Bharat Gaurav Dr Vijay Bhatkar - Scientist & Chancellor of Nalanda University
Dr. Vijay Bhatkar is one of the most acclaimed and internationally acknowledged scientists in India. He is best known as the architect of India’s national initiative in supercomputing, where he led the development of India’s first supercomputer Param in 1990, under the technology denial regime. Dr. Bhatkar is also widely known for bringing ICT to the masses through a wide range of path-breaking initiatives, such as the celebrated GIST multilingual technology covering India’s 22 official languages with 10 diverse scripts that have dissolved the language barrier on computers once and for all; MKCL’s computer literacy program that made a world mark by creating 15 million computer literates within a decade, making it one of the world’s largest program of digital literacy and Education to Home (ETH) initiative for bringing the benefits of ICT to school education spanning over 10,000 schools. In the 80s, Dr. Bhatkar substantially contributed to the ushering of the electronics revolution in India through the development of color TV and color broadcast in India. He is also credited with the creation of several national research labs and institutions, notably amongst them being C-DAC, ER&DC Trivandrum, IIITM-K, Techno-Park, MKCL, IsquareIT, and Multiversity. Simultaneously, he has mentored several innovation-based start-ups. Dr. Bhatkar is today acclaimed as one of the top 25 pioneers who contributed to the development of India’s US$ 180 plus Billion IT industry.
Dr Bhatkar has served as a member of the Scientific Advisory Committee to PM, a Member of the Governing Council of CSIR and a member of the IT Task Force constituted by PM in 1998. He is a Life Fellow of IEEE (USA) and Fellow of ACM (USA), besides being a Fellow of CSI, INAE, IETE, NASI, MASc and GES. He has served as the Chairman of the e-Governance Committees of Maharashtra and Goa. Dr Bhatkar has authored/edited over 120 books and 80 technical and research papers and addressed several university convocations, international and national conferences and conventions and public functions. His ground-breaking articulations have been widely covered by both print and broadcast media. His current research interests are in supercomputing, artificial intelligence, brain-mind-consciousness, Nano-Bio-Info-Cogno (NBIC)Convergence, and synthesis of science and spirituality.
Dr Bhatkar was conferred with the Padma Bhushan Award in 2015, Padma Shri Award in 2000, and Maharashtra Bhushan Award in 1999-2000. He is the recipient of the prestigious Jindal Prize 2012 for science and technology in the service of society. He was conferred the Saint Jnaneshawar World Peace Prize 2010 by World Peace Centre. He was also nominated for the Petersberg Prize 2004 and was conferred with the prestigious Dataquest Lifetime Achievement Award 2003. Dr Bhatkar has been showered with a string of awards, notably the Adi Godrej Award 2010, C-DAC Oration Award 2006, KG Foundation’s Personality of the Decade Award 2004, PGCIL Award 2001, Om Prakash Bhasin Foundation Award 2000, Global e-Biz Award 2001, FICCI Award 1999 for Excellence in Engineering & Technology, Lokmanya Tilak Award 1999, Rotary Excellence Award 1997, Pune’s Pride Award 1996, H.K. Firodia Award 1996-97 for Life-Time Achievements in Science & Technology, Distinguished Alumni Award 1994 of IIT Delhi, VASVIK Award 1993, and Electronics Man of the Year Award 1992 and a many notable scientific, spiritual, educational and social awards. Dr Bhatkar is the winner of the Krishi Bharat Ratna Award for 2017.
Dr. Vijay Bhatkar has been the Chairman of the Board of Governors of IIT-Delhi and is presently the Chancellor of Nalanda University, Chairman, TAC, C-DAC, Member-TAC, NSM, Chairman, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, Govt. of India, Chief Mentor of Multiversity, and National President of Vijnana Bharati. He continues to contribute to India’s National Supercomputing Mission (NSM) for the development of petascale and exascale supercomputers and their wide-ranging scientific and societal applications. He is also functioning as Chairman of the Oversight Committee of Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), an apex body of the Government of India that supports basic research in emerging areas of Science & Engineering. He is the Chairman of Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, India’s national initiative of connecting IITs and other leading academic institutions to villages of India.
Dr. Bhatkar did his Ph.D. in Engineering from IIT Delhi in 1972. He has been conferred Honorary D.Sc. (Honoris Causa) by Dr D.Y. Patil University, PhD by Gujarat Technological University and D.Litt. from Nagpur University, D.Sc., Andhra University, Vizag, PhD, Guru Jambheshwar University, Hisar, PhD, Amity University, Jaipur and D.Sc., KLEF University, Telangana, D.Sc. Honoris Causa, Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra, 2021, D.Litt. from Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, Wardha, 2022.
