Mr. Dhruv Saxena is a founder of Riverina Oils & Bio Energy Pvt Ltd which is the second largest integrated crushing & refining plant in Australia with a turnover of USD 15 cr.

He is an alumni of IIT Kanpur & IIM Bangalore and started his career in Unilever as a Management Trainee in 1977 since then he has never looked back & achieved great heights in his professional life

He was involved in putting up 5 greenfield projects including establishing the Gherkin Industry in Karnataka from scratch in 1992 with capital of Rs 5 cores to becoming the largest producer of Gherkin in the world in 2016. This industry employs about 1 million labours in farm enterprises and in production units

He has also received the most outstanding business award in 2014 from Australian India Business Council

Mr. Mathew started his career with Indian Market Research Bureau and left to Saudi Arabia to join Oberoi Group. Later he came to Dubai in 1977 to start his own venture which is now known as “Legend Group”. Today 19 companies are under Legend Group and spread across different countries like Middle East, India, Japan, China, USA, UK, Australia, Korea etc.

The Group has established a wide range of areas including construction, real estate, hospitality management and manufacturing of electronics and electrical equipment. It also functions as a channel partner for Mahindra, Tata and Godrej

He was honoured by Rashtradeepika with “Pravasideepam” award.He also received Business Excellency award from Sheik of UAE

Received a Professional Doctorate for Entrepreneurship Management from Aldersgate University, London

Mr. Kumar started his journey in London in 2000 as a college graduate and worked with organizations like Microsoft, Fidelity and Accenture. Finally in 2011, he decided to begin his own start-up Kovai Ltd targeted towards large enterprise customers

In just 4 years span he has grown the business to 400+ enterprise customers (including Microsoft, Shell, Boeing, BP, McLaren & so on). Today it is a 3 member team spanning between London and India with an annual turnover of $2.5m

Since 2007 he is the Microsoft most valuable professional (MVP) for this particular technology (Microsoft Integration)

He was also awarded as “Integration MVP of the year 2013“ by Microsoft which is the highest level of accreditation one can receive in this platform.

Mr. Virendra landed in USA with $167 USD in his pocket and after 20 years he stands with a net worth of multi-million dollar

He took over Tom Price Dealership Group. He has grown to14 Dealerships in 6 years.

He took over a small “Photo Shop” business of spouse from $70K/annum to $1Million per annum in 4 years.

He also trained and employed over a few thousand people in the mortgage loan business

Developed world’s best Weapon Storage System, currently Patent applied for in India; to be made in India and sold worldwide

As the CEO of Dabur international Mr. Mohit Malhotra is personally managing the International operations of the Dabur Group with annual revenues of over 1.2 Billion Dirhams

He is overseeing a Global business spread across USA, UK, Russia, CIS, Middle East, Turkey, Egypt, Nigeria, Pakistan, & South East Asia with offices in 4 continents and billing in 100+ countries & has Spearheaded Acquisitions of two greater businesses in USA and Turkey with combined revenue of over $100 million

Mr. Malhotra is ranked 19th in the Forbes Middle East list of ‘Top Indian Leaders in the Arab World’ in 2014 (ranked in top 20 for three years running).

He was awarded the prestigious British Chevening Scholarship for the year 2000 for excellence in marketing.

He was felicitated as the Youngest CEO in the Dabur Group starting as a trainee in the first Management Trainee batch in Dabur

Riju Agarwal is a Senior Private Equity Analyst with The Blackstone Group. He is an engineer, former policy analyst, and finance professional focused on energy development and entrepreneurship, especially as they pertain to the emerging economies of India, China, and Brazil

He helped start the Harvard U.S.-India Initiative, whose goal is to foster long-term cooperation between youth from the United States and India

As an intern at The White House, he had the opportunity to work with Heather Zichal, In the wake of the Obama Administrational unsuccessful efforts to enact climate legislation .

He helped write a White Paper for Vice President Biden which made the case for the United States imperative to regain the lead in the global clean energy race.

Mr. JoshvaRaja is a Research Associate and Vicar with Queens Foundation ETE and Church of England past 10years.

With the help of UNAIDS and World Council of Churches he developed a strategy to eliminate HIV/AIDS and to work closely with religious institutions towards this goals.

He also worked towards peace and harmony among various religious communities in Birmingham.

There were other initiatives such as campaign against poverty locally and globally too taken up by Mr. JoshvaRaja

He was invited to speak to US congress last year to speak about his work, particularly in relation to human rights of minorities and harmony among all religions.

Mr. Amit is an Executive Director with IIFL Wealth Management Ltd past 8 years.

He has consciously striven hard to aspire for and create a differentiating factor, personally, professionally as well as for his country

He started his career in 1998, in the freshly minted Corporate Banking division of IDBI Bank, thereafter moving to Citibank in 2000 when they had just launched their wealth and asset management sector.

He later joined Kotak Mahindra Bank in 2002, to set up their New York office.

He enjoy facing novel challenges and experiencing the rush of overcoming them

Mr. Puthiya Jabir, a social activist based in Oman since 1982, has been associated with Indian Social Club Oman to reach out to migrants in distress

He had faced a lot of financial challenges while helping people in need. He was also blackmailed by perpetrators but still he continued doing what he believed is right to make the world a better place to live

He supported people to airlift the mortal remains of the migrants who die in the gulf, provided counselling to blue collar workers exploited by their employers, assisted migrant patients who had no means of finance and rescued domestic workers harassed by their ‘sponsors‘

He had also played an instrumental role in getting general amnesty announced in Oman whereby thousands of undocumented migrants could leave the country without paying fines

Mr. Ramapriyan is the recipient of various awards in the academic field of maths, science and literature

He is a recipient of the gold award in the GIIS maths challenge in 2012

He has also received the outstanding performance award in ‘My Math Olympics’, held by Singapore-IIT alumni

He is the recipient of the Justice C.S. Dharmadikari award for literary endeavors, as well as the Global School President’s award for All round excellence and the APJ Abdul Kalam award for academic proficiency

Apart from academics he has excelled in various extra curricular activities – Mr. Ramapriyan was voted the best speaker for one of the most famous Model United Nations (MUN) events in the world, The Hague International Model United Nations Singapore (THIMUN Singapore), as well as the Singapore International Schools Debate League (SISDL)

Mr. Ahmed Umar a scientist & researcher by profession, has achieved excellence in the field of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology

He started his journey in South Korea as a PHD student with a sum of 150 USD facing cultural and communication barriers, he is now a successful researcher in the area of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.

He is also the editor-in-Chief for 7 Internationally recognized scientific journals and editor for 5 Internationally recognized journals.

