OUR SPEAKERS
Dr. Kiran Bedi
Founder & CEO
A social activist, an author, an Asian tennis champion, Dr. Kiran Bedi is the first woman to have joined the officer ranks of the Indian Police Service. She was the 24th Lt Governor of Puducherry and has also served the United Nations as Civilian Police Advisor in Peacekeeping Operations.
She has also been conferred with the Ramon Magsaysay Award, also known as Asia’s Nobel Peace Award. She is also the founder of Navjyoti Foundation and India Vision Foundation, which have been working towards the welfare of the underprivileged people and prison inmates in rural as well as urban areas for the past 30 years. Currently, her foundation runs a YouTube channel called Demonstrative Learning where she and her team conducts online programs for youth, book readings and interviews with celebrities.
Mrs. Sargam Koushal
Mrs. Sargam Koushal won the title of Mrs. World in 2022 after competing amongst 56 other married women and brought back the crown to India after 21 years. She used to teach English Literature to middle and high school students for four years until she decided to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a model and advocate for body positivity and mental health awareness to young ladies.
Along with her personal platform of promoting self-defense in young girls, Sargam also organizes workshops in various schools and colleges in Mumbai. She also helps in promoting Beauty for Good, bringing awareness to the opioid epidemic and mental health crisis across the world.
Mr. Sohail Hashmi
Founder & CEO
Mr. Sohail Hashmi is an eminent historian, writer and documentary filmmaker from India. He has authored several books on Delhi's history and culture. He is also known for his documentaries, which explore themes of cultural heritage, history and identity.
Apart from his creative pursuits, Sohail is also an active voice on social and political issues, advocating for the protection of heritage sites and speaking out against communalism and religious intolerance. Through his work, he has contributed greatly to the preservation and understanding of Delhi's rich cultural heritage, and has become an important figure in the fields of history, literature and film.
Capt. Zoya Agarwal
Captain Zoya Agarwal, Senior Commander, Boeing 777, and UN Women Spokesperson for Generation Equality, was the youngest woman pilot to fly a Boeing-777 in 2013. On 9th January 2021, she created history by flying the world’s longest non-stop air route between San Francisco & Bengaluru with an all-female flight crew over the North Pole.
We look forward to her, as she shares what aviation has taught her as she takes off on creating a positive impact in the future of work. From a Pioneer in aviation, a UN spokesperson to being the first Indian woman to be given a place in San Francisco’s museum to one of the first Indian to receive a most prestigious highest scholarship in the Top MBA at Ivy League Columbia business school. She tells us her story of touching the stars and continuing to fly higher inspiring us every day!
Ms. Tanvi Khanna
Founder & CEO
Ms. Tanvi Khanna is a frequent member of the Indian squash squad and a professional squash player from India. She is now rated fourth in the country and is thought to be one of the best squash players to have come out of India. She also competes for the Columbia University's Columbia Lions squash team.
At the 2018 Asian Games, she competed for India in her first Asian Games and won a silver medal in the women's team competition. During the 2019–20 PSA World Tour, she first entered the top 100, and she reached her greatest PSA global ranking of 86 in September 2021. Through her accomplishments on and off the court, Tanvi Khanna has become an inspiration for many aspiring squash players in India and around the world.
Ms. Vishakha Bhaskkar
Ms. Vishakha Bhaskkar is the co-founder of Angrakhaa, a size-inclusive clothing brand that makes extremely fashionable, cool, and trendy clothes across all sizes. She pitched her startup on Shark Tank India and was able to secure an amazing deal from Amit Jain, the co-founder of CarDekho.
Vishakha completed an honors degree in economics from Shri Ram College of Commerce. From the second year of her studies, she started to write blogs about fashion on the topics of normal and plus size. While working in a fashion company, she met with Asana and they together started Angrakhaa.
Mr. Yashodhar Gulati
Founder & CEO
Mr. Yashodhar Gulati is the founder and CEO of India’s fastest-growing youth run digital media news platform, The Tatva. He launched The Tatva in January 2020 with an intention to inform, educate and make people aware of the ongoing events in India and the world.
The Tatva focuses on unfiltered news coverage and unprecedented opinions with a point of view from all angles without any biases towards one ideology. It has a team of experienced journalists and editors who work tirelessly to gather and report news from across the country and around the world. It also offers video content, podcasts, and other multimedia features to keep its audience engaged and informed. In less than 2 years, The Tatva has had over 50 million readers, readers who are looking for the truth and those who deserve to know the true face of events that occur around the globe.
Mr. Vaibhav Munjal
Mr. Vaibhav Munjal is the co-founder of Chalchitra Talks, a platform where he recommends movies, books, music, and everything which makes for good pop culture. He is also a filmmaker and has directed multiple short films, ads, and sketches over the years. He has built a deep community of people passionate about arts and Chalchitra Talks has become a one-stop destination for the most authentic recommendations in India.
In past, Vaibhav has done podcast episodes with more than 100 filmmakers, writers and actors. Some of the names include Anurag Kashyap, Naseeruddin Shah, and Peter Gould, who has written Breaking Bad and Created Better Call Saul.
He finds himself at the intersection of being an entrepreneur, Youtuber and a filmmaker, and enjoys the fact he can't be labelled under a single profession.
Dr. Akash Sehgal
Founder & CEO
Dr. Akash Sehgal is a dentist and healthcare economist from India. During the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, he treated over 150 patients via online consultations and created audio-visual content to educate the public on COVID protocols and procedures. He also headed the COVID facility at Tau Devi Lal stadium in Gurugram, which was set up by Doctors For You, and managed door-to-door COVID management in Gurugram and Mewat by providing COVID kits and medical support to patients in these districts.
Dr Sehgal's interest in literature led him to explore the psycho-dynamics of storytelling. He is particularly fascinated by the history, culture, and literature of Delhi, which inspired him to start his podcast called "Coal And Salt" on Spotify. The podcast, which discusses the day-to-day life of Delhi and the mountains, was in the top 5% of globally shared podcasts in the previous year. He also works with Delhi Karavan and Asif Khan Dehlvi as a photographer.