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Theme: AGREE TO DISAGREE

This event occurred on
September 17, 2017
Anand, Gujarat
India

Have you ever agreed to disagree ?
It is easy to follow the masses but it takes real courage to express a disagreement and stand out of the mainstream.
Don't let the spark get extinguished,rather turn it into a raging fire and show the world your Agreement to Disagree.

Smt. K.S.Patel Auditorium
G.H. Patel College of Engineering & Technology
Anand, Gujarat, 388120
India
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Ankur Ved

Started as a fun hobby at school, Ankur Ved made sure that he nurtures and gives his talent a platform to showcase. A mimicry artist turned into a national level beat boxer, he has left no stone unturned to hone his art form.A self learner where YouTube videos were his only teachers. His love, passion and 3 years of rigorous hard work has payed him off in form of various prizes and awards. Starting from winning 1 prizes at zonal and inter zonal level, he qualified for west zone level where he secured 3rd position. That wasn't just the end, next year he again won all the three levels and ended up bagging the 1st position at national level. He has also been awarded Gaurav Puraskar by CVM. He is a mechanical engineer and is currently working at Godrej, Mumbai. Starting from stage fear to getting at the top of his game is indeed an inspirational journey. And nothing stops him here, he has plans of taking this art form to the next level by doing projects in voice over and dubbing.

Dwarkeshlalji Maharaja

Spiritual Leader
Known as 14th Descendent of Vallabhacharya Mahaprabhuji. Enhancing the spirit of humanity, in the name of divinity, Shree Dwarkeshlalji Maharajshree,is the youngest enthroned Gadipati , at the Shashthpeeth. He was called upon by the United Nations to take part in ‘The World Millennium Peace Summit of Spiritual & Religious Leader's.' And was the youngest leader among. He is Acharya in Vedant and Sanskrit Literature from Kashi and Vrundavan. He is an inspirational and guiding force behind many social upliftment activities, a strong support for downtrodden and deprived sections of the society, a great motivation for spiritual awareness among aspiring youths through the various Service Organizations and Trust under his leadership. His ambition is to propagate Path to Grace and he has been making every possible effort for its realization visiting various parts of the world.

Major Nitin Joshi

Major in Indian Army.
"You may not always do great work, but you can do the every day things in a great manner." Major Nitin Joshi, the only serving Indian Army officer from the whole of Patan district, has proved himself worthy to be called the 'Iron Man' of the Indian army for his many daring feets. He stood in a pool with 2500kg of ice for a long duration on 29 minutes in 2013, and for this he was also entitled as 'Ice Man'. As he won a 10 kilometer's race in Hyderabad with National Flag in one hand. Shree Milkha Singh, Padma shree acknowledged his gallantry and entitled him as the 'Gujarati Milkhasingh'. He has been the first 'Reverse Marathon Runner' holding National Flag and the first Unstoppable 'Ultra Marathon Runner', wherein, he cut the distance of 134 kms in 24 hours continuously with national flag in one hand. And that is not all. He also became the first 'Randonear Cyclist' of India who cycled over 200 kms for 9 hours with National Flag in one hand. Once again, he notched the mettle up by bein

Medhavi Davda

Solo Traveller
Medhavi Davda An adventurer by heart who left her software profession after years to follow her passion and landed up in the heart of Himalayas all on her own, lived there for 1.5 years, has now joined one of the top travel companies of the world to head scuba diving vertical while she still continues her voyage as a solo traveller. Ex-national player and corporate Badminton Champion for 5 years, Trained Dancer in various dance forms, High Altitude Trekker, Solo Backpacker, certified Scuba Diver are few more feathers attached to her wings. She's listed as one of the top travel bloggers of India and has been on board with Goa, Gujarat, so karnataka and Nepal tourism boards.