He was awarded one amongst the top 100 Scientists in the world in the arena of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 2012 by IBC, Cambridge, England

Mr. Gandhi, is a professor at the University of Bristol and the University of West of England. He is also a visiting professor at Sri Devaraj Urs Medical College on Honorary basis. He is also a lead Radiologist for Haematology Cancer Multidisciplinary Team and Cancer Trials since 2002

Three decades of an illustrious Academic and Medical career, which has been dedicated to the patients and committed to delivering a high quality care

Author and Editor of 8 Radiology Textbooks, delivery of higher education through several key academic and University positions; on the Editorial boards of several International Medical Journals

Internationally respected figure in fields of modern healthcare IT solutions such as Digital Radiology, PACS, TeleMedicine, Computer Aided Diagnosis (CAD) and eLearning. Also a leader in development of innovative healthcare software and Apps

Dr. Gupta has reached a level of uncommon expertise in the field of plastic surgery being amongst the top set of surgeon-scientist in field of medicine

He plays a leading role in advancing the research goals of the Department of Plastic Surgery and Vanderbilt University

He collaborated with CosmetAssure, the only insurance company which covers complications arising from cosmetic surgery procedures. He was able to consolidate and transform the multiple insurance claim since he dataset has information on 129,000 patients who underwent 24 different types of cosmetic surgery procedures by 200 plastic surgeons between 2008 and 2013 which is one of it’s kind

He regularly reviews articles for several internationally acclaimed surgery journals. Only a handful of researchers are selected to be a reviewer for such illustrious journals, to maintain high standards of excellence in publishing high quality science of major impact.

Ms. Sonia Nair is a Professional Dancer since past 30 years. She is associated with ISWA SOORYA INDIA

She has been awarded the title of ‘Kalaprathibha’ and Cultural Scholarship from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam for bagging maximum points in cultural competition

Awarded Young Artist Scholarship in Kuchipudi from Dept. of Culture, Govt. of India

PhD in Performing Arts, WAAPA, Edith Cowan University, Perth

Acted in award winning Malayalam TV serial ‘Shararanthal’

Running own dance school with over 50 students, including western attendees. Trains over 12 mothers in dance and provide avenues for public performance while empowering them

Harindarpal Singh Banga is the founder, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of the Caravel Group. Mr. Banga has created Caravel into a company that best understands the needs of the maritime, metallurgical and energy industries. Under the Caravel Group, Mr. Banga has established 3 primary business units – Caravel Maritime, which houses the Group’s shipping activities, Caravel Resources which focuses on the trading of industrial dry bulk commodities, and Caravel Asset Management, which is an institutional investment manager Today, the Caravel Group has Revenues close to US$1 billion, employing close to 750 people on shore, and nearly 10,000 seafarers across all of the vessels managed by the Caravel Group

Prior to founding The Caravel Group in 2013, Mr. Banga was the Vice Chairman of Noble Group, a leading global supply chain manager of commodity products, which he helped establish in 1989. The major challenge he faced was to break ties with Noble Group. As Vice Chairman, his responsibilities on the Board of Directors included membership on the Nominating, Corporate Governance, Finance and Operations, Government Relations, and Investment and Capital Markets Committees.

Mr. Banga also sat on several Executive Committees including the Capex, Risk, and Management Committees. Mr. Banga, a Master Mariner, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Ship Brokers. He is on the Advisory committee of the Centre for Transport, Trade and Financial Studies at City University, Hong Kong. Mr. Banga is also a member of the Singapore Institute of Directors. Previously, Mr. Banga had served as an Executive Committee Member of the Hong Kong Ship owners Association for a period of eight years. In January 2011, the then President of India, Mrs. Pratibha Patil conferred the prestigious Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award on Mr. Banga for his outstanding achievements in the field of business, valuable contribution in promoting the honour and prestige of India and in fostering the needs of overseas Indians. In 2011, Mr. Banga was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award by Seatrade. In the same year, he was also named Personality of the Year” by The International Bulk Journal.

Mr Arun Agarwal is the CEO/Director of the largest home textile supplier in the US. With Mr. Agarwal’s leadership, the company has focused on world-class infrastructure, best-in-class technology, uncompromising quality standards and dynamic product innovation. As a supplier to major US retailers such as Walmart, Target, Kohl’s, Dillard’s, JCPenney, etc, business revenues have grown to exceed $500 million. Today, every 2 seconds a sheet set supplied by him is sold somewhere in America. Mr. Agarwal is widely traveled across the globe and has been quoted in multiple business publications such as Business Week, Wall Street Journal, Economic Times, etc as well as industry publications such as Home Accents Today, Home Textiles Today and Gift & Decorative Accessories.

One of the major challenge faced by him was when the cotton market fell, retailers were unable to provide valuable cotton goods at affordable prices. In order to overcome these challenges Mr. Arun Agarwal quickly reinvented the face of the company. With his leadership, the team created a cotton-polyester sheet, which in the way it is woven, provides cotton on the top and polyester on the underside which typically does not hit your skin. The company was able to keep its current market share in textiles when all other competitors took a very hard hit to sales.

His leadership in manufacturing initiatives has allowed the manufacturing points of his product to have some of the best sustainability index of its competition. There has been 30% water usage reduction, 20% savings in power usage, 4,000 tons a month of cardboard recycled and 6 million meters of fabric are manufactured a year from sustainable cotton.

Some of the awards received by Mr. Arun Agarwal are 2013 Entrepreneur of the Year Award by the GDIACC, 2013 Minority Business Leader Award by the DBJ. Received the 2014 Outstanding Entrepreneur by the IAFC etc. Mr. Agarwal is also actively involved in the mainstream of elected officials such as U.S. Senator Ted Cruz, U.S. Senator John Cornyn, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley etc

Dr. Pillai started his business in Saudi Arabia in 1978. Over the past forty years, Dr. Ravi Pillai has built a conglomerate of diverse enterprises spread across multiple domains. He is the single largest employer of Indians in the Middle East or anywhere outside India for that matter, the RP Group, under the stewardship of Dr. Pillai operates in the major verticals of Construction, Travel and Tourism, Hospitality, Healthcare, Education and Retail. Creating an enterprise that employs 70,000 people and achieving annual revenues in excess of 3.5 billion dollars. It is the single-handed effort with which he changed the perception of Indian engineers in the industrial construction and infrastructure industry from that of being mediocre and unpredictable to world leading and trustworthy.

The turning point in Dr. Pillai’s was when he entered Saudi Arabia, the worlds largest and richest oil fields were dominated by American and European Contractors. Dr. Pillai took the leap of faith and started bidding for the highly specialized construction work in oil plant buildings, he brought together technical minds from India and wove in a meticulous time management schedule that saw every project completed on time and to the most exacting standards. Today his company is the only establishment outside India that provides employment to more than 60,000 Indians.

Dr. Pillai is known as much as for his philanthropy as much as his business achievements. He has instituted the RP Foundation. The Foundation works towards the betterment of the society by providing the underprivileged and needy with necessary moral and financial support. Dr. Ravi Pillai has been honoured with a host of awards and recognition from all around the globe, Padma Shri – 2010 ,Pravasi Bharatiya Samman – 2008, Hind Ratna 2003 , A. A. Rahim Award Best Contractor Award 2009, of Exxon Mobil Company, Texas, USA Best Partner 2008 Award Of Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd. Seoul, Korea P.V. Sami Memorial Award 2008 are some of the awards received by him.

