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1 Harsh Mariwala ... Leader President, FICCI & Marico Ltd Managing Director
2. Dr Jyotsna Suri ...Co-Leader Chairperson and Bharat Group of Hotels Ltd
3. Dr Rajiv Kumar Secretary General FICCI
4. Karan Ahluwalia Executive Vice President & Country Yes Bank Head, M& E, Fine Arts & Luxury &
Sports Banking
5. Rameeza Akhtar Festival Director, South Asian Film South Asia Foundation Festival and Director, Culture
6. Robert Alistair Ballantine Senior Vice President, The Americas Oberoi Hotels and Resorts
7. Sachin Balpande Trade Commissioner Consulate General of Canada
8. Rahul Barua Secretary General South Asia Foundation
9. Suhas Bhand Managing Director Organic Recycling Systems Pvt Ltd
10. Dr Tapodhir Bhattacharjee Vice Chancellor Assam University
11. Amit Chakrapani Director DAV Institute of Management
12. M B Chandrashekhar General Manager - Canada and Jet Airways (India) Ltd Midwest - USA
13. Dr M Dutta Choudhury Director-National and International Assam University Academic Collaboration Chief Executive
14. R Dharanikumar Star Vision Impex Pvt. Ltd.
15. Rajinder Kumar Gupta CEO and Managing Director Wapcos Limited
16. D. Anand Jones Immanuel Managing Director Mac Indya Creation & Rehoboth International
17. Sandeep Jain Director Special Holidays Travel Pvt Ltd
18. Dr R. Chenraj Jain President-Jain University Jain Group of Institutions
19. Wiz Sabbas Joseph Director, IIFA Wizcraft International
Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
20. Anil Kalsi Managing Partner, Chairman-North India Ambe World Travels,Travel Agents Federation of India
21. Pooja Kapoor Manager- BD Wapcos Limited
22. Vinay Kumar Kapoor Founder & CEO Westcourt Real Estate 23. Niloufer Cyrus Kavarana Sales Director Trail Blazer Tours India
24. Ranjana Khanna Deputy Secretary General FICCI USA
25. Ashish S Kulkarni CEO Reliance Animation Pvt. Ltd.
26. Manish Kumar Group Manager Hungama Digital Media
Entertainment Pvt Ltd
27. Akshay Lall Executive Director Lall Entertainment Pvt. Ltd
28. Bhuvan Lall Chairman & Founder Lall Entertainment Pvt. Ltd
29. Vivek Lall Executive Producer Lall Entertainment Pvt. Ltd
30. Girish Luthra CEO Gujarat Enviro Protection &
Infrastructure Ltd.
31. Dr Sujata Mangaraj Dean, Management Studies Regional College of Management Autonomous
32. Arti Mathur Executive Producer Lall Entertainment Pvt. Ltd
33. Rajneesh Mathur Director Ashokhom Media India Pvt. Ltd
34. Niti Mathur Vice President Ashokhom Media India Pvt. Ltd
35. Dr Prabir Pal Director Regional College of Management
Chairman &
Managing Director
Mr Harsh Mariwala leads Marico Limited (Marico) as its Chairman and Managing Director.
Over the last 3 decades, Harsh Mariwala has transformed a traditional commodity driven business into a leading Consumer Products & Services Company, in the Beauty and Wellness space. From a turnover of Rs.50 Lakhs in 1971, Marico's Products and Services in Hair Care, Skin Care and Healthy Foods generated a turnover of about Rs. 2661 crores during 2009 10. Marico markets well known brands such as Parachute, Saffola, Kaya, Mediker, Revive, among others.
Under his leadership, Marico has achieved several recognitions including the NDTV Profit Business Leadership Award 2009 for Best Business Leadership in the FMCG (Personal Hygiene) category and was recently awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2009 in the Manufacturing category.
Harsh Mariwala won the India Talent Management Award at the CNBC TV18 India Business Leader Awards 2009. In 2009 Marico won the Silver Edge Award instituted by Diamond Edge Awards by Network Computing for Automation of Banking Transaction & PDA based Sales Force Automation. Marico's case study of implementing Red Hat Linux for SAP was awarded the Red Hat Consumer Showcase Award 2010.
Mr. Mariwala is very passionate about Innovation and thus founded the Marico Innovation Foundation in 2003. Along with an eminent Board, Mr. Mariwala drives the Foundation to be a catalyst in fuelling Innovation in India. Mr. Mariwala is also involved in mentoring a group of young, upcoming entrepreneurs and he does this in association with TiE - The Indus Entrepreneurs as part of TiE's Mentor Programme.
Mr. Mariwala is currently the President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). In the past, Mr. Mariwala has held several positions as FMCG Committee Chairman of FICCI and CII. Mr. Mariwala is a part of Young President Organization (YPO) and World Presidents Organization (WPO) and has held the position of YPO Education, Membership and Chapter Chair.
Harsh Mariwala Leader
President, FICCI & Chairman & Managing Director Marico Ltd
Rang Sharda, 5th Floor, K C Marg, Bandra Reclamation Bandra (W), Mumbai 400 050
Phone : +91 22 2651 0705, 2645 0212 Fax : +91 22 6649 0114
E -mail : hcm@maricoindia.net
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36. Sudhir Anant Patil Director Kesari Tours Pvt Ltd
37. Dr G K Prabhu Registrar Manipal University
38. Neeraj Roy Managing Director & CEO Hungama Digital Media
Entertainment Pvt. Ltd
39. Sanjeet Managing Director Buzz Travel Marketing
India Private Limited
40. Wiz Viraf Sarkari Director, IIFA Wizcraft International
Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
41. Lalit Sheth Chairman & Managing Director Raj Travel World
42. Uday Shankar CEO STAR India Pvt Ltd
FICCI Broadcast Forum 43. Dr Neel Kant Sharma Principal Director DAV Institute of Management 44. Ambika Sharma Deputy Secretary General
& Head-International
45. Munjal Shroff Co-founder, Director & COO Graphiti Multimedia Pvt. Ltd.
46. Manjula Pooja Shroff Founder Director-DPS Ahmedabad Calorx Education & Research
& Managing Trustee Foundation
47. Vivek Soin Vice President Westcourt Real Estate
48. Dr C Sucharitha Chairperson Krishna Theja Educational Institutions
49. Wiz Andre Timmins Director, IIFA Wizcraft International
Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
50. Sajive Trehan Managing Director Canadian Destinations Marketing
52. Dr Krishna Venkatesh Director & CTO Jain University
53. Subhash Verma Chairman Travel Plus / Plus Tours India
54. Madhu Vuppuluri President & CEO Essar Americas
55. William P. Webber, Jr. Head of Project Development - East Coast Lanco Solar International (US) Inc.
56. Shobha Mishra Ghosh Director FICCI
57. Rita Roy Choudhury Director & Head -Environment Climate FICCI Change, Renewable Energy
58. Leena Jaisani Director & Head - Entertainment FICCI
69. Rahul Chakravarty Additional Director FICCI
60. Sandip Samaddar Joint Director (Americas) and FICCI
head of US/Canada Division
61. Rajesh Pankaj Senior Assistant Director, Higher FICCI Education Division
62. Samir Kumar Sr Assistant Director FICCI
63. Taresh Arora Media Relations Officer FICCI
64. Simon Caszo VP – Business Development Wizcraft International
Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
65. Rajesh KV Executive Vice President Wizcraft International
Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
66. Nitin Prabhu Project Manager, GBF Wizcraft International
Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
67. Kiran Sadhnani Project Support, GBF Wizcraft International
Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
68. Anil Ferro Sponsorships, IIFA Wizcraft International
Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
69. Triveni Makhijani Sponsorships, IIFA Wizcraft International
Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
70. Sandeep Mehta Sponsorships, IIFA Wizcraft International
Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
71. Noreen Khan Project Manager, IIFA Wizcraft International
Entertainment Pvt. Ltd Chairman
FICCI
Mr Harsh Mariwala leads Marico Limited (Marico) as its Chairman and Managing Director.