Mukta Vora

Face reader Handwriting analyst Tarot card reader
Inspired by the concept of Sibyl (the one who can foretell future), Mukta Vora , a curious soul whose curiosity lead to the discovery of her passion. HR has been her choice of subject which led her to specialize in this subject in both graduation and post graduation. Along with pursuing her college education, she practiced her profession part-time. Kotak gave her first corporate exposure in the role of regional HR manager for Gujarat. She worked there for 1.5 years but couldn’t take her mind off her passion; so she decided to start her venture which made ‘The Sibyl’ a full-time business. Now professionally practicing physiognomy,cratomancy and graphology. She has been honing these skills from a tender age of 12 by reading exhaustive books.She has conducted various workshops,seminars and delivered speeches at numerous platforms. It is said that learning is a never ending process & she truly believes in the same; hence she plans to continuously update herself with the progresses in thes

Pratik Gandhi

Actor (Wrong Side Raju/Tamburoo/Be Yaar)
PRATIK GANDHI The star of “Wrong side Raju”, Pratik, landed up on the correct side of life, where passion met career, where life met theatre. His journey as an artist began as a 2nd grade toddler and isn’t going to end any sooner. His father being a classical dancer-cum-teacher, art made its way through his veins. Soon after his graduation, Pratik knew his destiny called him to Mumbai, where he joined Manoj Shah, one of the most cherished theater directors across the nation. Soon, opportunities flooded in and he knew how to swim through them. Playing Gandhi in Mohan’s Masala, he carved his name through the Limca Book of Records for performing the monologue most number of times in a single day, that too in Hindi, Gujarati and English. His role in Gujarati film “Bey Yaar” accelerated his ride which soon halted upon the lead role in “Wrong side Raju”. Recreating Gujarati cinema with youth, Pratik refines drama.

Sanjay Raval

Businessman & Author
An orator and professionally a businessman, who has encapsulated the minds of millions of audience with inspiring stories of his own life experiences and encouraged them to lead a fearless life.

Surendra Singh Tyagi.

Retd. Air Commodre
"I have cheated death for 4000 hours" Retired Air commodore, wing Commander and Vayu Sena medal awardee "When in cockpit, I feel like meditating" A dauntless soul whose only motto engraved in his life was to serve the nation against all odds. Surendra Singh Tyagi,who flewed MiG 21,MiG 23, 27 & 29, Jaguar,Vampires, Mirage 2000, Chetak, MI 18 and Canberra Bomber and survived to tell his hair-raising tales. Joined Air Force in 1963 and an air commodore of 1965 and 1971 wars with Pakistan operated MiG 21. Confuting the myth of MIG- 21 as a flying coffin,he has the highest ops mission on MiG21 in the world with 6316 flies and 4000 hours out of 8000 total flight hours. He has long, illustrious and decorated career spanning over 33 years as an Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot. During this period he has been appointed as Air force examiner, Principal Director Dte of spac, Dte of Ops and has commanded Flight Squadron 32 and 35. Has been deputed in Russia ,Iraq and USA. Tyagi’s achievement was ackno

Vishwas Jambu

Business Coach
Vishwas Jambu, a corporate trainer, having worked for 100+ MSMEs and with different department of Government of Gujarat, is a diligent person in true sense. He is an MBA graduate and has a work experience of 10+ years in Marketing, Sales, Training and development. In his Educational tour to USA in 2015, he has visited Harvard, Stanford, MIT,Columbia and Princeton to expand his vision globally. He has also delivered talk on "Developing Winning Habits" at Milpitas - California. He is a strong believer of connecting the dots which can act as a very powerful tool for each and every individual. An all rounder, his sessions are focussed on Leadership, Strategy & Execution. One of his favourite subjects is Mythology and has delivered a number of session on Krishna :Myth :Mysteries: Magic - Shrimad Bhagvad Geeta & Unsung Heroes of Mahabharat. He believes himself as a lover of Osho, Shrimad Bhagvad Geeta and BWW with vision of "Bringing The Best In You through You v/s You"

Organizing team

Samkit
Maniar

Anand, India
Organizer

Aum
Patel

Co-organizer
  • Trushil Lad
    Marketing/Communications