Bharat Gaurav Mr Jitendra Matlani - UAE
A businessman by birth successful by passion and writer by choice. Living my legacy & living life in every moment.
Born with a golden spoon, Dr. Jitendra Matlani has his style and standard of living, a Very confident personality, and carries an excellent attitude.
A visionary entrepreneur, endowed with unfailing business acumen, Jitendra Matlani is the Chairman of JM Global Group of Companies, a diversified global business entity that has proven its competencies in consumer and has met with much success Award-winning prestigious organization carries on with multiple trades in India, UAE and African sectors with Imports & Exports, FMCG, Health & Fitness, Real Estate, Investments, Garments, Travelling goods, Furniture and Metals & Commodities and Events & Promotions.
Enthusiastic and humble, a business leader is committed to the task of building a strong organization, guided by steadfast ethical values. A resident of Dubai for over 20 years, Dr. Jitendra Matlani is a father figure to many young entrepreneurs and is one of the most prominent entrepreneurs in the UAE. Truly multi-faceted, he is a community leader, spokesperson of the non-resident Indians, writer, cultural ambassador, and social organizer.
· Leading a team of several hundred employees at present. Dr. Jitendra Matlani started managing his Father’s industry when he was just 16 years old. Took it to a different level of success and fame.
· On his own, Dr. Jitendra Matlani started a Logistics company in 1991.
· Entered the Real Estate business in 1993 and soon became a king of real estate and a well-known investor.
· 1994 started a finance company on a very big level.
· In 1996 entered the construction and built up an excellent commercial complex.
· In 1997 he moved ahead with international opportunity by opening up a Garments exports house in Dubai.
· With more opportunities and multiple businesses, he moved to Dubai in 2000
· Now he is a successful businessman in the gulf with connections all over the world
· Very influential and powerful, successful business with experience of more than 25 years of International Trade. His award-winning spirit never ends.
· He won the Best buyers award 2015 in Dubai.
· Dr. Jitendra Matlani along with his business chairs many organizations
· Global Ambassador of Peace
· Ex-Chairman & Founder FOMP
· Overseas Indian Department.
· Government of Madhya Pradesh.
· Brand Ambassador of Madhya Pradesh
· President Dubai
· International Human Rights Organisation
· President Dubai
· World Book of Records London UK
Very famous personality, a true Visionary leader, and very well connected all over the world. He has a long list of achievements in life as he has been awarded Multiple Awards and certificates all throughout his fantastic journey of life.
He got married to a very simple girl Meena Matlani with very high family values in 1990. His marriage was his turning point and his wife proved to be a lucky charm for him. He is blessed with three children Sacheen Matlani, Khushbu Matlani, and Prasan Matlani.
Mr. Matlani is a true Visionary leader with loyal followers and is much loved by all his friends for his loving and caring nature towards his friends and family.
He recently, during the Covid-19 crisis came forward for help and went out of his way to book a chattered flight in his name to airlift stranded Indians in UAE and repatriated almost 350 people from UAE to India. Along with that kept on serving the motherland by sending oxygen concentrators and many other essentials during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Bharat Gaurav Brahmavihari Swami - Spiritual Leader - Dubai
Brahmavihari Swami (Sadhu Brahmaviharidas) is a sadhu initiated by HH Pramukh Swami Maharaj, who leads International relations for the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, a socio-spiritual voluntary Hindu organisation. He is known across the world as an inspiring leader, creative thinker, motivational speaker and relentless champion of humanitarian causes. He is a thought leader and part of the creative team for numerous projects of international repute such as the Swaminarayan Akshardham, Neasden Mandir, and Mystic India large format film.
Born to Gujarati immigrant parents, Brahmaviharidas grew up in Leicester, UK. and excelled at school in academics and sports. His straight A grades at the GCSE had opened opportunities to study at Oxford or LSE. However, his spiritual inclination inspired him to decline that career path and he instead travelled to India in 1981 to take initiation as a Hindu sadhu.
He was initiated by His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj on 12th April 1981 at Ahmedabad during the Bhagwan Swaminarayan Bicentenary Celebrations.
· He has been a part of the team that conceptualized the Swaminarayan Akshardham in Gandhinagar, New Delhi and Robbinsville NJ.
· He was part of the core team for the Neasden Mandir in London which has been awarded four mentions in the Guinness Book of World Records.
· He has also designed and given the creative write-up for Exhibition at BAPS Temples London UK, Toronto and Nairobi.
· He played a key role in the design and creation of the acclaimed Water Spectacular Shows at New Delhi and Gandhinagar Akshardham and the Mystic India giant screen film.
· Under the guidance of Mahant Swami Maharaj and senior sadhus, he helps oversee the devotional, cultural, humanitarian and spiritual activities of BAPS.
