A surgeon with the unique experience of working in six countries over four continents, Dr Anantha Ramanathan has had the rare opportunity of interacting with people from nearly a hundred countries. This exposure to different cultures is reflected in his writings. He writes under the penname Ezhuth Aani which means a pen. A deep yearning for social justice, inclusiveness and equality as well as a celebration of the written word are the guiding principles in Ezhuth's creations.

A pen is mightier than a scalpel. A person who wields a knife can influence only one life at a time. A quill can touch many.

Having published an anthology of poems in Tamil in 2013, Ezhuth soon followed this with two novels in Tamil, In English Ezhuth has published I am the Lord, Another Tale of Two Cities, and bRAINBOW. His fourth novel, Riding with Ravan came out on March 25 2021. Another two completed manuscripts await publication. Ezhuth is working on the next novel.

Anandajit Goswami was a faculty at TERI School of Advanced Studies and currently he is an Associate Professor (Liberal Arts), HOD, Department of Political and Social Studies, Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Manav Rachna International University. As TERI Africa Coordinator, he was based at United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA).

He has co-authored, coedited academic books, published academic papers, popular articles and also co-authored and authored two sci-fi books titled 'Lucy meets Artificial Intelligence' and 'Lucy and the Train: Tryst with Sustainability' along with an unique crime thriller on gender neutrality - "Pink Gender". He has instructed courses like - Art and Sustainability, Applied Mathematics for Sustainability, Economics of Climate Change and created movements like music and sustainability, art from the heart for climate action and sustainability. He writes regularly opinion pieces on his own blogspace - http://geekonomistdiary.blogspot.com/ and has his own music channel on music and sustainability - https://soundcloud.com/user-464461940

Ashish Jhalani, joined Silicon Valley-based Square Panda in 2018, and has led the India team's operations ever since, shuttling (before the lockdown) between Beijing, New York, and Mumbai. He is currently the Global CMO & Square Panda India MD.  Prior to this he has 24+ years of experience in ecommerce and business.While the leap from e-commerce to education was a big one, it was also a chance to make an impact, to spread literacy to millions of children worldwide.He is passionate about his family, basketball, and making a social impact in early childhood education.

A Silicon Valley-based edutech company, Square Panda is an award-winning holistic English learning system that empowers children with the power of early literacy and languages. It combines years of neuroscience research, proven leading curriculum, engaging gamification, adaptive learning and multi-sensory play, all into one integrated experience for the young learners. It teaches 100k+ kids across 3000+ schools globally. Square Panda believes the product will bring a revolution in the Indian early childhood education.

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He is experienced in Startups and Enterprise sectors like Media & PR, Fintech, Education, Digital, Retail, Mobile, Healthcare, AI, iOT, Tech, e-Commerce, Real Estate. He loves working with entrepreneurs, enterprises, community builders and investors who are focussed at growth. Has been part of startups with successful exits. 

ZingHR is one of the oldest HRM providers, ZingHR has constantly updated its technological prowess to deliver a modern and complete HR solution that is used by over 5 lac employees in over 500 companies. ZingHR adopts an employee-centric, mobile-first approach covering the entire spectrum from employee recruitment to employee exit. It is been backed by Microsoft.

Tushar , a PICT Alumni , has over 20 years of IT experience in various industries viz Banking and Finance, CRM, Telecom with deep understanding and experience in the complete life cycle of software development, prime focus on Data Science , scalable IT Solutions in various projects and IT teams in Asia, North America, Europe and Australia. After working for various Multinationals in the IT industry like AVAYA Telecom, Cognizant , BMC Software for about 15 years, Tushar started his entrepreneurship journey. His first venture was in the Media and Entertainment domain under the name of Emmersive Infotech Pvt Ltd. After a successful exit from Emmersive, Tushar founded his EdTech startup Skillcues Technologies Pvt Ltd. Currently Skillcues through its innovative Micro Learning Mobile Platform Chocoed serves some of the biggest multinationals in India. Tushar is also associated with IT Engineering company Unichronic Systems  Pvt Ltd which caters to business process automation and cloud solutions for domestic as well as international clients.

Tarun Anand is a visionary leader in India’s management education diaspora. He runs the top-ranked Universal Business School (https://universalbusinessschool.com/), which he set up in 2009 as India’s first ‘Green Business School.’

He chose to develop award-winning BBA and MBA programs in India post his learnings from a highly distinguished corporate career. At 35, Tarun Anand was elevated to the youngest Chairman & Managing Director of Thomson Reuters, South Asia. He served as Director on the Board of ANI achieving the highest growth rate across BRIC nations.  Anand also co-founded and served as Global Head of Strategy and Head of Asia-Pacific at FXMarketSpace (A Reuters & CME Group JV). His invention, “FXSettle” a revolutionary FX settlement solution, won several international innovation awards in 2008. In 2005, he was Global Head of Treasury, running  a $2 billion dollar business across 136 countries and was invited by the Reuters Group CEO to join the Reuters Innovation and Venture Board. His high profile career with Thomson Reuters spanned London, New York, Hong Kong & Mumbai.

Automated Public Toilets have set a benchmark in service and maintenance management. As changes in urban architecture manifest, better sanitation invariably becomes the need of the hour especially for the women to participate in the public sphere. Ahmedabad has made a commendable beginning in this space through the establishment of Automated Public Toilets that exemplify its commitment to instituting standard hygiene and cleanliness measures through the leveraging of cutting-edge technology.

Amenities include the opening of the door on the dropping of a coin (Re 1, Rs 2, Rs 5, and Rs 10) or through a Button Push mechanism and automatic functioning of lights upon the user’s entry. Pre-flush ensures before the users entry whereas the post-flush mechanism ensures cleanliness after using the toilet. This feature not only reduces the chances of water-borne diseases but also instills a behavioural change towards cleanliness and hygiene.

Chandan Ray the captain of the Indian leg cricket team. He made his international debut in July 2013 against Nepal. Chandan holds numerous captaincy records such as most back-to-back wins by an Indian captain. Under his captaincy, India won the 2013 1st Indo-Nepal Series, 1st South Asian Championship. Chandan was awarded Khel Gaurav Award by SSCAF-INDIA and the National Best Player Award by Jankalyan Seva Sanstha, Government of Maharashtra for his outstanding performance and captaincy. His  aim is to help leg cricket gain awareness with the general population of India and all over the world.

He started playing the sport in 2013 itself and rose to become a sportsman that made his debut for the Indian team. What started as a hobby after his 10th board exams is now a full time career with the aspiration to gain notoriety for and because of the sport.