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SIES Graduate School of Technology
Sri Chandrasekarendra Saraswati Vidyapuram
Sector-V, Nerul
Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400706
India

Amruta Pendse

She is a serial entrepreneur, who runs two clothing labels - The London Diaries and Dime A Dozen Thrift Store, while simultaneously working as a personal shopper and stylist for clients who want to revamp their image. As an icing to the cake she is also an author and has been writing for FilterCopy.

Anita Shirodkar

Anita Shirodkar, author of four bestselling books, has dabbled in various fields. Before she began her writing career, she spent twenty years in advertising as a graphic designer and Creative Director, both in India and overseas. She is a travel aficionado, and is creative consultant to Tamarind Global, a Destination and Event Management company. According to her, the best part about writing is watching her characters grow on paper, and move spontaneously in directions she never imagined.

Gaurang Shetty

Meet Gaurang Shetty, the Chief Innovation Catalyst and CEO at Research Innovation Incubation Design Laboratory (RiiDL). After completing his engineering and MBA, he went on to become a certified Fabguru from Fab Foundation, MIT USA. He has also successfully set up Mumbai's first FabLab and India's first DIY Bio Lab which is aided by Fab Foundation. In 2015 he initiated Maker Mela, which became the India’s biggest maker gathering. He achieved Changemaker recognition by Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam in year 2015. He has a couple of patents to his credit and is currently leading the Facebook Developer Circles Community for Mumbai.

Kanan Chikal

Dr. Kanan has been re-wiring the Human Brain for Individuals, Business owners, Corporate Leaders and Students by enabling them to reach their Zenith. Having an experience of counselling for 16years, She is a Psychologist and Internationally Certified Coach. She is the founder of LifeCures Wellness Clinic and also Co-founder of Whole Brain Consulting.

Prasad Rahane

Prasad Rahane is a young and dynamic Sitarist of today's generation with a new perspective towards Indian Classical music. Having rendered his recitals in Classical, Semi-classical, Light and Contemporary Fusion music ensembles, Prasad has left musicians and listeners string-struck alike, evident by the long list of accolades he has earned over the years. Having travelled extensively throughout India he has performed in many Classical Music Festivals as well as Fusion Music for 'Beyond Bollywood' (held in London), Lakmé Fashion Week, the Indian Jam Project to name a few...

Santosh Avvannavar

He started his career as a Soft Skills Trainer, and is presently working as the Chief Commercial Officer at QtPi Robotics. He is also the author of the critically acclaimed book "She: Ekla Chalo Re".

Shubhaankar Kamble

Shubhaankar Kamble is the fourth generation of artist in his family. He grew up in an artistic ethos with an exposure to clays and colours at a very young age, mentored by his father - a sculptor and artist. He received a scholarship from the Centre for Cultural Resources and Training, New Delhi in the 7th grade. He completed his Masters in Realistic Portraits from the Florence Academy of Art, Florence, Italy in the year 2014. He has created collections of portraits of many famous celebrities and renowned personalities. He is currently designing in 3D sculptural movie posters, and has also handprinted posters for movies such as Bajrangi Bhaijan, Bajirao Mastani, Fan, Shamitabh, Sultan and more.

Yash Patnaik

Mr. Yash Patnaik found his passion and calling on the sets of Indian television shows at the start of the 21st century. He was a part of the core team at Firework Productions for blockbuster shows like Achanak 37 Saal Baad and CID. Being of entrepreneurial zeal, Mr. Patnaik founded his own production house, Beyond Dreams Ent, in 2007. Yash went on to become the executive producer for some of India's highest rated shows on TV like Sadda Haq, Kuch Rang Pyaar Ke, Veera, and Nagarjuna. He is also one of the pioneers of Indian Television who is spearheading the movement of generating new-age content for the online viewers through his venture, Beyond Originals. Mr. Patnaik is unconventional in his story-telling ways and believes that 1000 episode seasons should be a thing of the past in the Indian television industry.