He is currently leading the historic project of the first Traditional Hindu Mandir in the Middle East, being built in Abu Dhabi. The mandir was announced in August 2015 by Indian PM Narendra Modi, the foundation stone was laid on 20 April 2019 by Dr Mugheer Al Khaili, Director of Community Development Department, Thani Al Zoyoudi, Minister of Climate Change, and Ahmad Bilhoul Al Falasi, Minister of State for Higher Education Affairs and Advanced Sciences and HH Mahant Swami Maharaj. It is a confluence of simplicity and spirituality.
Brahmaviharidas has attended multiple conferences for peace, plurality and tolerance. He gave the inaugural address at the Global Conference of Human Fraternity, Abu Dhabi, UAE, which was concluded by HH Pope Francis. The conference was attended by more than 700 religious leaders from across the world, including Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak, Minister of Tolerance, Grand Imam of Al Azhar, and Ahmad Al Tayyeb.
He is one of the 1200 sadhus at the BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, which conducts over 160 humanitarian activities worldwide. He is the youngest member of the BAPS Core Committee that oversees and administrates its global activities. Also an integral part of the core creative team of BAPS, he has travelled across the world and studied global cultures, histories and philosophies. His wide spectrum of social and spiritual work has won the love and friendship of many international leaders and thinkers like Dr APJ Abdul Kalam with whom he served on several projects.
Brahmaviharidas has been an active organiser for BAPS in disaster relief activities and led the earthquake relief in Bhuj-Kutch and Tsunami relief in Tamil Nadu and others.
Bharat Gaurav Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt is one of the greatest musicians of our times who have contributed immensely to popularizing Indian Classical Music all across the globe. His contribution is more significant as he has created a new instrument Mohan-Veena having the elements of ‘gayki’ and ‘tantrakari’ making it unique.
Mohan-Veena has given a new scope and possibility for a mellifluous fusion of Indian classical and western music.
Vishwa Mohan is born into one of the most respected families in Jaipur. For over 300 years the Bhatts have dedicated their few generations to keeping the Indian Classical music pulsate and prosper.
The heredity and environment played an important role in the musical endeavour of Vishwa Mohan. However, it is his extraordinary talent that at the age of 17 he developed the western guitar and made it into a rich classical instrument.
In the 60s and 70 s when the Indian youth was greatly influenced by western music, Vishwa Mohan made an impactful entry into the world of music.
In the last 50 years, he has been invited to perform in almost all the prestigious music festivals and concerts being organized in different parts of the world. He has performed in more than 80 countries so far.
Pt Vishwa Mohan Bhatt has been honoured with Padma Bhushan, Padma Shri, Grammy and the Sangeet Natak Academy awards. Music Scientist, Rashtriya Tansen Samman, Tantri Samrat, Rajasthan Ratna and global music awards (twice) have been conferred upon him.
Bharat Gaurav Gaur Gopal Das — Life Coach, Author and a Storyteller
Gaur Gopal Das is a storyteller, life coach, author and friend to millions that are drawn to his wisdom on social media. He studied electrical engineering at the College of Engineering, Pune, and after a brief stint with Hewlett Packard, he decided to renounce conventional life and train as a monk to help others with the challenges they face in day-to-day life. He has remained a monk for twenty-five years, learning ancient philosophy along with contemporary psychology, to become a life coach to thousands.
He has been travelling the world since 2005, sharing his wisdom with corporate executives, universities, and charities. He has been invited to speak at various prestigious institutions for over two decades including the United Nations. In 2016, his global popularity exploded when he took his message online. With millions of views on his videos on social media, he has now begun to lead a movement to help others achieve happiness and purpose in their lives. Now one of the most renowned monks in the world, Gaur Gopal Das holds the title of ‘The Ideal Young Spiritual Guru’, conferred upon him by the Indian Student Parliament, MIT Pune.
His motivational videos have reached around 1 billion views internationally. With over 15 million followers across all social media platforms, he is known as the urban, online monk. YouTube has recognised his popularity by awarding him the Gold Play Button, for having one of the most popular channels on their platform. In addition, Indian Wikimedia awarded him with IWM Award for “The Best Spiritual/Motivational Show on Web”. Furthermore, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters (D.Litt.) by KIIT university in recognition of his contribution to society.
In India, he has been recognised by a myriad of accolades including the Mahatma Gandhi Leadership Award for extraordinary achievement in spreading awareness of value-based leadership around the world; the Bharat Shiromani Award; the IMAI Award; Gandhi Peace Award from the Bharat Nirman Foundation.