Bharat Gaurav Ms Shradha Agarwal
Ms. Shradha Agarwaal is a widely acclaimed International Life Coach and Soul Therapist who has, from years of spiritual experience, developed a powerful transformation technique called ‘The Success Technique’ using Vedic chants, Solar energy, and thought programming. It is a one-time workshop that teaches a compact 7-minute process involving 3 stages- The immunization process, the Creation process, and the Stabilisation process. Achievers from across diverse walks of life have taken this workshop and swear by it for its miraculous impact on their lives in just 21 days.
Ms. Shradha Agarwaal is a London Institute of Fashion Alumni and has been the Co-Chairperson at ASSOCHAM, heading its Bengal and North East India region for over two years. She was also the Young FICCI Ladies Kolkata Chairperson 2015/16and the Youngest Chairperson of Women Empowerment and Vocational Training of the 100-year-old – oldest Rotary of Asia– The Rotary Club of Calcutta.
Having dedicated almost a decade of her life to serving humanity, at a relatively early age Ms. Shradha Agarwaal founded ‘Prayaas’. ‘Prayaas’ is a voluntary-activities-based foundation formed with the purpose of reaching out, promoting inclusiveness, building bridges in society, and creating awareness. Ms. Agarwaal worked at the grassroots level by going to schools and street children to make them aware of hygiene and sanitation and running extensive programs for providing taxi driving training to lesser privileged women to help them gain financial independence. She creates awareness through her foundation, ‘Prayaas’, and educates all stratas of society to raise the awareness level in terms of various issues like fighting depression, social media perils, health awareness, garbage disposal, plastic, and water use awareness on a regular scale.
Her incessant work has been acknowledged many times and she has been honored and conferred with a line of prestigious awards for the same.
Awarded by FICCI Ladies Organisation in its 30th-anniversary celebration award ceremony for outstanding achievement. Award is given by Mr. Shekhar Gupta, Editor in Chief of Indian Express. (2013)
Awarded by Rotary International district 3291 in association with OAECT for Outstanding Contribution to Society and unstinted commitment to the development of underprivileged classes. (2015)
Awarded the prestigious ‘Iconic Woman Creating a Better World for All’ award by the Women Economic Forum, India. (2016)
Recognized amongst 14 Women Achievers from across the globe and was conferred with the NRI Achievers’ Award in Bahrain on 6.01.18.
Awarded the ‘Exceptional Woman of Excellence Award’ by Women Economic Forum in April 2018.
Awarded “International Leadership Innovation Excellence Award” by Institute Of Economic Studies at Bangkok on 25.Nov.18
Women Achiever’s Award - ‘Best Woman Leader of The Year’ by ASSOCHAM India at the Women’s Leadership and Empowerment Summit and Awards on November 13, 2019, Delhi. Award conferred by Smt Smriti Irani, Member of Parliament.
Ms. Agarwaal has have also been in the Executive Committee Board at the SAARC Nations South Asia Youth Entrepreneurship Council 2016-17.
Agarwal identifies herself as being a ‘Humanist’ and not just a ‘feminist’. She has spoken vehemently against the misuse of laws against men in divorce cases and the undue favor being granted to women in the form of reservations of official positions. She has advocated fairness and merit for both men and women.
She regularly takes part in television news debates and panel discussions on vital issues with distinguished achievers from politics, culture, media, and arts to address society on the need to bring about dynamism in our existing social structure.
Her story is unique and so is her drive to change the world. At such a young age, to have achieved this much, she is a role model for all young Indian girls.
Bharat Gaurav - Dr Sundeep Anand - Chairman Accord & Bharath Group of companies
Dr J. Lakshmi Narayanan profoundly known as Sundeep Aanand is a renowned industrialist, educationist, and philanthropist. In a career of more than a decade-spanning across many states of India, dr. J. Sundeep aanand has established a reputation as a tireless industrialist and an able administrator who has brought laurels not only to The Accord Group of Companies and The Bharath Group of Institutions that he is heading but also to the state of Tamil Nadu.
The Accord and Bharath Group is now an INR 10000 Crores (USD 2 Billion) conglomerate. Chennai-based Accord & Bharath group started in a small way in the seventies with a foray into steel and leather and has now become one of the leading groups in South India with interests in hospitality, health care, and education, beverages, real estate. He has chalked out major expansion plans in the power sector and bullion trading besides expanding the group's presence in the existing businesses.
Not only this but Mr. Sundeep is constantly working for the betterment of society and also working towards Women Empowerment and Eradication of Poverty through Education: “Full-free-education" for meritorious girl students to empower women and create equal opportunity to Compete and Grow. This program has so far helped more than 6000 Students. Under this Program, Scholarships are offered to meritorious B.Tech students in need of financial assistance.
