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Mrs. Radhika Gupta is the managing director and chief executive officer of Edelweiss Asset Management Co. She is a graduate of management and technology from the University of Pennsylvania. She started her career with McKinsey & Co. and served as a hedge fund manager at AQR Capital before moving to India to start her own venture Forefront Capital Management which was acquired by the Edelweiss Group in 2014. She took over as the CEO of Edelweiss Asset Management business in 2017.

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Mrs. Madhabi Puri Buch is the chairperson of the securities regulatory body Securities and Exchange Board of India. She is the first woman chairperson to lead SEBI, and also SEBI's first non-IAS chairperson. She has three decades of financial market experience.

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Mr. Indermit Gill is Chief Economist of the World Bank and Senior Vice President for Development Economics. He previously served as the World Bank’s Vice President for Equitable Growth, Finance, and Institutions, where he helped shape the Bank’s response to the extraordinary series of shocks that have hit developing economies since 2020. He has also been a professor of public policy at Duke University, Georgetown University and the University of Chicago.

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Niren Chaudhary is the Chairman of the Board of Panera Brands, one of the world’s largest fast casual restaurant companies with nearly 4,000 locations in 10 countries. Panera Brands is comprised of Panera Bread, Caribou Coffee and Einstein Bros Bagels.

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Rehan A. Khan is currently MD of MSD India, prior to which he was the Founder of First Penguin Capital, an early stage fund. He has previously worked across Pharma, Private Equity, Consulting and currently serves on the board of several healthcare companies across Asia and Africa.

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Aroon Purie has half a century’s experience in starting and growing news media businesses in India. His companies run some of India’s most prominent news brands across print, television and digital platforms in several languages and genres.

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Jitendra is founder of Jupiter (Amica Financial). He aims to create mobile first banking experience for Indian millennials. He has over 16 years of experience in the banking and financial services industry as the previous founder Lazypay and Citrus Pay, and MD of PayU.

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Aakar Patel is an Indian journalist, activist and author. He has previously served as the head of Amnesty International and now serves as the chair of the Board in India.

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Sudhanshu Mani, retired from Indian Railways after 38 years, served as GM at Integral Coach Factory, Chennai. He led the Train 18/Vande Bharat project from concept to delivery. He now engages in corporate advisory roles, editorial duties, and a 'not for profit' center, Manis'.

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A third generation entrepreneur who has pioneered several new innovations and built a strong portfolio of businesses within the Indian mobility and technology space, Dilip Modi is the Chairman of DiGiSPICE Technologies and Founder of Spice Money

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Karisma Kapoor is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi films. She is the recipient of several accolades, including a National Film Award and four Filmfare Awards.

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Manas Kumar Satpathy stands as a distinguished professional with an unwavering commitment to transforming rural communities and championing climate action. Since 1990, he has been an integral force within PRADAN (Professional Assistance for Development Action), a highly esteemed non-governmental organization in India.

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Abhinav Shashank is the CEO and co-founder of Innovaccer, a leading San Francisco based healthcare technology company valued at $3.5 Bn. Abhinav is an industry visionary who created Innovaccer to accelerate healthcare innovation and digital transformation to improve clinical, financial, and experiential outcomes in U.S. healthcare. He is a graduate of the Indian Institute of Technology at Kharagpur

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Anand is a Partner at General Catalyst. In this role, he is focused on global early stage and India/US corridor investing. Anand works closely with Loop Health, Eeki Foods, Orange Health Labs, FarMart, Examedi, Magma, ZET, GetSupp, STAN, QuriousBit, Triomics etc.

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Ramesh is a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company. He has extensive experience working on a broad range of organizational change-related topics, with considerable expertise in organizational design, talent and leadership development, performance management, and capability building. Beyond McKinsey, he is actively involved in education as a trustee on the Board of Akanksha—a leading non-profit institution in India that helps provide funding for educational services to underprivileged children—and as an advisor to Teach For India.

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Swapnil is CEO and co-founder of Observe.AI, a Contact Center AI leader that transforms customer experiences and improves agent performance by helping top brands analyze 100% of calls and streamline quality assurance workflows. During his time leading Observe.AI, the company has raised $200 million+ in funding

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Sanjiv is a telecommunications entrepreneur executive who founded Tillman Global Holdings - a leading digital infrastructure firm - in 2013 which owns and operates several businesses including Tillman Infrastructure, Tillman Digital Cities and Tillman Fiber Co. He has served on several public boards including Telenor S.A., Cadbury’s, Williams-Sonoma and Network Appliance.

