Serial Entrepreneur; Board member XPRIZE Foundation A silicon-valley entrepreneur and philanthropist, Paresh Ghelani is focused on creating large-scale impact through innovation and entrepreneurship. Alongwith Ratan Tata and Naveen Jain, he brought XPRIZE Foundation to India to resolve challenges in public amenities and raise the quality of life. With his years of hands-on management experience Ghelani… Continue reading Paresh Ghelani
National Awardee Nitin Sisodia is the Founder and CEO of Sohum Innovation Lab, a social enterprise working at developing solutions to improve health and income of people living in resource-poor settings. A 2010 Stanford India Biodesign fellow, Nitin was named one of the top 20 Indian innovators by MIT Tech review in 2013. He received… Continue reading Nitin Sisodia
Nirupa Rao is a botanical illustrator based in Bangalore. Her illustrations are inspired by field visits into the wild, and are informed by close collaboration with botanists. In 2017, she was named a National Geographic Young Explorer, and received a grant to pursue her work. She has been published in Harper’s Bazaar India, and named… Continue reading Nirupa Rao
Director at the Power of NeuroGaming Center at Qualcomm Institute, Chukoskie is working to understand the human brain through gaming. Working at the intersection of neuroscience, social science and education, Leanne Chukoskie is working to understand the human brain through gaming, to aid children with developmental and learning disorders. She is the director of the… Continue reading Leanne Chukoskie
Xiangkun (Elvis) Cao (https://www.elviscao.com/) is a Ph.D. Candidate at Cornell University working on converting CO2 into solar fuels. Past awards include: Forbes 30 Under 30 in Energy (2018), EarthX 30 Under 30 (2019), AACYF 30 Under 30 (2019), BP Advancing Energy Scholar (2019), WEF Global Shaper (2019), and UN SDSN-Youth Local Pathways Fellow (2018-2019). Past… Continue reading Xiangkun (Elvis) Cao
Venk Varadan is the Co-founder and CEO of Nanowear, a New York-based connected-care and companion diagnostics technology platform built upon first-of-its-kind cloth-based nanosensors and closed-loop machine learning algorithms. Prior to this entrepreneurship venture, Varadan spent seven years in Investment Banking, focusing exclusively on venture-backed software and communications technology in which he successfully closed $3bn USD… Continue reading Venk Varadan
Tammy Redpath is the president of Bengaluru-based Target India, an extension of the U.S. retailer Target’s headquarters operations. In this role, Redpath leads a team of more than 3,000 in fields ranging from technology, e-commerce, and marketing to human resources, finance, data science and analytics. A 29-year veteran of the company, Redpath started her Target… Continue reading Tammy Redpath
A musician of note, Tagaram Bheel plays the algoza. A double flute made of bamboo, an algoza works on the same principle as a bagpipe, and is an extremely tricky instrument to master. In this, one of the two flutes usually plays a continuous drone while the other plays different notes. The player has to… Continue reading Tagaram Bheel
A filmmaker and storyteller, Shekhar Kapur is a Padma Shri awardee, credited with directing some of the most iconic and award-winning films, that have made waves in the international cinema. His real love is exploring the relationship between man and the universe. According to Kapur, fundamental mythologies (and therefore all stories) are our attempt to… Continue reading Shekhar Kapur
Shayamal Vallabhjee is a highly respected sports scientist, psychologist, and performance coach with over two decades of experience working with elite athletes across multiple disciplines. His expertise has shaped the careers of top-tier tennis players on the ATP Tour, Indian Premier League (IPL) cricketers, and international golfers. Vallabhjee made a groundbreaking contribution to Indian football… Continue reading Shayamal Vallabhjee
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