As many students as possible who have a good academic record are assisted in making diligent efforts to pursue higher education. An annual Scholarship to the tune of Rs.3 Crores is earmarked for this program.
HEALTH CARE ASSISTANCE
Health Care Assistance is for those families and individuals with low income and limited resources. For these families and individuals to "clawback" to productive health. The «Claw Back" Program has helped more than 200,000 economically weaker sections. At our hospitals, over 600,000 patient visits have been recorded annually for the past three years. Besides providing free medical, dental care, and social care activities, Claw Bank runs Blood Donation camps, Maternity Services, AIDS / HIV awareness programs, Telemedicine, Cancer Diagnosis & Treatment, and other quality medical initiatives.
SELF-HELP GROUPS
Under SHG active support and help are provided to young men in the age group of 15-35 to meet the challenges that mental conditions such as manic depression, and schizophrenia pose in leading a normal life. Besides providing necessary diagnosis and treatment, the program also provides counseling and integration of those treated for various mental conditions into the ASPIRE IN EDUCATION
"Aspire" is an Education teaching initiative to make Bharath University a center for excellence in Higher Education in India. This initiative has been in the making for several years under the guidance and leadership of Mr. Anand. Due to various steps taken and programs initiated Bharath University has been awarded Grade 'A' by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). The NAAC was established by the University Grants Commission. The National Education Excellence Award 2014 for 'THE BEST MULTI STREAM UNIVERSITY IN INDIA' for its outstanding contribution in the field of higher education. The Award was instituted by ASSOCHAM India in association with the National Skill Development Corporation, Association of Indian University, Planning Commission, Government of India, and Ministry of Higher Education & Research, Government of India.
The Vision of Dr. J. Lakshmi Narayanan is To sustain the position as one of the most valuable corporate groups through world-class performance, creating exponential value for the stakeholders and wealth for the economy at large.
Bharat Gaurav Dr S Kumar
Dr S Kumar is the founder of Appropriate Diet Centre, his mission is to ensure a healthy life for mankind through applied biochemistry of “Molecular and Cell Therapy” which is natural, non-invasive, conceptually non-drug, and diet based on no side effects on the human body.
A healthy lifestyle is something that we all want. However, it’s the food that we eat daily that makes the situation worse. The lack of a proper diet plan is one of the main reasons why people suffer from lifestyle diseases says Dr S Kumar founder of Appropriate Diet Therapy Centre who was recently awarded for his unique research on Molecular & Cell Therapy (MCT) which reverses all metabolic disorders. His mantra for life is ‘Save cell to save the whole body.’
Dr S. Kumar, PhD is a well-known scientist and applied biochemist and nutritionist who has successfully treated more than 15000 patients suffering from a variety of ailments like diabetes, hypertension, thyroid, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, mental retardation, liver disorder, heart blockages, kidney disorders, gynaecological disorders, varicose veins, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, cancer and many more with diet modification, nutrition correction and providing nutritional supplements. During his research, he studied various Indian diets, nutrition and how our existing dietary habits lead us to metabolic disorders.
According to Dr Kumar what we eat as a diet is cultural, emotional and traditional. But human body works on a scientific basis. Our existing diet may not be necessarily suitable for the human body. A scientifically proven diet is a must. Every problem has a solution in the diet. The body has a self-healing capacity. Kidney failure, Blood pressure, Diabetes Cancer etc can be reversed by Molecular and Cell Therapy (MCT). Even patients can avoid Knee Surgeries, too.
But then the question remains what is a scientific diet to which Dr. Kumar answer, “we need to understand that the human body is alkaline and as such we need to maintain its Ph Level-(measure of acidity or alkalinity). Ideally one should avoid acidic food. However, most of us consume 90 per cent of acidic food and that’s where the problem begins. We use diet as a therapy to cure all body disorders (metabolism disorders) for it is the absorption, assimilation ingestion and excretion functions carried by enzymes that are susceptible to temperatures and further lead to metabolic disorders.
To make his point Dr Kumar mentions that as a thumb rule all fruits are acidic and also milk is a species-specific drink and we should not consume it. Though milk is alkaline when it enters the human body it becomes acidic and thus affects the cell metabolism. Similarly, most fruits have fructose whereas the human body needs glucose. Fructose needs to be converted into glucose by the liver before it can be used by the body. The study drawing on clinical trials, basic science, and animal studies concludes that fructose is more damaging to health than glucose as it increases insulin resistance in the body. Insulin resistance increases the risk for pre-diabetes, diabetes and a host of other serious health problems, including heart attacks, strokes and cancer. This is where the Diet is used as therapy so that it energizes the enzymes and further helps revival of the damaged cell to cure the disorder.
