Dear respected members of Bhavishya Yaan and the Rotary Club of Bombay, thank you for giving me this wonderful opportunity to express my heartfelt gratitude. I am Nirmala Kokate, a proud Bhavishya Yaan alumna and currently a Vidya teacher at Lighthouse. I still remember the day Bhavishya Yaan became a part of my life. I was...
Rtn. Manish Reshamwala, President of the Rotary Club of Bombay, eminent Rotarians, ladies and gentlemen, it is indeed a great honour and privilege for me to be here, interact and speak with you, some of the leading lights of Mumbai. You have been leaders, achievers, and have done remarkably well in your own fields. But...
PP Vineet Bhatnagar: So, I actually did a fireside chat with Falguni about seven years ago when she came to Cathedral School. It was a similar afternoon when I first spoke with her, and she brought out a few things which are quite fundamental to an Indian professional executive’s career and all-round development. We have all...
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. First, it is a great honour and privilege for me to be invited to the most premier Rotary Club in the country. I understand that this is a Club with several distinguished members, so it is a real pleasure to be here. Thank you so much, distinguished office-bearers. I have had a...
Rtn. Anushka Jagtiani: Longevity is the global craze these days. It's the new buzzword. Of course, everyone wants to be immortal, but you always talk about health span over lifespan. What differentiates conventional medical practice from longevity medicine? Dr. Vishaka Shivdasani: The average lifespan in India 30 years ago was about 60 years. Does anyone know...
Thank you for having me. Being introduced to many of you, I sometimes feel a bit like I'm not worthy, but let me try. I'm not an expert. I'm a lover. The thing about being an expert is that an expert has a shelf life. After a point, the world moves so fast and change...
Prabhuji Gaur Gopal Das on building bridges across generations, values, and vision It is my great privilege, pleasure, and honour to be here this afternoon for your very first meeting of the year. I would like to express my gratitude to the President of the Rotary Club of Bombay, Mr. Manish Reshamwala, to everybody who has...
Dr. Debarag Banerjee: Hello. Thank you for inviting me, and I am happy to be here. Just to add to my background, I started my journey in India itself. Back in the early 90s, I wrote my first AI paper here at IIT Kharagpur when I was a student. Most of the rest of my career,...
Rtn. Priya Tanna: Hello, Mira. Mira Kapoor: I’ve forgotten my cue cards. Priya, I have a couple of questions for you. Rtn. Priya Tanna: That’s not how this works; it’s all about you right now. Our banter can continue outside of this. It’s going to be really hard for me to be very serious because I’ve known Mira for a...
President Bimal Mehta: So, as I had said before, Hital is one of my closest friends. But this is my first conversation with Hital before an audience, a microphone in my hand, and a tablet here. Most of our conversations have not been for public consumption, so, I'm quite excited to have this chat. Today,...
Namaste. Just a little overwhelmed. Thank you for this extraordinary honour. I receive this award with deep, deep humility. Awards such as these are not only personal milestones, they affirm a shared purpose and renew our commitment to building a more equitable and inclusive world. My journey in education and social impact led my husband and me...
From Achievement to Fulfilment: Love, Learn & Play A conversation between Akhil Gupta and Anjali Raina From Achievement to Fulfilment: Love, Learn & Play A conversation between Akhil Gupta and Anjali Raina Anjali Raina: Good afternoon to everybody. So I'm going to start by saying that, Akhil, we just heard that you're from Harvard, from Stanford, from IIT Delhi....