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Sunder Ramachandran brings over twenty years of diverse experience across healthcare, technology and financial services, including a five-year stint as an entrepreneur. He currently leads Transformation and Commercial Excellence for Emerging Markets at Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, having previously served as the country managing director for Sri Lanka and the Maldives at GlaxoSmithKline. Sunder’s insights on career development have been featured in Economic Times, Hindu Business Line, Rediff.com and Daily Financial Times. He holds an MBA from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management, Sydney and an MSc in human resources from the University of Leicester, UK. Sunder is also a chartered fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development, UK. Connect with Sunder at sunder.ramachandran@gmail.com, https://www.linkedin.com/in/sundertrg/.

Harsh Pamnani (Author)
Harsh Pamnani is a marketer and brand storyteller with deep expertise in crafting narratives that build trust and drive business growth. Over nearly two decades, he has worked with unicorns FirstCry and Icertis, global consulting firm Deloitte, Fortune 500 company Cognizant, financial institutions The World Bank and HSBC, and the world’s largest startupstart-up incubator, T-Hub.
He is the bestselling author of Booming Brands, Booming Digital Stars, and From Unknown to Unforgettable. He has authored over 100 articles in leading publications such as Forbes, The Economic Times, and Financial Express. A seven-time TEDx speaker, he has also spoken at IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur, IIM Ahmedabad, and other prestigious forums. As a visiting faculty member, he has taught storytelling, design thinking, and branding at premier institutions such as IIM Indore, IIM Mumbai, and MICA Ahmedabad.
Harsh holds an MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur, and a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering from IET-DAVV, Indore. To know more about him, please visit www.harshpamnani.com.

Vargab Bakshi (Author)
Vargab Bakshi is a growth leader and operator who has helped build and scale global internet companies in India. He was among the first to launch and scale Shopify in India and went on to lead Wix.com as Vice President & Country Head for India.
Today, he is the Chief Growth Officer at GoKwik, where he leads global growth for a platform powering thousands of direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands.
Vargab also runs Grow Kwik, one of India’s leading content platforms for founders and operators, with over 500,000 followers across Instagram and YouTube, where he breaks down real-world growth strategies and startupstart-up playbooks.
He actively advises and invests in startupstart-ups across SaaS, consumer tech, AI, and Web3, and has taught at leading institutions, including IIMs, IITs, SP Jain, Narsee Monjee, and Welingkar.

Cailin is a writer and poet of North African descent living in London. At the age of 10 she developed an autoimmune disorder causing chronic pain and ulcers. Despite the turbulence and instability that came with it, she graduated with a degree in Politics and International Relations. She found a safe space in the poetry she wrote to lay down her anger, heartache, and fears without any feelings of judgment or shame. She started posting on Instagram, and has amassed over 100k+ followers over the years. Her account has grown into a community of which uplifts and empowers through beautiful expressions and illustrations, bringing catharsis to the reader.

Durjoy Datta was born in New Delhi and completed a degree in engineering and business management before embarking on a writing career. His first book–Of Course I Love You . . .–was published when he was twenty-one years old and was an instant bestseller. His successive novels–Now That You’re Rich . . .; She Broke Up, I Didn’t! . . .; Oh Yes, I’m Single! . . .; You Were My Crush . . .; If It’s Not Forever . . .; Till the Last Breath . . .; Someone Like You; Hold My Hand; When Only Love Remains; World’s Best Boyfriend; Our Impossible Love; The Girl of My Dreams; and The Boy Who Loved–have also found prominence on various bestseller lists, making him one of the highest-selling authors in India.
Durjoy also has to his credit nine television shows and has written over a thousand episodes for television. Durjoy lives in Mumbai. For more updates, you can follow him on Facebook (www.facebook.com/durjoydatta1) or Twitter (@durjoydatta) or mail him at durjoydatta@gmail.com.

Devi Yesodharan has been an itinerant all her life, living in various cities across the Middle East and India before settling in Bangalore, her favourite place. She is the author of Empire (2017), which was longlisted for the JCB Prize and the Tata Lit Live! First Book Award. Devi has previously worked as a speechwriter for Narayana Murthy and on Imagining India, Nandan Nilekani’s first book.

Rohin Bhatt is a queer, non-binary lawyer who practices in the Supreme Court. Their work has spanned not just activism inside the courtroom but also outside it, along with writing extensively on issues of queer rights and human rights.