Theme: Spreading Smiles

Our goal is to bring together bright minds to give talks that are focused ,and on wide range of subjects to foster learning , inspiration and wonder and provoke conversations that matters and bring smile in the society. With a view to achieve this goal we have managed 20+ speakers who will be sharing their ideas on spreading smiles. Our speakers will share their expertise, ideas and experiences that changed lives.
We hope that these talks inspire and motivate the audience to turn ideas into actions and help shape a new world.

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Aashima Behal

Fashion Designer

A designer with a difference. With comprehensive style detailing and focus on the celebration of body types, Aashima Behl brings in a healthy dose of well-fed pret for an array of body types. As a DESIGNIST, Aashima has learnt that each body is unique in its own way and designed to be worshipped. It’s not just about a size but a lifestyle - where you are what you want to be in easy to wear shapes created to celebrate you in all your glory. She is a firm believer in style over fashion because fashion on the surface, without style, can never really be true fashion. Couture is about what you don’t see as well as what you do, For Aashima her focus is in the details, that normally would be overlooked "The inside of a dress is as important as the outside. From the embroidery to the construction techniques, to the handwork that goes into them. Every single detail is thought about completely that does not compromise proportion, but embraces femininity.

Abhishek Ray

Digital Creator

A Fashion Designer and Creative Person with flare for many things related to Fashion and Art, Over 7+ years of experience as the creative head of his own brand Abhishek Ray Creations and exposure in Indian Fashion Industry for over 12+ years. A passionate, ambitious and hard working individual with excellent communication skills. As an Individual having experiences as a Fashion Designer, Fashion Stylist, Illustrator, Faculty and Mentor to list a few.

Anand Sheela

Spokesperson of the Rajneesh Movement

Ma Anand Sheela as Sheela Ambalal Patel in India, also known as Sheela Birnstiel is an Indian-Swiss woman who was the spokesperson of the Rajneesh movement (aka Osho movement). In 1986, she was convicted for attempted murder and assault for her role in the 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack. In 1990 founded first small old age home in honor of my and all parents of the world. -Expanded over last thirty years into three major projects. 2 in Switzerland, one in Mauritius. -1996 “Don’t kill Him” in German -2005 “My Treasure” in English -2010 “Love Inspires” in German -2010 Film: Guru his body guard and his secretary -2013 “Don’t kill Him” in English -2018 Film: Wild Wild Country -2019 Return to India after 35 years -2020 “By my own rules” in English will be released in July 2021 -2021 Film: Searching for Sheela Everyone has an opinion of me in the world! I do not expect them to change. I accept life as it comes!

ANKIT SHAW

Indian TV Presenter AND TedX Speaker

Ankit Shaw is an Indian Tv & Stage Presenter who has hosted nearly 2000 live & offline Shows across the globe. He’s a TEDx Speaker & National Record Holder. Having won Mr. India Mr. West Bengal he’s considered among the top Indian Male Fashion Influencers. He joined National Human Rights Organisation as State Chief of Youth Rights affairs. Ankit had been a Journalist before for several Tv cultural & news channels and also hosted for Star Sports Pro kabaddi league. He had also been featured in several short & feature films and also been in limelight among new features. Ankit is considered the best Emcee for High profile events and government-based projects & corporate events, weddings events, real estate launches & many others. From the loudest “Swagatam” to beautiful Shyaris he has been winning the hearts of millions over the years.

ANURAG CHAUHAN

Social worker and founder of Humans For Humanity,

Anurag Chauhan is an Indian social worker and founder of Humans For Humanity, a NGO. He is widely known for social work, particularly with regards to menstrual hygiene. The WASH project started by him has reached over 3.5 million women in over 6 states in the last 5 years.

Arjun Vaidya

Venture Invester, Forbes

Arjun Vaidya is a sixth-generation Vaidya who has inherited the family's 100 India FDA-approved medical formulations and 50 trademarks, accumulated over 150 years. After graduating from Brown University and working at LVMH's private equity arm, Vaidya decided to start an Ayurvedic healthcare company that would combine the family's traditions with cool branding, easy to use products, and online retail channels. The company also offers free Ayurvedic doctor consultation to all customers. In the past year, Vaidya brought to market 38 new products.

CHAITANYA SHARMA

Digital Creator

Mr.Chaitanya Sharma is a Digital Marketing Expert with more than 10 years of industry experience working in Gurgaon and basically from Rajasthan. He is currently heading the process of Learning and development for a leading organization. Trained 10,000+ people across globe on Google Ads Strategy Supporting and upskilling global teams from India, Dublin, Manila, Tokyo and Kuala Lumpur is no small feat and he has achieved it with a 100% success rate. Chaitanya's education has been interspersed with awards and accolades. A rank 1 scholar student who also spearheaded the cultural activities, our speaker for today seems to have done it all.

Dimple Jangda

Gut Health Coach

Dimple (Jangda) Jain is a Public speaker, TV host, Ayurvedic Health coach, and Founder of Prana Healthcare centre and Prana Academy for Ayurvedic Life-sciences with JAIN Online.

