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Narendra Modi
Prime Minister of India

Dr S Jaishankar
Minister of External Affairs, Government of India

Hon Dr S Jaishankar is the Minister of External Affairs in the Government of India. Earlier Dr S Jaishankar was President – Global Corporate Affairs at Tata Sons Private Limited from May 2018. He was Foreign Secretary from 2015-18, Ambassador to United States from 2013-15, Ambassador to China from 2009-2013, High Commissioner to Singapore from 2007-2009 and Ambassador to the Czech Republic from 2000-2004. He has also served in other diplomatic assignments in Embassies in Moscow, Colombo, Budapest and Tokyo, as well in the Ministry of External Affairs and the President’s Secretariat. Dr S Jaishankar is a graduate of St. Stephen’s College at the University of Delhi. He has an MA in Political Science and an M. Phil and PhD in International Relations from Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. He is a recipient of the Padma Shri award in 2019.

Ravi Shankar Prasad
Minister for Communications, Electronics & IT and Law & Justice, Government of India

Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad is the Cabinet Minister for Communications, Electronics & Information Technology and Law & Justice in the Government of India. He is an eminent Lawyer and a Senior Advocate in the Supreme Court of India. He is a Member of Parliament since the year 2000. As a senior Minister in Government headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi he spearheaded Digital India program. His efforts have led to revival of India’s telecom sector which witnessed the highest ever investments in last five years. India’s largest telecom PSU, BSNL witnessed a turnaround under his leadership. He is also leading the task of developing India into a global electronics manufacturing hub. India Post has emerged as the leader in eCommerce logistics service providers as well as vehicle for financial inclusion under his leadership. As the Minister for Law & Justice he has been leading the reforms in the judiciary. He spearheaded the reform for appointments in higher judiciary which resulted into enactment of National Judicial Appointment Commission, which was pending for more than 20 years.

Piyush Goyal
Minister of Railways & Minister of Commerce & Industry, Government of India

Hon Piyush Goyal is the Minister of Railways and Minister of Commerce & Industry in the Government of India. He is a Member of the Upper House of the Parliament of India (Rajya Sabha) and the Deputy Leader of Rajya Sabha. He was earlier the Minister of Railways and Coal (2017-19). He has also held additional charge of Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs twice in 2018 and 2019. Earlier he was Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy (2014-2017), and Mines (2016-17). Mr Goyal’s tenure has seen Indian Railways achieve its best ever safety record in 2018-19 and also oversaw the launch of the first indigenous semi-high speed train Vande Bharat Express between Delhi and Varanasi. He also received the 4th Annual Carnot Prize in 2018 recognising the pathbreaking transformations in India’s energy sector. During his 35 year long political career, Mr Goyal has held several important positions at different levels in the world’s largest political party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and is in its National Executive. He has been the National Treasurer of the Party. In the 2019 Indian General Elections, he was a member of the Manifesto and Publicity Committees. He also headed the BJP’s Information Communication Campaign Committee for the Indian General Elections 2014.

Mahendra Nath Pandey
Union Minister of Skill Development and Enterpreneurship, Government of India

Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey, (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian politician and a member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), world's largest political party. After serving as Union Minister of State for Ministry of Human Resource Development between 2016 and 2017 where he focused on making quality education accessible for all citizens, he was re-elected by the masses in the second term of Narendra Modi 2.0 government and was then appointed as Cabinet Minister for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in May 2019. With Dr Pandey at the helm of affairs, Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has put special emphasis on Convergence, increased Scale, meeting Aspiration and improved Quality to achieve Hon’ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of a 'Skilled India'. Driven by a modern and progressive outlook towards nation building, his efforts in shaping unorganized sectors into an organized economy through the Recognition of Prior Learning program is an important achievement. Dr Pandey has been instrumental in re-energizing and re-invigorating the Industrial Training Institutes (ITI), country’s long-standing vocational education system. To put India’s talent at par and on the global skills map, he promulgated the idea of infrastructure upgradation, better pedagogy, use of new age machine tools and curriculum quality at these institutes to meet specific skill requirement of the industries and empower the nation’s youth with market relevant skills. As a result, close to 500 Industrial Training Institutes (ITI) have already been transformed into model training centres to impart employable skills training. Under his exemplary leadership, the Skill India program has been accelerated with the establishment of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra (PMKK), state-of-the-art centres in every district of India, to make vocational training aspirational for youth of India. He recently announced the launch of two India Institute of Skills in the country, which are institutes of repute benchmarking international standards of skilling focusing on new age vocational training in the areas of AI, Data Analytics and 3D printing. Dr Pandey is also aggressively driving skilling and upskilling initiatives to help India ready its talent to better capitalize on the job roles and opportunities emerging post COVID-19 pandemic. With constant co-ordination and dialogue with around 20 other ministries under Government of India, Dr Pandey has been instrumental in building an effective and sustainable industry partnership with corporate stakeholders for apprenticeship, training and capacity building to develop talent in line with global standards. Currently, under his guidance the skills ministry is driving a massive skill mapping exercise of migrant workers, both who have returned to their home state from the place of work and those from overseas. Through focus on decentralization of governance for skill building, he is also providing much needed impetus to skilling effort at

