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The Indian delegation for the

30 October - 2 November 2011 Nice, France

G20 Young Entrepreneur Summit

About Young Indians


Young Indians (Yi) is an integral part of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Indias premier business association, formed in the year 2002, with an objective of creating a platform for young Indians to realise the dream of a developed nation. Yi has over 1300 direct members in 24 city chapters. Yi has 160 members in 3 corporate chapters and engages another 12,000 members through its district chapter, Farmer Nets and Student Nets. The Yi membership includes young progressive Indians between the age group of 25 & 40 years. The members comprise of entrepreneurs, professionals and progressive achievers from different walks of life. To become the voice of young Indians globally being the vision of Yi, it provides a platform for young Indians to participate in and contribute by becoming an integral part of the Indian growth story. Yi works effectively for promoting leadership skills for the development of its members through the learning programs; the development and engagement of students in schools and colleges through its 85 Student Net platforms which engage more than 5100 students from various educational institutions across India; and two Farmers Net platform that has enrolled more than 8500 young & progressive farmers from all across the country, providing them with real time agricultural inputs and know-how. Yi has successfully conducted campaigns and developed successful projects across the focus areas of primary education, environment, primary healthcare and employability, contributing positively to its surrounding eco system and the nation. Through its initiatives like Akshara, Yi has impacted more than 15000 students across 57 centers and has successfully managed campaigns like the Blackboard Project, providing blackboards to schools across different cities, reaching out to 1016 schools nationally and impacting approximately 2,53,000 children. Yi has been instrumental in skilling & placing 1300 youth under the aegis of its Yi LABS Employability program. Under the Healthcare initiative, over 175000 children have been dewormed in addition to many health awareness programs across the community in different cities. Within the sphere of Environment, Yi conducts a Green I contest, campaigns for tree plantation, solid waste management projects, involving citizens and school children in the process. Yi is also in the process of planting one million saplings across the country through its One Million Tree Project. Yi also celebrates the National Day of importance like world Health Day , World Environment Day , Heritage Week, National Youth Day etc. Yi organises an annual national summit with themes relevant to India and its youth. The national summits include sessions and interactions with some of the nest and eminent personalities from various elds, across India and the world. Seven Editions of the Yi National Summit have been organised to date. Yi works in partnership with various organisations. These include the Government, Companies, Civil Society Organizations. On the international arena, Yi engages with the BMW Foundation to promote the Indo German Young Leaders Forum for young thought leaders. Yi has carried international missions to UK, China, Singapore, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Israel & Turkey. Yi is the founding member of the G20 Young Entrepreneur Alliance. Yi is also the ofcial representative from India for the G20 Young Entrepreneur Summit (held annually on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum). Yi also works with the Aspen India Institute to conduct leadership development programs. Yi has also worked with the Planning Commission of India in conducting consultation workshops across its chapters for accumulating a youth perspective to be included in the 12th Five Year Plan. With eight years of glorious past and decades ahead that promise nothing short, Yi intends to become a larger movement and promote the positive attitude of We Can, We Will.

Mission Composition
Amit Bidasaria Managing Director VSN International Ltd Anish Patel Director Aims Industries Ltd Annush Ramasamy President The Kadri Mills (CBE) Ltd Anupama Arya Director Mobera Systems Pvt Ltd Arjun Prakash Director Efca Automation Ltd Asif Iqbal Burza Director Ahad Hotels and Resorts Pvt Ltd Atreyee Barooah Thekedath Director Web.Com (India) Pvt Ltd Farooq Amin Director Kanwal Food and Spices (Ind) Pvt Ltd Jennifer Lewis e Kamat Head of Engineering Services & Director BDK Consultants & Kamat Infra Tech Pvt Ltd Nagaraj K Joint Managing Director Aparajitha Corporate Services Pvt Ltd Narayan Jai Singh Senior Manager Idea Cellular Ltd Navita Mahajan Managing Director Northern India Rubber Mills