Over the last 3 decades, Harsh Mariwala has transformed a traditional commodity driven business into a leading Consumer Products & Services Company, in the Beauty and Wellness space. From a turnover of Rs.50 Lakhs in 1971, Marico's Products and Services in Hair Care, Skin Care and Healthy Foods generated a turnover of about Rs. 2661 crores during 2009 10. Marico markets well known brands such as Parachute, Saffola, Kaya, Mediker, Revive, among others.
Under his leadership, Marico has achieved several recognitions including the NDTV Profit Business Leadership Award 2009 for Best Business Leadership in the FMCG (Personal Hygiene) category and was recently awarded the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award 2009 in the Manufacturing category.
Harsh Mariwala won the India Talent Management Award at the CNBC TV18 India Business Leader Awards 2009. In 2009 Marico won the Silver Edge Award instituted by Diamond Edge Awards by Network Computing for Automation of Banking Transaction & PDA based Sales Force Automation. Marico's case study of implementing Red Hat Linux for SAP was awarded the Red Hat Consumer Showcase Award 2010.
Mr. Mariwala is very passionate about Innovation and thus founded the Marico Innovation Foundation in 2003. Along with an eminent Board, Mr. Mariwala drives the Foundation to be a catalyst in fuelling Innovation in India. Mr. Mariwala is also involved in mentoring a group of young, upcoming entrepreneurs and he does this in association with TiE - The Indus Entrepreneurs as part of TiE's Mentor Programme.
Mr. Mariwala is currently the President of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). In the past, Mr. Mariwala has held several positions as FMCG Committee Chairman of FICCI and CII. Mr. Mariwala is a part of Young President Organization (YPO) and World Presidents Organization (WPO) and has held the position of YPO Education, Membership and Chapter Chair.
Harsh Mariwala Leader
President, FICCI &
Chairman & Managing Director Marico Ltd
Rang Sharda, 5th Floor, K C Marg, Bandra Reclamation Bandra (W), Mumbai 400 050
Phone : +91 22 2651 0705, 2645 0212 Fax : +91 22 6649 0114
E -mail : hcm@maricoindia.net
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36. Sudhir Anant Patil Director Kesari Tours Pvt Ltd
37. Dr G K Prabhu Registrar Manipal University
38. Neeraj Roy Managing Director & CEO Hungama Digital Media
Entertainment Pvt. Ltd
39. Sanjeet Managing Director Buzz Travel Marketing
India Private Limited
40. Wiz Viraf Sarkari Director, IIFA Wizcraft International
Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
41. Lalit Sheth Chairman & Managing Director Raj Travel World
42. Uday Shankar CEO STAR India Pvt Ltd
FICCI Broadcast Forum 43. Dr Neel Kant Sharma Principal Director DAV Institute of Management 44. Ambika Sharma Deputy Secretary General
& Head-International
45. Munjal Shroff Co-founder, Director & COO Graphiti Multimedia Pvt. Ltd.
46. Manjula Pooja Shroff Founder Director-DPS Ahmedabad Calorx Education & Research
& Managing Trustee Foundation
47. Vivek Soin Vice President Westcourt Real Estate
48. Dr C Sucharitha Chairperson Krishna Theja Educational Institutions
49. Wiz Andre Timmins Director, IIFA Wizcraft International
Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
50. Sajive Trehan Managing Director Canadian Destinations Marketing
52. Dr Krishna Venkatesh Director & CTO Jain University
53. Subhash Verma Chairman Travel Plus / Plus Tours India
54. Madhu Vuppuluri President & CEO Essar Americas
55. William P. Webber, Jr. Head of Project Development - East Coast Lanco Solar International (US) Inc.
56. Shobha Mishra Ghosh Director FICCI
57. Rita Roy Choudhury Director & Head -Environment Climate FICCI Change, Renewable Energy
58. Leena Jaisani Director & Head - Entertainment FICCI
69. Rahul Chakravarty Additional Director FICCI
60. Sandip Samaddar Joint Director (Americas) and FICCI
head of US/Canada Division
61. Rajesh Pankaj Senior Assistant Director, Higher FICCI Education Division
62. Samir Kumar Sr Assistant Director FICCI
63. Taresh Arora Media Relations Officer FICCI
64. Simon Caszo VP – Business Development Wizcraft International
Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
65. Rajesh KV Executive Vice President Wizcraft International
Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
66. Nitin Prabhu Project Manager, GBF Wizcraft International
Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
67. Kiran Sadhnani Project Support, GBF Wizcraft International
Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
68. Anil Ferro Sponsorships, IIFA Wizcraft International
Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
69. Triveni Makhijani Sponsorships, IIFA Wizcraft International
Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
70. Sandeep Mehta Sponsorships, IIFA Wizcraft International
Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
71. Noreen Khan Project Manager, IIFA Wizcraft International
Entertainment Pvt. Ltd Chairman
FICCI
Dr (Mrs.) Jyotsna Suri took on the mantle of Chairperson & Managing Director of Bharat Hotels in the year 2006 and since then has been the driving force of the Groups' operation across India. She also charted a highly successful brand change under “THE LALIT” flagship, as a tribute to the Founder Chairman, Mr Lalit Suri.
She is known for her vociferous promotion of Indian tourism – both nationally and internationally.
“Promoting the destination rather than the property” is her conviction and her initiatives reflects the same spirit.
She holds various portfolios with the Industry Associations namely - Chairperson of the FICCI Tourism Committee (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry), The Indian member on the International Executive Committee of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC).
Bharat Hotels Limited is known as India's largest privately owned Hotel Company and also the fastest growing hospitality group. Presently, the company offers Seventeen luxurious hotels, with 3600 rooms in the five-star deluxe segment – Eight hotels are operational properties in New Delhi, Mumbai, Goa, Bangalore, Srinagar, Udaipur, Khajuraho and Bekal; and Nine are under development in Kolkata, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, NOIDA, Dehradoon, Dubai and Koh Samui (Thailand).
Rajiv Kumar, a well known economist and the author of several books, joined the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in October 2010. Prior to this, he was Director & Chief Executive of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), one of India's leading independent economic policy think tanks. He is a non-executive member of the Central Board of Directors of the State Bank of India; a member of the G-20 Advisory Group, Ministry of Finance, Government of India; Member of India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF) Board of Trustees; and has a seat on the Board of Directors for the United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF). He is also a member of the Expert Committee of the National Small Savings Fund (NSSF) of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India. Dr. Kumar was a member of the National Security Advisory Board from 2006-2008.
From 1987-1989, Dr Kumar taught at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade; subsequently, he worked for the Government of India from 1989 to 1995, first in the Bureau of Industrial Costs and Prices, Ministry of Industry and then as Economic Adviser in the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance. In 1995, Dr. Kumar joined the Asian Development Bank, in Manila and assumed several positions during his ten year term.
