MADHUREETA ANAND
ENTREPRENEUR, CHAMPION OF CHANGE AND FILMMAKER
FOUNDER
Madhureeta Anand seamlessly blends creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship. With a career spanning filmmaking, entrepreneurship, and activism, Anand embodies a unique blend of original storytelling and impactful entrepreneurship.
Anand's filmography features two narrative feature films and a multitude of documentary films and series across diverse genres. Her creations have garnered acclaim on both national and international stages. Beyond the lens, Anand's voice finds its way onto digital pages. Her writings appear on websites, magazines, and publications.
Anand's artistic pursuits align harmoniously with her activism. An unwavering champion for women's and children's rights, she actively leverages her platform to amplify their voices and drive meaningful change.
Entrepreneurship
Anand marked a pivotal chapter in her journey by launching "Phree For Safety," - a community-powered safety rating mobile application with real-time, verified safety ratings for public spaces, to empower women, travellers and other vulnerable groups. The app was launched two years ago and has garnered substantial support.
Her debut novel “Krishna Circus” is due to hit bookshops in early 2024.
Further details of her work are available on:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madhureeta_Anand
Pradeep Bakshi
Co-Founder
Pradeep Bakshi, our Co-Founder and Partner, Managing Partner at Trantor. He works tirelessly to enable companies to build centres of excellence to improve processes and to reduce cost.
Shilpa Ajwani
Founder & CEO
Unomantra
Shilpa Ajwani is the Founder & CEO of Unomantra, a Business Strategy Consulting & Leadership Advisory Firm that enables Leaders & Businesses to thrive by aligning strategy with purpose. Unomantra also curates custom interventions on Strategic Thinking and Leadership to enhance the pool of purpose-driven, effective leaders who add tremendous value to organisations across the world. She uses her rich professional experience of 3 decades to enable growth for brands, leaders, communities and organisations using her unique “purpositioning” approach. She has also founded SHEmantra, a global community of women entrepreneurs in service- based businesses such as coaching and consulting. Shilpa has had an illustrious career with reputed MNCs and has earned a rock-solid reputation as a transformative leader. Among the many accolades that she has won was CEO of the year 2017 confered by the Economic Times Polymer Awards while she was leading Tupperware India as the Managing Director. She’s a much sought after Speaker, Panelist, Mentor and Advisory Board Member.
Pia Singh
Director
DLF
Pia Singh is a Director on the board of DLF, India’s largest real estate company and Chairperson of DLF Foundation which is the philanthropic arm of the group. Prior to that she has been the Chairperson of DLF Retail Developers and Director of DT Cinemas. In that position she has pioneered the creation of malls in India and spearheaded the creation of numerous DLF Retail Malls across India including building the countries first luxury retail mall. She conceptualized, created and built DT Cinemas into a well-known multiplex brand. Pia is a director on the board of PI Industries, one of India’s largest Agrochemical companies. She began her career at GE Capital, an investment division of General Electric. Her area of expertise includes business management, strategic planning and implementation. Pia serves as a trustee of Ananda Sangha India which is the spiritual organization that works to spread the great Indian Guru Paramhansa Yogananda’s teachings in India and in this capacity operates many teaching centers across India offline and online. Pia founded the Paramhansa Yogananda Public Charitable Trust to undertake spiritually driven charitable work in India. The trust works with the most disadvantaged sections of society, with a focus on elderly widows, and provides need-based care including shelter, food and medical help. Pia has also founded Yogananda Films which produces spiritual educational and entertaining content. Pia is a graduate of the Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania. She is the President of the University of Pennsylvania Institute for Advanced Study of India and a member of the University of Pennsylvania Asia Campaign Leadership Committee.
Tejpreet Chopra
Advisor
Tejpreet Chopra, President and CEO of Bharat Light & Power. He has a demonstrated history of working in the renewables and environment industry and is a strong business development professional. His last assignment up to year 2009 was of President & CEO of General Electric in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh and was responsible for GE’s growth strategies in these countries. Mr. Chopra is a graduate with Economics (Hons.) from St. Stephen’s College in Delhi and MBA from Cornell University.
Ipsita Kathuria
Founder & CEO
TalentNomics India
Ipsita is a seasoned HR and Talent Management professional with more than 30 years of work experience. She founded TalentNomics India in 2015 with a vision to reimagine the leadership canvas of South Asia with equal representation of women. She has spent a decade in various Senior Management Roles within the Human Resources Department at the International Monetary Fund Headquarters in Washington D.C. Earlier, she held leadership positions in both the public and private sector in India. She has extensive experience in performance management, talent management, succession management, leadership development, change management and diversity and inclusion.
Shireen Vakil Miller
Advisor
Shireen has two decades of experience in social development and, in particular, child development and child rights in India, the UK, and globally. Also and expert in strategy, programme management, advocacy, campaigns, and media she built the Advocacy, Campaigns, and Communication function for Save the Children India; and the Policy and Advocacy capabilities for the Tata Trusts. She also has the strong ability to build strong networks amongst diverse stakeholders - including government, donors, civil society, private sector, and media. She is currently the Safety Policy Manager – South Asia at Facebook
Sehjo Singh
Advisor
Sehjo Singh, an International Handloom Specialist at the International Trade Centre. She has served as the Director of Programmes and Policy at Action Aid India for six years. She has also served as the Executive Director of National Centre for Advocacy Studies, and has further worked as an award-winning independent filmmaker. She currently works on a project of setting up small scalable enterprises in the handloom and allied sectors in Ethiopia.
