soil. It has two dance performances. The first is by Radhe Jaggi, followed by Project Samskriti.
Radhe Jaggi is a Bharatanatyam artist. She has received her Bharatanatyam training from the Kalashetra Foundation, Chennai. Radhe has performed at prestigious venues across India and the United States. She speaks passionately about the arts and has recently taken on a coordination role with Samskriti.
Radhe is the daughter of Sadhguru, (Founder of Isha Foundaton, a visionary, yogi & a mystic), and is married to Indian Classical vocalist Sandeep Narayan.
Envisioned by Sadhguru, Project Samskriti offers classes and performances of Indian Classical Arts including music, dance and Kalari payattu - an ancient martial art form. The artists here with us today have invested in these disciplines from the age of seven, not as a hobby but as a way of life.
Samskriti's performance was choreographed by their Bharatanatyam teacher, Smt. Divya Nayar.

Rajeev Masand

Rajeev Masand is a film critic and journalist. He works at CNN-Indian Broadcasting Network (CNN-IBN) and reviews Bollywood films and major Hollywood films released in India in his weekend show ‘Now Showing’.
He writes as an entertainment-industry columnist for several publications, such as Open Magazine, First Post, News18, The Quint and for his own website, Rajeevmasand.com.
Among many recognitions, Masand was thrice awarded ‘Best Entertainment Critic’ by the National Television (NT) Awards, in 2008, 2010 and 2011

Ramesh Sippy

Ramesh Sippy is one of India most recognisable and influential film directors, actor and producer and is particularly known for directing Sholay.
His string of hits with Amitabh Bachchan made him one of the golden directors who had a special working relationship with the actor. In 2005 he received the Filmfare Best Film of 50 Years award for his legendary film, Sholay.
He directed a successful television serial titled Buniyaad which focused on the Partition of India and aired on Indian television channel Doordarshan from 1986 to 1987.
In the year 2017, he founded Ramesh Sippy Academy of Cinema & Entertainment in Mumbai.

Ramji Natarajan

Ramji Natarajan is fondly called the 'Location Guru’. Ramji is the chairman and Managing Director of Travel Masters India and has travelled to 140 countries countless times to pick locations for the film's crew and showcase their scenic beauty to Indian audiences.
He considers his 16 passports his assets. “It doesn't matter how much property we earn, but the kind of rich experiences that one gets after travelling to a new place and talking to different people is immeasurable,” says Ramji,
His latest accomplishment Naatu picked up the golden globe award for best original song motion picture and has now even been nominated for the Oscars.

Rasika Shekar

Rasika Shekar is an Indo-American flautist and singer, who plays the bansuri. She is trained in Carnatic and Hindustani classical music. She started playing Carnatic flute at the age of 14.
She has sung for many Bollywood films including Dekh Indian Circus, 2 states, Kill Dil, Katti Batti and Love Games. As a flautist, she has performed solo Carnatic flute concerts in the United States, Dubai, Mauritius, Spain, Singapore and India. She was featured as a flautist on MTV's Coke Studio Season 2.

Rohit Bose Roy

Rohit Bose Roy a television and film actor, is known for his role in Hindi television serials such as Des Mein Niklla Hoga Chand and Swabhimaan. Besides working in television series, Roy has also acted in notable Bollywood movies such as Shootout at Lokhandwala, Kaabil, Ek Khiladi Ek Haseena, Apartment and Plan among others.
Rohit has also directed a short film named Rice Plate - as a part of the anthology film Dus Kahaniyaan. Roy launched his own fashion brand in the year 2020, Rohit Roy for Styched, in association with Styched Life.

Sadhana Yogalakshmi

Sadhana Yogalakshmi, also known as Naad Dhyan Yogini, shares and spreads her spiritual knowledge and healing energy through sound with her mellifluous voice and her musical creation. She is an eminent and unique combination of a soulful singer, music composer, and IT entrepreneur.
She has composed music for Sanskrit stotra, mantra, and several bhajans. She has written several Sufi, English, and Marathi poems.
Sadhana Yogalakshmi has worked as a director in three companies along with 18 years of IT experience in MNCs and abroad. The international exposure during her work life made it possible to feel, and understand the impact of stress globally and integrate east-west methodologies for a stress-free life.

Sujata Biswas

Sujata Biswas, is the co-founder of SUTA Sarees. A sustainability enthusiast, TEDx speaker, and a mother (to her son, dog and plants), Sujata is an alumnus of CET Bhubaneshwar and Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi. She worked for seven years with Essar Group, Jindal Group and IIT Bombay before co-founding Suta.
In 2016, SUTA started working with a single weaver and only two employees and now has grown to working with 17,000+ weavers across the country.
Sujata has won many awards like ‘40 under 40’ by Business World and a is also a recipient of the Indian Achievers Award for Young Entrepreneur.

Padma Shri Advocate Ujjwal Nikam

Padma Shri Advocate Ujjwal Nikam is a well-known Special Public Prosecutor and has worked on prominent murder and terrorism cases in India. He helped prosecute suspects in the 1993 Bombay bombings, the Gulshan Kumar murder case, the Pramod Mahajan murder case, and the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

In 2017, Nikam's life story was made into a film, Aadesh - Power of Law. Mr. Nikam was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2016. He has been given a security detail with a classification of Z+, the second highest level of security in India.

Venerable Bhikkhu Sanghasena

Venerable Bhikkhu Sanghasena joined the army at a young age of 17. In 1977, he felt the inner spiritual call and decided to leave the army. He became a disciple of the renowned Buddhist scholar and celebrated monk, Venerable Acharya Buddharakkhita Mahathera.
In 1986, Venerable Bhikkhu Sanghasena founded the Mahabodhi International Meditation Centre (MIMC) in Ladakh. Since then he has worked tirelessly and selflessly to put the Buddha's teachings on loving kindness and compassion into action and now MIMC has become one of the leading NGOs in India.
Bhikkhu Sanghasena has travelled extensively around the world and participated in many international conferences, seminars and workshops