He is the founder of Appropriate Diet Therapy Centre. In India & abroad, it has 18 branches. During his research, he studied various Indian diets, nutrition and how our existing dietary habits lead us to the horrific jaws of metabolic disorders. What we eat as a diet is cultural, emotional and traditional. But human body works on a scientific basis. Our existing diet may not be necessarily suitable for the human body. A scientifically proven diet is a must. Every problem has a solution in the diet. The body has a self-healing capacity. Kidney failure, Blood pressure, Diabetes Cancer etc can be reversed by Molecular and Cell Therapy (MCT). Even patients can avoid Knee Surgeries, too.
His mission is to “Ensure healthy life to Mankind through applied biochemistry of “Molecular and Cell Therapy” which is natural, non-invasive, conceptually non-drug, a diet based and has no side effects on the human body.
Bharat Gaurav Mr Ravindra Bhave - USA
Ravindra Bhave is the President of Concept Software & Services, Inc. a multimillion-dollar Information Technology firm headquartered in Georgia with offices and staff in the US, India, Columbia, Mexico, and Austria. Concept Software & Services was named an “Inc. 5000” company in 2014, 2017, and 2022, as one of the Fastest Growing 5000. Companies in the United States. The US Pan-Asian Chamber of Commerce also named Concept Software and Services as one of the “Fastest Growing 100” firms in 2015, 2016, and 2017.
Born on June 30, 1963, in Punein a working-class family, their father has dedicated his professional life to Tata power, and his mother as a housemaker taught humility and humbleness., Ravindra has been recognized with a gold medal for his outstanding work in physics and electronics during his Graduation from Bombay University.
Citing the inspirational support of his mother who sacrificially pawned her jewelry to fund her son’s success. Ravindra ran several businesses in India including software and technology, Training, and medical equipment repair where he managed state of Art technology equipment including Lithotripsy and Gama Camera Imaging. Jaslok Hospital Mumbai and Mulji Patel Hospital in Nadiad, Gujarat were his flagship clients. Ravindra’s entrepreneurial spirit drove him to influence successful businesses in India before moving to the US with his wife and two young children in 1998.
Ravindra has received personal recognition from the Small Business Administration, naming him an “Emerging Leader” in 2009, and Dartmouth College’s Tuck School of Business gave him its “High-Performance Minority Business” award in 2015. He was named “Ambassador of the Year” by the Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council in 2016 and received a “Business of Excellence” award from The Indus Entrepreneurs in 2019.
Ravindra also served on leadership Boards under the Technology Association of Georgia (2016, 2017), the US Pan-Asian Chamber of Commerce (2015, 2016), and served as the President and Trustee for the Maharashtra Mandal of Atlantaorganization from 2009 to 2012.
That ‘American Dream’ took a long time to materialize as Ravindra struggled to get established in the USA, but with persistence and the support of his family, Ravindra was able to grow his business into one of Georgia’s prominent IT companies.
Ravindra is a big believer in giving back to the community, supporting Food4Life, Covenant House, and IT training and grant programs for at-risk youth and is starting a $5 million fund to support deserving students from India to pursue future education in Engineering and Technology areas.
To promote health and awareness, Ravindra co-hosted an invitation-only Tennis league (AlphaOpen) in Georgia and supports several cultural programs inviting several artists from India to Georgia through his entertainment organizations.
Ravindra lives in Alpharetta, Georgia with his wife Swapna, who promotes US-Asian cultural linkages through art programs and charitable events. They enjoy the company of their accomplished friends and boast about their talented children son Varun and daughter Vallari who work for large corporations in the USA.
Bharat Gaurav Mr Pankaj Ojha - Deutsche Bank USA
Mr. Pankaj Ojha is currently serving in Deutsche Bank as Vice President at Florida, USA. Before joining Deutsche Bank Mr Pankaj Ojha has served as a Senior Consultant in various multinational organizations like Oracle Corporation, and Infosys Limited for Anti Financial crime department to curb Terrorist financing, Anti Money Laundering globally.
Pankaj Ojha has served in Research and development departments as well for the Center for Development of advanced computing (CDAC-R&D) and worked on the integration of supercomputer Param Padma which is a hallmark of Indian Self-reliance in computing with Indian Satellite interfacing systems of ISRO-SAC for disaster management systems.
He has also worked for Indian Navratana PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) in the capacity of executive engineer and as part of a team working on mission-critical system development for Indian Radar systems and Submarines.
