Shantanu Anand and Nandini Varma founded Airplane PoetryMovement (APM) in December 2013, with around a bunch ofturning up at their initial events. A year and a half later, theyalready have a national presence, with events across Pune,Mumbai, New Delhi and Bengaluru.

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NandiniVarma

ShantanuAnand

Spoken Word Poet, Head,Community Engagement, Campus

Diaries

Spoken Word Poet, Head,Partnerships, Campus Diaries

A journalism graduate (2015) from Symbiosis International University, Kaartikeya, 20 ,

was first published in Chandamama, and has been writing ever since. He has also

conducted literary events for the magazine, across the country, and coordinated others

abroad.

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Founder and Editor-in-Chief,The Bombay Review

In Oct. 2013, he independently

published a collection of his works over

ten years (from 8-18 yrs) – Before I

Switched to Pens

Awardee of the "25 Under 25 Change

Makers in India" in the field of writing

JN Tata Scholar and Journalism

graduate from Symbiosis

International University, Pune

Completing his masters in Creative

Writing and working part time at the

India China Institute

The Ragamuffins are an Indie Rock band from Hyderabad, India.Started in 2015, the band is made up of Pradyun, Pranati, Ricky,Rex & Siddharth. They were one of the bands from all over thecountry that played on the Red Bull Tour Bus.

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TheRagamuffins

Indie Rock Band

Dr. Prasad Bhat is the Co-founder, Chairman & CTO of Astrome. He is a serial

entrepreneur and researcher who has been an architect for various technologies

including a microsatellite, a stochastic game theory solver, the software tool for the

latest 3D measurement TI chipset.

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Developing solutions that make

internet delivery from space 100 times

cheaper than the current technologies

Also started Streamoid Technologies

that lead the development of core IP

in the visual research domain

PhD in Electrical Engineering and

Computer Science, IISc.

He aspires to convert the potential in

academia to industry grade solutions,

benefiting this world constructively

Dr. PrasadBhat

Chairman & CTO, AstromeTechnologies Pvt Ltd.

Dr. AV Gurava Reddy is an internationally recognized Orthopedic Surgeon and Joint

Replacement expert. He is one of the leading surgeons in all of India who performs

close to 4000 replacements in a year. Dr. Reddy is the managing director of Sunshine

Hospitals in Hyderabad, India.

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Performed the highest number of

Buechel – Pappas mobile bearing total

knee arthroplasty in the whole of

India

Won "Top Adult Reconstructive

Orthopedic Surgeon in India” award

from the International Association of

Orthopedic Surgeons

M.Ch. Ortho, University of Liverpool,

England. Also a Fellow of the Royal

College of Surgeons, London

He believes that there is a fundamentaldistinction between treatment and

healing. His philosophy is 'One treatsdiseases, and one heals a person.'

Dr. GuravaReddy

Orthopedic Surgeon, ManagingDirector at Sunshine Hospitals

Shaivya Singh Rathore is an engineer turned educator and an avid climate activist. She

is the Leadership Coach and co-founder at Base Camp Education Foundation. She was

part of the International Antarctic Expedition 2016 where she formulated the

leadership module for the Base Camp.

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Has been part of global platforms like

Nigel Paine Foundation and 2041.

Fellow of the Teach For India program

Holds a Bachelors degree in

Aeronautical Engineering from

Hindustan Institute of Technology

and Science, Kancheepuram.

She believes that leadership is a

quality that needs to be inculcated

early on rather than at a later stage in

life.

Shaivya SinghRathore

Educator, Climate Activist,Co-Founder at Base Camp

Education Foundation

Hariharan Krishnan, born in Mumbai, is an Indian film director who has directed films

in Tamil, Marathi and Hindi. He formed the "Yukt Film Co-operative" in 1976. He has

been the former director at L. V. Prasad Film and TV Academy, Chennai.

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8 feature length films and over 350

short films and documentaries

Won National Film Award for Best

Feature Film in Tamil for "Ezhavathu

Manithan" in 1983

Alumnus of the Film and Television

Institute of India (FTII)

He believes that the mainstream

cinema has played in the creation of a

unique national identity for the

people of India

HariharanKrishnan

Film Maker

Mr.V.R. Kaundinya is an expert in the field of agriculture and specifically with reference

to the business of agricultural inputs. He has a total experience of about 35 years

which includes 22 years in the agrochemical industry and 13 years in the seed and

biotech industry.

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Director General of the Agricultural

Group , ABLE.

He has co-authored a book titled 'Agri

Input Marketing in India' with Prof

Venugopal of XLRI.

PGDM with specialization in

Agriculture from Indian Institute of

Management, Ahmedabad.

He is a frequent guest lecturer at

various management institutes

including IIMA.

V.R.Kaundinya

GMO Expert

Manish Advani currently heads Marketing and Public Relations for Mahindra SSG with

an illustrious career spanned across in consulting in Brand Risk Management,

Marketing and Public Relations.

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Worked on Data and ManagementEngagements for companies like

Jaguar, Land Rover, Microsoft Canada

Listed in the Top 100 Most Influential

Marketing Leaders (2016) by the

World Marketing Congress

New Jersey Institute of Technology

BS, Management with summa cum

laude

He has actively been a part of social

and environmental causes since his

college days.

ManishAdvani

Marketer, Marketing Headat Mahindra SSG