Internationally he has been celebrated as the Most Influential Global Speaker by The Arts for Peace Awards in California. And for spreading transformational wisdom and bringing global change, he was awarded the title “Global Changemaker of the Year 2020” by the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke International Film Festival (DPIFF). Amongst various other honours, he has also won an American Eagle Award for being an Iconic Global Peace Leader.
His Journey
Gaur Gopal Das was born in Pune, Maharashtra, India. He gained a diploma in electrical engineering from Cusrow Wadia Institute of Technology, Pune and a degree from the College of Engineering, Pune. He worked as an electrical engineer for a brief period, before leaving to become a monk in 1996. His decision to become a monk was multifaceted, but one aspect of his decision was that he always believed that every individual should find tremendous fulfilment in the work they adopt. When he became an engineer, though extremely competent, he did not find it fulfilling. Considering that the average person spends around 90,000 hours of their life at their workplace, he decided he should be doing something that resonated with his soul. He realised that technology was not his passion and that he needed to look for something more.
Some introspection led him to the conclusion that his calling had something to do with helping people. He had a natural inclination toward behavioural sciences, psychology and helping others. However, he could see that the modern approach of social sciences was doing little to curb the rise of mental health issues around the world and that universities were still struggling to provide answers to universal questions, so he turned to the ancient wisdom of the East for answers. Having grown up in the land of self-satisfied sages and enlightening epics he sought solutions to the problems of life in the timeless wisdom of ancient India. Coupled with his own inner spiritual calling, he left his job and began to study under spiritual leaders, to experience a spiritual reality for himself and make a positive difference in the life of others.
In this transition, Gaur Gopal Das went from a pampered life to an austere monastic one. This experience taught him not only discipline and humility but transformed his heart. He learned to access the reservoir of joy within and to take charge of the mind. His desire to share his experience and teach others the same led to him becoming an international life coach and online sensation, one of his posts even became the most viewed in the USA in the Spring of 2021. He has partnered with institutions like Google, Salesforce, Bombay stock exchange, CII and YPO, TEDx, to name a few.
His debut book Life’s Amazing Secrets, which is an Indian national bestseller, sold a record 250,000 copies in only 6 months and received the CROSSWORD book award for the most popular book in the non-fiction category for the year 2019. Based on the timeless wisdom coming down from ages, Gaur Gopal Das makes his audience think deeper and find simple solutions to difficult problems. In this book, he teaches the audience to master the monk mindset as he reveals how to tackle our modern anxieties with characteristic serenity, profound wisdom, and irresistible humour. Through his writing and videos, Gaur Gopal Das guides his audience to find purpose, strengthen relationships, and discover inner joy.
Bharat Gaurav Subrato Saha — Engineer, Entrepreneur & Social Enthusiast Director of AquaChemie
Subrato, a chemical engineer from IIT Kharagpur, is currently a Dubai-based entrepreneur. He has built one of the largest chemical manufacturing and distribution companies in the Middle East, along with his business partner Anand Kumar.
Born in Kanpur, Subrato grew up in a defence environment in multiple cities in India. Father retired as an officer from the Indian Airforce, and Mother dedicated her life to raising the two boys.
Today he is blessed to have complete family support of a talented Wife Nivedita (a professional Artist) and a gifted daughter Muskaan (Pursuing Music, Literature & Psychology)
Other than a quality education in IIT, the biggest reward from the institute has been — knowing a bunch of highly talented and successful guys in their field, who are friends forever. They still share the same warmth & closeness, built over four years of hostel life.
After a long stint of 18 years in a senior position in several multinationals, he plunged into business with his GE colleague Anand. In late 2008, AquaChemie was born to serve the oil and gas sector of the region. The company has grown over 30% year on year and is considered one of the major corporates in the region, with around 200 professionals. There is hardly a state-owned or large corporate like Aramco, or Sabic. Adnoc, Qatar Petroleum, Shell,
OQ, Kuwait Petroleum etc., in the Middle East, which AquaChemie does not serve.
AquaChemie has currently taken on an ambitious project of creating a large petrochemical terminal in Jebel Ali Port, with an investment of around 45 M$. This would help create a petrochemical hub for the industry in the region and beyond.
AquaChemie managed to qualify the stringent lens & thorough due diligence process of a Japanese Multinational Kurita before they partnered AquaChemie for a Joint Venture in speciality Chemicals manufacturing and sales in the GCC region.
Through keen interest, involvement & investments in Real Estate & Technology Sector, Subrato could enrich his financial journey. Besides, he passionately participates in & guides several start-up ventures and wannabe entrepreneurs. Many of such Entrepreneurs are his juniors from the local PAN IIT community. His analytical skills and objective (often quantified) thinking have served him and his associates well. He selflessly believes in giving back to society and arduously supports individuals and social organizations, serving the weaker section of society.