In 2004, he returned to India to join the Confederation of Indian Industries, New Delhi as Chief Economist.
He has a D.Phil. in Economics from Oxford University and a Ph.D from Lucknow University. His latest book, Many Futures of India, published in April 2011 is a compilation of his columns in some of India's leading dailies. He contributes a regular column to Business Line, a leading business daily; his views on matters relating to the economy are widely sought.
Chairperson and Managing Director Bharat Group of Hotels Ltd Barakhamba Avenue, Connaught Place New Delhi 110 001
Phone : +91 11 4444 7060 / 4444 7777 Fax : +91 11 444 47961
E-mail : cmdoffice@thelalit.com
Secretary General FICCI
Federation House, Tansen Marg New Delhi 110 001
Phone : 2332 0717, 2331 5442
Fax : 2332 9369
E-mail : rkumar@ficci.com +91 11 +91 11
Dr (Mrs.) Jyotsna Suri took on the mantle of Chairperson & Managing Director of Bharat Hotels in the year 2006 and since then has been the driving force of the Groups' operation across India. She also charted a highly successful brand change under “THE LALIT” flagship, as a tribute to the Founder Chairman, Mr Lalit Suri.
She is known for her vociferous promotion of Indian tourism – both nationally and internationally.
“Promoting the destination rather than the property” is her conviction and her initiatives reflects the same spirit.
She holds various portfolios with the Industry Associations namely - Chairperson of the FICCI Tourism Committee (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry), The Indian member on the International Executive Committee of the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC).
Bharat Hotels Limited is known as India's largest privately owned Hotel Company and also the fastest growing hospitality group. Presently, the company offers Seventeen luxurious hotels, with 3600 rooms in the five-star deluxe segment – Eight hotels are operational properties in New Delhi, Mumbai, Goa, Bangalore, Srinagar, Udaipur, Khajuraho and Bekal; and Nine are under development in Kolkata, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Ahmedabad, Amritsar, NOIDA, Dehradoon, Dubai and Koh Samui (Thailand).
Rajiv Kumar, a well known economist and the author of several books, joined the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in October 2010. Prior to this, he was Director & Chief Executive of the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), one of India's leading independent economic policy think tanks. He is a non-executive member of the Central Board of Directors of the State Bank of India; a member of the G-20 Advisory Group, Ministry of Finance, Government of India; Member of India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF) Board of Trustees; and has a seat on the Board of Directors for the United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF). He is also a member of the Expert Committee of the National Small Savings Fund (NSSF) of the Ministry of Finance, Government of India. Dr. Kumar was a member of the National Security Advisory Board from 2006-2008.
From 1987-1989, Dr Kumar taught at the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade; subsequently, he worked for the Government of India from 1989 to 1995, first in the Bureau of Industrial Costs and Prices, Ministry of Industry and then as Economic Adviser in the Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance. In 1995, Dr. Kumar joined the Asian Development Bank, in Manila and assumed several positions during his ten year term.
In 2004, he returned to India to join the Confederation of Indian Industries, New Delhi as Chief Economist.
He has a D.Phil. in Economics from Oxford University and a Ph.D from Lucknow University. His latest book, Many Futures of India, published in April 2011 is a compilation of his columns in some of India's leading dailies. He contributes a regular column to Business Line, a leading business daily; his views on matters relating to the economy are widely sought.
Chairperson and Managing Director Bharat Group of Hotels Ltd Barakhamba Avenue, Connaught Place New Delhi 110 001
Phone : +91 11 4444 7060 / 4444 7777 Fax : +91 11 444 47961
E-mail : cmdoffice@thelalit.com
Secretary General FICCI
Federation House, Tansen Marg New Delhi 110 001
Phone : 2332 0717, 2331 5442
Fax : 2332 9369
E-mail : rkumar@ficci.com +91 11 +91 11
Mr Karan Ahluwalia is the Executive Vice President & Country Head, Media & Entertainment, Fine Arts & Luxury & Sports Banking at YES BANK. He is a specialist knowledge banker with longstanding experience in the Indian Media &
Entertainment industry. As the Head of the Media & Entertainment Group, he is responsible for creating a structured and tailor made financial perspective for customers for the specialized business vertical within YES BANK.
YES BANK, India's new age private sector Bank, is the outcome of the professional & entrepreneurial commitment of its Promoter & Founder, Mr Rana Kapoor and his top management team, to establish a high quality, customer centric, service driven, private Indian Bank catering to the Future Businesses of India.
The YES BANK is steadily evolving as the Professionals' Bank of India with the long term mission of “Building the Best Quality Bank of the World in India”. YES BANK has received various International and National awards, and has been recognized amongst the Top and the Fastest Growing Banks' in various Banking League Tables.
Karan Ahluwalia
Executive Vice President & Country Head, M& E, Fine Arts & Luxury &
Sports Banking Yes Bank
4th Floor, Tower-2B, One India Bulls Centre, Jupiter Mill Compound,841 Senapati Bapat Marg, Elphinstone Road (W), Mumbai, 400 013 Phone : +91 22 6622 9743
Fax : +91 22 2497 4884
E-mail : karan.ahluwalia@yesbank.in
Rameeza Akhtar
Festival Director, South Asian Film Festival and Director, Culture South Asia Foundation
60, Babar Road, New Delhi 110001 Phone : +91 11 2649 5827 Fax : +91 11 2649 5827
E-mail : saff2006@gmail.com
Ms Rameeza Akhtar is a Hindustani Classical Vocal Artist, Theatre Actor, and Festival Director, South Asian Film Festival (SAFF). SAFF is one of the most popular cinema based event in the entire South Asian Region. She is actively involved in designing various culture based program in the region, and in Film Productions for the Foundation in designing and conceptualizing.
South Asia Foundation is a registered (non-profit, private) voluntary organization, dedicated to the cause of upliftment of downtrodden people of the society with special emphasis on crafts sector by creating job opportunities. The Foundation is working with the aim to foster co-operation and understanding among the people of the region and to rekindle the spirit of humaneness and oneness.
South Asia Foundation (SAF) played a key role in resolving conflicts in Nepal and got all the parties concerned on to the negotiating table by engaging them in a meaningful dialogue. This imperative role of the Foundation was a milestone in the region and its role was recognized in defusing conflicts through effective, peaceful dialogues. The Foundation has organized several seminars, workshops, interactions and meetings on this issue. It publishes regular information bulletin for wide circulation on the latest development on the issue.
Mr Alistair Ballantine's experience in the travel industry spans more than 30 years. He joined The Oberoi Group in November 2009 to head the New York Sales Office. Prior to joining Oberoi, he was Director of Sales and Marketing at Orient-Express. From 1978 to 2003, he served as President, United States of America and Group Chief Marketing Officer, Abercrombie & Kent International, Inc. In 1995, he assumed additional responsibility as Chairman, Abercrombie
& Kent – United Kingdom and Europe.
The Oberoi Group, founded in 1934, operates 28 hotels and three cruisers in five countries under the luxury 'Oberoi' and five-star 'Trident' brands. The Group is also engaged in flight catering, airport restaurants, travel and tour services, car rentals, project management and corporate air charters.
Oberoi Hotels & Resorts is synonymous the world over with providing the right blend of service, luxury and quiet efficiency. Internationally acclaimed for all-round excellence and unparalleled levels of service, Oberoi hotels and resorts have received innumerable awards and accolades.