As Global Head of Product & Portfolio Lifecycle Management for Telecom, Anju Jaswal is responsible for global development, standardization, cost reduction, risk management and deployment of the Telecom portfolio of products and solutions at Siemens Oil & Gas Solutions business unit. Prior to taking over the current responsibility, she was managing the Subsea Business for Oil & Gas Solutions business unit in Singapore. In this role she formulated the Subsea Business Plan and implementation initiatives for Siemens in the ASEAN Pacific Region. Anju has held various positions in the Oil & Gas Solutions and the Communications Business unit of Siemens where her main roles were in Sales, Bid Management and Project Management. Anju holds a Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Electronics & Telecommunications and has completed the Program for Leadership Development (PLD) from Harvard Business School (HBS) Executive Education.

Key Milestones faced by Anju Jaswal are: a)She has won the Special Allocation of Siemens Stock Awards, allocated through CEO of Siemens AG b) Successfully completed Harvard Business School’s Program for Leadership Development (Executive MBA) c) She has received the Team award for Operational Excellence for Dung Quat Refinery Telecom Project d) Led the activities for establishing Siemens Global Integrated Telecommunications & Security Solutions Hub in Singapore e) Awarded the highest incentive for contributing towards the Siemens Global Knowledge Sharing Network. f) Facilitated the World Premiere of the latest version of Siemens switching technology in Singapore I was able to achieve these milestones with the guidance of the higher management and with the tremendous support of my peers and teams.

Dr. Subhash C. Basu is an emeritus professor at the University of Notre Dame, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry since 1970 and is also President of CDDRF Cancer Drug Delivery Research Foundation). He became full professor and chairman of “Biochemistry Biophysics and Molecular Biology Program” (1983-93). He has Received Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry in 1966 from the University of Michigan and was a Helen Hay Whitney Research Fellow (1967-70) and worked under the famous professor Dr. Saul Roseman at the Johns Hopkins University as a postdoctoral fellow where he completed the “PATHWAY FOR GANGLIOSIDE BIOSYNTHESIS” (OR BASU-ROSEMAN PATHWAY FOR GD1a Ganglioside Biosynthesis), which is in the textbook today by discovering all 8 glycosyltransferases. J

Dr. Basu had to maintain good scores in order to maintain his fellowship without which it would have been impossible for him to study in USA. Dr. Basu has discovered the Enzymes for Ganglioside Biuosynthesis in Animal brain and has proposed the famous Basu-Roseman Pathway which is now printed in the text books of Biochemistry

Dr. Basu has given more than 60 lectures around the world at many International Symposia. Dr. Basu’s research contribution has been printed in Local as well as international newspapers . Some of the awards received by him are 1) Ramanimohon Gold Medal of Calcutta University for 1st Position in B.Sc. Chem. Hons. Class of 1958. 2) Calcutta University Gold Medal for1st Position in M.Sc., Biochem. Class of 1960. 3) Jubilee Post-graduate Scholarship of the Calcutta University (1958-1960). 4) Research Fellow of the Helen Hay Whitney Foundation (July 1, 1967 to August 31, 1970). 5) Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award from NIH (January 12, 1988 – December 1998) ). 6) Prof. S. C. Roy Commemoration Medal from Calcutta University (1990) for outstanding contribution in the field of Biochemistry etc. He has also been elected as a member of the following societies American Society of Biological Chemists (June 1974 -). ii) international Soc. for Neurochemistry (August 1973 -). iii) American Society for Neurochemistry(March 1979)

R.Seetharaman, the Group Chief Executive Officer of Doha Bank Group, is a prominent personality in the banking industry of Middle East, an economic expert who has achieved remarkable success for his contributions to banking, trade, investment, economics, environment, social responsibility, philanthropy. His research on the effects of the global financial crisis on the global economy and the significant measures taken under the theme of ‘Global Governance’ is highly acclaimed by the industry. He is a Chartered Accountant holding certificates in IT Systems and Corporate Management and in addition he is a recipient of multiple doctorates from leading universities of the world, including a PhD in Global Governance by European University and Doctorate of Laws by Washington College.

Under the wise leadership of Dr. R Seetharaman, Doha Bank has maintained a strong growth trajectory, including total asset growth, loan growth, deposit growth and shareholder equity growth year-on-year. The Bank successfully completed the senior bond issue of USD 500 million under Doha Bank’s Euro Medium Term Note Programme (EMTN) of USD 2 billion through arrangers Morgan Stanley and J P Morgan (listed on London Stock Exchange).The issue generated an overwhelming response from investors in Asia, the Middle East and Europe resulting in over subscription of the bond by nearly 8 times and it shows the exceptionally high profile of Qatar and Doha Bank in the global market space. Performance,

Dr. Seetharaman is committed to Corporate Social Responsibility by proactively contributing towards social causes like Tsunami relief, student’s careers, education, banking for the underprivileged and people with special needs besides his initiatives towards creating a knowledge-society and providing guest lectures at European University, Washington University, George Town University, Qatar University, Columbia University and Carnegie Mellon University.10

Gaurav Atreja is a consultant neonatologist at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London. He has facilitated the first ever neonatal organ donation in the UK. This is a pioneering act in the field of neonatal medicine in the UK.

Gaurav Atreja has faced major challenge as organ donation in infants under 2 months of age does not occur. However he managed to facilitate organ donation after circulatory determination of death in this baby i.e. when the heart stopped beating on the sixth day. He managed to retrieve the baby’s kidneys and liver cells and transplanted to two suitable recipients. The uptake of the kidneys and liver cells was reported to be successful, which means a complete transformation of lives. This case was published in the Archives of disease in Childhood, a prominent British medical journal. This generated a worldwide interest and awareness about this noble cause including widespread media coverage.

He has continued to spread the message on various media channels including BBC, ITV and Channel 4 and all prominent daily newspapers.. He has also have now started working towards developing a clinical pathway to help smoothen out the process of neonatal organ donation.

Bharatbhai’s success story can inspire generations. From a house boy to a ardent social worker and entrepreneur, from a man without formal degrees to a teacher par excellence, he has seen life’s crest and trough from the closest possible quarters. A true believer in karma and reviving Indian culture and promoting Indian art in Gulf.

Bharat Kumar Jayantilal is the most senior prominent Indian ,an ardent social and ,Patriot , Gandhian, key note speaker , Presenter of memorandum and papers of NRI shows/events, TV celebrity , respected by entire Indian community in UAE and the professional Council Sharjah ,UAE.

