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Anas Ahmed is the Lead Research Officer for the Digital Identity Research Initiative at the Indian School of Business, who has traversed classrooms, boardrooms, and rural communities across India working closely with CEOs and entrepreneurs of the leading financial institutions and start-ups, regulators, bureaucrats and politicians to advise them on accelerating financial inclusion in India.
He pursued economics from Cardiff University, UK and has a profound interest in leveraging technology for economic development. He co-authored a chapter in The Palgrave Handbook of Technological Finance and has contributed numerous articles for newspapers like The Economic Times and The Times of India.

Major General V.K. Singh graduated from the National Defence Academy, Kharakvasla in May 1964. He passed out from the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun, in June 1965 and was commissioned into the Corps of Signals. In his career spanning thirty-seven years in the Indian Army, he held several important posts, including that of chief signal officer of the Western Command. He also raised the signal regiment of the Indian Army’s first mechanized division in 1982.
General Singh is an alumnus of the Staff College, Wellington; the College of Defence Management, Secunderabad; and the National Defence College, New Delhi. He served as an instructor at the Military College of Telecommunication Engineering, the Army War College and the Staff College. He retired from active service in June 2002.
Among his varied interests are adventure sports, military history and journalism. A keen rallyist, General Singh has participated in three Himalayan Car Rallies (1982–84). A regular contributor to magazines, newspapers and journals, many of his short stories and poems were published in the Illustrated Weekly, Filmfare, Femina and Eve’s Weekly in the seventies and eighties. In later years he took to professional writing and has authored nine books.

Shweta Singh Kirti, a fashion designer trained at India’s National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), transformed her career trajectory after obtaining an MBA in the USA. Her fusion of business acumen and spirituality birthed into a passion project called Damara Kids, an online mindfulness programme for children. Here, she imparts mindfulness and meditation techniques, fostering focus, concentration and self-mastery, empowering them to unleash their potential.
Beyond her role with Damara Kids, Shweta is deeply involved in several non-profit initiatives and has served on the board of OMniAwareness. As a public figure with a substantial following, she serves as an inspiration to many, standing as a thought leader in the realms of holistic well-being and spiritual enlightenment. Following
the tragic loss of her brother, Sushant Singh Rajput, she embarked on several months of extensive solitary retreats. This profound and
transformative experience gave birth to her first book, Pain: A Portal to Enlightenment.

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युंग पेब्लो हे लेखक डिएगो परेझ यांचे टोपणनाव असून, त्याचा अर्थ ‘तरुण लोक’ असा होतो। ‘मानवता एका नव्या लक्षणीयरीत्या सुधारित, विकसित अशा ‘तरुण’ युगात प्रवेश करते आहे,’ असे त्या टोपणनावातून व्यक्त केले जाते. या नवयुगात अनेक जणांच्या मनावरील भूतकाळाचे ओझे नाहीसे होऊन त्यांची मने हलकी होतील आणि त्यांची आत्मजागरूकता वाढेल।
युंग पेब्लो त्यांच्या पत्नीसह पश्चिम मॅसॅश्यूसेट्समध्ये राहतात। 

J.J. Irani was with the Tatas for forty-three years. He is survived by his wife, Daisy Irani, and children, Zubin, Niloufer and Tanaaz.

Russell Brunson started his first online company while he was wrestling in college. Within a year of graduation, he had sold over a million dollars of his own products and services from his basement. Over the past 15 years, he has built a following of over a million entrepreneurs, sold hundreds of thousands of copies of his books, popularized the concept of sales funnels, and co-founded the software company ClickFunnels.
You can visit him online at RussellBrunson.com.

Mel Robbins is one of the most trusted voices in confidence and motivation and an international best-selling author. Her work includes the bestselling books The High 5 Habit and The 5 Second Rule, six #1 audiobooks on Audible, the renowned The Mel Robbins Podcast, as well as signature online courses that have changed the lives of almost a million students worldwide.

Her groundbreaking work on behavior change has been translated into 36 languages and is used by healthcare professionals, veterans’ organizations, and the world’s leading brands to inspire people to be more confident, effective, and fulfilled.

As one of the most widely booked and followed public speakers in the world, Mel coaches more than 60 million people online every month and videos featuring her work have more than a billion views online, including her TEDx talk, which is one of the most popular of all time.

There’s nothing Mel loves more than making a real difference in people’s lives by teaching them to believe in themselves and inspiring them to take the actions that will change their lives. Mel lives in New England with her husband of 25 years and their three kids, but she is and will always be a Midwesterner at heart.

ANTONELLA SIMONELLI MATHUR is an Italian writer, translator, and editor. In India, she found the right environment to explore her quest for spirituality and became a Buddhist in the Tibetan tradition, moving to Dharamshala. She is a member of the Dharamsala Writers Group, has written for Tibet House, and is an editor for the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT). She has been living in India since 1977 after graduating in Hindi Language and Literature from the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Venice.

VIVEK SHANBHAG is a Kannada author, editor and playwright. He founded the pioneering literary journal Desha Kaala, editing it for seven years. His works include the widely translated Ghachar Ghochar. Although his stories are regularly translated and anthologised, Sakina’s Kiss is only his second complete work to be translated into the English. He is a Visiting Professor of Creative Writing at the Ashoka University. He is an engineer by training and lives in Bangalore.