Theme: Essence of Transcendence

At times, one step further, one extra mile and just one word can make all the noise. The noise continues to echo in the free yet restricted world of ours. These actions and words create the smallest to the largest of revolutions to build a better future. It takes strength to climb higher and leave these limits behind. Such stories go beyond boundaries. Let’s celebrate the stories of courage, growth, resilience and uproar that encapsulate the essence of transcendence.

Kalidas
FLAME University
Gat No. 1270, Lavale, Off. Pune Bangalore Highway, Pune - 412115, Maharashtra, India.
Pune, Maharashtra, 412115
India

Aditya Singh Kapur

Entrepreneur

Aditya S Kapur, is an evolving kid who is known for his Social Innovations. Been recognized by United Nations twice, awarded by the Indian Government for 9+ years consecutively, and delivered 5 TEDx talks, being the first Indian to speak 5 TEDx talks at an age of 17. Currently, Aditya is building The OO App, which enables users to spot authentic Indian StreetFood around them. Making use of blockchain and AI, the platforms makes sure to help a user get navigated to a StreetFood stall nearest to the user, enhancing the brand value of the vendor, thus increasing sales. In the past handful of years, Aditya has founded domain agnostic StartUps to give direction to his Stupid Ideas, using disruption and innovation. He has left no stone unturned to prove his stand. At present Aditya has founded 7 StartUps, sprouting his bags of ideas, one at a time. He is thankful to his team which plays a major role in backing him, whatsoever it takes.

Ananya Maloo

Entrepreneur

"Ananya started her entrepreneurial journey through the launch of Nuutjob a male intimate hygiene and grooming company along with her sister Anushree in 2021. Having seen a massive gap in the segment they decided to tap the market space with the launch of 3 products catered around male intimate hygiene. Ananya previously has worked in companies such as PVR Pictures, Alphabet Media, Communicate India and Projekt Perfumery amongst others across roles of Marketing, Public Relations and Content Writing. She heads the departments of Marketing, Brand Building, Business and Product Development and Public Relations at Nuutjob.

Deepesh Indrapal Solanki

Sports

Subject of Walt Disney Movie Million Dollar Arm, based on his life journey. Extensive knowledge of the relevance of sport/structured physical activity to the development of children and in integrating communities and how junior sport and structured physical activity operate in Indian Communities.

Foram & Daaniyal

Co-founders of Spill Poetry

Foram and Daaniyal are the co-founders of Spill Poetry, one of India's most loved art collectives. Spill Poetry promotes and produces content in collaboration with more than 100+ artists and hosts events across the country.

Shibin Harinadh

Psychologist/ Mentalist/ Marital Artist

Shibin Harinadh is a practicing hypnotist and an experienced mentalist, or as he likes to put it ‘a wanderer of minds’. The human mind is his canvas, and he’s looking to paint his next Mona Lisa. The mind isn’t the only thing he has such control over, he’s well versed in different martial arts, putting his body up to the task of being in accordance with his mind. A national kickboxing champion, but overall, a simple student who’s always learning, as he journeys through the mysteries of life. He believes that every scar is a reminder of who you are today.

Soumya Jain

Social Entreupreneur

Soumya is the Founder and CEO of iTeach Schools and the co-founder of iTeach Fellowship (now closed). iTeach Schools operates 9 free and high-quality secondary schools and an exceptional college-to-career program, serving nearly 2500 students and 1800 alumni from the most disadvantaged households in Pune. Prior to this, Soumya spent two years teaching in a low-income school as part of his Teach For India Fellowship and four years designing embedded software at Lutron Electronics USA.

Vedant Pophale

Mythologist, Researcher/Consultant for films

Vedant Pophale is a Mythologist, Writer and a Wordplay Enthusiast. Since the past eight years, he has indulged in the studies of the scriptures from Oxford Center for Hindu Studies and Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute in Pune with an expertise in Indian Mythology. As a mythologist, Vedant aims to create an scholastic interest in mythologies as well as produce visually and scripturally accurate creative audio-visual content. With this affinity for research and writing, he has consulted for projects such as Aditya Dhar's 'The Immortal Ashwatthama', the upcoming Disney+Hotstar's 'Mahabharat'. In addition, he consults YouTubers 'Abhi and Niyu' and Kautuk Shrivastava for their content and scripts. He also runs sessions of Comparative Mythology under the self-founded forum 'House of Myths'. Vedant currently works as the Research and Content Consultant for Mythoverse Studios in Mumbai."