Prasanna Rajagopalan Director Oceanload Shipping and Logistics Pvt Ltd Rahul Mirchandani Executive Director Aries Agro Limited (President of the G20 India Delegation) Rasika Wakalkar Managing Director Renne Enterprises Pvt Ltd Rishabh Agarwal Owner / Manager Karan Woosin Ltd Rohit Kumar Kauntia Managing Director Vidyut Insulation Pvt Ltd Rozelle Mero Managing Director The Peoples Channel Sameer Jain Chief Executive Ofcer Net Solutions Shankar Vanavarayar Executive Director Sakthi Motors Pvt Ltd (Sherpa of the delegation) Shaurya Veer Himatsingka Deputy Managing Director India Carbon Ltd Siddharth Sanghi Joint Managing Director Sanghi Polyesters Ltd Thulasiraj D Deputy Director & Head - Young Indians Confederation of Indian Industry Waseem Trumboo Director Trumboo Industries Pvt Ltd

Amit Bidasaria Managing Director VSN International Ltd 3,5,7 Bhagirathpura Industrial Area Bidasaria Mill Compound, Indore - 452003 Madhya Pradesh, India. Tel : +91 731 2422053 Fax : +91 731 2422965 Email : amit@vsndirect.com Website : www.vsndirect.com

Amit Bidasaria did his schooling from The Daly College at Indore and Bachelors in Business Management and Post Graduate Degree in Business Management Sciences from IIPS, Indore. Currently, he works as the Managing Director in VSN International, an IT company with various interest in Hardware, Software, Application Development and ERP Deployment. He is the Executive Director in Colossal Tech Sol Pvt. Ltd, a company engaged in the work of Education on the E learning platform and serves as a Director of various group companies like Gamut Electronics Pvt. Ltd involved in the making of CFL bulbs and Blast and Surya Investment and Leasing Finance Ltd. VSN International was started in the year 1998 as a trading company of IT hardware and software products looking at the boom of IT in India around that time later on, it set up a pan India Distribution network with strategic tie up with Priya Limited and thereafter forayed into prepackaged softwares in 2003 and System integration in 2005 and boasts of some major customers in process manufacturing vertical. Colossal Tech Sol Pvt. Ltd was started in 2010 with the intention of educating a very large section of students through the internet route. Within one year, this company boasts of enrolling more than 1 lakh students of various engineering and technical courses on soft skills like English Speaking, Corporate readiness, Leadership skills and presentation. He has been an avid cricketer and represented the state team as an opener in the under 19 category; also a National level snooker and Billiards Player. He has been associated with Yi since 2006 and has also served as the Chair of Yi (Indore Chapter). He is currently the Co Chair of the Rural Counselling platform. He has travelled extensively to UK, Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, France, Middle East, Maldives, Hongkong, Sri Lanka, China, Indonesia and many more.

Anish Patel Director Aims Industries Ltd B/s Geb Sub Stn, Padra-Jambusar Hwy Vadodara 391430 Gujarat, India Tel : +91 2662 243051 Fax : +91 2662 243050 Email : anish@aims.co.in Website : www.aims.co.in

Annush Ramasamy President The Kadri Mills (Cbe) Ltd 126 Arts College Road, KG House Coimbatore 641018 Tamil Nadu, India Tel : +91 422 4343430 Fax : +91 422 4343530 Email : annush@kgworldwide.com Website : www.kgworldwide.com

Anish Patel has a Post Graduate in Business Administration from America. He is in charge of the business development in the company, mainly marketing to bulk consumers of industrial gases to ensure increase in turnover; cost effectively. He is looking forward to develop business partners in the near future to develop new products, improve technology, build competitive strength and re-establish brand image. He is an active philanthropist and contributes his spare time and resources to the betterment of nation and society in general. He is a Chair Yi Vadodara Chapter, Managing Committee Member of FGI (Federation of Gujarat Industries), Member of Resource Mobilization Committee of United Way of Baroda, Member of Rotary Club of Baroda Cosmopolitan and Member of Baroda Round Table Young Turks #201. He enjoys going on long drives, listening to music, biking, hiking, and is a certied scuba diver. Anish enjoys travelling and has been to many countries like USA, UK, Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland, Netherlands, UAE, Oman, Russia, Kenya, Tanzania, China, Bhutan, Vietnam, Taiwan, Mauritius, Bahamas, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, and Australia.