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Raj Sardana is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Innova Solutions. A distinguished entrepreneur with over three decades of experience, Raj has led multinational companies across several industries, including investment and workforce management.

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Faith Gay is a founding partner at Selendy Gay. In a nationally recognized career spanning more than three decades, Faith has been lead counsel in over 35 jury trials and has successfully navigated bet-the-company crises and investigations for scores of Fortune 500 companies.

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Rajat Rana, Partner at Selendy Gay, excels in critical ""bet the company"" disputes globally. As a first-generation Indian American, he's a trusted advisor for Indian multinationals and ultra-high net worth individuals, marking a significant presence in the global legal sector.

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Sneha is an alumni of HBS and IIT Kharagpur. She is the Founder and CEO of Early Steps Academy, which is second school of the 21st century for children worldwide. They teach subjects such as Entrepreneurship, Space Tech, Climate, Crypto, and more. Skills focused on are the 4C (Communication, Critical Thinking, Collaboration, and Creativity). Prior to this she worked at Bain and Schlumberger. At the age of 25, she built from scratch and scaled Schlumberger's exploration business in Kenya.

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Fernando Reimers is the Ford Foundation Professor of the Practice of International Education and Director of the Global Education Innovation Initiative at Harvard University. He is an elected member of the US National Academy of Education and of the International Academy of Education. An expert in the field of Global Education, his research and teaching focus on understanding how to educate children and youth so they can thrive in the 21st century. He was a member of UNESCOs Commission on the Futures of Education which wrote the report Reimagining Our Futures Together. A New Social Contract for Education.

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Dr. Deepa Malik is the President of the Paralympic Committee of India. She is the first Indian woman to have won a Paralympic Medal (Rio2016). She was conferred ‘Asian Order’ by Asian Paralympic Committee and International Paralympic Committee Women’s Day Recognition for her contributions towards mainstreaming para-sports. A disability inclusion activist, she has received distinctive honors from the President of India, including Padma Shri, Khel Ratna, Arjuna Award, National Role Model Award and President’s First Ladies Award. Deepa Malik serves as an Independent Director on the Boards of 2 Indian corporates. She has also founded an NGO for underserved people with disabilities and serves as an ambassador for the Government’s National Campaigns like TB Free India, Accessible India, Swachh Bharat, Viksit Bharat to name a few.

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Radha is the CEO & Country Head of JLL India where she drives the overall direction, strategy, and growth in India; she commenced her journey with JLL in 2021. Prior to this, Radha has been a seasoned financial services executive with over 25 years’ experience in banking in Deutsche Bank and Yes Bank. Radha is the vice chair of the ULI India Exco in India and a board member of APREA. She is also an active participant and contributor to various committees such as World Economic Forum, NAREDCO, CREDAI and CII.

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Gaurav Goel is the Founder & CEO of Samagra, a mission-driven governance consulting firm. He holds a dual degree in Computer Science & Engineering from IIT Delhi and an MBA from IIM Calcutta. After graduating from IIM Calcutta, he joined McKinsey & Co. as a Management Consultant where he worked across sectors and geographies, solving diverse corporate problem statements. While he was enjoying his stint at McKinsey, he knew that eventually he wanted to work towards improving the lives of citizens by engaging with the governance process. In 2012, he set up Samagra so that he could translate his passion into reality and create impact at scale. Gaurav is a TEDx speaker, writer and his path-breaking efforts to tackle intractable governance challenges led him to be recognized in BusinessWorld’s 40 Under 40 list of changemakers in India.

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Ramakant Sharma is Co-founder and COO at Livspace, India and SEA's largest Home interiors and renovation platform. He is a prolific angel investor and mentor for many technology startups

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Azhar Iqubal is the Co-founder and CEO of Inshorts. He dropped out of IIT Delhi and started Inshorts in 2013 at the age of 20. Today, Inshorts is India’s top news app. He has been awarded with Forbes Asia 30 Under 30, Fortune India 40 Under 40, Entrepreneur of the Year (Media) and Businessworld Young Entrepreneur Award. He is also a judge in Shark Tank India Season 3.

