Theme: The Audacious Dreamer!

The Audacious Dreamer is anyone who dreams like a child -- with boldness and good intention, without fear or inhibition. Are you an audacious dreamer? Have you achieved what everyone else thought would be impossible? Has it made a difference to people or the environment or changed your perceptions of things? Then tell the world about it. Who knows? Your story might just inspire someone and ignite the spark to pursue their ideas.

Suchitra Academy International School
Suchitra Junction,Qutubullapur (M)
RR (Dist), Hyderabad.
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, 500067
India

Arjun Majumdar

CEO&Founder, Indiahikes

Arjun is the CEO and Founder of Indiahikes, India's Largest and Safest Trekking Organisation. An entrepreneur by profession and a trekker by passion, Arjun started Indiahikes in 2008 with a vision to explore and document new trekking trails. He wanted to solve problems in the mountains and implement sustainable ways of trekking. His biggest dream was and still is that Everyone Must Trek, because Trekking Transforms Lives. Today, Indiahikes takes over 20,000 trekkers in the Himalayas every year and has changed the face of trekking in India. Arjun is deeply respected for his expertise on trekking trails and entrepreneurship. He has written extensively for Discover India magazine and is a TedX speaker. He frequently talks at institutions about his journey, but his favourite topic is always the impact of trekking on the human mind, body and spirit.

Deepa Nath

Artist

Ms. Deepa has been an artist and a social worker for most of her adult life. Her journey into the world of art began at the young age of 12 and with her father’s encouragement, she had her first exhibition when she was 17. She is a self-taught artist and has learnt the ancient art forms of Kalamkari and Warli. Deepa’s paintings are based on people and relationships and her ability to capture human emotions is seen in her recent series of paintings titled “Raasa”. She has also launched a coffee table book titled “Collective Conscience” in 2018 that not only features her art but stories from NGOs and volunteers working with the underprivileged. Today, Deepa Nath works out of “Studio Raasa” – her workshop in Hyderabad.

Fatima Asghar

Parent Consultant, Education

Ms. Fathima brings with her close to 18 years of experience in the education sector working extensively with children , teachers and parents in areas of life skills training, personal development and child behavior management. Her passion lies in conducting workshops on personal safety , body awareness, Human sexuality , CSA awareness and has extensively worked with adolescents on responsible behaviour. A teacher trainer and a certified parent coach, who now works with families to create a happy fulfilling environment at home and classroom.

Jameel Shah

Shoe Designer, Businessman

Mr. Jameel is an Indian businessman and a shoemaker. He is the founder of Shah Shoes. He is the first dance shoe designer who started the trend of making customised handcrafted dance shoes in India. He shot to worldwide fame when Australian singer and songwriter and actress Kylie Minogue specially wore Shah’s Shoes for her film ‘Blue’. A book on his life titled ‘Poor Little Rich Slum’ written by Deepak Gandhi and Rashmi Bansal was one of the bestsellers of 2013.

Muriki Pulakita Hasvi

Sports enthusiast, an Avid Cyclist, A Runner, and a motivational speaker

Muriki Pulakita is a 14-year-old sports enthusiast, an Avid Cyclist, A Runner, and a motivational speaker. She has scaled 3 out of the 7 summits in the world which are Mt. Kilimanjaro in Africa, Mt. Elbrus in Europe and Mt. Kosciusko in Australia. Her dream is to climb all seven summits before the age of 16. She also has the following records to her credit - The youngest girl to ever climb Mt. UT Kangri; Mt. Kang Yatse and Mt. Dzo Jongo within 70 hours. She is also the youngest girl to have ever climbed Mt. Elbrus West and Mt. Elbrus East within 24 hours. She has done a total of 9 expeditions around the world.

Puneet Manuja

Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at YourDOST

Mr. Puneet is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer at YourDOST - one of India’s largest emotional wellness platforms. An MBA graduate from IIM - Bangalore and a Gold Medalist from NIT Calicut. Puneet has held positions at well-known firms like McKinsey & Company, D.E. Shaw & Co., and Zynga. However, the ardent dreamer within him knew that software development was not his calling. Driven by the desire to solve problems, Puneet along with his co-founder was on a mission to make mental health services accessible to all. The dream to look beyond the stigma around mental health and solving the problems associated with it, made him choose the path of entrepreneurship. Today, YourDOST is a successful Emotional Wellness Platform that has touched over 20 lakh lives across the nation, and he too, is the honorary recipient of the Forbes 30 under 30. His curiosity, belief, and vigour have made him turn his dream into a reality - Spreading happiness, one smile at a time.

Rhea Karuturi

Founder - Hoovu

Ms. Rhea has a B.S from Stanford University in Science, Technology and Society, with a concentration in Communication and Media. She has worked as a teaching assistant in the Computer Science department at Stanford University, as a research assistant at the Stanford GSB and written for publications such as the Times of India, Deccan Herald, the Stanford Daily and the Bay City Beacon. In her free time she enjoys reading, writing and playing chess. She has won many accolades and awards for her work. She received the Best Website Design recognition at the CS 147 UI/UX Exhibition in 2019, For Armoir, a hyper local clothes swapping app. She has also been the recipient of the Introductory Seminar Excellence Award at Stanford University in 2016 and has also received the Excellence in Writing William Woo Award from Stanford Daily in 2016 - For Excellence in Opinion Writing.

Siddarth Mandala

Serial Entrepreneur

Siddarth is a serial entrepreneur who has previously invented Electroshoe to prevent sexual assault. He was featured in over 300 international news magazines, and was awarded by the Indian Education Minister. Siddarth is also the founder of Spacetime, an initiative to convert traditional businesses into Metaverse Businesses.

Sri Charan Lakkaraju

Founder, CEO-StuMagz

Sri Charan is the founder and CEO of StuMagz , he is a result oriented professional with over 12+ years of global experience in the Education industry and Business process improvement. He brings innovation, thought leadership and has an ability to engage with large teams and drive change management. His visionary perspective has earned him opportunities to work on several projects which had global impact. His favourite topics to address audiences are Digital Campus, Entrepreneurship, Bootstrapping, Be Ready To Lose and What Next For Youth. He has spoken to over 2 lakhs + students across prestigious institutions like ISB Hyderabad, IIT Hyderabad, BITS Pilani Hyderabad and many more .

Tarini Ramchandani

Waste Warrior, Changemaker, Artist

Tarini is a waste warrior, a change-maker and an artist. She is currently a high school student. Changing lifestyles and consumption patterns have created an untenable amount of waste, adversely impacting our environment and society. Tarini’s Project Ashtami uses a combination of art, technology and innovation in order to change the status-quo. Tarini’s initiatives include organizing waste collection drives, designing a waste collection mobile app, and co-creating art with waste pickers for philanthropic purposes.

Wing Commander Anish (Retired) Anthony

CDO, T-HUB

Wing Commander Anish Anthony (Retired) is currently the CDO (Chief delivery officer) of T Hub where he drives the delivery of all the programs and initiatives towards taking T Hub global and making it the first stop for all innovations and entrepreneurial requirements. Prior to T Hub he was the founding team member of MyGate, which is India's largest Gated community management solution spread across 21 cities and 4 million Homes with about 82% market share. Prior to that he was a pilot in the Indian Air Force. He is a Kargil war veteran and was project manager for India's first indigenous drone program at DRDO. He comes with a vast experience of Innovation, execution at scale, Raising funds, strategising and an on ground experience of building 2 multimillion dollar companies from scratch. This gives him the unique ability to blend the exploratory nature of an entrepreneur with the focus, grit and perseverance of a veteran.