Divas Gupta

Public Speaking Coach, Content Creator

Divas Gupta is a public speaking coach and has experience of 12+ years . Impacted more than 90,00 students across globe. He is Co founder and Chief Purpose Officer at IKIAGI learning privated limited.

DIVYA JAITLY

Motivational Speaker and Integrated Communication Specialist

Divya Is A Dexterous Serial Entrepreneur, A TEDx Speaker, An Award – Winning Mentor, An Exemplary Orator, A Youth Icon & A Renowned Tv Anchor In India. With An Experience Spanning Two Decades Across Media, Education & Service Sectors, She Has Carved A Niche For Herself! Spearheading Her Own Corporate Communication Firm After Two Successful Exits, She Is Also The Founder & CEO For A Leading Global Organisation Offering World Class Learning Solutions & A Pioneer In Bringing Formalised Education In The Event Management Industry. Certified By Harvard In Their ‘Leaders Of Learning’ Program & Wharton In ‘Strategic Business Management’ Recently, She Is A Strategic Adviser On Diversity Management To Many Indian & International Corporates. An Extremely Knowledgeable Startup Mentor & Leadership Coach, She Continues To Groom Many C – Suite Executives & Teams Worldwide.

Fouzia Dastango

Indian First Female Dastango

Fouzia Dastango, as her name suggests, is an artist of the 16th century oral storytelling art, Dastangoi. She developed a deep interest in the field of arts and theatre since her early school days. She got trained as an educator and worked several years, developing educational curriculum and supporting herself and the family. Fouzia has been performing professionally since 2006. Having performed over 100 shows all over India and in UAE, she has focused her efforts to touch upon and bring out women-centric issues through her performances, while also covering diverse range of other issues. Most recently, she performed to inaugurate The Sufi Route Concert for Peace, one of its kind and successful Sufi concert, which was headlined by music maestro A. R. Rahman, and Fouzia got the opportunity to present before and along with Javed Akhtar, eminent poet, lyricist and screenwriter.

Gaurav Molri

Fitness Trainer

Fitness instructor who is known for being an ACE Orthopedic exercise specialist and certified personal trainer. He shares a variety of fitness related photos through his Instagram as well for his over 190,000 followers.

Javed Khatri

Entrepreneur

Javed Khatri is an entrepreneur who was born and brought up in the slums of Mumbai where the farthest he could dream of was to complete 10th grade and go back to doing odd jobs to support the family financially. However, he ended up founding multiple companies, sold one recently for $2 Mn (started from 0 investment), made it to the prestigious Forbes 30 under 30 Asia 2022 list, and never let his hardships be an obstacle in his journey. Currently, he is the founder of the Klan and Korrect. Having a Bachelor's degree in computer science, he has a strong inclination toward technology and entrepreneurship. He is also a TEDx speaker and a keynote speaker at different startup events and conferences. Javed also advises multiple startups, and mentors and encourages youths to focus on developing skills and learning. He believes that everyone should “learn to learn”.

Juhi Pathak

Author and Media Academic

Juhi Pathak is an Assistant Professor of Mass Communication at Sharda University. She is an author and have a specialisation in print, television and media ethics with more than 9+ years of teaching experience. Prior to joining Sharda University, she served as an Assistant Professor in Amity University (Noida), Amity University (Mumbai) and G.D. Goenka University.

Kalpit Veerwal

Founder and CEO of ACAD BOOST Technologies

Kalpit Veerwal is the founder and CEO of AcadBoost Technologies, an education company. He holds a BTech in computer science from IIT Bombay and was the All India Rank 1 in JEE exam in 2017, the only one in history to score full marks in it. He helps students study better on his YouTube channel with 3 lakh+ subscribers and via his education website. His idea of spreading smiles is to help educate more and more people and help them achieve their goals.

Karan Kishorepuria

Entrepreneur , Public Speaker and Change Maker and Learner

Professionally he is an Entrepreneur, Angel Investor and Public Speaker. But informally he is an Athlete, Creator, Reader, Writer, Changemaker, and Learner.

Meeta Gutgutia

Co Founder, Ferns and Petal Group

Ms Meeta is associated with the company since its inception in 1994 and has progressively been the inspiration for the innovative and artistic bent of the group. She now has to her credit of introducing Sipping Thoughts (A Talk Show). Meeta holds a degree in Fashion Designing, therefore understands the details and a tasteful choice of décor makes her an indispensable part of the FNP family.

Mohua Chinappa

Branding Expert , Entrepreneur , Copywriter

Ma'am is a branding expert, copywriter and entrepreneur with three decades of experience. She help brands become memorable through branding and content strategies that evoke the right emotions and make people want to engage with them.She also have significant experience in working with fashion, textiles and film.