Pankaj Ojha is the Founder of the international humanitarian aid organization VishwaSarathi which is active in several countries across the world including the USA, South Africa, Nepal, Singapore, Germany, UK, etc. VishwaSarathi is working for various causes including but not limited to feeding homeless people, providing study material, and medical supplies, and sponsoring girl child education.
He has got many international research publications published on these concepts including one such supercomputing and satellite-based project of “GE-MINDA” which was for disaster forecasting. He picked this name for the project on his grandfather MINDA Maharaj.
Bharat Gaurav Padam Gupta & Dinesh Agarwal - Chartered Accountants
M/s Padam Dinesh & Co. a Chartered Accountants firm was established on 18-Jan-1989 by two childhood buddies Padam Kumar Gupta & Dinesh Chandra Agarwal.
CA Padam Kumar Gupta
Having experience of over 3 decades, Mr. Padam Kumar Gupta is a Delhi-based meritorious Chartered Accountant. He is the Founder and Senior Managing Partner of M/s Padam Dinesh & Co. Besides his well-established professional practice, he enjoys good repute for his dedication to improving the education infrastructure in the country.
Mr. Gupta has a specialization in conducting Statutory Audits of Financial Statements of corporate, non-corporate, NPO’s and others and issuing Statutory Audit Reports, Audits and certification of Financial Statements and other statements of Indian Entities, foreign entities and others and issuing reports and certificates, Statutory Audits of Financial Statements of PSU of Central & State Governments and issuing Statutory Audit Reports and Statutory Audits of Financial Statements of public sector bank branches and nationalized bank branches and issuing Statutory Audit Reports.
He acts as an ‘Authorized Representative’ in connection with direct taxation matters of corporate houses before Assessing Authorities, Appellate Authorities, ITAT, etc. He conducts the FEMA consultancy on foreign borrowings, foreign lending, receiving foreign investments, making overseas investments etc of business and corporate houses and undertakes the NBFC consultancy of corporate houses.
Mr. Gupta is associated with the Membership Development Committee as elected member Co-chairman of Ph.D. Chamber of Commerce and Industry, New Delhi. Along with the Co-opted member of the Accounting Standard Board of Local Bodies of ICAI for the year 2018 and Co-opted member of various Committees of NIRC of ICAI from the year 2001 to 2006.
Mr. Gupta lives by the motto ‘Knowledge is Power' and is keen on sharing the gift of knowledge through his social initiatives. He believes education is the ultimate tool of empowerment and that knowledge can only be increased by sharing. To that effect, he has been dedicated to working towards spreading and imparting education to the poor people in rural India.
He feels for the poor and uneducated who don’t have the access to better facilities so he is associated with three schools in rural areas of a district named ‘Sasni’ in the state of Uttar Pradesh where more than 800 students from underprivileged families get quality education at a minimal fee.
Mr Gupta is a dynamic intellectual who is enthusiastic about putting fresh ideas to paper and frequently pens articles for local newspapers. He is a regular speaker at important forums and summits on topics related to finance and the economy. He has authored multiple papers on important subjects related to his profession and is a mentor to many.
Mr Gupta is also doing social work as a Trustee of Jan Kalyan Charitable Hospital, New Delhi
Trustee of Jagannath Temple, Rohini, New Delhi Trustee of Baba Kalidas Charitable Society, Sampla, Rohtak (HR) Member of Rajasthan Ratnakar Club, New Delhi, Life Membership of Managing Committee of Vedic High School at SASNI
No matter what, Mr. Gupta always finds a way to maintain the work-life balance and is a family man. He was born to Late Mr. B.D. Gupta and Late Mrs. Krishna Devi. He is married to Mrs. Babita Gupta and is a proud father of two daughters and a son.
His eldest daughter Mrs. Shaivi Garg is a practicing advocate with a master's in Law from NLU Dwarka and is married to Mr. Nitesh Garg (CA, CS, and CMA) and his most loved granddaughter Baby Kiva. Younger daughter Mrs. Gurvi Vardaan has completed her PG Diploma in C4D from St. Xavier's, Mumbai married to Mr. Rohit Agrawal (B.Com, CA and CFA. The youngest son Mr. Layan Vardaan has completed his B.Com (Hons) and is pursuing a CPA (USA).
He believes in hardworking smartly and is always keen on the efficiency of his team and the people around him.
CA Dinesh Chandra Agarwal
Having experience of over 3 decades, Mr. Dinesh Chandra Agarwal is a Delhi-based meritorious Chartered Accountant. He is the Founder and Senior Managing Partner of M/s Padam Dinesh & Co. Besides his well-established professional practice, he enjoys good repute for his dedication to improving the education infrastructure in the country.