Annush Ramasamy is the President of The Kadri Mills and the Alternate Director of SPM Limited. He is a Mechanical Engineering Graduate from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore and additionally holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration (Strategy and Manufacturing Management) from RIT, Rochester, NY. SPM is part of the USD 500 Million KG Group which has its core business activities in the textile industry and Private Equity investments in Mining, Infrastructure and Real Estate Development. Annush proactively leads the group by focusing on new product and new business development and has a passion for technology and advanced solutions. His vision for the company is built around empowering the members of the SPM family, providing ample opportunities for the talented and well deserving and creating a culture for becoming An Employer of Choice He is a member many organizations such as Entrepreneurs Organization (EO), CIIs Young Indians (Yi), Madras Race Club, Ootacamund Gymkhana Club The Coimbatore Cosmopolitan Club, to name a few. Time away from work, he enjoys reading, traveling, listening to Indian classical music, automobile racing and skydiving.

Anupama Arya Director Mobera Systems Pvt Ltd SU170-171-172 Fourth Floor Sector 17 C, Chandigrah 160017 India Tel : +91 172 3042000 Fax : +91 172 3042030 Email : anu@moberasystems.com Website : www.moberasystems.com

Arjun Prakash Director Efca Automation Ltd 1/1219, Avinashi Road Coimbatore 641014 India Tel : +91 422 6464300 Fax : +91 422 2628735 Email : arjun@efca.in Website : www.efca.in

Anupama Arya has a Bachelors in Electronics and Communication Engineering and a M.S. in Computer Science. Anupama is an investor, serial entrepreneur, business executive, technologist and mentor. She is the Managing Director of Mobera Capital and as an entrepreneur, she founded and led 3 companies in India and Silicon Valley. Before starting on the entrepreneurial career, Anupama led many Software Development and Architecture initiatives at Lucent Technologies and Synoptics / Bay Networks (Acquired by Nortel Networks). Anupama is National Vice Chairman of CII Young Indians; Member of the CII National MSME Council and Chairperson CII MSME Sub Group on Technology and Innovation; Board Member of the Hatch (a network of Indian business incubators); Board Member of Angel Investors Consortium and Board Member of Athena Foundation an international organization focused on women leadership Anupama is an Aspen Fellow under the India Leadership Initiative; the recipient of the Athena India Leadership Award; Rotary International Young Achievers Award; Award for Excellence - Women Entrepreneur by Government of India; and All India Outstanding Woman Entrepreneur for the year Award by the Electronics and Computer Software Export Promotion Council, Ministry of Information and Technology, Government of India. Widely traveled, Anupama has spoken at a number of industry events, symposium and standard body meetings worldwide. Anupama has been proled in a number of media articles and most recently she was featured on CNBC Young Turks program. Anupama has taught topics on advanced communication technologies at UC Berkeley and San Jose State Universities.

Arjun Prakash has completed his Bachelors Degree in Mechanical Engineering from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore in 1998. He later completed his Masters degree in Industrial Automation from University of Applied Sciences in Esslingen in 2001. After having worked with Festo AG and IMT Robot AG in Germany, he started his own company in Industrial Automation in his home town Coimbatore, India. He is currently the Director of Efca Automation Limited. Efca Automation Limited is a system integrator and solution provider for automatic handling and packing of engineering goods, food and beverages. Efca is also currently developing a line of products for the same requirements. Arjun has been a member of Young Indians since 2005, and has served as the Learning Chair as well as the Chapter Chair of the Coimbatore Chapter. Arjun has travelled to many countries in western Europe and to United States, Singapore and Malaysia.

