Theme: The Road Ahead

The world is in a constant state of flux. Technology is advancing at a faster rate than ever before, and public policies too are running to catch up - with rulings such as the decriminalisation of Section 377, India is moving towards a more inclusive and progressive society.

In this dynamic environment, it's important to explore the changes occurring in various fields and how we can manage this change and utilise it for the benefit of society.

Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad
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Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, 201002
India

Amitabha Singh

Cinematographer

Amitabha Singh is a cinematographer and producer in the Indian film industry who is known for Khosla Ka Ghosla, the National Award-winning Chillar Party, and more. He also produced The Good Road, the 2013 Indian Gujarati film which fetched numerous accolades and was screened at various international film festivals. It was also nominated as India's official entry in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 86th Academy Awards.

Gautam Yadav

LGBT Rights Activist

Gautam Yadav is an Indian LGBTQ rights activist. He has been on the board of several national and international organisations including the UNAIDS Youth advisory forum (Asia Pacific), Youth Voices Count, Youth LEAD and more. He was awarded the LGBT heroes award by APCOM in 2017. He has worked with India HIV/AIDS Alliance and now works with Humsafar Trust.

Ira Singhal

IAS Officer

Ira Singhal is a 2015 batch AGMUT cadre Indian Administrative Service officer. She was the highest scoring individual in the UPSC Civil Services Examination for the year 2014. She completed her B.E. from NSIT, University of Delhi. Singhal topped the exam in her fourth attempt, to become the first physically challenged woman to top the civil services exam in the general category.

Meghnad S.

Public Policy Professional

Meghnad is a public policy professional and a die-hard Parliament nerd. He studies legislation and the daily activities in Parliament quite diligently and spends his time trying to simplify them on Twitter. He is a former Legislative Assitant to Member of Parliament fellow and has worked with multiple MPs across party lines for the past six years. He also does freelance journalism and is the host of a popular educational series for Newslaundry by the name of Consti-tuition (pun intended).

Sucharita Tyagi

Film Critic and YouTube Content Creator

Sucharita Tyagi is a YouTuber-cum-Film Critic who does a series of weekly reviews by the name of “Not A Movie Review” and is a very popular name among millennial film lovers. She is a millennial content creator, a writer, an emcee, a voice-over artist, a video producer and an award-winning entertainment professional with over a decade of experience in the field.