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Dr Jaishree Sharad is an internationally renowned celebrity cosmetic dermatologist practising in Mumbai for twenty-three years. She is a TEDx speaker, and the founder and director of Skinfinitii Aesthetic Skin and Laser Clinic in Mumbai. Dr Jaishree is an international mentor for the mentorship programme of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery. She has been the only Indian on the board of directors of the International Society of Dermatologic Surgery. She is the ex-vice president of the Cosmetic Dermatology Society of India. She is a highly sought-after international faculty for fillers, Botox, anti-aging treatments and Lasers. This is her third book.

Indranil Chakraborty has combined three qualities to pioneer business storytelling in India: two decades of experience in leading teams and driving change at top firms like Unilever, Tata Group and Mahindra & Mahindra; a love for stories; and the entrepreneurial bug.
His firm, StoryWorks, has helped organizations and leaders harness the power of stories to create and deliver impactful messages. Since 2013, using the same approach outlined in Stories at Work, he has trained more than 1500 senior leaders in over thirty organizations, teaching them to be more effective in their communication. The firms he has worked with include Airtel, Accenture, Asian Paints, Barclays, Cognizant, GSK Pharma, HCL, ICICI Lombard, Infosys, PepsiCo, Philips, Roche, WNS and Unilever.

Anand Neelakantan is the author of the Bahubali trilogy, the prequel to S.S. Rajamouli’s movie. The first book in the series, The Rise of Sivagami, was released in 2017 and continues to be the no. 1 bestseller across charts. The book was on Amazon’s list of top five bestsellers for 2017.
Neelakantan is also the author of Asura: Tale of the Vanquished, which told the Ramayana from Ravana’s point of view. He followed it up with the tremendously successful Ajaya series. Neelakantan’s books have been translated into more than nine languages, including Indonesian.
S.S. Rajamouli has announced a mini-series based on Neelakantan’s books, on the lines of Game of Thrones. Neelakantan has also written scripts/screenplays for popular TV series like Siya Ke Ram, Ashoka, Mahabali Hanuman, among others.

MANISHA KOIRALA is one of India’s leading film actors. Born into the prominent Koirala family in Nepal, she made her Bollywood debut with Saudagar in 1991, before going on to establish herself as one of the leading actresses with films such as 1942: A Love Story, Akele Hum Akele Tum, Bombay, Khamoshi: The Musical, Dil Se, Mann, Lajja and Company. She took a break from acting in 2012 and returned five years later with the coming-of-age drama Dear Maya, Netflix’s Lust Stories and Sanju.
She was appointed the Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Population Fund in 1999 and 2015, and was involved in the relief work following the Nepal earthquake in 2015. She promotes causes such as women’s rights, prevention of violence against women, prevention of human trafficking, and cancer awareness.
She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2012 and has been cancer-free since 2013.

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NEELAM KUMAR is a bestselling author, motivational speaker, soft-skills trainer and life-skills coach. This is her ninth book. She lives in Mumbai and can be reached at corporate.lounge@gmail.com as well as www.neelamkumar.in.

SHASHANK SHAH is a thought leader in the
fields of corporate strategy and responsibility
with over 100 national and international
publications to his credit. A national bestselling
author, his research focuses on the pivotal
role of corporations in economic and social
value creation through visionary leadership,
stakeholder-centric decision making and
inclusive business strategies. He has been a
visiting scholar at Harvard Business School
and Copenhagen Business School; fellow
and project director at Harvard University
South Asia Institute; postdoctoral fellow at Sri
Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning; editor-in-
chief of Harvard University Postdoctoral
Editors Association; and consulting editor with
the Business India Group. A TEDx and Talks
at Google speaker, he has addressed scores
of prominent platforms across academia and
industry. He was a recipient of the President
of India and Governor’s Gold Medals, and of
the AIMS International Outstanding Doctoral
Management Student Award. His highly
acclaimed second book, Win-Win Corporations,
was published by Penguin Random House
India in 2016.

The late Chandramouli Venkatesan, author of Catalyst and Get Better at Getting Better, was a corporate veteran with over twenty-six years of experience in the industry. He worked with Asian Paints, Cadbury/Mondelez, Mirc Electronics/Onida and Pidilite. He served in various senior capacities, including as CEO and managing director. While the bulk of his work life had been in business and P&L leadership roles, there was a three-year period when he did a cross-functional stint as the HR head for Cadbury India, which further developed his understanding of what makes people successful.

Chandramouli was a keen golfer and sports enthusiast, and believed in holding his life in balance. This, coupled with his sense of values and spirituality, led him to believe that every person must impact society positively. He conducted numerous speaking sessions, which have benefited over 1000 people, and mentored and guided many others to be successful in their careers.

Hussain Zaidi is India’s number-one crime writer. He is a veteran of investigative, crime and terror reporting. He is the author of several bestselling books, including Dawood’s Mentor, Dangerous Minds, Dongri to Dubai: Six Decades of the Mumbai Mafia, My Name Is Abu Salem and Black Friday. He has worked for the Asian Age, Mumbai Mirror, Mid-Day and the Indian Express. He is also associate producer for the HBO movie Terror in Mumbai, based on the 26/11 terror strikes. He lives with his family in Mumbai.

Narendra Modi serves as the Prime Minister of India, the world’s largest democracy. He was first elected as Prime Minister in May 2014, leading the first full parliamentary majority government in India in three decades. His victory was propelled by historic support from India’s youth, particularly first-time voters.
After presiding over transformative economic- and social-sector reforms that redefined India’s development journey, Modi was re-elected with an even bigger mandate in 2019.
The education sector has been particularly close to Modi’s heart. He is an inspirational leader for the youth. His monthly radio programme, ‘Mann ki Baat’, is extremely popular among all sections of society. It was in this programme that he addressed Exam Warriors, first in 2015 and then subsequently in 2016 and 2017. The three Town Hall-format discussions on exams, ‘Pariksha Pe Charcha’, in 2018, 2019 and 2020 received phenomenal response from parents, students and teachers.
Previously, Modi served as the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014. He has also held key organizational responsibilities in the Bharatiya Janata Party, including that of the General Secretary (Organization).
Modi enjoys reading, writing and interacting with people. He is among the most followed leaders on social media, which he uses regularly. He also connects with people across the world through his own app, the
Narendra Modi Mobile App.

Sudeep Nagarkar has authored nine bestselling novels and is the recipient of Youth Achievers Award. He has been featured on the Forbes India longlist of the most influential celebrities for three consecutive years. His books have been translated into various languages, including Hindi, Marathi and Telugu.

Atul Jalan, forever on the lookout for the next exciting idea and the next exciting thing to do, is an entrepreneur who is always on the move.
A childhood interest in technology transformed into a lasting love-life-technology intersections-through which he now explores how the technology man built is transforming him and the institutions he has created. What interests him the most about this merging of biology with technology is the fact that there is no end to it.
There is always something new, something exciting, something surprising around the corner. When not peeking at how technology impacts life next door, Jalan likes to travel-preferably on the bicycle he’s built himself with the aid of a few tech tools he is testing.
A science storyteller and futurist, Jalan is the founder-CEO of a pioneering AI venture, Manthan, by day. It is his fourth successful venture as an entrepreneur, and there is no knowing where he might take us next.
For more about him, visit https://atuljalan.com/.