Theme: Time

Once upon a time, five different people from five different walks of life with five different journeys created five unique stories. In a world full of ticking clocks, they took charge of their stories without losing track of time. Though their journeys contrasted as much as day and night, they were all bonded by the uniquely constant variable that is time. We are delighted to announce our theme for this year: Time, representing endurance, change and impact.

Time is the common thread among all of us. It may be comprised of seconds,
minutes and hours but it can be as quick and pulsating as a racing car or as
gentle and meandering like a stream, true to the phrase ‘Time and tide wait for
no man.’ We all feel time pass. Time cannot be touched, seen or heard, but it is
in the memories of the past and the anticipations of the future. We don’t choose
how quickly time flies, only how we react to it. True to its dynamic and
evolving nature, it can be both a healer and teacher. What time has so very
elegantly explained is that it cannot be explained.

Through our speakers, we wish to tell stories to inspire, but also show off the
value of time, and just a little patience. It is just a matter of time until we can
share these stories with you, but only time will tell…

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Deepthi Bopaiah

Executive director at GoSports Foundation

Deepthi Bopaiah is the Executive Director at GoSports Foundation, a national award-winning non-profit organization founded in 2008, which supports junior, emerging, and elite athletes across Olympic and Paralympic disciplines. Formerly a wealth adviser and trainer during her 6-year tenure at HSBC, Deepthi decided to cast her lucrative corporate career aside to pursue her passion for sport and has been with the Foundation since 2012. A former athlete herself who represented the state of Karnataka in Basketball and Tennis, Deepthi is working towards building a sustainable athlete-centric sporting ecosystem. Due to her efforts, she has also been selected to pursue the Prestigious Chevening Gurukul Fellowship for Leadership and Excellence at the University of Oxford in March 2021. She is passionate about putting India on the world sporting map and leveraging the power of sport to bring about a positive impact in society.

Dhruv Bogra

Cyclist

Cycling for some might just be a source of transport, while for others it’s a vehement passion. One can give you no better example of a spirited cyclist than Dhruv Bogra, who embarked on an 18-month long solo cycling trip from Alaska to Argentina. Through meticulous planning and preparation he has cycled over 15,000 km, through various routes, climates and cultures, meeting many people and even some bears along the way. Dhruv went on to write a book called ‘Grit, Gravel and Gear’ about his whirlwind escapade journey.

Dr. Jahnavi Barua

Author

Dr. Jahnavi Barua is an Indian writer based in Bangalore. Next Door (Penguin India, 2008), her debut collection of short stories was long listed for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award. Her next, a novel called Rebirth (Penguin India, 2010), was shortlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. The third, Undertow, a novel, was published by Penguin Random House India (Viking Books) in February 2020 and was longlisted for the JCB Prize for Literature 2020 and the BLF Atta Galatta Book Prize 2020. Her short fiction has been widely anthologized and her work is part of several university syllabi. Jahnavi studied medicine but is not a practising doctor. She was born in Guwahati and raised between Assam, Meghalaya, Delhi and Manchester.

Dr. Ramya Ranganathan

Professor and researcher

Why do the things that bring us joy bring us joy? And how do we bring joy and excellence to everything we do? Very few people have the ability to ask and understand these deep questions, but one of the few who can is Dr. Ramya Ranganathan. Dr. Ranganathan works extensively with the questions of motivation, stress and wellbeing while conducting programmes with multiple organizations and working as an adjunct faculty at IIM Bangalore. Coming from an academic background that spans IIT Madras, IIM Ahmedabad and London School of Business, she worked for blue chip companies in the corporate sector before leaving it behind to explore more fundamental questions. Her studies have led to research spanning across the fields of psychology, philosophy, theology and neuroscience to find the question, “Why do people work?”

Sandeep Sejwal

Indian swimmer

Sandeep Sejwal is an Indian swimmer who holds the national record in the 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke competitions. Having completed an undergraduate degree from St. Stephen’s College, New Delhi, he has taken part in the 2010 Asian Juniors and the 2014 Asian Games where he won the bronze medal in the 50m breaststroke. He also represented India in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. In 2012, he was awarded the Arjuna Award by then President Pranab Mukherjee.