The Group's new luxury hotels have established a reputation for redefining the paradigm of luxury and excellence in service amongst leisure hotels around the world.
Robert Alistair Ballantine
Senior Vice President, The Americas Oberoi Hotels and Resorts 509 Madison Avenue New York 10022 USA Phone : +1 212 223 8800 Fax : +1 212 223 8500
E-mail : alistair.ballantine@oberoigroup.com
Mr Sachin Balpande is the Trade Commissioner at the Consulate General of Canada in Mumbai, India. His responsibility includes Information and Communications Technologies as priority sector along with Extractive Industries Sector. He is a Mechanical Engineer from the Nagpur University and an MBA from the Symbiosis Institute.
Prior to joining the Consulate, he has worked as Assistant Manager with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, a downstream oil refining and marketing company in India. Over the past four years in International Trade Division, he has gained a global cross-cultural exposure on various aspects of International trading business, shipping related activities, and is involved in implementation of trading and risk management system and software.
Sachin Balpande
Trade Commissioner Consulate General of Canada
6th Floor, Fort House, 221 Dr D N Road, Fort Mumbai 400 001
Phone : +91 22 6749 4433, 6749 4444 Fax : +91 22 6749 4454
E-mail : sachin.balpande@international.gc.ca
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Mr Karan Ahluwalia is the Executive Vice President & Country Head, Media & Entertainment, Fine Arts & Luxury & Sports Banking at YES BANK. He is a specialist knowledge banker with longstanding experience in the Indian Media &
Entertainment industry. As the Head of the Media & Entertainment Group, he is responsible for creating a structured and tailor made financial perspective for customers for the specialized business vertical within YES BANK.
YES BANK, India's new age private sector Bank, is the outcome of the professional & entrepreneurial commitment of its Promoter & Founder, Mr Rana Kapoor and his top management team, to establish a high quality, customer centric, service driven, private Indian Bank catering to the Future Businesses of India.
The YES BANK is steadily evolving as the Professionals' Bank of India with the long term mission of “Building the Best Quality Bank of the World in India”. YES BANK has received various International and National awards, and has been recognized amongst the Top and the Fastest Growing Banks' in various Banking League Tables.
Karan Ahluwalia
Executive Vice President & Country Head, M& E, Fine Arts & Luxury &
Sports Banking Yes Bank
4th Floor, Tower-2B, One India Bulls Centre, Jupiter Mill Compound,841 Senapati Bapat Marg, Elphinstone Road (W), Mumbai, 400 013 Phone : +91 22 6622 9743
Fax : +91 22 2497 4884
E-mail : karan.ahluwalia@yesbank.in
Rameeza Akhtar
Festival Director, South Asian Film Festival and Director, Culture South Asia Foundation
60, Babar Road, New Delhi 110001 Phone : +91 11 2649 5827 Fax : +91 11 2649 5827
E-mail : saff2006@gmail.com
Ms Rameeza Akhtar is a Hindustani Classical Vocal Artist, Theatre Actor, and Festival Director, South Asian Film Festival (SAFF). SAFF is one of the most popular cinema based event in the entire South Asian Region. She is actively involved in designing various culture based program in the region, and in Film Productions for the Foundation in designing and conceptualizing.
South Asia Foundation is a registered (non-profit, private) voluntary organization, dedicated to the cause of upliftment of downtrodden people of the society with special emphasis on crafts sector by creating job opportunities. The Foundation is working with the aim to foster co-operation and understanding among the people of the region and to rekindle the spirit of humaneness and oneness.
South Asia Foundation (SAF) played a key role in resolving conflicts in Nepal and got all the parties concerned on to the negotiating table by engaging them in a meaningful dialogue. This imperative role of the Foundation was a milestone in the region and its role was recognized in defusing conflicts through effective, peaceful dialogues. The Foundation has organized several seminars, workshops, interactions and meetings on this issue. It publishes regular information bulletin for wide circulation on the latest development on the issue.
Mr Alistair Ballantine's experience in the travel industry spans more than 30 years. He joined The Oberoi Group in November 2009 to head the New York Sales Office. Prior to joining Oberoi, he was Director of Sales and Marketing at Orient-Express. From 1978 to 2003, he served as President, United States of America and Group Chief Marketing Officer, Abercrombie & Kent International, Inc. In 1995, he assumed additional responsibility as Chairman, Abercrombie
& Kent – United Kingdom and Europe.
The Oberoi Group, founded in 1934, operates 28 hotels and three cruisers in five countries under the luxury 'Oberoi' and five-star 'Trident' brands. The Group is also engaged in flight catering, airport restaurants, travel and tour services, car rentals, project management and corporate air charters.
Oberoi Hotels & Resorts is synonymous the world over with providing the right blend of service, luxury and quiet efficiency. Internationally acclaimed for all-round excellence and unparalleled levels of service, Oberoi hotels and resorts have received innumerable awards and accolades.
The Group's new luxury hotels have established a reputation for redefining the paradigm of luxury and excellence in service amongst leisure hotels around the world.
Robert Alistair Ballantine
Senior Vice President, The Americas Oberoi Hotels and Resorts 509 Madison Avenue New York 10022 USA Phone : +1 212 223 8800 Fax : +1 212 223 8500
E-mail : alistair.ballantine@oberoigroup.com
Mr Sachin Balpande is the Trade Commissioner at the Consulate General of Canada in Mumbai, India. His responsibility includes Information and Communications Technologies as priority sector along with Extractive Industries Sector. He is a Mechanical Engineer from the Nagpur University and an MBA from the Symbiosis Institute.
Prior to joining the Consulate, he has worked as Assistant Manager with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, a downstream oil refining and marketing company in India. Over the past four years in International Trade Division, he has gained a global cross-cultural exposure on various aspects of International trading business, shipping related activities, and is involved in implementation of trading and risk management system and software.
Sachin Balpande
Trade Commissioner Consulate General of Canada
6th Floor, Fort House, 221 Dr D N Road, Fort Mumbai 400 001
Phone : +91 22 6749 4433, 6749 4444 Fax : +91 22 6749 4454
E-mail : sachin.balpande@international.gc.ca
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Mr Rahul Barua is the Founder Secretary General of South Asia Foundation, established In 1991. He has Produced films both documentary and feature films with Gautom Ghose, Santosh Sivan and received many national awards. He has also worked with Shyam Benegal, Sudhir Mishra, Pankuj Parashar on several projects.
South Asia Foundation is a registered (non-profit, private) voluntary organization, dedicated to the cause of upliftment of downtrodden people of the society with special emphasis on crafts sector by creating job opportunities. The Foundation is working with the aim to foster co-operation and understanding among the people of the region and to rekindle the spirit of humaneness and oneness.
South Asia Foundation (SAF) played a key role in resolving conflicts in Nepal and got all the parties concerned on to the negotiating table by engaging them in a meaningful dialogue. This imperative role of the Foundation was a milestone in the region and its role was recognized in defusing conflicts through effective, peaceful dialogues. The Foundation has organized several seminars, workshops, interactions and meetings on this issue. It publishes regular information bulletin for wide circulation on the latest development on the issue.
