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)

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