Yogi Adityanath
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Government of India

Dominic Raab
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, UK Government

Dominic Raab was appointed Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and First Secretary of State on 24 July 2019. He was first elected Conservative MP for Esher and Walton in May 2010. Dominic was Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union from July to November 2018. He was previously Minister of State for Housing at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government from 9 January 2018 to 9 July 2018. He was Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice from 12 June 2017 to 9 January 2018. Dominic served as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Minister for Human Rights) at the Ministry of Justice from 2015 to 2016.

Priti Patel
Secretary of State for Home Department, UK Government

Appointed as the Secretary of State for the Home Department on 24th July 2019. Prior to this she was elected as the MP for Witham in May 2010, currently still holding this parliamentary constituency. She was previously Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury from July 2014 to May 2015. She then became Minister of State for Employment from May 2015 to July 2016. More recently from July 2016 to November 2017 she held the role of Secretary of state for International Development. Outside of Politics in 2013 the Prime Minister appointed her as the first ever UK Indian Diaspora Champion. After attending a comprehensive school in Watford, she went on to study economics at Keele University. She went on to gain a postgraduate degree at the University of Essex.

Liz Truss
Secretary of State for International Trade, UK Government

Liz Truss was appointed as Secretary of State for International Trade and President of the Board of Trade on 24th July 2019. She was also appointed as the Minister for Women and Equalities on 10th September 2019. Prior to this she was elected as the MP for South West Norfolk in 2010, currently still holding this parliamentary constituency. Elizabeth entered Parliament in 2010. She was appointed Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Education and Childcare in September 2012. Elizabeth served as the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from July 2014 until July 2016. Elizabeth was Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice from July 2016 until June 2017. She was Chief Secretary to the Treasury from June 2017 until July 2019. Elizabeth was previously Deputy Director at Reform. She also worked in the energy and telecommunications industry for 10 years as a commercial manager and economics director and is a qualified management accountant.

Matt Hancock
Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, UK Government

Matt Hancock was appointed Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on 9 July 2018. He was Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport from 8 January 2018 to 9 July 2018. He was previously Minister of State for Digital from July 2016 to January 2018. Matt was elected Conservative MP for West Suffolk in May 2010. From 2010 Matt served as a backbencher on the Public Accounts Committee and the Standards & Privileges Committee. Matt entered government in September 2012 and has served in a number of Ministerial Roles, including for skills and business, and as Paymaster General. He oversaw the expansion of apprenticeships and championed the digital transformation of government. Before entering politics, Matt worked for his family business, as an economist at the Bank of England, and as Chief of Staff to the Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer.

Gen David Petraeus
Partner at KKR, Chairman of the KKR Global Institute

General David Petraeus is a Partner with the global investment firm KKR and Chairman of the KKR Global Institute, which he established in June 2013. He is also a personal venture capitalist and serves on the boards of KKR companies OneStream and Optiv. Before joining KKR, he served in government for 38-1/2 years, culminating his 37-year military career with six consecutive commands as a general officer, five of which were in combat – including the Surge in Iraq, US Central Command, and Coalition Forces in Afghanistan – and then serving as Director of the CIA, following Senate confirmation by a vote of 94-0. He graduated with distinction from the US Military Academy in 1974 and later earned a Ph.D. at Princeton University. He subsequently held academic appointments at West Point, the City University of New York’s Macaulay Honors College, Harvard, the University of Southern California, and Yale. His many awards include four Defense Distinguished Service Medals, the Secretary of State Distinguished Service Medal, the Bronze Star Medal for Valor, two NATO Meritorious Service Medals, the Combat Action Badge, the Ranger tab, and master parachutist wings. He has also been decorated by 13 foreign countries.