He says his religion is to serve people and is proved by instances of social services served by him for welfare of communities. Staunch prohibitor of liquor with practical argument i.e. 75% of population doesn’t know when and what to drink and how much according to their income and need to give proper education. He frequently visited Dubai jails and has helped Indian prisoners to help them get out from there by managing fund and arranging air tickets to India. Giving immediate help to the poor, needy and the deprived people by raising funds to improve their standard of living. He also arranged voluntary labour camps for public workers working at building and repairing of roads. He often acts as intermediator between employers and employees for amicable settlement of disputes.

He also resolve problems of Indian citizens in UAE like reuniting family, availing justice and rights, recovering bad debts and help people find jobs to unemployed labours , help new migrants in UAE to settle etc.

Asha Seth is a Canadian politician and doctor. She was appointed to the Canadian Senate (for Ontario) by Stephen Harper on January 6, 2012, and sat as a Conservative until reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75 on December 15, 2014. Her philanthropic work includes:

Donated holiday lunch to over five hundred homeless people at the Shepherds of Good Hope Foundation for Homeless (2014) and donated funds and medical supplies for the 2014 Philippines typhoon disaster.
Member of the National Board of the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (2011-present) Founding President and Past President of the NIMDAC Foundation.
Cabinet member of the Canadian Museum of Human Rights (2011)
Donor to Janak Khendrey Dance company on research and cleansing of the River Ganges (2010)
Fundraiser for stroke prevention with internationally renowned guest speaker, Dr. Tony Hakim (2010)
Raised over $100,000 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation to support research and raise awareness (2009)
Appointed to the Advisory Board of Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) (2009-2011)
Chair, Fundraiser Gala for Heart and Stroke Foundation (2009)
Appointed Co-Chairperson for Fundraising Committee for $8.5 million project for NeoNatal intensive care and birthing facilities at St Joseph’s Health Centre Toronto (2008)
Raised $300,000 for the Canadian Foundation for Physically Disabled Persons (2008)
Appointed Member of the Board of Governor of Canada India Foundation (CIF), (2008)
Appointed Chairperson for the Fundraising Committee, St. Joseph’s Foundation (2007)
Raised nearly $700,000 for the Wall of Peace initiative (2006)
Patron Member of Panorama India (2006)
Dr. Seth is the first South Asian woman to take on this position and subsequently work closely with the Lieutenant Governor (2004 – Present)
Member of the Advisory Council of the Firefighters Bravery Awards (2004- Present)
Raised nearly $400,000 for the Canadian Museum of Hindu Civilization (2003)
Patron of the Association of Women of India in Canada (AWIC) (1976 – Present) 

Mr. Manjit Singh Nijjar is a successful entrepreneur and politician with sound academic and corporate background

His key initiative is to promote NRI involvement in social, political and economic development fields in India. His main aims are to a)Act like a bridge and turn the brain drain of the 70’s and 80’s into brain gain for India b)Unite next generation of Indian diaspora with India through social media, seminars, trips to India and providing help and advice. c)Promote financial investment, tourism by NRI and negotiate better facilities and arrangements for NRI’s. d)Promote charity work in India by individuals and organizations. I am working with organizations such as I.O.C. UK, UK Kabaddi Federation and Lions Club. He also support individual efforts by NRI’s who organize health check ups and eye camps. He was also involved with the Muhali Welfare Society which regularly organizes camps, seminars for awareness among rural women, technical education, training, aids and gender issues and above all drugs menace.

The main challenge faced by Mr. Nijjar is to motivate individual’s to join groups, associations and contribute financially and physically in achieving their goals.

Mr Manjit Singh Nijjar is currently the Deputy Chairman and Director Of CBSGROUP.ORG.U.K

Nagi is an inquisitive and dexterous boy who has not only shown excellence in studies but also in the field of sports and performing arts. He is a boy of immense hard work who never fails to achieve what he aspires for. His excellence in studies has not only been projected in school but also on a global scale by achieving 99% in IGCSE extended mathematics board exam. He also showcased his excellency in the most important and distinguished Olympiads which are renowned around the world for their unique yet challenging questions.

In addition Nagi has also secured top positions in many national and international sports competitions with exultance and upholds the pride of GIIS wherever he goes. Nagi, the Head boy of the school has inspired many students with his all-rounder abilities by maintaining the same proficiency level in sports, studies and co-curricular activities. Nagi accompanied with his affable nature is seen as a paradigm of mere dedication in school and acts as role model for the other students to follow.

He is mainly inspired by his parents and teachers who have repeatedly helped him manage through the ups and downs of life and have molded him into a resilient human who faces his difficulties with confidence and boldness. He has always looked up to his grandfather, who was a doctor and a social worker and dedicated his life in inducing morals and virtues into every human being he comes across and always enthusiastically taught his friends to do the same. Nagi aspires to be like his grandfather who never fails to seize any opportunity to augment the awareness of how hard work can be beneficial to a human being in his foreseeable future and beyond. Nagi, also participates in the innovative center with overwhelming zeal in order to invent something so helpful and innovative that people can use it in their daily life. He has successfully constructed a prototype of a solar bag which is capable of charging mobile phones and laptops on the go. Nagi is also a spectacular dancer whose skills have spread like wildfire across campuses, mesmerizing everyone with his dance moves.

Being a freshman at University of Toronto. Prior to university, Sarthak Sinha has worked for a professional laboratory since 14 at the University of Calgary, researching in the field of stem cells and regenerative medicine which led him to Intel International Science and Engineering Fair where the research was awarded 3rd place both years. He has also authored 12 international conference publications in the field of stem cell biology and neurobiology. He has also authored three high impact peer reviewed publications currently under preparation. Apart from research, he is also the provincial ambassador & friendly visitor for the M.S Society of Canada, he has also written many popular commentaries on education, translation of science and empowering young students to pursue sciences. These commentaries have been featured in the Globe and Mail, Stem Cell Network (among many others) and has led to discussions which eventually resulted in a TEDxTalk which he delivered in Edmonton. Recognizing the potential of the platforms like TED and PechaKucha, He has collaborated to share ideas which been viewed and shared by 350,000 individuals worldwide. For this work, he was honored to be chosen as the “Top 20 Under 20” in Canada by Youth in Motion, “Under 25: One’s to watch” by Maclean’s Magazine, youngest ever “Top 40 Under 40” by Avenue Magazine, “Famous 5” by Enbridge Foundation and youngest “Top 25 Canadian Immigrants” by Canadian Immigrant Magazine. Sarthak’s goal is to pursue a career as an MD/PhD following my education at University of Toronto as an Arbor Scholar.

From an immigrant struggling to communicate in English to being celebrated for the best of what the next generation represents, the journey seems too good to be true for him. There were definitely hard times where his parents were laid off, or had a tough time finding a job in the economy. The truth was that every family has their unique struggles but he personally didn’t consider these as things that stunt his growth but rather presents with opportunities for the family to stay resilient and strong in the face of adversity. Without experiencing these, it would be easy for him to loose sight of the bigger and the more worthy goal which he aspire towards.