Rahul Barua
Secretary General South Asia Foundation Third Floor, 35A/1, Shahpur Jat New Delhi 110049
Phone : +91 11 2649 5827 / 2649 5822 E-mail : southasiafoundation@gmail.com
Mr Suhas Bhand is Managing Director of Organic Recycling Systems Pvt Ltd. He is a noted expert in Urban Infrastructure and Environment Management with 30 Years experience in both Government as well as Private Sector. He has worked on various aspects of Environment Management, Water Supply, Industrial Waste Water Treatment & Recycling, Sewage Treatment Systems and Pollution Control Strategies, besides working on various projects and programme of UNEP and Ministry of Environment and forest. He also has exposure on Environment risk management and assessment.
He has worked out sustainable environmental management solutions for the problems faced by various industries like distilleries, sugar, pharmaceuticals, steel ,cement, food processing etc, to name a few.
He was a member of the task force for formulating strategies for 10th five year plan by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt. of India, and was also a Member of the team constituted by Ministry of New & Renewable Energy for assessing waste to energy potential in the country along with ETSU, U.K.
Suhas Bhand
Managing Director
Organic Recycling Systems Pvt Ltd 501 Centrium, Plot no. 27
Sector 15, CDB, Belapur, Navi Mumbai 400 614 Phone : + 91 22 4170 2222
Fax : + 91 22 4170 2200
E-mail : suhas.bhand@organicrecycling.co.in
Prof. Tapodhir Bhattacharjee assumed the post of Vice Chancellor of Assam University Silchar on 27th March 2007. Prior to that, he was Rabindranath Tagore Professor of Delhi University from 01.08.2006 to 26.03.2007. He was a Professor in Department of Bengali, Assam University, Silchar from 19.09.1994 to 31.07.2006. He served Department of Bengali of North Bengal University and Gauhati University also for a considerable period of time. Prof. Bhattacharjee is well known in India and abroad for his remarkable contributions towards literature, particularly towards contemporary literary theory.
To his credit, Prof. Bhattacharjee has published 78 books and innumerable articles of national and international standard. He has produced as many as 42 Ph.D scholars till date, who are well placed in India and abroad. During his own Ph.D work Prof. Bhattacharjee worked on Comparative Indian Epic Literature. Subsequently, he authored three interpretative books on Mikhail Bakhtin, great literary thinker, about whom Prof. Bhattacharjee is acknowledged as an expert.
Assam University is a central university in South Assam established in 1994. This is a teaching cum affiliating University having 34 PG/UG departments under 16 schools of studies on campus and 56 affiliated colleges with over 24000 students. In addition to the main campus in Silchar, the University has a satellite campus in Diphu with 8 departments.
The moto of the University is `Excelsior' i.e., towards excellence.
Dr Tapodhir Bhattacharjee
Vice Chancellor Assam University Silchar, Cachar Assam
Phone : +91 3842 270 801 Fax : +91 3842 270 802; 270 920 E-mail : tapodhirb@yahoo.com
Mr Amit Chakarpani is a Director in DAV Institute of Management, Faridabad. He has been contributing in development of the institute since 1999. He holds an MBA Degree, and currently is doing research in the area of Customer Relationship Management.
DAV Institute of Management (DAVIM), founded on October 12, 1997, is one of the leading Business School of India and a part of the largest educational trust of the country. Right from the day of its existence, DAVIM is working persistently to impart quality management education, research, consultancy and training. DAVIM is destined to empower souls across the world to effortlessly optimize potential by imbibing the best of values and beliefs of east and west rooted in the philosophy of Dayanand Anglo Vedic culture.
Amit Chakrapani
Director
DAV Institute of Management NH-3, NIT, Near ESI Hospital Faridabad
Phone : +91 129 427 0813 Fax : +91 129 427 0899 E-mail : acpdavim@gmail.com
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Mr Rahul Barua is the Founder Secretary General of South Asia Foundation, established In 1991. He has Produced films both documentary and feature films with Gautom Ghose, Santosh Sivan and received many national awards. He has also worked with Shyam Benegal, Sudhir Mishra, Pankuj Parashar on several projects.
South Asia Foundation is a registered (non-profit, private) voluntary organization, dedicated to the cause of upliftment of downtrodden people of the society with special emphasis on crafts sector by creating job opportunities. The Foundation is working with the aim to foster co-operation and understanding among the people of the region and to rekindle the spirit of humaneness and oneness.
South Asia Foundation (SAF) played a key role in resolving conflicts in Nepal and got all the parties concerned on to the negotiating table by engaging them in a meaningful dialogue. This imperative role of the Foundation was a milestone in the region and its role was recognized in defusing conflicts through effective, peaceful dialogues. The Foundation has organized several seminars, workshops, interactions and meetings on this issue. It publishes regular information bulletin for wide circulation on the latest development on the issue.
Rahul Barua
Secretary General South Asia Foundation Third Floor, 35A/1, Shahpur Jat New Delhi 110049
Phone : +91 11 2649 5827 / 2649 5822 E-mail : southasiafoundation@gmail.com
Mr Suhas Bhand is Managing Director of Organic Recycling Systems Pvt Ltd. He is a noted expert in Urban Infrastructure and Environment Management with 30 Years experience in both Government as well as Private Sector. He has worked on various aspects of Environment Management, Water Supply, Industrial Waste Water Treatment & Recycling, Sewage Treatment Systems and Pollution Control Strategies, besides working on various projects and programme of UNEP and Ministry of Environment and forest. He also has exposure on Environment risk management and assessment.
He has worked out sustainable environmental management solutions for the problems faced by various industries like distilleries, sugar, pharmaceuticals, steel ,cement, food processing etc, to name a few.
He was a member of the task force for formulating strategies for 10th five year plan by Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Govt. of India, and was also a Member of the team constituted by Ministry of New & Renewable Energy for assessing waste to energy potential in the country along with ETSU, U.K.
Suhas Bhand
Managing Director
Organic Recycling Systems Pvt Ltd 501 Centrium, Plot no. 27
Sector 15, CDB, Belapur, Navi Mumbai 400 614 Phone : + 91 22 4170 2222
Fax : + 91 22 4170 2200
E-mail : suhas.bhand@organicrecycling.co.in
Prof. Tapodhir Bhattacharjee assumed the post of Vice Chancellor of Assam University Silchar on 27th March 2007. Prior to that, he was Rabindranath Tagore Professor of Delhi University from 01.08.2006 to 26.03.2007. He was a Professor in Department of Bengali, Assam University, Silchar from 19.09.1994 to 31.07.2006. He served Department of Bengali of North Bengal University and Gauhati University also for a considerable period of time. Prof. Bhattacharjee is well known in India and abroad for his remarkable contributions towards literature, particularly towards contemporary literary theory.
To his credit, Prof. Bhattacharjee has published 78 books and innumerable articles of national and international standard. He has produced as many as 42 Ph.D scholars till date, who are well placed in India and abroad. During his own Ph.D work Prof. Bhattacharjee worked on Comparative Indian Epic Literature. Subsequently, he authored three interpretative books on Mikhail Bakhtin, great literary thinker, about whom Prof. Bhattacharjee is acknowledged as an expert.
Assam University is a central university in South Assam established in 1994. This is a teaching cum affiliating University having 34 PG/UG departments under 16 schools of studies on campus and 56 affiliated colleges with over 24000 students. In addition to the main campus in Silchar, the University has a satellite campus in Diphu with 8 departments.
The moto of the University is `Excelsior' i.e., towards excellence.
