Anwesha Bose Co-Founder & CMO, Acube Technologies “Never underestimate the value of family. I have seen kids forgetting that whatever they are, it is because of your family.” Bose was born and brought up in Delhi and her parents were from Kolkata. Her mother was a teacher as well as a wonderful multitasker at home and father was in [...]

Sharad Sharma Former CEO, Yahoo India R&D “While I do care for success, that’s not how I decide what to do next. I optimize for learning potential. This ensures that I have fun doing what I am doing. It allows me to take risks. Success is just an occasional by-product in this game. If it comes it’s a bonus. If [...]

Vivek Priyadarshi Suprintendent of Police, CBI “My engineering background and knowledge of law have been highly useful in discharging my duties in CBI especially in view of the fact that I have always got to investigate crucial cases involving technical and complex issues.” Vivek Priyadarshi hails from a literary family. His father Shri Chandra Bhanu Arya was a lecturer of [...]

Ashok K. Baweja Former Chairman, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. Ashok K. Baweja joined Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) as a Management Trainee in 1972 and stands apart as the only officer from within, who rose from the ranks to occupy the highest post of Chairman in December 2004. Baweja has worked in manufacturing and production planning in the Helicopter and Engine [...]

Ashok Kumar Puri Former CMD, BHEL   Ashok Kumar Puri is the former Chairman-cum-Managing Director (CMD) of Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd (BHEL), a Navratna Public Sector Enterprises. BHEL, a nearly US $ 2 billion Corporation, listed on the major Stock Exchanges in India, is one of the largest power plant engineering and equipment manufacturing company in the world. An Electrical [...]

Ashwani Kumar Datt CMD, Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)   Shri Ashwani Kumar Datt is Chairman & Managing Director of Navratna Defence PSU Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL). He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering in 1972. He joined BEL at Bangalore in January 1973 and has seen the company grow from a single Unit to multiple Units and [...]

Prof. Yogi Goswami John & Naida Ramil Professor & Director, Clean Energy Research Center, University of South Florida   Prof. Yogi Goswami is the John & Naida Ramil Professor and the Director of the Clean Energy Research Center at the University of South Florida. He is also a Co-founder and the Chief Science & Technology Advisor to SunBorne Energy. [...]

A. K. Purwaha CMD, Engineers India Limited Currently serving as the Chairman and Managing Director of Engineers India Limited, A.K. Purwaha did his Electrical Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering. He has more than 32 years of extensive experience in Oil and Gas Sector. Purwaha started his career with ONGC, almost at the inception of Bombay High in Drilling Business [...]

Sanjiv Ahuja Chairman and CEO of LightSquared “I have always looked at success as the ability to make a significant difference. As long as we are making things better and positively impacting the lives of those around us, to me that is what success has been and still is. I have always believed that a stable and happy family life [...]