Theme: Lumos Nox: Light in Darkness

Lumos Nox stands for a feeling of a ray of hope in times of darkness.
As the tiniest ray of light is enough to pierce the darkest nights, a simple gesture of kindness can guide a person on the path of illumination.
With every little deed, one does selflessly, an indefinite spell is cast in the lives of countless people. Like a magician casting a Lumos Nox spell, our little swing and effort leave the world spellbound and maybe, enlighten the lives of the people who aren't as fortunate as us.
As the spell illuminates the environment around us, it pierces through darkness and the nothingness associated with it, signifying hope. The theme highlights and celebrates the coveted individuals who, in times of distress, have acted as a ray of inspiration and hope for others, illuminating their lives with a gleam of a better future.

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Amit Hans

Founder Director, EduCorp Trainings

Amit Hans, Founder of EduCorp Consultancy Services & EduCorp Trainings, is a corporate trainer helping industry professionals improve upon themselves. Coming from a small town, he toiled his way through to get into a premier B-school and land a cushy job from there. However, he soon realized that teaching was his true calling, and thus EduCorp was born. He hates ‘global gyaan’ and believes in teaching through his experiences, inculcating both business and education in his learnings. Mr. Hans has been working in this industry for over 17 years now and has established a name for himself, being invited over as a guest faculty in many leading institutes across the country.

Amod K. Kanth

Founder of the NGO, Prayas

Amod K. Kanth is a social activist and the founder of the NGO Prayas. He started his journey as a teacher. However, within a few years, he joined the Indian Police Service. He soon became the Deputy Commissioner of Police in New Delhi. He received many accolades for maintaining law & order during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots. In 1988, a fire ravaged the slums in Jahangirpuri, forcing many children on the streets. Their plight deeply moved Mr. Kanth, and thus Prayas was born. The organization continues to provide services and help to children in need, serving more than 50,000 children across the nation. He continues to positively impact society by contributing to various policy discussions of the Indian Government in these fields. Currently, he also works as the Member-Coordinator of the NITI-CSO Standing Committee set up by the NITI Aayog.

Arjun Deshpande

Founder, Generic Aadhaar

The teenage sensation and a globe trotter with excellent innovation skills, Mr Deshpande, has taken the pharma world by storm. He has been titled the Pharma Wonder kid by Forbes India. His first venture is Generic Aadhaar, A pharma company whose aim is to disrupt the heavily inflated pharma market riddled with increased cost due to heavy marketing and branding. Having been dubbed as the "Robin Hood of the startup world", he aims to give shape to noble social causes across the country and accelerate the upliftment of the country's citizens. In 2020, the legendary business icon, Honorable Shri Ratan Tata Sir, joined hands in his mission to make essential medicines available to ordinary citizens at an affordable rate.

Jai Thakur

Photographer, Analyst & Reviewer

Jai Thakur is an Independent Photographer from India, who has been in the field for over 8 years. He had developed an interest in photography while working as a Junior Artist in the Bollywood movie "Bhag Milkha Bhag". As a day job, he is employed as a Research Analyst, and he practices photography in the available time. His work has been published in multiple books and platforms like HIPA Annual Book, Better Photography, FotoNostrum, Dodho, National Geographic, etc. Best known for his photo essays based on rivers' destruction, struggles faced by acid attack survivors, and complicated relationships, Mr. Thakur's works revolve around people and their socio-economic environment. He is a recipient of the Moscow International Foto Award (2016 & 2021), the Tokyo International Foto Award (2016 & 2021), the Water Heroes Award by the Govt. of India, and many more.

Jimmy Mistry

Founder, Della Leaders Club

Jimmy Mistry, Founder & CEO of Della Leaders Club, is a Social Entrepreneur, Designer, Hotelier, Adventurer & Real Estate Developer. Since the age of 19, has set up six businesses across industries, and has employed more than 2000 people. He has three decades of Global experience, exposure & connections across companies. Being a first-generation serial entrepreneur, he realized how lonely & difficult the journey could be. He believes that there are platforms for everything in life, but there isn’t a single business platform that gives Entrepreneurs, Professionals & Young Leaders a 360-degree support system online & offline. That’s the problem that he has tried to solve by creating the DLC Global community & innovating the “World’s First Business Platform” His superpower lies in his ability to bring the world’s most powerful like-minded people of eminence, aligned to a vision to act as a catalyst & drive people from a “Life of success to a life of significance”.

Mohammad Shams Aalam Shaikh

Athlete, Activist

Mohammad Shams Aalam Shaikh is an Indian Para Swimmer who has won 4 gold medals at the Indian Open Para Swimming Championship. At the age of 24, Shams Aalam developed a benign lower back tumour which crippled his lower body. However, despite the major setback, Aalam was determined to live his life to the fullest. He trained himself to be a para swimmer, with the support of different coaches and his family members. Aalam believed this to be his rebirth! A new and a better life. Today, against all odds, Shams Aalam is an ideal Indian Paralympics athlete with ground- breaking achievements and major breakthrough. The former Karate enthusiast shifted his focus to para swimming post his surgery and so began his journey of proudly representing his country at several athletics occasions. He won awards at the twelfth to seventeenth Indian National Para Swimming Championship of a total of 15 decorations.

Shweta Kothari

Independent journalist

An independent journalist and storyteller, Shweta Kothari has over 9 years of experience in broadcast and media. She previously worked with CNBC, NDTV, and NewsX as a news anchor and senior correspondent. Shweta holds a masters degree in journalism from the University of Sussex, UK and started her career with work placement with BBC in Scotland. Growing up in Dehradun, she saw her hometown transform from a quaint, green haven to a concrete jungle. She believes in using her voice to make a change and actively talks about social and public issues. She isn’t afraid to fight for the oppressed and minorities and uses her platforms to represent them. Civil rights, social action, education for all, human rights, and social services are the causes she stands for.