Advisory Body
Chris Bobotis
Director of Immersive, Adobe
Daniel Dubiecki
Academy Award Nominated Film Producer;Founder & CEO, The Allegiance Theater
Derek Wyatt
Former Member of Parliament, UK
Dr. Deepak Chopra
Founder, The Chopra Foundation
Dr. Raj Kanodia
Healthcare Professional
Joan Vogelesang
Managing Consultant and Former President & CEO, Toon Boom Animation Inc.
Kanwal Rekhi
Managing Director, Inventus Capital Partners
Lewis Smithingham
VR Filmmaker & President, 30 Ninjas
Padma Bhushan Lord Bhikhu Parekh
Political Theorist & Labour Member of the House of Lords, UK
Parminder Vir OBE
Co- Founder, Support4AfricaSMEs; Film Producer & Former CEO, Tony Elumelu Foundation (TEF)
Sandy Climan
American Film Producer; Founder & President, Entertainment Media Ventures, Inc.; Senior Advisor, Lazard Global Communications, Media & Tech. Group
Sunil Thankamushy
Game Director, Magical I Am
Sir Martin Sorrell
Executive Chairman, S4 Capital Group; Senior Monk, MediaMonks
Trevor Griffith
Dramatist & Photographer, UK and Director, Trevor Griffiths
A.R. Rahman
Composer & Performer
Ajimon Francis
Managing Director, Brand Finance India
Akash Khurana
CEO & Chairman, Nimbus Communication Ltd.
Amit Doshi
Founder, IVM Podcasts
Anil Singh
Managing Director, Procam International
Anish Mulani
Co-Founder, Alkymia Tech Pvt. Ltd.; BabyG App
Co-Founder & CEO, Fractal Picture
Anita Dongre
Fashion Designer
Anjan Mitra
Founder Director, Anjan Mitra & Associates
Anjana Sharma
Brand Consultant
Anuj Pandey
MD, Himalaya Publications
Anurag Batra
Chairman & Editor-in-Chief, Business World and Exchange4media
Arvind Singhal
Chairman, Technopak Advisors
Ashish Kulkarni
Founder, Punnaryug Artvision Pvt. Ltd.
Ashutosh gowariker
Filmmaker
Ashvini Yardi
Co-Founder, Grazing Goat Pictures
Atul Pande
Chairman, Sports and Live Media Entertainment
Deepa Gahlot
Programming Head, Theatre & Film, NCPA
Deepak Jayaram
Co-Founder, I-Spectrum BITS Innovations PTE Ltd
Dhiraj Malhotra
Executive Director, Delhi Capitals
Dhunji S. Wadia
President, Rediffusion Y&R and Everest Brand Solutions
Dilip Cherian
Co-Founder and Consulting Partner, Perfect Relations
Dr Jabbar Patel
Filmmaker; Chairman & Dean, MIT School of Film & Television
Dr. Bhaskar Das
President, Chief Growth and Innovation Officer, Zee Unimedia Ltd; Group CEO, Zee Media Corporation Ltd.
Farzana Dohadwala
Education Mentor, SLN Foundation
Farid Bawa
Communication Designer
Feroza Dalal
Business Head – Online – Pernia’s Pop-up Shop for Purple Style Labs
Francis Joseph
Co-Founder, SLN School Leaders Network Foundation, Crimson Education and SLN Global Network
Gaurav Bahal
Co-Founder, SPORTZWORKZ
Gaurav Mehta
Co-Founder, Quidich Innovation Labs
Gulzar
Poet
Hema Malini
Actor
Hemant Trivedi
Fashion Designer
Himanshu Raj
Associate Director – Brand & Policy Communications, MPL
Hrishikesh Shende
Lead – Sports, RoundGlass | Former Business Director Sports – Emerging Markets, Adidas
Javed Akhtar
Screenwriter & Lyricist
Jiggy George
Founder & CEO, Dream Theatre Pvt. Ltd.
