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This book was an initiative to help dissuade typical set perceptions of people, especially youngsters, with regards to working towards a successful life. Life and success, both don’t pan out as planned, both hit a curveball when you want to hit a century. Success then, comes to those who figure out a way to hit the century regardless.
Earlier a consultant with the renowned Boston Consulting Group, serving as advisory to fortune 500 companies across India, Germany and Southeast Asia, Abhiraj is now the co-founder of Urbanclap, which is considered as one of the fastest growing start-ups in India
Kunal Bahl is the CEO and co-founder of Snapdeal, an e-commerce company commenced in February 2010 as a daily deals platform, which has expanded over the years to become one of the leading online marketplaces with several prominent investors from across the globe.
Kunal Bahl is the CEO and co-founder of Snapdeal, an e-commerce company commenced in February 2010 as a daily deals platform, which has expanded over the years to become one of the leading online marketplaces with several prominent investors from across the globe.
Radhika Aggarwal is the Chief Business Officer at Shoplclues. com, which she co-founded with Sanjay Sethi and Sandeep Aggarwal in 2011 from Silicon Valley, California.
Rahul Singh is the Founder and CEO of Beer Café, India’s first concept chain of beer outlets serving all popular brands of beer in a truly fashionable way with the perfect ambience. The Chain serves 50 different variety of beers as well as across from 20 foreign countries across 35 locations in 12 Indian cities.
Raghav Verma is the Co-founder of Chaayos, an enterprise which’s all about experimenting with ‘chai,’ the Hindi word for tea, and has a chain of tea cafes across Delhi NCR, Chandigarh and Mumbai.
Nithya Shanti, meaning ‘unchanging peace,’ is a person whom thousands have come to respect and love globally. An internationally acclaimed spiritual teacher, trainer and writer, his teachings have spread euphoria and contentment among individuals from various walks of life and have also benefited many corporations and global institutions.
Lalit Agarwal is the Chairman and Managing Director of V-Mart Retail Limited, India’s first ‘Organized Value Retail Chain,’ which revolutionized the concept of value retailing in tier 2, 3, 4 cities and townships in the country.
Acharya Balkrishna has revolutionized the concepts of Ayurvedic medicine and yoga not only in India but also across the globe. He is the founder and CEO of FMCG company Patanjali Ayurved, a billionaire who is worth USD 6.1 billion as per Forbes estimate in March 2018. Balkrishna owns 98.6% of the stake in Patanjali.
Suresh Narayanan is the Chairman and Managing Director of Nestlé India, the local wing of the Swiss fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) giant. Mr. Narayanan has over thirty years of experience in the FMCG sector.
Siddharth Bindra is the Managing Director of Biba Apparels. The business was launched by his mother, Ms. Meena, in 1988 and Siddharth has been the pivotal force behind it to make it one of the most popular women and girls ethnic wear brand of clothing in the country over the years. In fact, the business enjoys a leadership stand as far as ethnic wear is concerned and is the largest ethnic wear chain in India today.
Sumir Chadha is one of the four founders, and the Managing Director of WestBridge Capital US Advisors, LLC, headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area. He also sits on the Board of a few Indian companies such as India Shelter Finance Corporation and Vistaar Financial Services besides leading investment recommendations in companies like TVS Motor, Relaxo Footwear, Greenply, Cognizant Technology Solutions and V-Mart Retail to name a few.
Born on March 16, 1971, Shaheen Mistri is a renowned social activist and educator. She founded the Akanksha Foundation, a non-profit educational organization in Mumbai and Pune. Besides being the CEO of Teach For India, which she established in 2008, Shaheen has also written a book, Re-drawing India. She serves on the boards of Akanksha and Design For Change, and is a former member of the board of India School Leadership Institute, The Thermax Foundation.
Dr. Kartikay Saini is an ex-Indian Navy Commander. After serving his nation for 25 years, he turned to entrepreneurship, and is the Director of Hema Engineering Industries Ltd. Among many other designations, he is currently also the Chairman of Special Olympics Bharat and a board member of Special Olympics International.
Kapil Dev was born on January 6, 1959 in Chandigarh. He is largely recognized as one of the best all-rounders in world cricket and led the Indian cricket team to its first World Cup victory in 1983 against one of the most formidable West Indies teams ever at Lords, England. Kapil received several cricketing awards during his time as cricketer, including the Wisden Indian Cricketer of the Century in 2002. He is also the recipient of the Padma Shri and the Padma Bhushan awards in 1982 and 1991, respectively, India’s fourth and third highest civilian awards.
He is an Indian children’s rights activist and a Nobel Peace Prize recipient. He is also the founder of Bachpan Bachao Andolan, translated ‘Save Childhood Movement,’ Kailash Satyarthi Children’s Foundation, Global March Against Child Labour and GoodWeave International.
Sanjeev Bikchandani is the Founder & Executive Vice President of Info Edge India Pvt. Ltd. – India’s premier online classifieds company, which owns naukri.com, India’s leading job portal, as well as matrimonial website jeevansathi.com, online real estate website 99acres.com and online food guide portal zomato.com The company is also into online education portals and other businesses supporting its existing lines of operations. Sanjeev is also the co-founder of the Ashoka University.
Shyam Sundar Aggarwal is the founder and Managing Director of Bikanervala Foods Pvt. Ltd. The company was initially founded back in 1950. Mr. Aggarwal has been the force behind bringing up Bikanervala from a family-managed food business to a fully professionally managed company of global standards.
Mr. Nikhil Kumar has been one of India’s better known IPS Officers from the 1963 batch. He has held several important posts during his illustrious career like being the Additional Director General of the BSF (1989–91, 1992–94) and the Commissioner of Delhi Police from 1995–1997. Post retirement, he joined politics as he always wanted, to continue to be of service to the people of India. In his political career, Mr. Kumar was elected to the 14th Lok Sabha in 2004, and has served as Governor of Nagaland from 2009–2013 and as the Governor of Kerala from 2013–2014
Born on December 20, 1954, Arjun ram Meghwal is a politician from the BJP, and an ex party ‘Chief Whip’ in the 16th Lok Sabha. Presently he is the Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, and Parliamentary Affairs. He won the 15th and 16th Lok Sabha elections from Bikaner, Rajasthan in 2009 and was awarded the title of the Best Parliamentarian in 2013.
Doctor Naresh Trehan is an Indian Cardiovascular and Cardiothoracic surgeon. He founded the renowned Escorts Heart Institute in New Delhi – at the time the only advanced heart-care hospital in India which was able to conduct advanced heart-related and life-saving surgeries in the country. He is also the founder of Medanta – a multi-specialty hospital in Gurgaon in the national capital region of India – and serves as its Chairman and Managing Director as well as the Chief Cardiac Surgeon. Doctor Trehan has also been serving as the personal surgeon to Indian Presidents since 1991