Dr Tapodhir Bhattacharjee
Vice Chancellor Assam University Silchar, Cachar Assam
Phone : +91 3842 270 801 Fax : +91 3842 270 802; 270 920 E-mail : tapodhirb@yahoo.com
Mr Amit Chakarpani is a Director in DAV Institute of Management, Faridabad. He has been contributing in development of the institute since 1999. He holds an MBA Degree, and currently is doing research in the area of Customer Relationship Management.
DAV Institute of Management (DAVIM), founded on October 12, 1997, is one of the leading Business School of India and a part of the largest educational trust of the country. Right from the day of its existence, DAVIM is working persistently to impart quality management education, research, consultancy and training. DAVIM is destined to empower souls across the world to effortlessly optimize potential by imbibing the best of values and beliefs of east and west rooted in the philosophy of Dayanand Anglo Vedic culture.
Amit Chakrapani
Director
DAV Institute of Management NH-3, NIT, Near ESI Hospital Faridabad
Phone : +91 129 427 0813 Fax : +91 129 427 0899 E-mail : acpdavim@gmail.com
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Mr B Chandrashekhar is presently General Manager –Canada & Midwest USA- of Jet Airways (India) Ltd. He has been associated with Airline Industry for the past 25 years. He has to his credit of having started jet Airways operation in Canada and with his constant efforts has made the airline as one of the best airlines in Canada.
Jet Airways, Jetairways Konnect and Jetlite have a combined fleet strength of 116 aircraft and operate over 500 flights daily. Jetairways currently operates a fleet of 97 aircraft which includes 10 boeing 777-300 ER aircraft,12 airbus A300- 200 aircraft, 55 next generation Boeing 737-7--/800/900 aircraft and 20 modern ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft. With an average fleet age of 5.15 years, the airline has one of the youngest aircraft fleets in the world.
M B Chandrashekhar
General Manager - Canada and Midwest- USA Jet Airways (India) Ltd
2 Robert Speck Parkway, Suite 215 Mississauga L4Z 1H8 USA Phone : +1 905 270 0538 Fax : +1 905 270 2503
E-mail : bchandrashekar@jetairways.com
Prof. M. Dutta Choudhury is presently working as Professor and Head of the Department of Life Science & Bioinformatics in Assam University, Silchar. In addition, he is the Director, Directorate of National and International Academic Collaboration of the University. His field of study is Medical Plants Research. He has published many scientific papers and has one herbal drug patented to his credit. Prof. Dutta Choudhury has visited a good number of countries availing different academic fellowships to enrich researches in his laboratory. He has been selected as Commonwealth Fellow for the year 2011.
Assam University is a central university in South Assam established in 1994. This is a teaching cum affiliating University having 34 PG/UG departments under 16 schools of studies on campus and 56 affiliated colleges with over 24000 students. In addition to the main campus in Silchar, the University has a satellite campus in Diphu with 8 departments.
The moto of the University is `Excelsior' i.e., towards excellence.
Dr M Dutta Choudhury
Director-National and International Academic Collaboration Assam University
Silchar Assam
Phone : +91 3842 242 117 Fax : +91 3842 270 802; 270 920 E-mail : drmdc@bioinfoaus.ac.in
Mr R. Dharanikumar is in the business of marketing and selling of satellite equipment in media distribution industry from 1991. He is Founder Director & Chairman of Star vision Impex Pvt. Ltd. He holds diploma in Electronic Engneering from PSG, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
With the introduction of pay channels in India, "Star Movies" was marketed by Star Vision in 9 districts of Tamil Nadu.
Further, Star Vision was short listed by companies like Sony, Zee & ESPN for marketing and distributing their channels in Tamil Nadu region. Today, the company is the authorized distributors for M/s Starden Media Services India Pvt Ltd (23 TV Channels), M/s BBC World India Pvt Ltd, M/s BBCW Channels Pvt. Ltd (3 TV Channels) & M/s Taj Television India Pvt.
Ltd (3 TV Channels).
R Dharanikumar
Chief Executive
Star Vision Impex Pvt. Ltd.
51, Brooke Bond Road, Coimbatore - 641001 Phone : +91 422 254 9573
Fax : +91 422 255 2573 E-mail : revsamisaiah@yahoo.com
Mr R. K. Gupta, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, WAPCOS Limited, is a Civil Engineer and Masters in Business Administration with over 28 years experience. In his different capacities in WAPCOS for the last 20 years, he has been actively involved in Strategic Planning, Marketing/Business Development, Brand Building, Human Resources Management, Financial Management and Project Implementation, within India and Abroad.
He is Chairman of India-Cambodia and India-Laos Business Forum of FICCI and Chairman of CII-Africa Committee Task Force on Power Sector. He has written a number of Technical papers and represented WAPCOS at various International and National Forums.
WAPCOS Limited is a "MINI RATNA" Public Sector Enterprise under the aegis of the Union Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India. Incorporated on June 26th, 1969, under the Companies Act 1956, WAPCOS has been providing consultancy services in all facets of Water Resources, Power and Infrastructure Sectors in India and Abroad.
Functionally WAPCOS can be broadly categorized into three groups i.e. Infrastructure, Water Resources and Power Projects.
Rajinder Kumar Gupta
CEO and Managing Director Wapcos Limited
5th Floor, Kailash, 26 Kasturba Gandhi Marg New Delhi 110 001
Phone : +91 11 2331 3502 Fax : +91 11 2331 3134 E-mail : bd.wapcos@gmail.com
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Mr B Chandrashekhar is presently General Manager –Canada & Midwest USA- of Jet Airways (India) Ltd. He has been associated with Airline Industry for the past 25 years. He has to his credit of having started jet Airways operation in Canada and with his constant efforts has made the airline as one of the best airlines in Canada.
Jet Airways, Jetairways Konnect and Jetlite have a combined fleet strength of 116 aircraft and operate over 500 flights daily. Jetairways currently operates a fleet of 97 aircraft which includes 10 boeing 777-300 ER aircraft,12 airbus A300- 200 aircraft, 55 next generation Boeing 737-7--/800/900 aircraft and 20 modern ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft. With an average fleet age of 5.15 years, the airline has one of the youngest aircraft fleets in the world.
M B Chandrashekhar
General Manager - Canada and Midwest- USA Jet Airways (India) Ltd
2 Robert Speck Parkway, Suite 215 Mississauga L4Z 1H8 USA Phone : +1 905 270 0538 Fax : +1 905 270 2503
E-mail : bchandrashekar@jetairways.com
Prof. M. Dutta Choudhury is presently working as Professor and Head of the Department of Life Science & Bioinformatics in Assam University, Silchar. In addition, he is the Director, Directorate of National and International Academic Collaboration of the University. His field of study is Medical Plants Research. He has published many scientific papers and has one herbal drug patented to his credit. Prof. Dutta Choudhury has visited a good number of countries availing different academic fellowships to enrich researches in his laboratory. He has been selected as Commonwealth Fellow for the year 2011.
Assam University is a central university in South Assam established in 1994. This is a teaching cum affiliating University having 34 PG/UG departments under 16 schools of studies on campus and 56 affiliated colleges with over 24000 students. In addition to the main campus in Silchar, the University has a satellite campus in Diphu with 8 departments.
The moto of the University is `Excelsior' i.e., towards excellence.
