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Punit Java is the Co-Founder and CTO of Freightwalla, India’s fastest growing digital freight forwarding startup which started operations in January 2017 – A company that focuses on bringing increased value and transparency to international shippers by empowering them with state-of-the-art technology and tools to better organize and monitor their logistics online through its platform Freightwalla.com. During an interaction with TheTechPod - "We want to be mission driven company bringing transparency to logistics industry," says Punit Java.

Prior to Freightwalla, Punit was in the United States focusing on leading product and engineering teams at Microsoft, Amazon as well as other startups to build world class applications and services that leverage Voice Recognition, Vision and other advanced technologies to solve real-world problems.

Anish Singh Thakur is the CEO at Booming Bulls Academy. He is an experienced Stock Marketer with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. He is skilled in Business Meetings, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), IT Strategy, Team Building and Management. Anish is a strong business development professional graduated from the Central Board of Secondary Education. During an interaction with TheTechPod - "When TV tells you to buy stocks; do not buy ever," says Anish Singh Thakur.

Mrs. Chitra Subramanian is currently the Principal of International Public School, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. She is a Ph.D. Scholar in Yogic science and a qualified Yoga Trainer. Having done M.Phil in Management, she is also a Pedagogical Leadership trainer for educationalists. Mrs. Chitra, working in the field of Teaching and Learning, has developed an insight to understand child psychology well and conducts many Parental orientations with practical and experiential behavioural patterns which is not only well appreciated but also envisages the right upbringing of younger kids and generations.

Mrs. Chitra conducts various training sessions on “Brain and Memory Development” as a certified Abacus trainer. The focus of these sessions is the right and left-brain development and nurturing the multiple intelligences. She is a passionate learner and thoroughly enjoys her profession, by contributing to the Holistic Development of School Children, which is the Vision of her school.

Dheeraj Mehrotra is the Head of School at NPS International School, Guwahati. He is a National Awardee Educator with wide experience as an Education Officer at GEMS, towards managing its schools PAN India towards training and audits. He is Former Vice President (ACADEMICS), at Next Education India Pvt. Ltd. And, a former Principal at De Indian School, New Delhi. Serving as an Educationist with over 28 years of experience in the spectrum of Teaching, Implementation of Six Sigma in Education, Quality Circles in Education. Dheeraj is a School Accreditation Accessor certified from NABET (QCI), TQM in Education. And, has training expertise on Quality Skills and Information Technology.

Dheeraj Mehrotra is a CBSE Empanelled Resource Master Trainer. He is a CBSE Certified Peer Assessor for School Quality Assessment and Accreditation (SQAA) and a resource person for Computer Science, Association of Schools for the Indian School Certificate (ASISC). Also, Dheeraj has published over 45 books on Comp. Sc. for ICSE/ ISC/ CBSE/ State Boards and over 600 write-ups on Quality and IT issues. He was declared Best Teacher by the Government of India (Year 2005) and was awarded the National Teacher Award by the President of India.

Jaya Vaidhyanathan is the CEO of BCT Digital, division of Bahwan CyberTek (BCT), a global technology company specializing in Digital Transformation, Predictive Analytics and IoT. She joined as an ‘intrapreneur’ and kick started their FinTech initiatives. This was to build global quality products for the Indian Banking system keeping in mind the unique challenges and culture of the banking system in India. During an interaction with TheTechPod - "There's a lot of movement towards data privacy worldwide," says Jaya Vaidhyanathan.

At BCT, Jaya started FinTech’s risk management product portfolio, today, known as rt360. What started as a product to track and reduce NPAs, the product portfolio now addresses all types of risks a bank faces, including Model Risk, Operational Risk, Technology Risk, and Liquidity Risk providing a much-needed fillip in the banking industry. It combines the latest in global technology including artificial intelligence, RPA, and blockchain. Through these efforts, a new mantra was created: “Reverse Innovation” meaning that products made in India would have a global reach, instead of the reverse that had been prevalent in global markets for the past decades.

Preparation, and Financial Management to growing companies. Also, he has worked in various domains that add to his journey. Vikrant Potnis is a venture capital professional and has worked on closing transactions totaling more than 200 crores. During an interaction with TheTechPod - "Founders need to stop chasing investments at an idea stage," says Vikrant Potnis.

Dr. Venunadhan B. Pillai is the Executive Principal of Vellore International School Chennai. VIS is a VIT group institution. Dr. Pillai, who is a Harvard qualified School Leader, has over 34 years of experience in schools in Bhutan, Kenya, Malawi and India.

Also, Dr. Pillai is one of the very few certified Cambridge English Teacher Trainers in India. He is also a Programme Leader for Cambridge International Diploma in Teaching and Learning (CIDTL). Besides these, he is also an Examiner of Cambridge and IB English Examinations. He examined IELTS too in the past. He chaired Central India Cambridge Community for two years; the community comprised Cambridge Schools of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.

His working in different geographical locations of the world has contributed greatly to his exposure, learning and success. His students are spread all around the world; some studying in the most prestigious universities of the world; some are well settled in their lives with promising careers.

han Shah is a Principal Architect at Fynd. Hired as Engineer #2 in 2015, Kushan started out as a Platform Engineer building the early versions of the Fynd backend, scaled up Infrastructure, and was promoted to Principal Architect within 1.5 years. He currently looks after the Omnichannel Order Management Platform for both Fynd and JioMart. Also, Kushan graduated with an Electronics Engineering degree and built recommendation engines for E-Commerce clients in his prior roles. In his spare time, he likes running, traveling and is an ardent Manchester City fan. During an interaction with TheTechPod - "Open Source has been the backbone at FYND," says Kushan Shah.

Avneesh Kumar Agarwal is Founder & CEO at Speckyfox. He is an IIT Varanasi (BHU) B-Tech graduate and M.S. Software Systems from BITS Pilani and has over 22 years of rich experience in Software Development & Testing, and Professional Services. Avneesh is also an avid investor in various start-ups both within India and abroad. During an interaction with TheTechPod - "70% of sales on ecommerce would be on Mobile," says Avneesh Kumar Agarwal.

Avneesh is a seasoned IT professional with a proven track record in sales, pre-sales, delivery, and other functions of an IT organization. He has managed various big accounts for various big clients across the globe. He loves to build teams from scratch, controlling project costs, strengthening good HR practices. Last but not the least, he is a great mentor, guide, and peoples manager.

Dr. Arun Jee is the Principal at DPS Bhatinda. With the knowledge and skills he gained over 20 years as Principal, he provide consultancy to educational institutions for imparting learner-centric quality education. Arun has received ample opportunities to work with diverse groups of students and teachers in India. He received International School Award from the British Council for leading the integration of international learning in the school for 2017-2020 & 2020-2023.

Dr. Arun Jee is a Humanities coach with over 35 years of experience as a teacher of English, History and Political Science. He designs and delivers courses for a wide range of learners preparing for schools, colleges or competitive exams. He also help the students acquire the communication and soft skills that are essential for their success in the interviews for jobs. Arun has created enough resources for the students to learn the basics of English Grammar.

He is a bilingual writer, adept both in English and Hindi. He has several articles, blogs and podcasts to his credit. Arun also translate poetry from English to Hindi. Some of his own poems are available in both the languages.