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar has spent his life building programmes for the reduction of stress and violence. In 1981 he set up the Art of Living [www.artofliving.org] and in 1997 the International Association for Human Values [www.iahv.org], both of which are active in more than 150 countries. Sri Sri’s organisations operate at several levels: • Global. Sri Sri has personally played a prominent role in promoting peace in a number of conflict zones, including Colombia, Iraq, Cameroon and India. • National. Through a network of volunteers, Sri Sri’s organisations have brought disaster relief to countries like Iraq and Syria and also to the victims of Hurricane Katrina in the US in 2005. • Individual. His followers have introduced Sri Sri’s self-development programmes – meditation, yoga and breathing techniques – in numerous prisons and refugee camps, helping to reduce stress and assist people to recover from trauma. Independent medical research has documented the impact of these programmes in alleviating depression, reducing cortisol (a stress hormone) and strengthening the immune system. Underlying all these activities is Sri Sri’s central belief – that different cultures and religions are all rooted in shared human values. To demonstrate this, in 2016 his organisations convened the World Culture Festival in Delhi. The three-day event was the closest the world has yet got to a “cultural Olympics”, with spectacular performances by 45,000 dancers and musicians from around the world. Sri Sri’s work has already been recognised by a number of countries. He has received the highest civilian award in Colombia, Guatemala, Mongolia and Paraguay; the same has happened in India – the Padma Vibhushan award for exceptional and distinguished service. He has received 15 honorary doctorates from universities in a number of countries.

Sadhguru
Founder, Isha Foundation

Ranked amongst the fifty most influential people in India, Sadhguru is a Yogi, mystic and visionary. He has been conferred the Padma Vibhushan, India’s highest annual civilian award, accorded for exceptional and distinguished service. Sadhguru is a speaker and opinion-maker of international renown. He has spoken at various forums across the world, including the UN World Headquarters, UNESCO Headquarters, World Economic Forum, the World Bank, the House of Lords, TED, Microsoft and Google Headquarters. He has also been invited to speak at leading educational institutions: Oxford, Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Wharton and MIT among others.Over the years, Sadhguru has launched mega ecological initiatives. The movements Rally for Rivers and Cauvery Calling address the urgent need to revitalize Indian Rivers and issues related to Soil, Water and Climate Change. Recognized globally for their wide reach and impact, these initiatives have become game-changers by establishing a global blueprint for economic development that is ecologically sustainable. Sadhguru has been invited by the UN, UNE (United Nations Environment) and UNCCD (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification) to discuss global solutions to the world’s ecological issues.Sadhguru’s celebratory engagement with life includes an active involvement in fields as diverse as architecture, visual design, poetry, painting, sports, music, aviation and motorcycling.Three decades ago, Sadhguru founded Isha Foundation, a non-profit human-service organization, with human wellbeing as its core commitment. The Foundation has initiated powerful yoga programs for human transformation and wellbeing, and path-breaking outreach projects to uplift rural communities. Isha is supported by over 11 million volunteers in more than 300 centers worldwide.

GC Murmu
Lt. Governor, Government of Jammu & Kashmir

Ranked amongst the fifty most influential people in India, Sadhguru is a Yogi, mystic and visionary. He has been conferred the Padma Vibhushan, India’s highest annual civilian award, accorded for exceptional and distinguished service. Sadhguru is a speaker and opinion-maker of international renown. He has spoken at various forums across the world, including the UN World Headquarters, UNESCO Headquarters, World Economic Forum, the World Bank, the House of Lords, TED, Microsoft and Google Headquarters. He has also been invited to speak at leading educational institutions: Oxford, Stanford, Harvard, Yale, Wharton and MIT among others.Over the years, Sadhguru has launched mega ecological initiatives. The movements Rally for Rivers and Cauvery Calling address the urgent need to revitalize Indian Rivers and issues related to Soil, Water and Climate Change. Recognized globally for their wide reach and impact, these initiatives have become game-changers by establishing a global blueprint for economic development that is ecologically sustainable. Sadhguru has been invited by the UN, UNE (United Nations Environment) and UNCCD (United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification) to discuss global solutions to the world’s ecological issues.Sadhguru’s celebratory engagement with life includes an active involvement in fields as diverse as architecture, visual design, poetry, painting, sports, music, aviation and motorcycling.Three decades ago, Sadhguru founded Isha Foundation, a non-profit human-service organization, with human wellbeing as its core commitment. The Foundation has initiated powerful yoga programs for human transformation and wellbeing, and path-breaking outreach projects to uplift rural communities. Isha is supported by over 11 million volunteers in more than 300 centers worldwide.

