Meet The Speakers
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Akhilesh Yadav
Former UP Chief Minister
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Dr. Kiran Bedi
Former LG of Puducherry
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Abhishek Manu Singhvi
Member of Parliament
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Asaduddin Owaisi
Member of Parliament
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Manish Tewari
Member of Parliament
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Vicky Ratnani
Celebrity Chef
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Manoj Tiwari
Member of Parliament
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Ravi Kishan
Member of Parliament
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Dinesh Lal Yadav
Member of Parliament
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Rajiv Shukla
Member of Parliament
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Supriya Srinate
Politician
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Prof Madhav Nalapat
Editorial Director, iTV Network
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Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Actor
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Tahira Kashyap
Author & Filmmaker
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Anand Ranganathan
Scientist & Author
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Prof. Walter Andersen
American Author
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J Sai Deepak
SC Lawyer & Author
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Ashwin Sanghi
Bestselling Author
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Amish Tripathi
Bestselling Author
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David Frawley
American Author
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Shweta Tripathi
Actor
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Maanvi Gagroo
Actor
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Babil Khan
Actor
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Shriya Pilgaonkar
Actor
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Deep Kalra
Founder, MakeMyTrip
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Union Minister
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Vinay Sitapati
Author & Biographer
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Journalist & Author
Neerja Chowdhury
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Sanjaya Baru
Journalist & Author
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Rasheed Kidwai
Journalist & Author (moderator)
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AK Bhattacharya
Journalist & Author
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Neelima Adhar Dalmia
Author
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Sanjeev Chopra
TedEx Speaker
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Walter K. Andersen
American Academic & Author
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Amb. Gautam Bambawale
Fmr. Envoy to China
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Prof BR Deepak
Sinologist
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Prof Srikanth Kondapalli
Dean, SIS, JNU
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Jayadev Ranade
President, Centre for China Analysis
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Harinder Sikka
Author & Filmmaker
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Rajesh Singh
Author
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Rajnish Kumar
former SBI Chairman
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Amb Navtej Sarna
Fmr Envoy to the U.S & Author
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Amb Ajay Bisaria
Fmr Envoy to Pakistan & Canada
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Nalin Mehta
Journalist & Author
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Pranjal Sharma
Journalist & Writer
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Brig (R) Rajiv Williams
CSR Head, Jindal Stainless
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Badri Narayan
Writer
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Rasheed Kidwai
Journalist & Author
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Dr. Aishwarya Pandit Sharma
Director, The Sunday Guardian Foundation
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Vinay Sahasrabuddhe
President ICCR
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Amb. Pavan Varma
Former MP & Author
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Vikram Sampath
Indian Historian
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Ram Madhav
President, India Foundation & Author
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Tuhin Sinha
Author & BJP Spokesperson
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Himanshu Bajpayee
Author & Storyteller
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Karen Anand
Food Critic
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Sourrish Bhattacharya
Food Critic
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Anand Jha
MD Government Relations, Blackstone
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Shweta Tripathi Sharma
Actor
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Pushpesh Pant
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Anant Vijay
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Lt Gen (R) Satish Dua
Former Chief, IDS
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Lt Gen (R) Kanwal Jeet Singh Dhillon
Fmr Director, DIA
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Lt Gen (R) PJS Pannu
Fmr Deputy Chief, IDS
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Sandeep Unnithan
Author & Journalist
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Iqbal Chand Malhotra
Author
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Dilip Cherian
Ad Guru
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Apra Kuchhal
Prabha Khaitan National Convenor
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Kaveri Bamzai
Journalist
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Manu Joseph
Author
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Sanjay Kumar
Co-Director, Lokniti CSDS
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Yashwant Deshmukh
Founder Editor, C-Voter
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Suhel Seth
Businessman & Columnist
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Advaita Kala
Author
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Vaibhav Purandare
Author
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Uday Mahurkar
Author
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Mani Shankar Aiyar
Author & Congress Leader
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Sudhansu Trivedi
MP RS
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Anurag Bhadouria
SP Leader
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Smita Prakash
Editor, ANI
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Ashutosh
Journalist
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Maj Gen (R) Ian Cardozo
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Col (R) Ajay Singh
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Col (R) Ajay Raina
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Shiv K. Verma
Military Historian
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Suparn Varma
Filmmaker
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Atul Tiwari
Actor & Filmmaker
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Sandeep Modi
Filmmaker
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Vatsal Neelakantan
Director
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Prof C Rajkumar
VC Jindal global university
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Mahesh Jethmalani
Rajya Sabha MP
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Vivek Tankha
Rajya Sabha MP
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Sandeep Balakrishna
Author
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Abhijeet Majumdar
Writer
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Ami Ganatra
Author
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Ushinor Majumdar
Author
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Nitish Ojha
Author
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Suhail Mathur
Author
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Sugata Srinivasraju
Author
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Coomi Kapoor
Author
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Lt Gen (R) Zameeruddin Shah
Former Army Vice Chief
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Arun Anand
Author
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Arjun Singh Kadian
Author
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Himani Chaudhary
Founder of Financial Vines
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Devanshu Mahajan
Content Creator
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Soundrya Thakur
Content Creator
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Dr Bhuvan Lall
Filmmaker Author & Entrepreneur
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Manu Jospeh
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Aalok Shrivastav
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Mayank Singh
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Rajneesh Kumar
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Shweta Tripathi Sharma
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Tahira Kashyap Khurrana
Writer, director & author
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