14 year old, Kehkashan Basu, is a multifaceted personality , impacting the global fraternity with her work on the environment , sustainability and social up-liftment. Born on 5th June, which is also World Environment Day, she feels that it was pre ordained that she should grow up to be an ecowarrior. Spreading the message of peace and sustainability, it has been her passion since she was only 8 years old and has worked tirelessly to enlist the support of children and youth across geographical boundaries. She is UNEP’s (United Nations Environment Programme) Global Coordinator for Children & Youth and a member of its Major Groups Facilitating Committee and at 14 years, she is the youngest person and the first minor ever to be elected for this position in the history of UNEP. Academically brilliant, she has always topped her class and has been twice awarded the Middle East’s most coveted education award, HH Shaikh Hamdan Award for Distinguished Academic Performance in 2010 and 2013. She is an acclaimed poet and prolific writer and her poem won the Taaleem Poetry Award at the 2012 Emirates International Festival of Literature. The GOI Foundation Japan and UNESCO awarded her the 2nd prize winner in the 2014 International Essay Contest for Young People from among 13,635 entries from 151 countries. She was a winner of The Living Rainforest U.K. International Essay Competition in 2012 and was also a winner in their 2013 event and was invited to speak at their prize ceremony held in Seychelles. She is a talented musician, proficient in singing, guitar and the piano and won 3rd prize at the prestigious inaugural UAE International Chopin Piano competition.

Her internationally acclaimed work on sustainability has resulted in her appointment as the Youth Ambassador of World Future Council Germany , Global Advisory Council member of Young Men 4 Gender Equality USA , the 2013~2014 Global President of the Children’s Board for Plant forthePlanet Germany, the Chairperson of the UAE chapter of the International Youth Council and a Global Youth Ambassador for A World At School to promote the cause of global education.

Tripti Mukherjee started this work in 1995, she was in her twenties who decided to take on the work of establishing an institute in a foreign country. Initially the school was run by different visiting faculty from India. Each faculty member rendered mentoring for four months. However, within a year it became apparent that the continuity of one Guru was essential to help new students start on this musical odyssey and keep them motivated. At that point, in order to ensure the smooth functioning of the school started in the name of her Guru, Pta. Tripti Mukherjee took over the responsibility of furthering this cause. Taking up the challenge of establishing the school.
in a foreign land was her Guru Dakshina (tribute) to her Guru. It was indeed a pioneering effort. There have been many challenges over the last twenty years but she faced them and has been persevering because this institute is her Guru Dakshina to her Guruji Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasraj ji. She believes in the distinct cultural value of Indian classical music and culture.
Through this work she has taken care of our heritage and passed it on to the next generation. In March 2014, Triptiji was awarded the Outstanding Women’s Achievement Award by the Indian American Forum, U.S. Congress, U.S. House of Representatives and New York State Senate for selfless commitment, dedication, spirited leadership, service to community, upholding principles of human decency, courage and character.

Pandita Tripti Mukherjee’s music transcends all barriers, creating peace and harmony in the minds of the listeners. In addition to being known as an exceptional vocalist and performing artiste, she is known for her highly significant contribution and service to the community, over the last nineteen years, through her efforts in establishing the Pandit Jasraj Institute for Music Research, Artistry and Appreciation – the Mewati Gurukul in the United States of America. Felicitated with numerous awards and honored by the New York State for her outstanding contribution and service to the community through music, she has performed in concert extensively all over the world. Triptiji has performed extensively in India, USA, Europe, South Africa, Middle East, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

After completing his mechanical engineering from NIT Jamshedpur, India and serving in the IT industry for 4 years, Rupesh Srivastava went to the United States in 1993 as a software consultant. He realized the opportunity and started his venture in 1996.

After starting Youngsoft Inc ,USA he founded the second company ESSPL in Bhubaneswar, India in 1998.Rupesh has founded six companies and is currently the CEO and president of Young soft and H2H Solutions.

With his multifarious experiences as a professional, entrepreneur and successful leader he controls a turnover of atleast $25 million and provides employment to many young professionals.

Anand Kapoor is a dynamic entrepreneur with his interest spanning from telecom products to financial services and dairy farming to real estate. Under his leadership the Midcom Group has grown to newer heights and operates throughout Africa and the middle east. At the age of 22 , Anand Kapoor decided to leave the cushy banking job and set up a forex bureau in Uganda called Midland. After the success of the bureau, Anand ventured into horticulture in Uganda – he set up Venus Farms as a community of farmers producing various flowers.

He worked towards improving exports to places like European Union and as a result he contributed to the improvement of livelihoods of local Ugandan farmers.
He further saw opportunity in the real estate sector, as the economy was growing he invested in state of the art commercial and residential real estate. After dealing in multiple segments for over a decade, Anand Kapoor then saw a growth opportunity in the telecom sector in the Middle-East. He established a distribution network for Nokia across Africa and the Middle-East.

With his multifarious experiences as a professional, entrepreneur and successful leader he controls a turnover of atleast $25 million and provides employment to many young professionals.

Dr. Raminder Singh Ranger MBE is the Chairman of Sun Mark Ltd , which was established in 1995 primarily to distribute supermarket products across the world. Career

Alongside while setting up a distribution network for famous brands like Unilever, Nestle, Hienz , PepsiCo and Kraft. Sun Mark also produces its own range of quality products which include brands Laser, Golden Country, Royalty, Robust, Bulldog, Pure Heaven, English Breeze, Anmol, Comfi and Flower Garden.

His business philosophy is “We only succeed when our customers succeed” which has helped the Group become a powerful force in the world and the company has been awarded the highest honour from Her Majesty the Queen, The Queens Award for Enterprise in International Trade, for an unprecedented five consecutive years.

Dr. Raminder Singh Ranger MBE is the Chairman of Sun Mark Ltd , which was established in 1995 primarily to distribute supermarket products across the world. Career

Over the years Sun Mark has become one of Britain’s fastest growing companies which sustains thousands of jobs with their export activities.

Dr Rami Ranger’s family has supported him throughout his journey with Sun Mark Ltd, particularly his wife, Renu, who stood by him the whole time and contributed towards the Human Resources Management and the company’s Intellectual Property strategy.

The greatest challenge was to try to grow the business in the face of competition from FMCG (fast moving consumer goods) giants like PepsiCo and Unilever. Sun Mark has grown the most in secondary emerging markets which face the highest barriers to entry including countries from Yemen to Mongolia, Nigeria to Venezuela, Congo to Taiwan and many others. In total he has built business relationships in over 110 countries.

Nitish Jain is the Founder and President of S P Jain School of Global Management (SP Jain), one of Asia’s top-ranked business schools. S P Jain has set up campuses in Dubai (2004), Singapore (2006) and Sydney (2012) all leading cities in the Asia-Pacific region.