Shashi Tharoor
Member of Parliament, Parliament of India

Dr Shashi Tharoor, a third-term Member of Parliament for Thiruvananthapuram, is the bestselling author of twenty books, both fiction and non-fiction, besides being a former Under Secretary-General of the United Nations and a former Minister of State for Human Resource Development and for External Affairs in the Government of India. He has won numerous awards, including the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, a Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and the Crossword Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2019, Dr. Tharoor was also awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award in the category of ‘English Non-Fiction’ for his book An Era of Darkness. He chairs Parliament’s Standing Committee on Information Technology.

Piyush Gupta
CEO & Director, DBS Group

Piyush Gupta has been Chief Executive Officer and Director of DBS Group since 2009. DBS is a leading financial services group in Asia, headquartered in Singapore. Recognised for its global leadership, DBS has been named ""World’s Best Bank"" by several global publications like Euromoney and Global Finance. The bank is at the forefront of leveraging digital technology to shape the future of banking, and was also named “World’s Best Digital Bank” by Euromoney. In addition, in 2019, DBS was listed among the top ten most transformative organisations of the decade by Harvard Business Review. Prior to joining DBS, Piyush had a 27 year career at Citigroup, where his last position was Chief Executive Officer for South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. Piyush is Vice-Chairman of the Institute of International Finance, Washington. In addition, he is a member of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Task Force on Digital Financing of the Sustainable Development Goals, Singapore’s Advisory Council on the Ethical Use of AI and Data, the McKinsey Advisory Council, and the Sim Kee Boon Institute for Financial Economics Advisory Board. He also sits on the boards of Enterprise Singapore, Singapore’s National Research Foundation, and the Singapore’s Council for Board Diversity. Piyush is a term trustee of the Singapore Indian Development Association (SINDA). Piyush has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree in Economics from St. Stephen's College, Delhi University, India and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM, Ahmedabad. Piyush was named one of the world’s top 100 best-performing chief executives in Harvard Business Review - 2019 edition of ""The CEO 100"". He was named Singapore Business Awards' Outstanding Chief Executive of the Year in 2016. In 2014, he was named as the Singapore Business Leader of the Year by CNBC and in 2013, he was accorded the CEO Leadership Achievement Award for Singapore and Asia Pacific by The Asian Banker.

Gaitri Kumar
High Commissioner of India to United Kingdom, Government of India

DGaitri Issar Kumar, of the 1986 batch of the Indian Foreign Service has served in various capacities at the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi and its Missions abroad to promote India's political, trade and economic as well as cultural cooperation with friends and partners - bilateral and in multilateral fora. Before taking over as High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom, she was serving as Ambassador of India to the European Union, Belgium, and Luxembourg, Overseas, she has also served as Deputy Chief of Mission in the Embassy of India, Paris, Counsellor in the Permanent Mission of India in Geneva, First Secretary in the Embassy of India, Kathmandu and Second Secretary in the Embassy of India, Lisbon. At Headquarters she was as Additional Secretary to the Hon'ble President of India, Head of the Americas Division, Establishment Division, Finance Division, Director, Northern Division in charge of Nepal and Bhutan and before that, Under Secretary for Maldives and Myanmar. In Bangalore, she served as Regional Passport Officer, Karnataka. Gaitri Issar Kumar, with family origins in Punjab, was born in Bangalore, Karnataka and completed her early education at Sophia High School, Bangalore before graduating from Bangalore University - where she pursued history, economics and political science She has studied German and Portuguese languages and has a working knowledge of Nepali and French. She is fluent in Hindi and Punjabi. She is married to Sachit Kumar. They have two daughters.

Weijian Shan
Chairman & CEO, PAG

Weijian Shan is chairman and CEO of PAG, a Hong Kong based private equity firm with $38 billion in capital under management. His firm invests throughout Asia and beyond. Prior to PAG, he was a partner of TPG, and co-managing partner of TPG Asia (formerly known as Newbridge Capital). Previously, Shan was a managing director of JP Morgan, and an assistant professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He holds an M.A. and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and an M.B.A. from the University of San Francisco. He studied at Beijing University of International Business and Economics where he also taught as a faculty member. Shan is the author of: Out of the Gobi: My Story of China and America (2019), Money Games (forthcoming) and of many commentaries published in the Financial Times, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs and others.

