Theme: Aspire. Believe. Conquer.

“An idea is like a virus, resilient, highly contagious.”
Change always begins with an idea that takes root in your mind – an aspiration of some sort. As the idea takes root in your mind, you feel like sharing it with others. And as more and more people believe in it, it becomes more and more powerful. This belief will play a part in tackling all obstacles and succeeding eventually.

Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
IIFT Bhavan
B-21, Qutub Institutional Area
New Delhi, Delhi, 110016
India

Kavita Seth

Singer

Kavita Seth is a playback singer, composer as well as a performer of ghazals and Sufi music. She leads Karwaan, a Sufi musical group. In 2010, she won the Filmfare award for Best Female Playback singer for her classic Sufi Rendition of ‘Iktara’ from the Bollywood movie, Wake up! Sid.

Shilpa Manari

Director - Human Capital, Make A Difference (MAD)

Shilpa Manari is a powerhouse of determination and positivity and she aspires to make this world a better place by building communities that are human centric and gender neutral. Shilpa is the Director of Human Capital at Make A Difference, an award winning non-profit organisation working to ensure better outcomes for children in orphanages and street shelters across 23 cities in India which has mobilized 18000 young leaders. Shilpa has been key in creating a working culture that lead to MAD being certified as a great place to work in India and was ranked in the top 10 Great places to work in India across all sectors in the mid-size organization category in 2018. According to Shilpa, a great work place is one that is invests in its people as assets, creates a safe space for individuals to grow and thrive and has an united purpose to collaboratively work towards.

Siddharth Rajhans

Technopreneur

Siddharth Rajhans is a Harvard educated technology entrepreneur who is currently working as a principal policy officer with the United Nations. He is also the founder of a start-up called Spacify, which has been actively working to provide satellite powered internet in rural India. He previously worked as a product manager with Apple and spearheaded their 'Everyone Can Code' project.

Sonal Giani

LGBT Activist

Sonal Giani is a bisexual activist. She is better known for featuring on Zee TV’s prime time television show ‘Connected hum tum’, the Bollywood film ‘W’ and the documentary ‘Purple Skies’. She s the founder member of the popular LGBT youth collective ‘Yaariyan’ and the support group ‘Umang’. She has also worked as the Advocacy Manager of the Humsafar Trust.

Swanand Kirkire

Lyricist

Swanand Kirkire is a multifaceted powerhouse of talent. He is lyricist, playback singer, writer, actor, music director and dialogue writer. He is an alumnus of NSD but successfully transitioned from theatre from theatre to movies. He has won the National Film Award for Best Lyrics twice- in 2006 for Lage Raho Munna Bhai and in 2009 for 3 idiots. He has also been featured on MTV Coke Studio.

Vineet Tandon

Motivational Speaker

Vineet Tandon is a marketing communications and strategy professional with 14 years of managerial experience across different verticals. At present, he is the Head of Marketing at HCL TSS. He is also a powerful and engaging motivational speaker, and has gained acclaim as ‘India’s first and only guitar playing motivational speaker’.