Nitish believes that business education currently offered by business schools is out of date as it is merely academic learning in classrooms. The 21st century has seen a rapid change in the way we work and education too must be re-designed focusing on global intelligence and skills, much required by companies these days. Keeping this in view, all S P Jain has developed a new model. All students rotate through its three global campuses, where much of the learning happens outside classrooms. Hence students are able to gain by directly experiencing different cultural and business environments, and have a front-row seat to view and participate in the world of global business.

Natarajan is the Vice President of Supply Chain for The Walt Disney Company. He has met diverse challenges in emerging markets that have shaped supply chain management and achieved major impacts around the world. Several of his innovation solutions have become global standards. Natarajan has developed multiple innovations and made multiple contributions to major industries in both developed and developing nations. These contributions have been grounded in diverse experience with three of the world’s leading and largest beverage companies: Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Anheuser Busch InBev as well as with The Walt Disney Company.

These innovations include a new delivery standard, CoolLift, that completely reimagined the assets, labour resources, and timing of deliveries.

Applying change management skills to implement my technology vision, I produced the Consumer Products Group’s first dynamic order fulfilment warehouse. In doing so, my team transformed several legacy systems for which we received 14 international awards aw well as winning the Consumer Goods Technology “Visionary Award” and the “Supply Chain Innovation Award” at the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals

Throughout his career, as he managed the political and social complexities associated with implementing “big ideas,” this has been the greatest single challenge he has faced. He led a team to expand a ColaLife project on the African continent. As a result, the team successfully harnessed Coca Cola’s distribution capability to deliver medicines in Zambia and Tanzania where 1 in 5 children die before the age of 10 for lack of of basic medications. Without investing any additional funds, we were able to improve the lives of many children. The program has won the accolades of several international organizations.

Mr. Y. Sudhir Kumar Shetty is the COO of the Global Operations of UAE Exchange, the leading global remittance and foreign exchange brand. He has played a key role in building UAE Exchange into a leading global remittance and foreign exchange brand with 700 branches across 31 countries.

The brand today serves over 6.5 million, customers, worldwide.
UAE Exchange transfers money to over 220 countries and in the process handles about 6% of the total global remittance.Meanwhile Mr. Sudhir also was instrumental in leadingXpress Money to be the global leader in instant money transfers. The brand has a wide network of over 180,000 agents across 150 countries and serves millions of customers.

Academically, Mr. Sudhir Shetty holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce and an additional degree in Law from the University of Mysore. He is a fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India. He has successfully completed the “Key Executive Program” at Harvard Business School, USA in October 2000. A voracious reader and a prolific orator, Mr. Sudhir delivers lectures in academic and business circles, across the world.
Mr, Kumar believes that any venture would be successful only when we focus clearly on the challenges ahead of it and realise the importance of transforming each of them into an opportunity. Mr. Sudhir Shetty has built UAE Exchange to be very efficient in handling various aspects of its operations, overcoming hurdles smoothly every time.

Mr. Sudhir Shetty foresaw the importance of a team in place. Hence he built a dynamic and efficient team of committed professionals. This young team drives the organisation in line with his vision. They have been instrumental in giving a perfect finish to all the initiatives taken up.
Dr. B. R. Shetty, MD and CEO, UAE Exchange, has been an inspiring leader, who encouraged every move, which was in the interest of the organisation.

Dr. Ramesh Babu Chandrabhan is an associate specialist surgeon at St Mary’s Hospital in Newport. He has developed a new technique for the injection of radioisotope for breast cancer patients . This innovation has helped change the lives of many breast cancer patients..

Dr. Ramesh has received an Innovation in Healthcare Award in November 2012 by the NHS Trust Isle of Wight England, for developing a new technique of timing of injection of Radioisotope for Breast Cancer patients which is new to England.
He had used this new technique in 100 patients only in 2012 but in this year he has completed 200 patients and have bettered the technique. This will help to change practice all over England and worldwide.

This has been appreciated by the patients especially and this has provided a valued contribution in the field of Medicine and Breast Cancer in particular. Since this is a new technique and needed patient contribution along with support from the Isle of Wight NHS Trust as any new technique there is always an apprehension of failure. The impact of the initiative has changed hundreds of lives of the breast cancer patients on the Island- Isle of Wight and especially from being a painful injection of radioisotope into the nipple and areola region of female breasts in an awake setting to now being injected into an anaesthetised patient. This has helped to reduce pain, anxiety and above all to maintain dignity in female breast cancer patients. This has come as a boon to the breast cancer patients.

Came to Singapore as Project Manager to set-up the E-Waste Recycling Plant with the investment of USD 10 Million became the key technical & marketing operation Director and part of the management & shareholder of multi-million dollars company within 3 years

In 2004 he and group of professional founded Cimelia Resource Recycling Company in Singapore. Murthy set-up the Recycling and Precious Metals Recovery facility and running the company as Director (Operations) and last two years as Head & Managing Director.

Currently he is the Managing Director of Vans Chemistry Pte Ltd in Singapore providing consultancy on the Electronic waste recycling, protection of planet from the E-Waste impact, providing & set-up business in China, USA, Malaysia, India, Turkey, Middle East for E-Waste recycling knowledge sharing.

Murthy’s main drive to was to save the Earth and provide a environmental friendly technology to recycle electronic waste. Today the globe is under threat due to “Greenhouse gases, global warming, glacier ice melts, indoor pollution, acid rain and many other such elements. Venkatesha Murthy has designed and established “Close the Loop Environmental Friendly Electronics Waste Recycling Technology to overcome this threat.

Vijay Goradia is the Founder and Chairman of Vinmar International Limited, a global distributor of Chemicals and Polymers with headquarters in Houston, Texas. He is also the Founder and Chairman Emeritus of Pratham USA.

Pratham is a non governmental organization working to provide quality education to the underprivileged children of India. Pratham was established in 1994 to provide pre-school education to the children in the slums of Mumbai city.

In 1998, Vijay Goradia, started Pratham USA in Houston to raise funds for Pratham India. With a small band of passionate donors Pratham USA raised $275,000 in 1999. Today Pratham USA has 14 chapters and raises over $10 million for Pratham India.

India had a gigantic problem of the 200 million school age children in India, 100 million were illiterate. Every child in India did not have access to education. In 1994, Dr. Chavan started Pratham India as the first step to solve this massive problem. From that humble beginning, with the help of funds contributed by Pratham USA, today Pratham is the biggest non-profit in the world in the field of elementary education. Pratham’s model is unique.

Pratham takes education to the children all over India. Pratham is an innovator. It was able to teach an illiterate through the Read India Program, Pratham has touched the lives of 34 million children. Pratham was the first NGO to show that it’s inexpensive Balwadi programs could be scaled up. Today Pratham is in 20 states in India, and was able to persuade the Government to collaborate with it. Pratham’s programs are low cost: It costs just $25 to educate a child per year. 94% of the funds received goes directly to the program. Pratham’s, Annual Survey of Education Report, has focused Government attention on learning outcomes instead of enrolment. ASER is being used by many developing countries in the world. Pratham has become a powerful voice for education reform in India. Based on the needs of the children, Pratham has introduced many programs from Pratham books, libraries, science, computer skills, English, remedial education to rescuing and rehabilitating child labourers. From open schools for girls to vocational and entrepreneurship training. Pratham has received the highest rating from Charity Navigator and has received international awards [Kravis Prize, Skoll award, Wise Prize] and support. Pratham’s strength is its army of passionate and dedicated volunteers all over India. The impact on the Indian community has been amazing. The more people have learned about Pratham India, the more they wanted to be involved. The man behind Pratham’s success is Vijay.