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Ananth Narayanan is an Entrepreneur and an Investor in the consumer internet space in India. He is the founder & CEO of Mensa Brands – India’s largest D2C house of brands with the vision to build tech-led brands from India for the globe. Within 6 months of operation, Mensa became Asia’s fastest unicorn and the second fastest globally. Mensa has 25 brands across Fashion, Home, Beauty & FMCG and achieved a net revenue run rate of $200m while being profitable within a year. Prior to starting Mensa, Ananth was the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Medlife, one of India’s largest e- health company, with business verticals including pharmacy, diagnostics, and e- consultation. After scaling the business, he successfully merged it with Pharmeasy - creating a clear market leader in the healthcare technology space. Prior to Medlife, he served as the CEO of Myntra, the country’s largest platform for fashion and lifestyle products and part of Flipkart/Walmart.

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Akshay is currently the Chief Investment Officer of the Neev Funds managed by SBICAP Ventures Limited. He has over 2 decades experience in Private Equity, Principal Investments and Advisory roles with leading domestic and international investors. He has been part of the investment teams that have raised and deployed capital across multiple sectors in India.

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Ruchira Shukla, South Asia Regional Lead for Disruptive Technology Investments at IFC, World Bank Group, manages IFC’s early stage technology and VC Fund investments. She is also on several startup boards and LP advisory committees. Previously, Ms. Shukla led IFC’s HealthTech business and managed its South Asia Technology, Media, and Telecom sector. With over 25 years in venture capital and private equity investing, strategy consulting, and investment banking in Asia, the US, and Europe, she takes a keen interest in business models utilizing technologies like Web 3.0, AI, and blockchain to disrupt traditional spaces. Ms. Shukla was educated at IIT Delhi, IIM Ahmedabad, and The Wharton School, and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

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Ankit Sobti is the co-founder and CTO of Postman, an API development environment used by over 500,000 organizations, including 98% of the Fortune 500. Under his able leadership, the company has raised >$400Mn in funding and is valued at $5.6Bn.

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Vyjayanti Desai is currently the Practice Manager, Digital Development, South Asia. She most recently led the ID4D and G2Px initiatives to support progress towards trusted and inclusive identification systems and digitization of G2P programs with broader goals of financial and social inclusion, women’s empowerment and greater individual agency. These initiatives support clients with advise and financing in approximately 50 countries, advances thought leadership on the topics of digital identity and G2P, and accelerates global public goods together with other partners.

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Girish Agarwaal is the Promoter Director of Dainik Bhaskar group. He has approximately 29 years of experience in the publishing business. He is also an active member of Indian Newspaper Society (INS). He has been awarded the Entrepreneur of the Year, for the year 2006 in the Media & Entertainment category by Ernst & Young. Further, he is also award recipient for "Outstanding Entrepreneur" in APEA (Asia Pacific Entrepreneur awards). Dainik Bhaskar group is India’s largest circulated newspaper group and also the third largest in the world.

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Aditya Vikram Birla, the visionary Chief Managing Director of Cosmic Birla Group, stands at the helm of a dynamic and esteemed organization, leading with a passion for excellence and innovation. His profound enthusiasm and commitment to the group's values are reflected in his words: "As the Chief Managing Director of this esteemed group, I am proud to introduce you to our products and services. At our establishment, we are dedicated to providing our customers with the highest level of quality, innovation, and excellence in everything we do." Aditya Vikram Birla's role as the Chief Managing Director goes beyond leadership; it embodies a commitment to excellence, customer satisfaction, and the continuous pursuit of innovation. His visionary approach shapes the ethos of Cosmic Birla Group, ensuring it remains a trailblazer in the engineering and manufacturing industry.

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Dr. Vibha Bakshi is an internationally acclaimed, multi-award winning film director & producer - whose films on gender justice have unleashed global movements for change. Winner of four prestigious National Film Awards, awarded by the President of India- Vibha has also been conferred the Honorary Doctorate, from her alma mater Boston University for her impactful work as a filmmaker & journalist.

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Prateek Kanwal is currently a Director with Deloitte India’s consulting practice. He is the Co-Founder of Kautilya School of Public Policy and the Founder of Citizens for Public Leadership. He did his Master’s in Public Policy (MPP) from the Harvard Kennedy School and was awarded the prestigious Joint-Japan World Bank scholarship for his work in the areas of education reform and social innovation. In the past 12 years, he has worked with CRISIL, Teach For India, Ark, Educate Girls and NewGlobe. He is deeply passionate about social impact, public policy, and political reform.

