Theme: Coming Back To Life

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Bharati Vidyapeeth University Medical College Auditorium
Bharati Vidyapeeth University Campus
Dhankawadi
Pune, Maharashtra, 411043
India

Gursimran Basra

SoloTraveller + Photographer

He is a full time Senior Business Analyst working with EXL service in Noida for the last 3 years. In his own words "He has a passion for travelling and clicking photographs which he believes will eventually become his memories in the future. He has been invited to Rashtrapati Bhavan, Facebook Singapore and has worked with Singapore Government. His pictures have also been selected and featured by Nat GEO and VSCO and he has also been on as a part of his passion. His experiences include his various passionate solo trips and his experience of meeting with new people and experiencing new cultures and capturing them forever within his mind so that they can become his memories in future. Gursimran Basra has a heart of a Solo Traveller and a passion to explore and click. In his own words he is not just a photographer but a 'Passionate Solo Traveller'

Samiran Ghosh

Chief Digital Adviser + Enterprise Digital Architect at Microsoft India

Samiran is the Chief Digital Advisor / Enterprise Digital Architect with Microsoft where he works with clients across sectors to enable them to have deeper and engaging relationships with their customers and employees across physical and digital channels. In a career spanning over 23 years, Samiran has held leadership roles at IBM, Dun & Bradstreet and TCS in the past. Over the last three years he has been actively involved with the student community both in India and at an international level where he has enjoyed sharing his experiences and learning from them in the process.

Satish Rajarathnam

Illusionist, Mentalist & HR Professional

HR Practitioner & Illusionist with over 20 years of experience across IT, Hospitality, Media & Entertainment industries. He heads the HR function for one of the largest Industry practice within Cognizant and has proven abilities in creating high performing culture, organization change management, HR design & structure, client consulting & engagement, performance management, leadership and talent management & development. As an entertainer, he enjoys creating illusions, mindreading, performing magic, conceptualizing & anchoring events. He has over 1200 performances to his credit and has worked with various corporate houses, international workgroups, hotels & retail chains and media.

Sfurti Sahare

Engineer, Writer, Public Speaker

An Engineer who fought with the world to follow her passion in Public Speaking and Writing. She chose to write her first book on MS Dhoni. Even after cracking the tough nut of going and meeting MS Dhoni, she was rejected by 22 Publishers. Skilled in Management, Organizational Development, Public Speaking, and Team Building she expertise’s in pulling the best Performance from Millennials, Freshers and First Time Manager. Also, Expertise in creating value with her Signature Program, ‘ Think and Win’ based on Top Selling book of 2016 , ‘ Think and Win like Dhoni.’ The Book creates Records and Sold over 60,000 in its first Year.The Book was based on the Work Principles of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. She has Won an International Young Author Award for the Same. Experienced 3.5 Years In Behavioral Training, She is a Strong human resources professional with a Bachelor of Engineering(B.E.) focused in Computer Science from Bharti Vidyapeeth, Pune.

Urgen Yolmo

Singer-Songwriter

Urgen is a 25 year old singer-songwriter from Siliguri, West Bengal, lives in Bangalore. He was the one of the top 4 finalists on The Stage Season 3, an only English language singing reality TV show in the country. He completed his Bachelors in English Honors from Christ University, Bangalore where his interest in music, art and literature cultivated. He believes in the beauty of subjectivity in art and resultant, his music focuses on emotional expression with great importance to lyrics. His versatility in singing ranges across genres - soul, musical, pop, blues, rock and R&B. He is influenced by indie blues, and pop musicians like Tank and the Bangas, James Young, Ray Charles and Sia. He has a YouTube channel where he posts his vlogs and covers. He aims at developing a YouTube community for musicians in India.

Vineeta Singh

CEO of Sugar Cosmetics

Vineeta Singh is the CEO of SUGAR Cosmetics, one of lndia's fastest growing beauty brands with a multimillion dollar profitable business. She is one ofthe few Indians to have successfully completed the IRONMAN triathlon, which is widely regarded as the toughest single-day endurance event with a 3.8km swim +180km bike + 42.2km run in 2017 and the 89 km Comrades Ultramarathon in 2012, 2013 and 2014. She has won the Delhi International Triathlon 2017, the Hyderabad Triathlon 2016, the Chennai Half Iron and 3/4th Iron Triathlons 2016 and the Nashik Half Marathon 2013. She holds a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras and an MBA from NM Ahmedabad, where she was the youngest student to decline a 1+ Crore salary in favour of starting up her own venture.

Zoe Siddharth

Singer + Songwriter

Zoe Siddharth is a 19 year old Singer-Songwriter. She is studying in Lasalle College in Singapore, she is in her second year of her BA(Hons) degree in Music, majoring in Popular Music Performance. Her repertoire is versatile and ranges from Pop hits to R & B and Indie music. She sings most genres of music. Her performances and covers of songs include artists like Ariana Grande & Amy Winehouse. Zoe is now exploring writing, and is finding her unique sound with her original songs. She was the finalist and a part of the top 4 on "The Stage3’ (India’s only english singing talent hunt) on Colorslnfinity Channel. She has sung for various Acoustic Solo Performances in the country and has also sung at a recital at the Esplanade Theatre in Singapore. She has a channel (Zoe Siddharth) on YouTube. She multi-track records and also shoots and edits her own videos. She has about 80 covers and some own compositions on YouTube.