IIMCalcutta
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Theme: Radical Reframe

This event occurred on
November 13, 2022
Kolkata, West Bengal
India

As the world moves out of the pandemic's shadow into a new era, we are here to propel and navigate the change. The birth of a new world will see fresh ideas, stories never heard before, and unimaginable changes with the dawn of this radical age. To adapt and sustain, we must evolve with it and transcend beyond the charted boundaries we're so used to.

Virtual Gathering, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
Kolkata, West Bengal, 700104
India
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Aabha Hanjura

Singer Songwriter | Live Performer - Sufi Folk Fusion | Creative Entrepreneur | Music Composer |50 Women Game Changers in Entertainment| Times Power Woman 2019 | H.E.R Award 2019 | Best Folk Artist - AAMA 2018
Recently recognised as one of the 50 Game Changers Women in India, Aabha Hanjura is hailed as a pioneer in Kashmiri Pop music and is credited for reviving long lost accents and folk instruments of the Kashmir valley.Her viral track Hukus Bukus made its way into the famous web series Family Man and also garnered over 6 million views on YouTube. Aabha's music has played a crucial role of forging bonds as she played a historic public concert in Kashmir attended by more than 5000 people. Widely acclaimed in the concert circuit, Aabha has been widely recognised by prestigious awards like the HER Music Award by We The Women Asia, Times Power Woman by Times of India,50 Game changer Women in Indian Entertainment by Hungama, HER music, by IPRS & DOLBY ,amongst many others

Dimple Parmar

Co-Founder and CEO of Love Heals Cancer and ZenOnco.io
Dimple is the Founder of ZenOnco.io startup and Love Heals Cancer NGO. Having lost her loved one to cancer, Dimple decided to dedicate her life to helping others going through a similar journey. For her revolutionary work in the field of healthcare, she has been awarded “Top 100 Healthcare Leader award” by the International Forum of Advancement in Healthcare. She has also been featured in popular media like YourStory, Mumbai mid-day and Rajasthan Patrika, and has been invited as a panelist/speaker at multiple seminars.

Himali Bhasin

40 under 40 Data Scientist
Himali Bhasin has 12 years of experience working in the field of data analytics/science across retail and quick service restaurant industry. She began her career as a data scientist in consulting and established a strong foundation in the areas of price, promotion, category, supply chain, and customer engagement while working for a variety of clients. She has led transformation programmes by integrating data science for strategic decision making across numerous retailers while working with CXO level stakeholders.

Jafar Baig

Behavioral Scientist | User Research @Glance
Jafar Baig is a prominent behavioral scientist, with significant work in public health. He's the co-founder of The BS Dialogue and a user researcher at Glance.

Jaseel Keloth

Management Consultant | Content Creator & Social Media Influencer
Jaseel Keloth, a management consultant by profession and an engineer-MBA by education, may represent the cliches of "fitting in" at first glance. But, his journey has been far from linear - from pursuing research in the proximity of Nobel Prize winners to watching his shots in A-list Indian movies on the big screen. and from travelling solo across 40+ countries before the pandemic to growing and monetizing his hobbies on social media, Jaseel has found himself in radically extreme career paths in his past and present.

Mita Kapur

Founder and CEO of India's leading literary consultancy
Mita Kapur is the founder and CEO of Siyahi, India’s leading literary consultancy. Her first book, The F-Word, is a food book, memoir and travelogue. She has edited Chillies and Porridge: Writing Food, an anthology of essays on food. As a freelance journalist, she writes regularly for different newspapers and magazines on social and development issues along with travel, food and lifestyle. She has received many awards, including the Femina Women Super Achiever Award (2018) at the World HRD Congress, the Maharani Gayatri Devi Award for Woman of Excellence (2014), and the Karamveer Puruskar (2009) for her work as a journalist in creating social awareness and for being the best literary consultant in the country. She curated Masala Chowk, a food court in street food in Jaipur in 2018, and was a member of the executive council for Jawahar Kala Kendra from November 2016 – October 2018.

Sahar Latheef

Pastry sous chef and cake designer
Sahar Latheef began her journey in the food industry as a baker who ran her own home-based bespoke cake and dessert operations in Dubai for 9 years. In 2020, she decided to take a major leap by shutting down her business and moving to London to pursue her dream of studying at the prestigious, Le Cordon Blue. After completing the Diplome de Patisserie, she then undertook stints at several famous restaurants in Central London including a Michelin star restaurant. Having picked up skills from the crème de la crème of the London fine dining industry, she has now moved back to Dubai and currently trying to create a space for herself amongst the dynamic and constantly evolving food scene in Dubai.

Spoorthi Vishwas

Actress and Entrepreneur
Spoorthi Vishwas is an actress turned successful entrepreneur, known in Karnataka chiefly for bringing unsung women into the spotlight. Her work comes at the back of an illustrious media career with Zee and Colors, and over 20 films.

Sudhanshu Kaushik

MBA Civic Scholar at Chicago Booth | I work on making the world more inclusive for young Indians | Founder of YIF and NAAIS | Oxford, NYU, CNN, Permanent Mission of India
Sudhanshu Kaushik is the founder of Young India Foundation and advocate for greater youth political participation in India. He's a civic scholar the Booth School of Business at the University of Chicago and has attended the University of Oxford and New York University.

Sunil Duggal

Chief Safety officer and Group Chief Executive Officer at Vedanta
Sunil Duggal is the Group CEO of Vedanta Limited and a prestigious member on multiple national committees. He's a passionate ESG leader — Silicon Review has placed him among India's top-20 CEOs

Organizing team

Sangeeth
Kuniyil

Organizer