Mr. Agarwal has a specialization in conducting Statutory Audits of Financial Statements of corporate, non-corporate, NPO, and others and issuing Statutory Audit Reports, Audits and certification of Financial Statements and other statements of Indian Entities, foreign entities, and others, and issuing reports and certificates, Statutory Audits of Financial Statements of PSU of Central & State Governments and issuing Statutory Audit Reports and Statutory Audits of Financial Statements of public sector bank branches and nationalized bank branches and issuing Statutory Audit Reports.
He acts as an ‘Authorized Representative’ in connection with direct taxation matters of corporate houses before Assessing Authorities, Appellate Authorities, ITAT, etc. He conducts the FEMA consultancy on foreign borrowings, foreign lending, receiving foreign investments, making overseas investments, etc of business and corporate houses and undertakes the NBFC consultancy of corporate houses.
Mr. Agarwal is associated with NIRC of ICAI as a Co-opted member of various committees of NIRC of ICAI. Co-chairman of Direct Tax committee PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry, New Delhi for 2013-2017.
Mr. Agarwal lives by the motto ‘Knowledge is Power' and is keen on sharing the gift of knowledge through his social initiatives. He believes education is the ultimate tool of empowerment and that knowledge can only be increased by sharing. To that effect, he has been dedicated to working towards spreading and imparting education to the poor people in rural India.
He feels for the poor and uneducated who don’t have the access to better facilities so he is associated with three schools in rural areas of a district named ‘Sasni’ in the state of Uttar Pradesh where more than 800 students from underprivileged families get quality education at a minimal fee. Mr. Agarwal is also doing social work as a trustee Trustee, Baba Kalidas Dham, Rohtak (HR) Member of Rajasthan Ratnakar Club, Deli Member, Vedic High School, Sasni (U.P) Mr Agarwal successfully resolved his first case given to him by Hon.NCLT relating to a real estate company under the IBC 2016 in Feb’20.
Mr Agarwal was born to Late Sh. J.P. Agarwal and Smt. Sheela Devi. He is a family man and is married to Mrs Preeti Agarwal. He is the proud father of one daughter and a son.
His daughter Smt. Sakshi Goyal is a Doctor, MD (Pediatrics). She is working with New Delhi Municipal Council. She is married to Dr Ankur Goyal (MS Orthopedic). His son Mr Saraj Agarwal is a Chartered Accountant, running his own consultancy company in New Delhi.
He believes in hardworking smartly and is always keen on the efficiency of his team and the people around him.
Bharat Gaurav Mrs Nivedita Saha - Empowering women through art
Nivedita Saha is an interdisciplinary artist based out of Dubai, with extensive practice spanning different methodologies and forms.
Born in 1972, in Maharashtra, India, Nivedita acquired a BFA from Sir JJ Institute of Applied Arts, Mumbai, in 1996. After her bachelor’s, she spent over two decades working in Commercial Arts (Advertising & Communication), years later completing her Masters in Social Sculpture and Connective Practice from Oxford Brookes University in Oxford, England.
In 2002, she moved to the Middle East where she found her true calling: Fine Arts. Gaining support to pursue this calling, she followed her passion for seeking a foothold in the art world both locally and on a global scale. Researching and experimenting with various mediums and methods of art evolved into a way of life for Nivi to this day. Her body of work expresses her inner thoughts and visions. She believes in stimulating positive social change in the world through her artistic practice, especially in the area of women empowerment.
Her profound interest and understanding of Mythology, Culture, and the Impacts of Faith led her to travel and share ideas across the borders of Kazakhstan, Germany, England, Malaysia, the United States, Portugal, and India. She connected with these regions through performances, art calls, collaborative projects, biennales, and art residencies.
Her prime focus involves research on ‘Impacts of Ancient culture and traditions on the current Social Landscape.’ She works by asserting herself in thought-provoking social mobilization projects with the sole aim of creating work that encourages positive shifts in the world.
Some of the significant milestones in her artistic career began with Exhibitions, artist residencies, and projects under the patronage of the Dubai Culture Council, The Embassy of India-Abu Dhabi and Abu Dhabi Culture & Heritage initiative, United Nations Headquarters New York, Fringe Arts Bath (FAB) – UK, Gallery of City Museum of Aveiro, Portugal, Penang State Art Gallery and Museum and Oxford Brooks Modern Art, England. She has been awarded ‘The Bharat Sanskriti Yatra Samman’ for her contribution to Indian Art and Culture in the UAE region.
Artist Nivedita Saha is married to Mr. SubratoSaha - Director at AquaChemie GT and is currently based in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates with her family. She operates from her Art atelier, ‘Art Studio Meraki’ – a space for interdisciplinary artistic practice and collaboration. She has been active in working with various art and social change platforms, undertaking interdisciplinary projects while evolving as an artist herself.