Bharat Gaurav - Asha Devi (Nirbhaya's Mother) - The Warrior
Nirbhaya’s mother Asha Devi recounted her over seven years of struggle in contesting the legal battle, which finally concluded with the execution of four convicts Mukesh Singh, Akshay Singh Thakur, Vinay Sharma and Pawan Gupta — on March 20. One of them, Ram Singh, allegedly committed suicide in the Tihar Jail days after the trial began in the case and another, a juvenile, was released in 2015 after spending three years in a correctional home.
The case pertains to the brutal gang rape and killing of a 23-year-old paramedical student in a moving bus on the night of December 16, 2012, by six people including a juvenile in the national capital. The woman had died at a Singapore hospital a few days later.
Our wait for justice was painful and agonising but we finally got it, Asha Devi, the mother of Nirbhaya said minutes after four of her daughter’s rapists and killers were hanged at Delhi’s Tihar Jail this morning, over seven years after the young medical student was gang-raped and tortured on a moving bus in the capital.
“We will continue our fight for justice for India’s daughters. Our wait for justice was painful and agonising. We finally got justice,” she told reporters.
Nevertheless, there was a delay but finally, it concluded with what the convicts really deserved, the bereaved mother Asha Devi mentioned, “This was the first time in the Indian history that four rapists were hanged to death, which sent a strong message to the society that no mercy will be shown to brutal criminals existing in the society.”
“Nirbhaya has got justice. This is the first December 16 after the four rape convicts have been hanged to death,” Asha expressed her satisfaction with the legal systems. It has also reimposed faith in the legal system among those rape survivors, who were fighting for justice.“Eight years ago, I committed myself to raise my voice against the rape incident. Now my pledge to fight for justice for rape victims will continue in the future,” she said. The bereaved mother also suggested: “to change the mindset of men, which will work in containing such an incident”.
The case had created an uproar across the country, where a large number of people came out on the streets, demanding justice for the victim, who was renamed ‘Nirbhaya’ or the fearless. She said that it might be that Nirbhaya was served justice but the pain would remain with us forever.
Bharat Gaurav Rizwan Sajan Dubai
A visionary in its true sense, Rizwan Sajan is a business leader who raised his business empire from a two-member husband-wife team way back in 1993 to a multi-billion-dollar sustainable diversified business conglomerate with 9 businesses spread across 50 locations in 10 countries employing more than 3,600 people.
Ranked 7th among the ‘Top 100 Indian leaders in the UAE’ List by Forbes Middle East, as well as all other media, Rizwan Sajan is one of the most prominent UAE businessmen, who is a strong voice of the private sector and an advocate of the UAE’s economy. He has been on the Forbes Middle East list for the sixth consecutive time. With multiple awards to the company’s credit, including the prestigious Dubai Quality Awards, and MRM Business Awards, the company has created a benchmark point of reference for success amid challenges for others to follow.
He has transformed a building materials trade — a very traditional business — into a popular household brand and has paved way for the strongest conglomerate brand in the GCC, reflecting his acumen in marketing and branding.
Danube Group owns a number of companies namely:
* Danube Building Materials — its flagship business with 25,000 types of building materials under one roof.
* Danube Home, its home-furnishing division.
* Danube Properties — its real estate development division.
* Milano, an Italian bath and bathroom solutions provider.
* Alucopanel an American aluminium composite panel division.
* Danube Hospitality Solutions, it's turnkey hotel solution provider division.
* American Aesthetic Medical Centre which is a holistic aesthetic laser clinic for skin and hair.
* Starz Media which is the Publishing division of the brand and carry’s the famous Filmfare brand in the Mena region.
* Danube Home and Danube Home Express are the franchise business models in West Africa and CIS countries. The Group’s annual turnover has been estimated to be over 1.5 Billion USD.
Over the course of the last 28 years, his company has grown from strength to strength amid multiple regional conflicts, wars, and economic and financial crises including the Gulf War, Global Financial Crisis of 10–2008, Arab Spring in 2012–2011 as well as global health crises including SARS, H1N1 Bird Flu and the latest COVID19- global pandemic, making it the most resilient business in the GCC region.
As a businessman, Sajan is known for picking up the best people, training them, empowering them, monitoring them and creating a fool-proof enabling system to help the business grow — to ensure success. Today, he remains a relaxed businessman while his people and processes deliver good results year after year, even in crises and pandemics — making it a good case study for business management students.
Despite running such a large group of businesses, Rizwan Sajan remains a family man, enjoying his life, and meeting with family friends — always wearing a smile. His mantra is to be happy and make others happy — his family, friends, colleagues, customers and other stakeholders.
