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Dhirendra K. Jha is a Delhi-based journalist. He is the author of Shadow Armies: Fringe Organizations and Foot Soldiers of Hindutva; and Ascetic Games: Sadhus, Akharas and the Making of the Hindu Vote. He is the co-author of Ayodhya The Dark Night: The Secret History of Rama’s Appearance in Babri Masjid.

Tusshar Kapoor is an Indian actor and producer, known for films like Mujhe Kucch Kehna Hai, Khakee, Shootout at Wadala and the Golmaal film series.

Geoffrey Jones is the Isidor Straus Professor of Business History at the Harvard Business School. He obtained a PhD from the University of Cambridge in Britain. Since then, he has taught widely in Europe and the United States. He specializes in the history of global business and emerging markets, especially the ecological and social responsibility of business. His recent books include Beauty Imagined: A History of the Global Beauty Industry (2010) and Profits and Sustainability: A History of Green Entrepreneurship (2017). He is a fellow of the Academy of International Business and a corresponding fellow of the British Academy.

Tarun Khanna is the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at the Harvard Business School, and the first director of Harvard’s Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, a university-wide endeavour straddling sciences, the arts and professions. His latest book, Trust, and his earlier book, Billions of Entrepreneurs, chronicle creative ventures in China, India and beyond. His co-authored book, Winning in Emerging Markets, distils lessons for building world-class enterprises in emerging markets. He is a co-founder and investor in several ventures across emerging markets. He has been appointed to several commissions related to higher education and entrepreneurship by the Government of India.

Swami Virupaksha, a transformative practice specialist, has dedicated his life to supporting and promoting the vision and mission of world-renowned spiritual leader Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.
Besides Europe and India, Swami Virupaksha served in Sri Lanka for nine years as a key member of Gurudev’s conflict-resolution team during and after the country’s war-torn days.
Over the past twenty-two years, Swami Virupaksha has worked on delivering humanitarian initiatives that served all sections of society. In training lawmakers, heads of state, the clergy, a national cricket team, war refugees, educationists, college students, prison inmates and corporates, he has brought people together in the spirit of voluntary service.
Born Vidyut Udiaver, Swami Virupaksha is an alumnus of Don Bosco School and Loyola College, Chennai. He holds a degree in economics and business management. He has experience in brand management, having worked in leading international marketing and advertising firms, including Ogilvy & Mather (O&M) and L’Oréal.
He is an aficionado of art, music, languages and world culture, and his love for French, creativity and moments of deep silence make him feel at home wherever he goes.
Currently based in Bangalore, he is also an advanced meditation teacher with the Art of Living global movement.

Milan Prabhat ‘Gunja’ is the son of Niraj Ji. He is born on 1st June 1952. He is a mechanical engineer and retired after General Manager after servicing in BHEL Haridwar after twelve years. Living with Neeraj Ji, since childhood, he also got the art of singing and he also started poet reading with Neeraj Ji. This is the first book of him, in which he has collected the memory of Neeraj Ji.

SAEED NAQVI is an Indian journalist, widely known for his TV interviews with world statesmen like Nelson Mandela, Fidel Castro, Yitzhak Rabin, Mahathir Mohamad, Mikhail Gorbachev and others. His passion for Indian culture and civilization lurks in the columns he writes every week. Mera Bharat, a thirty-five-part short film series on India’s composite culture that he produced, was a pathbreaking effort.
He is the author of Reflections of an Indian Muslim, The Last Brahmin Prime Minister and Being the Other: The Muslim in India.

Dr Mansingh is a mentor par excellence and is in pursuit of “Mentoring A Million”. He is a global leader, entrepreneur, author, technology visionary, innovator, international speaker and philanthropist. His mentoring strategies have helped thousands of people around the world. He had the privilege of working with David Packard, Bill Hewlett, Steve Jobs, Michael Dell and John Chambers. He is currently a GP at YourNest VC Fund and sits on the board of several global organizations. Previously, he served as president, Cisco & Dell R&D; MD, Ishoni Networks (acquired by Philips) and Portal Software (acquired by Oracle). Before returning to India, he held management positions at HP and Fujitsu in Silicon Valley. He was also the founder of ATTI (Aavid) in the US. He is a Gold Medallist from NIT Allahabad, PhD from Queen’s University, Canada, and EMBA at Stanford University. He has six US patents, and vital contributions to two technology books. He is listed in the National Who’s Who of USA, received Chanakya Leadership Award, and IT Man of the Year 2016 from Enterprise Connect, USA.