Some of her notable contributions toward social change include:
AWARDS:
“Bharat Sanskriti Yatra 2019” –A global competition and festival of Indian Art and Culture held in Dubai, UAE, in August 2019.
Awarded the “Bharat Sanskriti Yatra Samman 2019” – Abanindranath Tagore Award for outstanding and unparalleled contribution in the field of Global Art.
Confluence Collective Oxford: Platform for World Music based in England, Oxford. Collaborating with artists, creating awareness through open platforms in performing arts, and supporting local (migrants and refugees) communities (England).
Awakening the Soul Peace Conference – International Society for Krishna Consciousness - ISKON: Artist Contribution – Artworks auctioned at their event/ peace conference. Artwork - ‘Kaleidoscope’ – Highlights a Vision of Nations support for inclusiveness and Cultural Diversity.
Smartlife Dubai: Volunteer – Actively Supporting ‘Smartlife’ (locally based NGO in Dubai/UAE) in drives (women’s education), medical camps, nutrition, and health initiatives to help blue-collar workers - especially focused on women workers living in UAE.
Hope Foundation India (Kolkata): Volunteer – Actively Supporting projects and awareness initiatives under ‘Education for Girl Child’.
SUSTAINABLE ACHIEVEMENTS INDIA (Kolkata): Supporting sustainability projects and awareness initiatives under ‘Rescued Women from trafficking’ (The Alna Initiative).
Malhaar Institute of Performing Arts: Supporting through cultural contribution in their ongoing work by contributing to nonprofits through creative consulting - visual concepts, paintings, and storyboards. Malhaar is the only performance and Choir group in UAE that brings together over 100 local artists on one stage, thus providing a unique platform for Non-Profit Art, Dance, Drama, and Music.
SNF - Special Needs Future Development Center –Contribution through the donation of artworks for the cause. Art Auction and Exhibition.
Zee Television: Talk and Feature on the Importance of Culture and Tradition as an Expat in a Foreign Land. Zee Connect Season 9.
Bharat Gaurav Mr Mukesh Kumar - Senior IAS Officer
Mr. Mukesh Kumar is an Enthusiastic Administrator eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail, and excellent organizational skills. A clear understanding of Acts and Laws and training in Public Administration. Motivated to learn, grow and excel in Citizen Service delivery.
He is a critical thinker with a great working history as Municipal Commissioner in Ranchi Municipal Corporation, Ranchi, Jharkhand.
- Implementation of City Data Policy as a first step towards the implementation of Data-Driven Governance.Implementation of Parking Management which is on the chock-a-block Roads stretch. Charging at a per hour basis, the results were staggering as it reduced congestion and most importantly, ensured a twelve-fold annual increase in revenue.
- Implementation of Smart Traffic Signal System & Organized Plying of City Buses for Smooth Traffic Management.
- Successfully Implemented Primary Collection and Secondary Collection tasks of Solid Waste Management in Ranchi City.
- Online payment system adopted by RMC for PMAY beneficiaries payment approval and payment transfer through PFMS system. 2168 dwelling units have been given to beneficiaries in the mega camp organized by RMC.
- ULB level Steering & Monitoring committee has been formed for PM SVANidhi Scheme.
- The new survey/mid-survey of street vendors is in progress via a market campaign with the help of Cos, CRPs, and office bearer of ALFs. At present, 6412 street vendors have been surveyed. Online payment of all types of municipal taxes has been successfully implemented at the RMC level to promote maximum use of digital payments.
- Implement the decisions of the corporation and the government. Signing bills that were passed by the standing committee/ Municipal Board of RMC. Presiding over a meeting, and seminars of Smart City and Command & Control Center.
- Consider the welfare and interests of the RMC as a whole and, bring to the council's attention anything that would promote the welfare or interests of the city.
Under the public services he has also served as a Deputy Commissioner Bokaro, Deputy Commissioner Dumka, State Project Director Jharkhand, Deputy Commissioner Hazaribagh, Deputy Commissioner Latehar, Deputy Commissioner Khunti, and Sub Divisional Officer Pakur.
Mr. Kumar has completed his education in Delhi and his Master's from Jawahar Lal University in Hindi Literature and Graduated in Mathematics.
Bharat Gaurav Manoj Harbhajanka - London
Manoj lives in London with his wife, two sons, and three gorgeous Bengal cats.