Bhavish Aggarwal
Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Ola

Bhavish Aggarwal is the Co-Founder & CEO of Ola, one of the world’s largest ride-hailing platforms and India’s most popular mobility platform. With the mission of building mobility for a billion people, he started Ola in 2010 with Ankit Bhati, a fellow alumnus from the Indian Institute of Technology in Mumbai, the country’s premier institution for technology and science. Before Ola, Bhavish worked with Microsoft Research for two years, filing two patents alongside having three papers published in international academic journals. Ola is now one of India’s most valuable and respected new economy organizations with over 2.5 million driver partners in over 250 cities across India, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom with significant presence in key global markets like London and Sydney. The Ola Group includes various business units including its ride-hailing arm, Ola Mobility, Ola Electric, Olafoods and Ola Financial Services. Through its mobility business, the company offers a wide range of ride-hailing services from economy and shared cab rides to business-class vehicles and auto rickshaws, taxis and two wheelers on yet another spectrum! These offerings are further customized to suit the local consumer needs across the globe. With over a billion rides annually, Ola serves over 250 million users globally as well as the millions of drivers and their families, positively impacting the social and economic fabric of the country and global markets it operates in. Ola has a strong focus on building cutting-edge technology for safety and industry leading innovations that range from AI based ride-monitoring, elevated connected vehicle experiences and unique category and format innovations, paving the way for the future of mobility. Ola Electric aims to build a first of its kind ecosystem to make electric mobility convenient, dependable, and affordable at scale. Through its Mission: Electric program, the company aims to enable over a million electric vehicles on Indian roads in the coming years. Ola Electric has also pioneered multi-modal electric mobility in the city of Nagpur with thousands of EVs now deployed across its various pilots. Through Olafoods and Ola Financial Services, the company aims to expand the range of offerings for consumers with food brands that are loved and financial products and services that are transparent and accessible for all.

Vani Kola
Managing Director, Kalaari Capital

Vani Kola is the Managing Director at Kalaari Capital, an early stage venture capital firm based in Bangalore. She is a renowned investor and a visionary known for identifying emerging markets. Her leadership at Kalaari centers around her commitment to the development of entrepreneurs and her conviction that Indian companies are poised to become global players. Having been a successful entrepreneur in Silicon Valley for 22 years, Vani now works with first-time entrepreneurs to build strong global companies. She focuses on technology companies, leveraging India’s domestic growth to create high growth enterprises. She has successfully led investments in e-commerce, mobile services, education and healthcare. Many of her investments have now become very successful, validating her aptitude for picking the best young minds and mentoring them to build successful enterprises. She serves on several company boards and speaks widely on entrepreneurship and leadership. Vani is profiled in numerous books and has been identified as one of the Fortune Most Powerful Women in Business. Outside of enjoying building high growth companies her interests focus on raising her two daughters and musing about finding the perfect balance between work and family. She is involved in various organizations focused on fostering entrepreneurship and women leadership.

Ashu Khullar
CEO, Citi India

Ashu Khullar is the Chief Executive Officer, Citi India and Regional Head for South Asia. Ashu is responsible for all of Citi's businesses in India and has oversight of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. In India, Citi employs approximately 18,900 people and serves close to 2.5 million customers ranging from top corporate houses, multinationals, MME’s/SME's, self-employed entrepreneurs and retail clients. Citi India has leading market shares in a number of areas in India's banking industry, including foreign exchange, investment banking, cash management, trade, credit cards, e-commerce banking and distribution of mutual funds. In addition, Citi India's network of five Citi Service Centers serves a wide spectrum of global businesses and functions in areas such as technology, analytics, risk management, operations, decision management, financial control, etc.Ashu has worked across a number of management roles across Citi. Prior to his current role, he was Head of Capital Markets Origination (CMO) business for Asia Pacific, based in Hong Kong and was responsible for origination of Citi’s Capital Markets activities across Equity, Bonds, Loans and Structured Financing. Ashu was with Citi in London till September 2017. In London, he was Co-Head of Citi’s Corporate Banking business in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) (54 presence and ~60 non-presence countries), serving 2,500 corporate, financial institution and public sector clients. Prior to this, he was Head of Corporate Banking for Central Eastern Europe, Middle East & Africa (CEEMEA) where he managed a team of 250 bankers. Between 2010 and 2014, Ashu was Co-Head of EMEA Loans, Capital Markets Origination, with oversight of the Project and Infrastructure Finance business. Ashu is a member of the Managing Committee at the Indian Banks Association (IBA) and National Executive Committee at Federation of Indian Chambers of commerce and Industry (FICCI). Ashu is also on the Global Board of Directors at US India Business Council (USIBC). Ashu joined Citi in 1988 in India where he held the role of Senior Relationship Manager before moving to London in 1996 as a Director for Emerging Markets Structuring and Syndications. Ashu graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree (Honours) in Commerce from The Shriram College of Commerce, University of Delhi and has a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

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