Mr. K. Muraleedharan, is the Chairman & Managing Director of SFC Group of Companies, a business organization predominantly in the hospitality sector across the UAE with over 2500 employees.The Group spreads the flavour and delicacies of Indian cuisine and culture across U.A.E. with its home-grown brand “India Palace”, an authentic luxury Fine-dining restaurant Chain, with 12 outlets. The Group is also operating 25 “SFC Plus – Southern Fried Chicken” concept outlets all across U.A.E and have already entered into the Indian Market by opening 2 outlets in Kochi.

The Group also owns and operates ‘Avenue’ Hotel, a 4 star Boutique hotel in Dubai as well as provides industrial and institutional catering services.
Amidst his hectic business schedule, Mr. Muraleedharan spends a significant part of his time and financial savings for various charitable and social activities in India and UAE. Due to his endless passion in philanthropic welfare activities, he has established several charitable organizations that have implemented sustainable programs to continuously support the less fortunate in the areas of Education, Healthcare and Welfare of minorities and less fortunate.

Mr. Muraleedharan strongly believes in giving back to the society and despite his hectic business schedules, he manages to spend a significant part of his time and savings for the betterment of destitute and needy by actively involving in the day to day activities of ‘Muralya Foundation’. He also handpicked professionals and guide them to run this organization, in a professional manner. Contributions in the field of Education – Under Vidya International Charitable Trust, in 2003, established a state-of-art Engineering College, ‘Vidya Academy of Science & Technology’ in Thrissur, Kerala, with a student strength of 4500. Under this Trust, another Engineering College is opened in Thattathumala, Thiruvananthapuram in 2013. For the third Engineering College, the land acquisition is over in Kannoor, Kerala.Vidya is planning to establish similar engineering colleges in all Districts of Kerala by 2025. Over 1100 students have been benefitted from the free sustainable scholarship program till date and are targeted to provide over 10,000 scholarships by 2025. Through this Trust’s District Centres, over 2500 meritorious BPL students have been sponsored for free entrance coaching during their ‘Plus two education’, and are targeted to provide coaching for 15,000 students by 2025. Through Muralya Foundation, Mr. Muraleedharan has built and donated a 4-storey building worth Rs. 2 Crores and equipped it with modern studying facilities to Narasimha Vilasam Vocational Higher Secondary School, Punalur. Contributions in the field of Healthcare – Through ‘Care and Share International Foundation’, Kochi, every year arranges heart surgeries for children below 12 years from BPL category since 2009 as part of its ‘Hridaya Sparsham’ initiative. So far above 400 Paediatric Cardiac Surgeries have been arranged. Muralya Foundation provides medical treatment through ‘Anchal Hospital for Mother and Child’ for over 50 BPL outpatients every day for the last 7 years. So far, over 125,000 outpatients have been benefitted. Through Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS), he provides substantial financial support for many chronic patients for speciality treatment in the capacity as a Director in this hospital. Contribution in the field of Welfare – India Muralya Foundation has adopted the native village of Yeroor, Kollam, Kerala as part of a social welfare project. Under this project, several activities benefiting a wide cross section of people are carried out on a sustainable basis. The list does not stop here, he has set up centers for Indians in UAE for social and cultural upliftment, contributed to women empowerment in UAE and worked towards a greener Abu Dhabi.

Suman Kapoor is a truly global Indian woman leader, philanthropic, social entrepreneur and teacher. She has been a great advocate of women’s issues and supporter of women empowerment through education & employment, working tirelessly to support the weaker section through the situations of domestic violence, cultural diversity , community outreach, genocide, illiteracy, gender inequality and equal opportunities for women of Indian Origin in the governing boards and political scenario in their adopted countries.

A proudly accepted cultural Czarina engaged in speaking ,organizing and supporting forums, seminars, conferences across the globe – Paris, London, Belfast, India, Australia, New Zealand, Dubai, Switzerland and including regional Pravasi Bhartiya Diwas at countries like Mauritius & Sydney.
She also engaged in forums/seminars/discussions like Think Pink in New Zealand, Women Of Indian Origin – challenges and issues in Australia, Women empowerment in Mauritius, Mother tongue—Hindi language at Sydney, Motivating the diaspora women in Paris & Vienna were few commendable milestones.

She also continued helping one to one in the cases of dysfunctional marriages/ marriage abuse of young brides or domestic violence in various countries as they were referred. The impact of her actions were seen and felt by wider communities as well as people in need of help. The media coverage received by her played important role and the efforts were recognized at local, national and international level. Suman served several other organizations like National Council of Women, Multicultural Council, Age Concern and Indian Global Women & Family group to name a few.

As the founder and the current chairman/CEO of the Modern Montessori International (MMI) group, the largest Montessori franchise in the world with revenue of more than $20 million per annum,

Dr T Chandroo’s success story embodies the vision, the courage and the grit of a true entrepreneur. Quoting his own words, “The willingness to try anything and the belief that he would succeed eventually” – are the key factors of his success.
At the helm of the MMI group, Dr Chandroo sets the direction of its local and international expansions. He oversees key corporate functions including finance, HR and marketing. He is the guardian that ensures the continuation of the MMI corporate culture, which is synonymous with hard work, integrity and respect.

Started humbly with a one-room training centre in 1989, MMI transcends the Asia-Pacific region today, operating close to a 100 pre-schools and training colleges in 14 countries worldwide. MMI has also garnered numerous accreditations, including SQC, SQC-PEO, ISO 9001:2008, Singapore Franchise Mark and the recent Enhanced Registration from the Council of Private Education.
Looking forward, Dr Chandroo has laid down the foundation and blueprint for future success. MMI’s extensive research and development facilities spearhead future trends. Its programmes have already been trademarked and fully licensed in many countries. It is envisaged that once MMI fully realises its potential in 10 years, it will dominate the pre-school industry across the Asia-Pacific region.

Despite his busy schedule, Dr Chandroo has attained two doctorate degrees – a Doctorate in Business Administration from Southern Cross University (NSW Australia) and a PhD from Preston University from Wyoming (USA). In addition, he has a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) degree from the University of East London (UK) and is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK.
As Dr Chandroo’s fortune grew, so did his philanthropic inclinations, as he has donated considerable funds to various causes over the years and spent many of his valuable hours doing community work. He shared, “The most rewarding part of my successful endeavour is that I have earned the means to help the others”.

