Theme: Phoenix

Phoenix, a mythological bird that bursts into flames and takes birth from its own ashes, symbolizes rebirth. The world is witnessing major transformations in almost all avenues with a constant renewal of ideas. We present to you talks on transformations that are occurring at a rigorous pace, thus continuously giving our communities a new direction. We will have individuals from different backgrounds who embody a never dying spirit and contribute to the betterment of the world in their own way share their riveting stories with us.

SDA Bocconi Asia Center
9th Floor, Hiranandani Knowledge Park, Powai, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400076
Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400076
India

Aditi Pai

Aditi Pai is the Principal Landscape Architect at The Purple Ink Studio, an award winning practice co-founded with Akshay Heranjal in 2011 at Bengaluru. The studio believes in constantly exploring the parameters of design and blurring boundaries between architecture and landscape.

Dr. Jayaraman A.P.

Dr.A.P.Jayaraman is a professional nuclear scientist who served the Department of Atomic Energy for 40 years. After retirement, he worked as a Professor in Singapore. He was the Chairman of the Indian Institute of Materials Management, Mumbai. Presently he is the Chairman of the National Centre for Science Communicators and President of STEAM Academy. He has been a major part of Kerala Sasthra Sahitya Parishad, that propagated the cause of science for social revolution. He has authored 15 science books including a textbook in chemistry.

Dr. Vaya S.L.

Dr.SL Vaya has been at the forefront of forensic psychology in India. She is the first NABL accredited forensic psychologist in India and has established National Resource Center for Forensic Psychology. She has established various procedures for suspect interrogations by adapting behavior profiling, polygraph examination, narcoanalysis, brain signature profiling, forensic brainwave analysis, layered voice analysis and suspect detection system. She is the first and the only recipient of the prestigious Union Home Ministers Lifetime Achievement Award from Gujarat for her outstanding contribution in the field of forensic sciences.

Flavia Agnes

Flavia Agnes is an Indian women's rights lawyer with an expertise in marital, divorce and property law. She has written and published numerous articles, some of which have appeared in the journals Subaltern Studies, Economic and Political Weekly, and Manushi. Flavia Agnes began working in the field of women in law in the 1980s, which was at the beginning of the second phase of the women's movement, and since 1988, Agnes has been a practicing lawyer at the Mumbai High Court. Agnes is the co-founder of Majlis Legal Centre that campaigns for and provides legal representation for women on issues of matrimonial rights and child custody.

Gaurav Chawla

Chef Gaurav Chawla specializes in the aspects of molecular gastronomy that transforms the shape & texture of any dish with the application of food grade edible chemicals. He is presently working with Downtown Diners Private Limited as their Corporate Executive Chef.

Jahnavi Sheriff

Jahnavi Sheriff is a professional dancer and a trained Yoga instructor based out of Mumbai. She was the first runner up in Asia's Dancehall Queen Competition (Taiwan). She is also the founder of Smash Dem Crew and frequently participates in Dancehall workshops and competitions internationally.

Kuntal Joisher

Mr.Kuntal Joisher is a vegan mountaineer. He is the world's first vegan based mountaineer to scale Mt.Everest and has led great expeditions to some of the world's most dangerous mountains. He follows a 100% vegan lifestyle having a vegan diet and uses vegan gear.

Shubham Saraff

Shubham Saraff is the founder of an artificial intelligence based startup and is an internationally acclaimed speaker on subjects related to nextgen technologies. He has won several awards and recognition at prestigious platforms including Cambridge University, Harvard University and Institution of Engineers & Technology. He is the youngest and first ever Indian to be appointed as an International Committee Member of Technology & Professional Networks Communities at IET, UK. His path breaking research papers have been published in international journals of repute.

Suresh Seetharaman

Mr.Suresh Seetharaman is the Co-founder and President of Liquid Comics and Liquid Studios, formerly known as Virgin Comics and Virgin Animation. He is inspiring a new Indian generation of creative talent to invent mythologies and spark a creative renaissance in global character entertainment. He represented India at the Bath World Economic Forum.

The Dharavi Dream Project

The Dharavi Dream Project in Mumbai is an initiative by Universal Music Group and Qyuki. It aims to give under-resourced hip-hop talent a voice to celebrate, a stage to perform and to empower these young minds.

Yawar Abdal

Mr. Yawar Adbal is a musician, composer, vocalist, songwriter and a guitarist. He hopes to bring the depth of his beloved Persian, Urdu and Kashmiri poets to a new audience. He can weave magic with the tunes on his guitar.