Dr M Dutta Choudhury
Director-National and International Academic Collaboration Assam University
Silchar Assam
Phone : +91 3842 242 117 Fax : +91 3842 270 802; 270 920 E-mail : drmdc@bioinfoaus.ac.in
Mr R. Dharanikumar is in the business of marketing and selling of satellite equipment in media distribution industry from 1991. He is Founder Director & Chairman of Star vision Impex Pvt. Ltd. He holds diploma in Electronic Engneering from PSG, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
With the introduction of pay channels in India, "Star Movies" was marketed by Star Vision in 9 districts of Tamil Nadu.
Further, Star Vision was short listed by companies like Sony, Zee & ESPN for marketing and distributing their channels in Tamil Nadu region. Today, the company is the authorized distributors for M/s Starden Media Services India Pvt Ltd (23 TV Channels), M/s BBC World India Pvt Ltd, M/s BBCW Channels Pvt. Ltd (3 TV Channels) & M/s Taj Television India Pvt.
Ltd (3 TV Channels).
R Dharanikumar
Chief Executive
Star Vision Impex Pvt. Ltd.
51, Brooke Bond Road, Coimbatore - 641001 Phone : +91 422 254 9573
Fax : +91 422 255 2573 E-mail : revsamisaiah@yahoo.com
Mr R. K. Gupta, Chairman-cum-Managing Director, WAPCOS Limited, is a Civil Engineer and Masters in Business Administration with over 28 years experience. In his different capacities in WAPCOS for the last 20 years, he has been actively involved in Strategic Planning, Marketing/Business Development, Brand Building, Human Resources Management, Financial Management and Project Implementation, within India and Abroad.
He is Chairman of India-Cambodia and India-Laos Business Forum of FICCI and Chairman of CII-Africa Committee Task Force on Power Sector. He has written a number of Technical papers and represented WAPCOS at various International and National Forums.
WAPCOS Limited is a "MINI RATNA" Public Sector Enterprise under the aegis of the Union Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India. Incorporated on June 26th, 1969, under the Companies Act 1956, WAPCOS has been providing consultancy services in all facets of Water Resources, Power and Infrastructure Sectors in India and Abroad.
Functionally WAPCOS can be broadly categorized into three groups i.e. Infrastructure, Water Resources and Power Projects.
Rajinder Kumar Gupta
CEO and Managing Director Wapcos Limited
5th Floor, Kailash, 26 Kasturba Gandhi Marg New Delhi 110 001
Phone : +91 11 2331 3502 Fax : +91 11 2331 3134 E-mail : bd.wapcos@gmail.com
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Mr Sandeep Jain is the Director of Special Holidays Travel Pvt Ltd. He has a rich experience of over 18 years in Tourism Industry. He was University Topper and an IIFT Alumni (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade) with distinction in “Masters in International Trade” and additional professional Management degree of “Masters in Tourism Administration”.
“Special Holidays” is government recognized Tour Operator in India with an extensive network of representatives throughout India. The company has its own transport fleet and offer very competitive wholesale contracted rates for hotels, tour packages, and car rentals with online inventories as well.
The company serves FIT & Group Tours, Business & Trade delegations, Cultural Tours, Incentive Tours, Special Interest Tours, Ayurveda Tours, Hotel bookings, and Car Rental.
It is also founder of TOUR ASIA GROUP (TAG). The company is also the members of various Travel Trade associations including PATA, IATO, TAFI, ADTOI, IGTA, ASTA.
Sandeep Jain
Director
Special Holidays Travel Pvt Ltd
S - 203 Dav Complex, Local Shopping Centre Mayur Vihar 1, New Delhi 110091
Phone : +91 11 3022 0000 Fax : +91 11 2271 4577
E-mail : sandeep@specialholidays.net
Dr. R Chenraj Jain, the founder Chairman of Jain Group of Institutions and President of Jain University, is a visionary leader, educationist, entrepreneur and philanthropist. His remarkable stewardship has taken the JGI Group from the humble beginnings with one college to a group of institutions with 61 educational entities including two Universities. His vision espouses creation of social entrepreneurs and an inclusive community. Dr. Jain has been instrumental in incubating 45 Companies for his students with combined turn over of INR 600 crores.
The Jain Group of Institutions has become a name to reckon with in the field of education from "Cradle to Career". The JGI group comprises 61 educational entities of remarkable excellence including two Universities. The JGI (educational) group has institutions catering to primary, secondary and higher education that provide Undergraduate, Post Graduate and Research Programmes. Besides, the JGI Group is committed to research and development with six highly recognized Centres of Excellence.
The group currently runs two schools in India providing complete free education including nutritious mid day meal &
health care facilities to nearly 6000 children from the less privileged society.
Dr R. Chenraj Jain
President-Jain University Jain Group of Institutions
91/2, Dr. A.N. Krishna Rao Road, V.V.Puram Bangalore
Phone : +91 80 4343 1001 Fax : +91 80 4343 1010 E-mail : chairman@jaingroup.info
Wiz Sabbas Joseph, one of the founder directors of Wizcraft International Entertainment has been actively involved with media from the beginning of his career.
A master's degree holder in political science from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai; Wiz Sabbas went on to study journalism at the Xavier's Institute of Communications, Mumbai. He returned to the institute to teach A/V films making, journalism &
held several workshops on script writing for films.
He is a former journalist who worked with some of the country's leading publications.
As director of Wizcraft International Entertainment, Wiz Sabbas Joseph has spearheaded & managed several mega corporate events for the company.
Established in 1988, Wizcraft has today emerged as one of India's leading Communication and Entertainment Company, integrating strategy, creativity and technology to provide Interactive Entertainment & Event Solutions to a global audience. The pioneer of many extravagant and mesmerizing events, Wizcraft has been instrumental in shaping the event management industry in India.
Wiz Sabbas Joseph
Director, IIFA
Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
Satyadev Plaza, 5th floor, Behind Bhagwati House, Fun Republic Lane Off New Link Road, Andheri (West), Mumbai – 400 053
Phone : +91 22 42001400 Fax : +91 22 42001500 E-mail : sabbas.joseph@iifa.com Mr Anand Jones is the Managing Director of Mac Indya Creation & Rehoboth International, Coimbatore. He did his
education in visual communication and multimedia designing and now leading his two companies, one in media and entertainment sector and another in export trading.
Mac Indya Creation is a 10 year old company started as an advertising company and emerged into event Management Company. In a short span, the Company has done many star nights and events and documentary films. In the recent days, the company is in the process of launching a new concept of live streaming web TV.
D. Anand Jones Immanuel
Managing Director
Mac Indya Creation & Rehoboth International 12A,3RD Street, Sri Devi Nagar, Ganapathy Coimbatore 641006
Phone : +91 422 437 6610 Fax : +91 422 255 2573 E-mail : jonesindya@gmail.com
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Mr Sandeep Jain is the Director of Special Holidays Travel Pvt Ltd. He has a rich experience of over 18 years in Tourism Industry. He was University Topper and an IIFT Alumni (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade) with distinction in “Masters in International Trade” and additional professional Management degree of “Masters in Tourism Administration”.
“Special Holidays” is government recognized Tour Operator in India with an extensive network of representatives throughout India. The company has its own transport fleet and offer very competitive wholesale contracted rates for hotels, tour packages, and car rentals with online inventories as well.
The company serves FIT & Group Tours, Business & Trade delegations, Cultural Tours, Incentive Tours, Special Interest Tours, Ayurveda Tours, Hotel bookings, and Car Rental.