Neharika Sethi

Co founder, Tilohri India

[2:56 pm, 25/01/2023] Shiv Dayalam Shiv Krupalm: Neharika has been taking care of the PR for her brand and has worked very closely with not just artisans, the team but also clients to form beautiful relationships that go beyond business. Happiness is a very important value for her hence the whole eco system of the brand revolves around uplifting and bringing smiles to every person connected with Tilohri, whether the ones creating the products or the ones buying it. Neharika is a marketing professional and used to head 5 star luxury hotels. She has also worked as a journalist for newspapers like TOI and HT. In 2017 she decided to quit her job, and along with her sister decided to open a brand of their dreams, Tilohri.

Nupur Agrawal

Social Entrepreneur

Serial Social Entrepreneur with a passion to make the world a better place.| Changemakers | Forbes 30 Under 30 | Forbes Ultimate 120 | Mentor | Musician | Dancer | Tedx Speaker Undertaken projects on psychological and behavioral improvement of inmates at Dehradun district jail. Being a Shaper enhanced me to create local impact with a global outlook.

Nupur Kohli

Healthcare, Speaker, Author

Med Doc, Healthcare Leader, Harvard Exec MBA PLD candidate, Advisor, Speaker, Author, UNICEF NL-Supervisory Board, World Economic Forum Davos 2022 Annual Meeting delegate

Prasad Bidappa

Fashion Stylist , Choreographer , Image Consultant

He is the pioneer in the Indian Fashion Industry since the last four decades. He is the iconic fashion guru of india. An ex-student of NID Ahmedabad, he is the creator of high-profile events like India Men’s Fashion Week, Colombo Fashion Week, Kingfisher Fashion Awards & Megamodel Hunt. A textile expert himself, he has presented the Rajasthan Heritage Week since 2015. This is a project he developed for the Government of Rajasthan under hon. Cm Smt. Vasundhara Raje. This is considered to be one of the most successful Khadi & Handloom revival projects in the country. He is currently working with various departments to create similar handloom revival projects in other states. He also holds the Karnataka Fashion Week annually working with National & International designers to present the products of Karnataka in handloom cotton, wool, silk and khadi.

Priyanshu Grover

Life Skill Coach

Lawyer | Life-Skills Coach | TEDx Speaker | Founder-CEO, Aspirant Learning | Winner - Harvard A2I'20 and Innovision - IIT Roorkee

Sonal Goel

Top25 Women Transforming India

Mrs Sonal Goel, an IAS, 2008 Batch has been dedicated to the service of the nation for more than a decade now. She is presently posted as Special Resident Commissioner, Tripura Bhawan in New Delhi.

Sumit Kutani

Handpan Artist

Baba Kutani is a Handpan Player with vast experience of performing at the national and international levels who loves to play his handpan by the banks of Ganga.

Sushant Verma

Design Entrepreneur , Architect , Computational Designer

Sir is an international award-winning Architect, Design Technologist and an Educator,currently leading rat[LAB] Studio (Research in Architecture and Technology) (www.rat-lab.org) that investigates intersections of design, art & technology through architecture, interior design and art installations. He holds a Masters Degree in Emergent Technologies & Design from Architectural Association (AA), London and is a former architect at Zaha Hadid Architects, London. A design entrepreneur at heart, he is actively involved with blend of technologies in creative fields and continues to develop a strong expertise in design technologies through his numerous ventures that co-relate around design and tech, evolved over the last 15 years.

Swami Oma

Spiritual Guru

Swami Oma The AKK have founded and developed a philosophy of the world whose meaning is reflected in the term “AKK”. A stands for infinite and K stands for particle. Thus, The infinite and the particles are combined to form life, the world, and the Omnipotent God.

Vasudha Rai

Author and Podcaster

VASUDHA RAI is an author, columnist and podcaster who has written on beauty and wellness for more than two decades. Her bestseller, Glow: Indian Foods, Recipes and Rituals for Beauty, Inside and Out, has revived the use of traditional ingredients in everyday living. She is a certified yoga teacher. Her beauty column appears in HT Mint Lounge and her podcast, Holistic Healing with Vasudha Rai-in association with Red FM, India's leading radio channel-streams on all major platforms. Her work has appeared in publications such as Vogue, Conde Nast Traveller and The Hindu Weekend.

Vivek Atray

Author

Vivek Atray is Former IAS, 8 time TEDx Speaker, Leadership, Emotional Intelligence, Public Speaking Skills, CEO Mentor, 6 million video views, Best-Selling Author, Advisor Shoolini University, ex Director IT, Education, Tourism, Industries

Vrinda Bhatt

Life Coach

Vrinda Bhatt has been in the fitness industry for nearly 20 years. She's a Lifestyle coach/wellness coach who believes that there can be no Health/fitness without Happiness. It is a known fact today that mental stress and depression are the new epidemics on the rise and they are the main cause of all the lifestyle diseases like hypertension, diabetes, cholesterol, heart disease, obesity .. etc In the race for earning more money and being more successful people have lost touch with who they really are and their own happiness.