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Anil Swarup, an esteemed civil servant from Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, has had a distinguished 38-year career. He began with a Master's in Political Science from Allahabad University in 1978, where he received the Chancellor's Gold Medal. Joining the Indian Police Service and then the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1981, he earned the Director's Gold Medal as an officer trainee. Swarup held significant roles in the Uttar Pradesh and Central Government, notably as Secretary in the Ministry of Coal and then in School Education and Literacy. Recognized as a Policy Change Agent by The Economic Times, he founded Nexus of Good and authored "Not Just a Civil Servant", "No More a Civil Servant", and "Encounters with Politicians".

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Jordan Goldstein, a partner at Selendy Gay and its General Counsel, is a veteran litigator who specializes in complex financial products and commercial transactions, with a strong focus on prosecuting and defending earn-out, investor, crypto-related, and employment claims. Jordan holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a J.D. from Harvard Law School, and previously worked as an M&A attorney, structuring the types of transactions he now litigates. Jordan also previously served in senior positions at the U.S. Department of Justice. His work has been widely recognized in numerous publications, including the Financial Times, Benchmark Litigation and Legal 500.

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Sujith Nair is the CEO and Co-founder of FIDE – Foundation for Interoperability in Digital Economy. Sujith conceptualised and set up Kochi Open Mobility Network (KOMN) - the world’s first decentralised open mobility network using the Beckn Protocol, which was launched in July 2021. He also co-conceptualised the idea of ONDC and was was instrumental in the setup of ONDC Ltd.

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Asim I. Khwaja is Director of the Center for International Development at Harvard University, Sumitomo-Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development Professor of International Finance and Development at Harvard Kennedy School, and co-founder of the Center for Economic Research in Pakistan (CERP).His areas of interest include economic development, finance, education, political economy, institutions, and contract theory/mechanism design.

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Dr Glenn Denning is Professor of Professional Practice and founding Director of the Master of Public Administration in Development Practice (MPA-DP) at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA). Denning is an experienced professional in agriculture, food policy, and sustainable development. He has advised governments and international organizations in more than 50 countries, primarily in Asia and Africa.

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Dr. Urvashi Sahni is a social entrepreneur, women’s rights activist, and educationist who has been a pioneering activist in the field for more than three decades. She was awarded the Social Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2017 by the Jubilant Bhartia Schwab Foundation, is a non-resident fellow at the Brookings Institution, USA, and is an Ashoka Fellow. Urvashi actively contributes to shaping national education policy and is currently a 2024 Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI) Fellow at Harvard University.

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Nida Hasan is the Executive Director of India House Foundation, a new non profit that engages the Indian diaspora in the U.S. on important issues through objective, thoughtful, and accurate information. In her previous role as the Country Director for Change.org in India, Nida has supported hundreds of social impact leaders in the space of gender, health, human rights and have brought several policy changes through digital campaigning that impacted the lives of millions of Indians. She also co-founded the ‘She Creates Change’ women leadership program.

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Sapan is a seasoned legal advisor and brings a wealth of experience. At present, Sapan is the Group General Counsel and Vice President of ArcelorMittal. Before joining ArcelorMittal, Sapan was a senior partner at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas, one of India's largest full service law firm and served as the national practice head for banking and finance . Previously, he has also been associated with Sidley Austin LLP, ICICI Bank, Standard Chartered and Bajaj Group in different capacities.

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Deepak Ramola is the founder and artistic director of Project FUEL. He holds a master’s degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. A TED Talks speaker and UN Action Plan Executor, he previously served as the Kindness Ambassador for the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development. His methodology has been recognized among the world’s top 100 innovations in education and has been adopted across five continents. A celebrated lyricist in Hindi Cinema, his songs have been voiced by Amitabh Bachchan, Farhan Akhtar, Rekha Bhardwaj amongst others. His first collection of Hindi poetry titled Itna Toh Main Samajh Gaya Hoon received the prestigious Young Writer Award in 2020 at Jaipur Literature Festival. His second book, 50 Toughest Questions of Life, went into a reprint two weeks after its release. His third book, Karwaan Ka Shauq hai released in the summer of 2023.