It is also founder of TOUR ASIA GROUP (TAG). The company is also the members of various Travel Trade associations including PATA, IATO, TAFI, ADTOI, IGTA, ASTA.
Sandeep Jain
Director
Special Holidays Travel Pvt Ltd
S - 203 Dav Complex, Local Shopping Centre Mayur Vihar 1, New Delhi 110091
Phone : +91 11 3022 0000 Fax : +91 11 2271 4577
E-mail : sandeep@specialholidays.net
Dr. R Chenraj Jain, the founder Chairman of Jain Group of Institutions and President of Jain University, is a visionary leader, educationist, entrepreneur and philanthropist. His remarkable stewardship has taken the JGI Group from the humble beginnings with one college to a group of institutions with 61 educational entities including two Universities. His vision espouses creation of social entrepreneurs and an inclusive community. Dr. Jain has been instrumental in incubating 45 Companies for his students with combined turn over of INR 600 crores.
The Jain Group of Institutions has become a name to reckon with in the field of education from "Cradle to Career". The JGI group comprises 61 educational entities of remarkable excellence including two Universities. The JGI (educational) group has institutions catering to primary, secondary and higher education that provide Undergraduate, Post Graduate and Research Programmes. Besides, the JGI Group is committed to research and development with six highly recognized Centres of Excellence.
The group currently runs two schools in India providing complete free education including nutritious mid day meal &
health care facilities to nearly 6000 children from the less privileged society.
Dr R. Chenraj Jain
President-Jain University Jain Group of Institutions
91/2, Dr. A.N. Krishna Rao Road, V.V.Puram Bangalore
Phone : +91 80 4343 1001 Fax : +91 80 4343 1010 E-mail : chairman@jaingroup.info
Wiz Sabbas Joseph, one of the founder directors of Wizcraft International Entertainment has been actively involved with media from the beginning of his career.
A master's degree holder in political science from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai; Wiz Sabbas went on to study journalism at the Xavier's Institute of Communications, Mumbai. He returned to the institute to teach A/V films making, journalism &
held several workshops on script writing for films.
He is a former journalist who worked with some of the country's leading publications.
As director of Wizcraft International Entertainment, Wiz Sabbas Joseph has spearheaded & managed several mega corporate events for the company.
Established in 1988, Wizcraft has today emerged as one of India's leading Communication and Entertainment Company, integrating strategy, creativity and technology to provide Interactive Entertainment & Event Solutions to a global audience. The pioneer of many extravagant and mesmerizing events, Wizcraft has been instrumental in shaping the event management industry in India.
Wiz Sabbas Joseph
Director, IIFA
Wizcraft International Entertainment Pvt. Ltd.
Satyadev Plaza, 5th floor, Behind Bhagwati House, Fun Republic Lane Off New Link Road, Andheri (West), Mumbai – 400 053
Phone : +91 22 42001400 Fax : +91 22 42001500 E-mail : sabbas.joseph@iifa.com Mr Anand Jones is the Managing Director of Mac Indya Creation & Rehoboth International, Coimbatore. He did his
education in visual communication and multimedia designing and now leading his two companies, one in media and entertainment sector and another in export trading.
Mac Indya Creation is a 10 year old company started as an advertising company and emerged into event Management Company. In a short span, the Company has done many star nights and events and documentary films. In the recent days, the company is in the process of launching a new concept of live streaming web TV.
D. Anand Jones Immanuel
Managing Director
Mac Indya Creation & Rehoboth International 12A,3RD Street, Sri Devi Nagar, Ganapathy Coimbatore 641006
Phone : +91 422 437 6610 Fax : +91 422 255 2573 E-mail : jonesindya@gmail.com
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Ms Pooja Kapoor is a graduate in Civil Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering and a post Graduate in Business Administration from All India Management Association. She has more than 12 years of experience in Agriculture, Water Supply, Sanitation, Sewerage, Water Harvesting projects in various countries of Asia and Africa.
WAPCOS Limited is a "MINI RATNA" Public Sector Enterprise under the aegis of the Union Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India. Incorporated on June 26th, 1969, under the Companies Act 1956, WAPCOS has been providing consultancy services in all facets of Water Resources, Power and Infrastructure Sectors in India and Abroad.
Functionally WAPCOS can be broadly categorized into three groups i.e. Infrastructure, Water Resources and Power Projects
Pooja Kapoor
Deputy Chief Engineer (Business Development) Wapcos Limited
5th Floor, Kailash, 26 Kasturba Gandhi Marg New Delhi 110 001
Phone : +91 11 2331 3502 Fax : +91 11 2376 5364 E-mail : bd.wapcos@gmail.com
The founder of Westcourt, Mr Vinay Kapoor has around 30 years experience in real estate development in North America, Europe and in India. In particular, his experience includes design and development of complex large- scale,mixed- use and office projects of the highest international standards. He has expertise in the overall strategic management of real estate projects, including design and execution, marketing, sales, tenant negotiations and financing. Prior to founding Westcourt, he was a Vice- President of development for Olympia & York and was responsible for the design and development of World Financial Center and Canary Wharf in London. He was later responsible for three major projects for Reichmann International in Mexico including Torre Mayor, a 55 storey tower in Mexico City. He was an advisor to the Goldman Sacs Whitehall Fund for their European development projects and was a senior member of the development team on a 3 million square feet Urban Entertainment Center in Frankfurt for Trizec Hahn.
Westcourt, founded by CEO Mr Vinay Kapoor in 2005, is a talented team of international development professionals working from offices in London, New York and India. Operating in India from Bangalore and Gurgaon, the company brings with it the legacy of its principals who have been involved in major development, planning and design projects across North America, Europe, Mexico and India, including international landmarks such as the World Financial Center in New York, Canary Wharf in London, Torre Mayor in Mexico city to name a few.
Founder & CEO Westcourt Real Estate 18-19 Jockey's Fields London WC1R 4BW
Phone : +44 20 7209 9015 Fax : +44 20 7242 8440
E-mail : vinay.kapoor@westcourt.com
Ms Niloufer Cyrus Kavarana is a Sales Director of Trail Blazer Tours India, based in Canada. She has over 32 years of experience with a leading tourism Company and a top producer for Tourism from North America to India.
Trail Blazer Tours India is one of leading DMCs for India with a large network of offices in India and International offices.
The company focus is on Destination Management.
Niloufer Cyrus Kavarana
Sales Director Trail Blazer Tours India 89 Bridlepath Street, Richmon Hill Ontario L4S 1S2 Canada Phone : +1 905 770 6434 Fax : +1 905 770 6435 E-mail : niloufer@idgpro.com Mr Anil Kalsi is Managing Partner of Ambe World Travels and Chairman – North India of the Travel Agents Federation of
India ( TAFI). He is a veteran in the Travel and tourism Industry with 26 years of experience in the field.
Ambe World Travels (AWT) is an IATA approved Travel agency based in New Delhi, India. Established in 1990 with IATA recognition since 1992, AWT is a well established travel Company handling all aspects of travel related services for their Clients. The company specializes in the outbound market from India and the thrust is on high-end luxury travelers.
Managing Partner, Chairman - North India
Ambe World Travels, Travel Agents Federation of India B 4 Oriental House, Gulmohar Enclave Commercial Complex New Delhi 110049
Phone : +91 11 2685 0110 Fax : +91 11 2685 2423 E-mail : anil@ambeworldtravels.com