Josy Paul
Chairman & Chief Creative Officer, BBDO India
Keitan Yadav
Chief Operation Officer & VFX Producer, Red Chilies VFX
Naseeruddin Shah
Actor
Nikhil Bhardwaj
Co-Owner, KBFC
Melroy D’Souza
COO, PMG
Prof. Indraji Singh Sodi
Head, Dept of Local Governance, RGNIYD
K. V. Sridhar
Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Hypercollective
Kamlesh Pandey
Screenwriter
Karan Butani
Founder, The Rumour Project
Karan Johar
Filmmaker
Kishore Taid
Co-Founder & CEO, Baichung Bhutia Football Schools | Co-Founder & CEO, enJogo
Kushal Das
General Secretary, All India Football Federation (AIFF)
Krishna Mehta
Creative Director, Fashion Brand Krishna Mehta
Lajwanti D’Souza
Editor-in-Chief, Pagalguy.com and Inzane Labs
Mahesh Bhatt
Filmmaker
Mahesh Samat
Managing Director, The Walt Disney Company
Manish Agarwal
CEO, Nazara Technologies
Manmohan shetty
Board of Director. WWI; Chairman & MD. Walkwater
Meher Castelino
Fashion Journalist and Consultant
Merzin Tavaria
Creative Director & General Manager, Double Negative India; Co-founder & Chief Creative Director, Prime Focus
Neeraj Roy
MD & CEO, Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Ltd; MD, ArtistAloud.com
Neeta Lulla
Fashion Designer, Chief Mentor. WWI School of Creative Arts – Fashion Department
Neha Kandalgaonkar
Head – Media & Public Relations, Procam International
Nelson Jaffery
Design Head at Birla Cellulose
Nina Sabnani
Professor, Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay
Omung Kumar
Film Director & Production Designer
Padma Shri Kumar Ketkar
Veteran Journalist & Writer
Prahlad Kakar
Advertising Film Director Genesis; Chairman & Founder, Prahlad Kakar School of Branding & Entrepreneurship
R. K. Chand
Executive Producer, Technicolor/Trace VFX
Rahul Mehta
MD & CEO, Creative Lifestyles Pvt Ltd; President and Trustee, Clothing Manufacturers Association of India
Rajeev Jain
Director, Rashi Entertainment
Rakesh Rajendran
Co-Founder, GainAccess Sports & Entertainment
Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
Filmmaker
Ramesh Sippy
Filmmaker
Ranjit Barot
Indian Film Score Composer, Music Director, Music Arranger, Drummer and Singer
Ravi Deshpande
Founder & Chairman, Whyness Worldwide; Co-Founder & Chairman, Intuit.lab – Ecole De Design & Communication Visuelle
Ravindra Velhal
Head, Intel VR
Remus D’Cruz
Head – Sports Marketing, APOLLO TYRES
Roland Landers
CEO, All India Gaming Federation
Ronnie Screwvala
Founder Trustee- Swades Foundation, Founder- Unilazer Ventures
Rouble Nagi
Founder & MD, Rouble Nagi Design Studio; Founder, Rouble Nai Art Foundation
Sairam Saigaraju
VR Filmmaker, Meraki VR
Salim Arif
Director, Writer & Theatre Personality
Sambit Bal
Editor-in-Chief, ESPNcricinfo
Sandeep Bamzai
CEO, IANS
Sangeeta Shankar
Managing Director, Legendary Legacy Promotions Pvt. Ltd.
Sanjeev Sharma
Executive Chairman, O4 Digital; Founder, Optimystix Entertainment India Pvt Ltd; Founder & Creative Director & Ad Film Director, Palette Communications Pvt Ltd
Sethunath Padmanabhan
Managing Director – Asia Pacific, Reproflex3 Ltd
Shabana Azmi
Actor
Shiamak Davar
Choreographer
Shiv Burman
Founder, BURMAN SPORTS LLP
Shivank Kapoor
Fashion & Costume Designer
Shubh Malhotra
Co-Founder, Mobile Premier League (MPL)
Shyam Benegal
Chairman, Academic Advisory Board, WWI; Filmmaker
Smita Thackeray
Producer
Sohaya Misra
Fashion Designer
Sowmya Iyer
Founder & CEO, DViO Digital (formerly Xebec Digital)
Subhash Awchat
Artist&Communication Designer
Sudhakar Nadkarni
Dean – Business Design, Welingkar Institute of Management Development and Research
Sukant Panigrahy
Production Designer
Sukanti Ghosh
MD, India APCO Worldwide
Sunil Lulla
Swaroop Sampat
Actor
Thomas Abraham
Co-Founder, Sportz Network | Editorial Director, Sportz Power
Tony D’Silva
Chief Executive Officer, IndusInd Media and Communications
Tuhin Mishra
Managing Director & Co-Founder, Baseline Ventures
Vaibhav Kumaresh
Animation Filmmaker
Founder & Director, Vaibhav Studios
Prof. Vasanthi Rajenderan
Head, Centre for Training, Orientation and Capacity Building, RGNIYD
Vinit Karnik
Business Head – Entertainment Sports & Partnerships, GroupM Media
Vipin Nambiar
Founder, EMURGE
Vivek Bahl
Former Chief Creative Director- Sony Entertainment Television
Zain Memon
Co-Founder, Memesys Culture Lab
Zubin Driver
CEO, Pundalik
Brian Tellis
Co-Founder & Group CEO, Fountainhead MKTG, a Dentsu Aegis Network company
Harindra Singh
Chairman & Managing Director, Percept India
Mahesh Shetty
Head of Network Sales, Viacom 18
Martin da Costa
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, 70 Event Management Group
Mohomed Gulamali Morani
Managing Director, Cineyug Group of Companies
Neeraj Roy
Founder & CEO, Hungama Digital Media Entertainment Limited
Rajesh Kejriwal
Founder & CEO, Kyoorius Group
Roshan Abbas
Managing Director, Encompass Events
Sameer Mutreja
Director, STCH Integrated Communication Solutions
Sameer Tobaccowala
CEO, Shobiz Experiential Communications
Samit Garg
CEO & Co-Founder, E-Factor
Sanjay Roy
Managing Director, TeamWork Arts
Vivek Bhargava
CEO Dan performance group, Dentsu Aegis Nework
Vivek Singh
Co Founder & Jt. Managing Director, Procam International