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Vaishali Nigam Sinha, Co-founder of ReNew, a NASDAQ-listed decarbonization leader ('RNW'), is at the forefront of global ESG innovation as Chairperson Sustainability. Under her leadership, ReNew is recognized for Net-Zero advancements and top ESG rankings. As Founding Chair of ReNew Foundation, she spearheads impactful CSR initiatives, positively impacting over a million lives in 250 villages. Vaishali's notable project, showcased at COP27, trains salt pan women workers, creating better jobs in the clean energy sector. An influential figure in global energy, she's a WEF South Asia Regional Action Group member and advises the Alliance of CEO Climate Leaders. Listed among '100 People Transforming Business,' Vaishali is a Harvard Business School alum and co-editor of the T20 compendium, 'Pathways to Equality.'

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Vikram S. Gandhi, a Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School, pioneers the Sustainable Investing course in the MBA Program. Beyond teaching Leadership and Corporate Accountability, and contributing to Executive Education programs, he's a visiting faculty at Schwarzman College, Tsinghua University. As the Founder of Asha Impact and Senior Advisor to The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, he's a seasoned impact investor. With 23 years in investment banking at Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse, Vikram brings a wealth of experience. A Harvard MBA and qualified Chartered Accountant, he's also a member of YPO and actively contributes to impact research at the Impact Co-Laboratory.

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With a family background in real estate, Parekh founded hBits, India's tech-enabled fractional property ownership platform in 2019. The company allows investments as low as $30,000 in commercial real estate that generates rents from properties such as office buildings. Parekh has an MBA from Harvard and a bachelor's degree in engineering physics from Stanford. He is a director at property firm Raycon Group and also founded its subsidiary coworking company WorkLoft.

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Ayna is a 2nd year MBA at Harvard Business School. She was previously at ZX Ventures (VC backed by AB InBev) investing and building in the climate, foodtech, and consumer tech spaces. This past summer she spent her time at Playbook Partners in Mumbai, doing growth VC investing. Ayna holds a BS in Food Science from Ohio State University, was a founder in the CPG space. She is deeply interested in climate investing and writes angel checks into food, climate, and material spaces.

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Rahul Sen (he/him) is a PhD Candidate in the Department of English at Tufts University. His areas of interest include queer studies, psychoanalysis, literary and cinema studies. His doctoral dissertation explores the question of literary and cinematic "forms" in relation to desire and sexuality. Rahul's writings on gender, sexuality, and popular culture have appeared on many national and international journals, magazines, and news portals. In 2023, he co-edited a book, titled Queers in Quarantine, which is a collection of fiction, non-fiction, and artwork, by queer artists from across the world. Currently, besides his doctoral dissertation, Rahul is working on a book manuscript on the pleasure points of Bombay cinema.

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Sunny Sandhu is a General Partner at Vicus Ventures, a pre seed venture firm investing in the next-generation of transformative technologies and entrepreneurs changing society. Sunny holds a BA from Princeton University and is currently completing his MBA at Harvard Business School.

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Ambassador Kenneth I. Juster served as the 25th U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of India (2017- 2021). A principal architect of one of modern-day U.S.-India strategic partnership, Ambassador Juster presided over and shaped one of the most consequential periods of bilateral ties in recent history. His tenure saw the acceleration and evolution of U.S. government's Indo-Pacific strategy and the resurrection of the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) among Australia, India, Japan, and the United States.

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Ronak D. Desai is Partner at the international law firm of Paul Hastings LLP where he leads the Firm’s India and Congressional practices. A recognized scholar and practitioner in the fields of law and foreign policy, Ronak is also an Associate at the Lakshmi Mittal & Family South Asia Institute (LMSAI) at Harvard University. His work focuses on US-India relations, diaspora politics, anti-corruption, Congress, sanctions, and global governance.

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Swati, pursuing her Master’s in Public Administration at Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), is a Fellow at the Edward S. Mason Program. Starting her career at CRISIL's infrastructure advisory, she shaped urban infrastructure PPPs with global DFIs and Indian Governments. She has worked closely with India's financial inclusion sector while leading middle office operations at Northen Arc Capital. As Aavishkaar's Director of Impact, Swati has worked on milestone impact measurement policies in India. Pre-HKS, she consulted on WASH financing for top impact investors. Her recent project, the 'Landscape of Blended Finance in India,' reflects her dedication to innovative finance. At HKS, she is actively engaged in climate finance and impact investing as Impact Investing Club Vice President and SECON 2024 Co-Chair.