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Punjab kala bhavan
Punjab kala bhavan, sector 16
Chandigarh, Chandigarh, 160015
India

Abhinav Vats

Impact enthusiast

An impact enthusiast who has used market - based approaches to advance social impact throughout his professional endeavours in private,public,nonprofit and entrepreneurship experiences.He will talk about one such case where he used gamification to advance rural development in an Indian state of 6,500+ villages.

Alhana Babbar

Student

A 13 year old student from Woodstock school who is an artist,drummer, a documentary film maker.She will share her story of how she won the state Drumming Competition in J&K at the age of 9 years, on her own and her inspiration for building a Common Dream Exchange for the world.

Alphonse Roy

Wildlife Cinematographer

He is an extremely passionate wildlife cinematographer and whose work is being showcased on well-known media platforms like Discovery,History,Animal Planet etc.

Col Ranveer Singh Jamwal

Army Officer and Mountain Climber

Col Ranveer Jamwal , the first Indian to summit the seven highest mountains across the seven continents,including climbing Mount Everest three times. This also makes him the first from the Indian Army to climb the seven highest mountains.Having started this adventure feat with Mount Kilimanjaro in Africa 2010, he achieved his final success with Mount Vinson in Antarctica last month. The recipient of the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award - India's highest adventure award- he later also climbed six mountains of above 20,000 feet in Chile.

Dr. Ranjit Chaudhary

Urologist , Andrologist and Laparoscopic Surgeon

Dr. Ranjit Chaudhary passed out from 'The Scindia School' , Gwalior in 1993 . He is an avid sportsperson , voracious reader and loves to write. He is a urologist by profession and has earned numerous prestigious awards for his work . He got a mention in Limca Book of Records 2016 for laparoscopic resection of largest adrenal myelolipoma . He is the only Urologist from central India to be accorded that honour. He has several international and national publications to his credit. He is also a part of the editorial board of BMJ (British Medical Journals) Case Reports , SJKDT( Saudi Journal of Kidney Diseases and Transplantation).

Dr.Babar Afzal

A hacker who chose to become a Shepherd to save the Pashmina Goats in Himalayas

In love with Pashmina Goats, a silicon valley techie and a hacker left everything and became a shepherd in Himalayas. A recipient of over 15 National and International Awards and fellowships for his work, Babar will share his journey and the Life and Leadership lessons he got from the Shepherds , that can solve the many problems we face in the 21st Century.

Raghav Mehta

Performer

Raghav Mehta is a story - teller who became the world's youngest Dastango at eight years of age in 2018. He performs the traditional art of Urdu story - telling known as Dastangoi. His early public performances have gone viral and won him rave reviews from a host of eminent cultural personalities. A student of Pathways School , Noida he was trained in Dastangoi by Fauzia Dastango,the first woman exponent of the artform (with script by Danish Iqbal and Ramdhari Singh Dinkar's 'Krishna Ki Chetavani' in Rashmi Rathi), and by Garima Arya , founder of Dramabaaz Company. He has previously performed at Jaipur Literary Festival, Times Lit Fest Delhi and the ILF Samanvay Festival."

Shams Aalam

International Para Swimmer

Shams Aalam completed his B.E. in Mechanical Engineering & MBA in HR and operations. He is a paraplegic person , who has overcome all the odds to become world record holder for longest open sea swimming by paraplegic person. He is an international gold medalist para swimmer and was awarded best emerging leader in disability sports and sports diplomacy by U.S. department of state global sports mentoring program 2018.

Troy D. Cline

Stem Innovation Lab Director at NASA

He is a Senior Technology Integration Specialist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center with more than 19 years of experience in the design and development of award-winning and internationally recognized outreach programs. His current position was acquired based on his extensive experience in educational technology , social networking , cross- cultural classroom intruction , project management and public speaking.

Vicky Roy

From Rag picker to celebrity photographer

Vicky Roy has taken his street dreams to their pinnacle from the trials and tribulations of being a dhaba-boy and fighting against the pain and pathons of grinding poverty,literally with no possessions other than irresistible aspiration , relentless hard work and a determination to live a better life. He says:" If you want to do something in your life then you will always have to work hard; there is no shortcut to success. If you want to make your dreams come true , keep an eye on them. By fleeing the fears of obstacles , you will never succeed."