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Syed Kirmani is is an Indian cricketer and one of the best wicketkeepers to have ever graced the game of cricket. In 2016, he was awarded the Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest honour bestowed by the BCCI on a former player. Kirmani was a member of the Indian team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup.

Dakshesh Pathak is a senior journalist, script writer and visiting faculty at National Institute of Mass Communication.

Varun and Achina Mayya are the co-founders of Aeos, a content and AI company at the forefront of digital media. Their Instagram and YouTube channels collectively amass over 100 million views monthly, spanning tech, business, AI and entertainment.
Varun, an entrepreneur and content creator, blends technical expertise with creative innovation. His deep knowledge of technology, AI and content has established him as a thought leader in the digital space.

Achina, with her background in business and marketing, brings strategic thinking and a keen understanding of audience psychology. She also runs Aevy, expanding her impact in the content creation landscape.
Together, they’ve built a thriving business, continuously pushing the boundaries of storytelling and technology.

K.P. Singh is presently the chairman emeritus of DLF Ltd—having retired as its executive chairman in 2020—India’s largest real estate company with a presence in various cities of India. Singh is known globally for his role in building modern India through his work as a real estate developer, creating high-end urban infrastructure to attract foreign and domestic investments. His efforts led to the creation and development of DLF City Gurgaon, Haryana, a model for urban development in India which is now being replicated elsewhere in the country. Singh has received many awards, including the Padma Bhushan in 2010 and the EY ‘Entrepreneur of the Year’ Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022. At ninety-five, he remains active in sports and philanthropy, having established the KP Singh Charitable Foundation to support the life of vulnerable sections of society in the country.

Aparna Jain spent twenty-three years in business development and marketing roles in technology and media sectors in India and the USA. At age forty, she pursued an international certification in leadership coaching to transform corporate India and in 2011, she founded Zebraa Works, a consultancy focused on corporate leadership coaching, training, and advocacy for diversity, equity and inclusion. Aparna is champion for inclusion of women in leadership levels at the corporate workplace. She written for a number of publications. An insomniac, she is a voracious crime fiction reader and is passionate about tennis. Aparna has authored books, including Own It: Leadership Lessons from Women Who Do, which was shortlisted for the Tata Literature Live Business Book Award 2016, and two best-sellers for adolescents, Like a Girl and Boys will be Boys. This is her fifth book.