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Lt Gen Hooda has had a distinguished career spanning 40 years in the Indian Army. He has attended the prestigious Command and Staff College at Canada and was selected as the first Chief Logistics Officer for the newly raised United Nations Mission to Ethiopia and Eritrea. He played a key role in setting up the mission throughout Eritrea in terms of camps, engineering and communications support, and food and health services. During the massive earthquake of Jammu and Kashmir in 2005,...
Harshwardhansinh Zala from Ahmedabad is not a usual Indian kid. Known as India’s drone wiz, He already has a Handful of patents to His Credit and is The CEO and Founder of Aerobotics7 International. Son of an Accountant Father and Homemaker Mother, He came up with His First Invention at the age of 10. He Made a Remote-control which could be used to Control and Operate Home Appliances Wirelessly. There was No such Device Available in the Market back then. It...
Atul Khatri is a Mumbai based Sindhi businessman who got up late in life and decided to do English Standup comedy so that he could tick it off his own personal bucket list. An Indian Computer Engineer and a British Mgmt. scholar who always orders soup one by two even when he is eating alone. CNN-IBN recently rated him as one of the top 20 comedians in India to watch out for. Atul Khatri recently won 'CEOs got Talent' trophy competing against 11...
Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman
Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman or commonly known as VVS Laxman is a former Indian cricketer who was born on November 1,1974 in the city of Hyderabad. He was a right-handed batsman and one of the best also. He was also a part time right-handed off break bowler. He was also popularly known as Very Very Special Laxman for his name VVS Laxman. Laxman made his debut for India U-19 team against Australia in 1994. He had a good match there while facing...
Nipun Malhotra was born on 1st September 1987 – blue, fractured and bleeding. His parents weren’t really sure why, so they compiled a list of doctors to see and assess him. It took a while (including a visit to a doctor who said he’d live the ‘life of a wooden doll’, not sure what that meant) before he was finally diagnosed with a disability called arthrogryposis which basically meant that the muscles in his arms and legs were underdeveloped and...
Nisha Millet is a swimmer from Bangalore, India. An Arjuna Award winner, Millet was the only woman in the 2000 Sydney Olympics swim team for India. Millet has won more than 600 gold medals at State, National and International Meets. She has represented India at the world swimming championships (1998 and 2004) & Asian Games(1998) and was the first Indian to qualify for swimming at the Olympics in the 200 meter freestyle (Sydney 2000). Millet has won the highest number...
Laxmi Agarwal, once known as the acid attack survivor, is now just Laxmi – a mother, a symbol of courage, hope and love for life. A motivational speaker and messenger for millions of social voices, she has inspired people and emphasised on the strength of inner beauty. Laxmi Agarwal was only 15 when she was attacked by her stalker with acid in 2005. He thought he will kill her dreams. Little did he know that she will bounce back and will...
Voted as one of the top 12 women achievers in the Global Entertainment industry by the Hollywood Reporter and among the top 50 Indians changing India by India Today. Guneet Monga has been a force to reckon with and the youngest game-changing producer in Indian cinema. Guneet started her career in production with international projects like Murder Unveiled, Valley of Flowers and Partition. She has since been associated with a number of path-breaking films in India, Say Salaam India being her...
Shankkar Aiyar is a prominent India-based political economy analyst, columnist and author. His path-breaking book "Accidental India: A History of the Nation’s Passage through Crisis and Change" has fetched him national acclaim as a public intellectual. Accidental India, an in-depth study of the political and economic history of modern India, examines the country’s transformation through the arresting angles of seven game changers, one for each decade since 1947. The book argues and establishes that the turning points in the country’s history...
Dr Susmita Mohanty is a spaceship designer and entrepreneur extraordinaire. She is the only entrepreneur in the world who has founded space companies on 3 different continents. She is the co-founder and CEO of EARTH2ORBIT, India’s first private space start-up that played a pivotal role in opening up the US launch market for India. She has co-founded and led two other companies, MOONFRONT, a boutique space consulting firm in San Francisco [2001-2007] and LIQUIFER, a trans-disciplinary space architecture firm in...
Geetanjali Pandit is a renowned author, transformational coach and international speaker with over two decades of experience in empowering individuals and organizations. Her books, “Buddha At Work” and “Buddha In Love,” have inspired readers worldwide, blending ancient wisdom with modern insights to create life-changing strategies. She is published by Penguin Random House India. Buddha At Work is globally acclaimed with several international editions across 4 continents, multiple countries and languages. A sought-after speaker, Geetanjali captivates audiences at prestigious platforms such as TEDx...
Anuj Gosalia’s first taste of the startup life was when he joined the founding team of What’s On India, led by media veteran Atul Phadnis. Working with a lean and versatile team to bring new business, service existing clients and optimize the website's algorithm all at once, was his introduction to the grueling nature of startups. What’s On India went on to be funded by Sequoia and was later sold for many million dollars. Anuj Gosalia then moved on to co-found a platform...
Ashwin Sanghi is one of India’s five best-selling English fiction authors. His three novels, The Rozabal Line, Chanakya's Chant, and The Krishna Key, are all based on historical, theological and mythological themes. He is one of India's most popular conspiracy fiction writers, and is an author of the new era of re-telling Indian history or mythology in a contemporary context. Forbes India has included Sanghi in their ‘2012 Forbes India Celebrity 100’. He has also been hailed by critics as the...
Nagavara Ramarao Narayana Murthy CBE, better known as N. R. Narayana Murthy, is an Indian industrialist and software engineer. He is the Founder of Infosys Limited, a global software consulting company headquartered in Bangalore, India. He founded Infosys in 1981, served as the CEO during 1981-2002, and as the Chairman and Chief Mentor during 1981-2011. Under his leadership, Infosys was listed on NASDAQ in 1999. He is currently the Chairman Emeritus of Infosys. Mr. Murthy articulated, designed and implemented the Global Delivery...
Alan Rosling CBE is an accomplished global business pioneer with specific knowledge of India and climate transition. Alan is co-founder of ECube, a specialist ESG platform in India which is establishing a climate finance institution. Earlier, he was Co-founder of Kiran Energy, one of India’s first solar power developers. Kiran was sold to a strategic investor in 2018. Alan spent 5 years as Executive Director of Tata Sons Limited, where he was in charge of the group’s internationalization (2003-09). In this period...
Ireena Vittal is among India’s most respected consultants and advisors. She was a partner with McKinsey & Co, for 16 years. She is now an independent director on select boards including Compass and Diageo (both FTSE companies) and HDFC, Wipro and Godrej Consumer (listed in India). She serves as an advisor to 'start ups" looking to build resilient business models. Finally, she is also on the boards of non-profits such as Vidhi, Path, Educate Girls, Janagraha, WaterAid, building on her interest...