Narayan Ramachandran is co-founder and Senior Fellow at the Takshashila Institution. Narayan’s areas of interest span inclusive finance, public policy, entrepreneurship and the environment. He is the Chairman and CEO of KludeIn Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company listed on NASDAQ. Narayan is also the co-Chairman of Unitus Capital, India's largest social enterprise bank and Chairman of Vivriti Asset Management, and UC Inclusive Credit, which are pioneering firms working to bring credit to underserved markets. He is lead independent Director and Chairman of TeamLease Services. He is on the Advisory Council of the Centre for Wildlife Studies. Earlier, Narayan was Chairman of RBL Bank and Country Head of Morgan Stanley India. Narayan received a B.Tech. in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan. He writes a fortnightly column titled "A Visible Hand" for The Mint Newspaper.

Shekhar Gupta is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of ThePrint, India’s fastest-growing digital news platform known for its non-hyphenated liberalism, which is neither Left nor Right, is liberal on society, and liberal on economy. He is a prolific columnist, with his highly influential weekly column ‘National Interest’ which is translated into five languages. A selection of these columns was collected in the bestselling book, 'Anticipating India.' Shekhar, a recipient of the Padma Bhushan, hosts the ‘Off the Cuff’ – an offering from ThePrint – which sees him in conversation with an eminent guest twice a month. His daily YouTube show ‘Cut The Clutter’ explains and analyses the big news development of the day from India and around the world. Until recently, he also hosted ‘Walk the Talk’ on NDTV 24x7 every week. A collection of these news-making interviews has been published as a book ‘Walk the Talk: Decoding Politicians’.

Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty is the Founder, Chairman and Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon at Narayana Health. Over the course of his distinguished career, Dr. Shetty and his team have performed over 1,20,000 heart surgeries, 40% of them are on children. Dr. Shetty is recognised for his thought leadership in creating national health policies and developing ingenious solutions for affordable healthcare delivery. He is a regular panelist in discussions with the Government of India, state governments and trade bodies.

Augusto Lopez-Claros is an international economist with over 30 years of experience in international organizations, including most recently at the World Bank. For the 2018/2019 academic years Augusto Lopez-Claros was on leave from the World Bank as a Senior Fellow at the Edmund Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. Between 2011 and 2017 he was the Director of the World Bank’s Global Indicators Group, the department responsible for the Bank’s Doing Business report and other international benchmarking studies. Previously he was Chief Economist and Director of the Global Competitiveness Program at the World Economic Forum in Geneva, where he was also the Editor of the Global Competitiveness Report, the Forum’s flagship publication, as well as a number of regional economic reports. In May of 2018 Sweden’s Global Challenges Foundation awarded Augusto Lopez-Claros the New Shape Prize for his work (with Arthur Dahl and Maja Groff) “Global Governance and the Emergence of Global Institutions for the 21st Century.”

Dr. Soumya Swaminathan was appointed WHO’s first Chief Scientist in March 2019. A paediatrician from India and a globally recognized researcher on tuberculosis and HIV, she brings with her 30 years of experience in clinical care and research and has worked throughout her career to translate research into impactful programmes. Dr Swaminathan was Secretary to the Government of India for Health Research and Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research from 2015 to 2017

Mr. Chadden Hunter has produced some of the world’s most famous wildlife series including Planet Earth 1 & 2 and is a winner of over 20 Emmys. As a wildlife filmmaker he has worked alongside Sir David Attenborough for over 20 years, documenting everything from snow leopards in Pakistan to scuba diving under the Antarctic ice sheet. His anecdotes are as inspirational as they are entertaining. Using a stunning multi-media presentation he shares stories about achieving goals through perseverance, communicating with wider audiences, the importance of team building and creative leadership.

Mr. Kumar Mangalam Birla is the Chairman of the Indian multinational Aditya Birla Group, which operates in 36 countries across six continents. Under his stewardship, the Aditya Birla Group enjoys a leadership position in all its major sectors, including cement, chemicals, metals, textiles, fashion and financial services. Anchored by an extraordinary force of 140,000 employees of 100 different nationalities, Mr. Birla has built a highly successful meritocratic organisation over the years. Under his leadership, in 2020, the Aditya Birla Group was recognised among the Forbes World’s Best Employers.

An accomplished Business Leader and a second-generation entrepreneur, Mr. Sajjan Jindal had the foresight to lead the Steel industry and JSW in particular on a transformational journey, contributing significantly to India’s growth philosophy. A mechanical engineer, Mr. Jindal led the JSW Group through some of its most exciting phases, including the public offer announcements of JSW Steel and JSW Energy in 1995 and 2009-10, respectively. Today, the USD 22 Billion Group takes pride in expanding the business landscape across Infrastructure, Sports, Cement and Paints. A firm believer of the “Make in India” philosophy, Mr. Jindal has been awarded on many global platforms for his contribution and commendable work and has been recognized “CEO of the Year 2019” by Business Standard (India’s leading business publication) & “Best CEO Award 2019” by Business Today Magazine. He has also been recognized as “Outstanding Business Leader of the year 2018” by IBLA - CNBC TV18 (India’s leading business news channel). He was also awarded the JRD Tata Award 2017 for “Excellence in Corporate Leadership in Metallurgical industry”, and the “2014 National Metallurgist Award: Industry” instituted by the Ministry of Steel, Government of India.

Ms. Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw is a first-generation entrepreneur and a global business leader with over four decades of experience in biotechnology. Fueled by her passion, she started her biotech journey in 1978 from her garage in India. Today, that journey is changing lives for the better across the globe. She is regarded as an unconventional thinker with many firsts to her credit. Under her aegis, Biocon delivers on the promise of making medicines accessible and affordable to millions of patients worldwide.

Mr. Vikram Kirloskar is the Vice Chairman, Toyota Kirloskar Motor Pvt. Ltd. He was responsible for partnering with the Toyota group and starting a major automobile manufacturing industry in the state. For this, he has been recognized by the Government and presented with the "Suvarna Karnataka" award. He was involved in opening the import licensing for capital equipment while serving on the Government’s Development Council for Machine Tools in the late 1980’s. He has served as the President of The Central Manufacturing Institute in Bangalore. He also serves on the Govt. of India Development Council for Automobiles and the National Council for Electric Mobility. He was the President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) during 2019-20 and is currently the Chairman of CII Manufacturing Council, CII Trade Fair’s council and Chairman of Hydrogen Task Force.

Mr. Rishad Premji is the Executive Chairman of Wipro Limited. Rishad is on the boards of Wipro Enterprises Ltd., a leading player in FMCG and infrastructure engineering, and Wipro GE Healthcare, a joint venture between Wipro and GE. He is also on the board of the Azim Premji Foundation, one of the largest not-for-profit initiatives in the world. In 2014, he was recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum for his outstanding leadership, professional accomplishments, and commitment to society.

Rajan Bharti Mittal is the Vice Chairman of Bharti Enterprises, one of India’s leading conglomerates with diversified interests in telecom, insurance, real estate, agri and food in addition to other ventures. Bharti has joint ventures with several global leaders: Singtel, AXA, Del Monte, SoftBank and Brightstar. Bharti Airtel, the flagship company of Bharti Enterprises, is a global telecommunications company with operations in 17 countries across South Asia and Africa. The company ranks amongst the top three mobile operators globally and its mobile network covers a population of over two billion people. Airtel is India’s largest integrated telecom provider and the second-largest mobile operator in Africa. Airtel has approx. 492 mn customers across its operations.