He successfully leads a specialist, boutique consulting firm as Founder CEO, and Chairman. The firm is an international enterprise with over 125 people across the US, UK, UAE India & Japan. He is a results-oriented, strategic thinker and business leader with exceptional management skills. He has a coaching leadership style that develops trusted relationships. He has the ability and experience in consulting large enterprise CxOs and delivering results through business and technology transformation. Besides this, he has been actively involved in fostering and developing start-ups in the tech space and engaged with charitable organizations in the spirit of ‘giving back to society.
Manoj grew up in a big and closely knit joint family in Calcutta. At any given point, there would be 35-40 family members and 10-15 houseguests. Even though not very affluent, there was always a bed and food available for anyone who needed it, from travelers to politicians. The Harbhajanka household would always cater and plan for much larger groups when they came over for festivals around Calcutta such as Durga Pooja & Ganga Sagar Mela.
Children of this family grew up immersed in talks of trade and commerce and Manoj was no exception. He had always been a reflective child prone to asking his elders testing and soul-searching questions. Eventually, wanting to explore more, Manoj decided to join ISKCON at the ripe old age of 14 but was unceremoniously dragged back home by his family. Thereafter, Manoj focused on education while continuing to engage in spiritual discourse with anyone who would be willing: peers, teachers, gurus, and even priests for temples and churches.
For college, Manoj went to Pune and the next four years of engineering passed in a flash. This is where Manoj picked up the nickname ‘Max’ from the iconic Mad Max films because of his penchant for motorbikes. Cross country, dirt-track racing, and road rallies were his passion. This love for engines and speed has sustained over the years. Manoj is a qualified Advanced Rider in the UK, trained and tested by ex-police instructors. At some point, he would like to volunteer as a ‘blood runner’ which entails being available at very short notice to deliver life-critical blood or organs within London.
Manoj returned to join the family business after completing his engineering with a first-class degree and having worked for Kirloskar Oil Engines for a year as a management trainee. The family business entailed the import, manufacture, and distribution of high-pressure boilers and engineering steel tubes. In the next few years, he attempted to develop several businesses in export, import, manufacturing, and technology but the results were not to his satisfaction. Having spent 5 years under the umbrella of the family business, he decided to understand the corporate world a bit more and bring the learnings into his future endeavors.
Manoj changed his career track to business and technology consulting by developing new skills in enterprise applications such as SAP and Oracle. This allowed him to work as a consultant for large enterprises, thus his career developed as an SAP expert. He consulted for companies like Haldia Petrochemicals, Pricol, Dr. Reddy’s Lab, and L&T while in India. He got chosen for a project with Unilever and moved to Chester, the UK in the year 2000. A couple of years later, he was selected for Warwick Business School’s MBA program which he completed with distinction. This also landed him a new job with PwC in London. However, this was also a time of significant struggle. Work, study, fees, and raising a young family all together were never going to be easy. At PwC, Manoj was soon promoted to be a senior manager with significant responsibility and a large team to manage. He gained the trust of his seniors and partners and rapidly progressed through the hierarchy to be a leader of Financial Systems for PwC across Europe.
In 2011, Manoj moved to BP as the IT Strategy leader and developed several key strategies for BP. He also held the responsibility of managing the global long-term roadmap for BP’s technology landscape. However, this move to BP came at a rather low point in his life when he struggled with severe back issues before and after two spinal surgeries. This period was a constant battle with pain, day in and day out for almost three years. He started meditating again and attended several vipassana courses. Over the next few years, Manoj also decided to get back to his original idea of developing a consulting business. Consequently, in 2016, he left BP and started Acuiti Labs, a boutique consulting firm with three main strategic pillars; Employees First, Domain Focus and Always deliver business value, not technology. Acuiti Labs started life at a shared office within the Google Campus in London’s Silicon roundabout. Over the following 6 years, through blood, sweat, tears, and a lot of joy, Acuiti Labs has grown into a fledgling global business.
Sports have always been an important part of Manoj’s life. He is an avid golfer and motorbike enthusiast. He has represented his school in multiple sports and quiz contests over the years. Also, he is driven by ‘giving back to society and ensuring the wellbeing of everyone who works with him. This has taken many shapes and forms over the years: from his role as a voluntary Police officer in Kolkata, acting as a governor for a London school for autistic children, and chairing The Rajasthani Foundation in the UK, which supports multiple charities in India and supporting several cause-based charities through Acuiti Labs. He has also ensured that significant shares of his company are distributed within the organization to ensure growth for all individuals who are part of the success story at Acuiti Labs. However, all this pales in significance next to Manoj’s real journey which is to follow the path that was laid by Gautam Buddha. Deep routed neutrality governs his life. He strongly believes in the quote by Allan Locos - accepting the reality of change gives rise to equanimity. His reality is that besides the high-pressure job as a CEO he needs to ensure that he is developing spiritually and enriching the lives of people around them daily.