Alyque Padamsee Having grown up in Mumbai in the mid-1980s, I remember Alyque as the brand father of Indian advertising. I remember the Rin lightening ad, the famous Liril girl, Lalithaji of Surf, MRF and many other brands. I also remember the great role played by him in Gandhi. Alyque is the guru of Indian theatre...
Rubi Arya Good afternoon, and thank you for the kind words, Mr. Pranay Vakil. Before I tell my personal story and the challenges that I have faced in the last two years, I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mr. Nirav Shah, Mr. Deepak Kapadia and everyone who has made it possible for me...
Meera Sanyal Introducing Meera is a difficult task, and so I am not going to tell you about her qualifications, or her banking career, or that she is Chairperson, India Services and Foundation, Royal Bank of Scotland, or the many awards that she has received… I am just going to ask the person who has the...
Anupama Chopra 2013-10-01-The_Gateway_Oct_1_Oct_7 Being a film critic sounded so much fun when I heard Vita Jalaj Dani introduce me. Wow! I have never heard my life described so glamorously. But then, it is not half as glamorous. I want to give you some idea of what film critics do and what our lives are like as far...
Mr. Magar and Mr. Zend The Somchand Parikh Award for the Best Teacher 2013 has been presented to Mr. Ambarsingh Magar, Principal of Colaba Municipal Secondary School. His undying love for the profession and endless support towards his students make him an inspiring personality. Mr. Ambarsingh Magar: I’m grateful to the Rotary Club of Bombay. Thanks...
Venky Mysore I always walk away with more ideas than the views I share. Hopefully, this will be a similar session. But on a lighter note, I must say that before I made the transition to KKR and cricket — which was three years ago — I had a background in financial services. When I made the...
Sangita Jindal It is an absolute privilege to be sharing my personal journey and its milestones with such a distinguished audience. I look up to so many people here. I grew up in Kolkata. My youth was spent hobnobbing with artists and other creative individuals. My mother, Urmila Kanoria, always told me about art. In our family, when...
Dr. Ramakant Panda Good afternoon. I think it’s better to discuss things that are changing the face of medicine and heart disease and therefore I chose this as the topic of my talk today. In our college days, when I saw Captain Kirk holding a mobile phone, it seemed like science fiction. Within 10 years, in 1994,...
Amla Ruia "Where noble thoughts are translated into effort, a land and its people become sacred." It was after much deliberation that I arrived at the title ‘The Silver Raindrops’ for today's talk. Now that we are saddled with this title, I would like to ask you, "What would you do if droplets of liquid silver started...
Subodh Maskara Subodh Maskara: I’ve been in the corporate sector for 30 years. I’ve been working since I was 18. Let me share two experiences that really helped me change as a person.Working in the corporate sector meant that I did have my share of successes and failures nd I’m sure we all experience that in...
Dr. Sunitha Krishnan "It is about realising what you can do" - Dr. Sunitha Krishnan A very good afternoon to all of you. I’m not in an exemplary state of mind right now to give a fantastic speech as the last two months have been quite traumatic for me. Two months back I was dealing with...
Arun Wakhlu “We are the leaders we are waiting for” - Arun Wakhlu Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Let me start off by expressing my deepest gratitude to all of you — to Ume-Haani, Nirav, Sameer, Subhash and Deepak, for this opportunity to talk to you on the theme of Leadership - the Business Challenge. When we say...