Mala Talekar obtained her paediatric residency at Sir Hurkisondas Nurrotumdas (HN) Hospital and Research Center, a 250-bedded tertiary care center in Mumbai in 2002-2005. Paediatric Residency taught her a lot, including how certain paediatric illnesses such as cancer could shatter the entire family. This build her interest in curing cancer from the beginning.

Currently Mala is a third year fellow in Pediatric Hematology- Oncology at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. She has been recognized for providing great care to patients and has been awarded for her oral presentation on Pediatric Lymphoma. Her passion is to cure childhood cancer and wishes to equip herself to battle this horrifying disease in children.

She has been performing experiments on lymphoma cells in the laboratory to see if this drug could be used to treat lymphoma, hoping this would be a breakthrough for children with lymphoma. So far, her research has shown that this agent- ONC201 appears to be very effective on lymphoma in the laboratory. Her research was accepted for presentation at major national meetings in 2013 American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), American Society for Paediatric Haematology Oncology (ASPHO), and American Society of Haematology(ASH). She is also going to present additional data at the ASPHO Annual meeting in Chicago this year. She also received the “Top Oral presentation award” at the Annual Research Day 2013 of Penn State Hershey Medical Center and The ASH 2013 Abstract Achievement Award for this research. Personal Project title: “ONC201 (TRAIL-inducing agent –TIC10) and combinatorial therapeutics in paediatric lymphoma: a targeted approach”.

Abdul Muqeet also known as the “Paper Bag Boy” has risen from being just another ordinary student to an active environmentalist.

He makes paper bags ,envelops, toys, greeting cards and gift wrap from used paper, from 4 years. Attended more than 120 workshops internationally invited by United Nations Environmental Programme in Indonesia. His efforts of making paper bags and distributing them in the community free of cost, to encourage recycling of paper and ban of plastic , haven’t gone unnoticed . Honoured with various prestigious awards and certificates , Abdul Muqeet till date makes bags out of old newspapers and spreads awareness about the harmful effects of use of plastic bags and plastic in all. The bags are also known as ‘Mukku Bags’ as his schoolmates call them.

He has been facilitated by UN environmental program for his efforts in raising awareness among people for the use of paper instead of plastic. This ordinary student has the heart of a true environmentalist and the will to change the world around him.
He has been a part of international events like Cop 18 World Future Energy Summit 2011, World Future Energy Summit 2012 and World Future Council WWF Climate Change Summit Kids Are Heroes 350 Org

His effort to save environment is recognized in many countries USA Australia India Indonesia Qatar Caribbean Islands (Trinidad and Tobaggo) besides the whole of Middle East.
The impact has been commendable, many organizations, children and companies are using recycled eco bags instead of plastic bags and also more people are recycling more and more to save the earth. He became a good example and many other kids are doing their part after being inspired by him even the media has played wide role to spread his message of recycling.

Husain Khaki is a graduate MBBS student in London, having previously attained a First Class Honours BSc degree in Global Health Sciences. In addition to attaining stellar grades throughout medical school, he has not only demonstrated academic proficiency but also enthusiasm for studies well-beyond the normal curriculum.
He has won national awards like David Williams price, Cochrane price, Royal Society of Medicine Global Health Young Leaders award and is working on a project exploring HIV-TB with Dr. Channa Jayasena.

As someone with a proud Indian heritage, Husain has sought to embody the best of India’s culture and ethics. This has culminated his initiatives like the recent award for the Academic Foundation Programme. He has been fortunate in securing a prestigious junior lectureship role as a junior doctor in Central London.
His focus over the next 2 years will be on exploring early life influences in order to mitigate the effects of malnutrition, as well as contributing to a screening programme aimed at reducing the worldwide prevalence (and effects) of Tuberculosis.

He wants to set up an Indian Alliance. Under the tutelage of Professor Ajit Lalvani.
Husain hopes to explore ways in which he may be able to contribute to improving India’s contribution to Public Health.
He am actively involved in attending conferences, and exploring ways of achieving India’s health care goals for its next 5-year plan.
He has recently applied for a grant from the Royal Society of Asian Affairs to explore creative ways of combining technology (mobile phones) and medical expertise in New Delhi in order to reduce the impact of Tuberculosis.

Aastha has consistently excelled in academics, achieving a perfect 10 GPA score in her 10th Grade CBSE-I board exams in 2013. Aastha has demonstrated excellent leadership skills, and strongly believes in working with integrity and giving back to the society.

Aastha believes that ‘being successful’ is a prerequisite to be able to give back to the society. She has learnt this from her grandfather, a retired successful businessman who started his life’s journey from a small village in Rajasthan and is offering honorary services for Animal Welfare in India for the last 10 years. Aastha also looks up to her banker father, an avid blood donation mobiliser for encouragement. She derives immense inspiration from her home maker mother, who took the challenge to go back to school in her mid-thirties to understand learning disorders in children and currently volunteers to help children with special needs.

Academics:
Achieved a score of 10 GPA in the 10th Std CBSE, Board exam in March 2013.
Won the Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Award for Academic Proficiency for securing 1st position for Academic Year 2012 -13 (Global School Awards for Excellence)
Won the Subject Proficiency award for all 6 subjects in 2012 – 13
Won the Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Award for Academic Proficiency for securing 1st position for Academic Year 2011 -12
Won the Subject Proficiency award for 3 subject in 2011 – 12needs.

Leadership:
Head Girl – Global Indian International School, East Coast campus, 2012 -13
Vice Head Girl – Global Indian International School, Queenstown campus, 2013 – 14)
Deputy Cultural Captain – Global Indian International School, East Coast campus, 2011 -12

Performing Arts:
Winner of Global Indian Star, 2013 – a national-level inter school singing competition in Singapore
Winner of Popular Choice Award at Global Indian Star for 3 consecutive years – 2010, 2011 and 2013
Second Runner Up, Global Indian Star, 2011
Winner of Jhankar 2011 (Group Contemporary) – a national-level interschool dance competition in Singapore
First runner-up of Jhankar 2013 (Group Folk)
Second place in Duo Interpretation at the second-annual International Debate Education Association
Qualifier for NFL National Tournament in the USA [2009]
Won the GSF President’s Award for All Round Excellence for two consecutive years (2011 – 12 and 2012 – 13) – Global School Awards for Excellence
Won the Justice CS Dharmadhikari GIIS Award for Co-curricular Excellence for three consecutive years (2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12)
Participated at the Sustainable Development Youth Convention 2013 as a delegate for Republic of Korea

Community:
Performed in a show – Bollywood Redefined, to raise awareness and funding for a global charitable organisation – “The East West Foundation of India”Achieved the Bronze level in National Youth Achievement Award scheme (a program aimed at encouraging young people to develop a sense of responsibility to society and to the nation, among others)Completed a 10 km Race against Cancer in July 2012 to raise awareness and funds for cancer research Completed a 10 km Run – Standard Chartered Marathon Singapore, December 2012, aimed at assisting several community projects in Singapore