Asif Iqbal Burza Director Ahad Hotels and Resorts Pvt Ltd Heevan Travels & Tours 1st Floor, Suleman Shopping Complex Dalgate, Srinagar Jammu & Kashmir 190001 India Tel : +91 194 2500525, 2500299 Fax : +91 194 2500525 Email : info@ahadhotelsandresorts.com Website : www.ahadhotelsandresorts.com Asif Burza is Commerce Graduate from Delhi University and has joined his family business in 2007. He has a vast exposure in Hospitality Sector and has a rich experience in Hotel Management. Ahad hotels and Resorts is one of the leading hotel chains in the Valley of Kashmir. The group focuses on providing quality accommodation to its guests throughout the Valley of Kashmir. Through its hotels, Ahad Hotels & Resorts strives to present the rich tradition of the Valley to the rest of the world. The group has grown from 40 rooms in 1998 to more than 200 rooms in 2006. At present the group operates three Hotels in Kashmir, Hotel Heevan and Hotel Senator Pine-n- Peak at Pahalgam, Hotel Heevan Resorts at Srinagar and Hotel Heevan Retreat at Gulmarg. The group will continue in its endeavor to create unique and memorable experiences for its guests in Kashmir and other parts of India. In future, the group will establish a world class Spa and Resort at Sonamarg, Kashmir and a Five Star Hotel at Jammu and Katra. He is currently the Chairman, CII (Kashmir Zone) and has traveled to Europe and Middle East.

Atreyee BorooahThekedath Director Web.Com (India) Pvt Ltd Baruanagar Tea Estates Pvt Ltd 191 GNB Road Chandmari Guwahati 781003 Assam, India Tel : +91 361 2667017, 2668579 Fax : +91 361 2660630 Email : atreyee@webcomindia.biz Website : www.webcomindia.biz Atreyee BorooahThekedath holds a Bachelors Degree in Computer Engineering from Manipal Institute of Technology, Karnataka, India and a Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Central Queensland University, Australia. After her MBA, she worked in Hewlett Packard Pte Ltd. in Singapore before she quit to set up her own Software Development Company in Assam in 1999. She is the Director of Baruanagar Tea Estates Pvt Ltd and Baruakhat Tea Company Pvt Ltd whichare producers of high quality Assam tea. In 1999, Atreyee launched Web.Com (India) Pvt. Ltd., an ISO 9001:2000 certied Software Development Company in Assam which is today one of the leading software development companies in Northeast India catering to a vast cross section of clientele ranging from large PSUs to Government departments to Socio voluntary organizations to private companies in Northeast India and abroad. She is the National Co Chair of Communications in Yi and is the Immediate Past Chair of the Young Indians (Guwahati Chapter). Atreyee is a member of the Confederation of Indian Industry at Assam. Atreyee was selected and sponsored by National Small Industries Corporation as part of a team of entrepreneurs visiting Celje, Slovenia in September 2009. She has also been featured in a book titled Assamese Women: The Pathbreakers brought out by Womens Study Cell of Handique Girls College. She has traveled extensively to countries that include Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, USA, Bahamas, Spain, France, Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Belgium, Turkey and United Kingdom.

Farooq Amin Director Kanwal Food and Spices (Ind) Pvt Ltd. A/5,9-10 Industrial Estate Anantnag Kashmir-192101 India Tel : +91 193 2227679 Email : info@kanwalspices.com Website : www.kanwalspices.com

Jennifer Lewis e Kamat Head of Engineering Services & Director BDK Consultants & Kamat Infra Tech Pvt Ltd Kamat Palace, Mangor Hill Vasco Da Gama, 403802 Goa, India Tel : +91 92259 09002 Email : jen_lew3@yahoo.com Website : www.bdkconsultants.com

Farooq Amin is an MBA graduate from SFM School of Business, London, UK and has joined his family business in 2008. National Masala Mills, the parent manufacturing company of Kanwal Foods & Spices (I) Pvt. Ltd., is a globally acclaimed organization engaged in the manufacture and export of quality range of Basic Spices Powder, Blended Spices Powder, Traditional Spice Mixes, Jams and Murabbas, Kashmiri Vegetable Pickles, Drinks, Fruit Jellies and Ready Mixes. National Masala Mills offers Indian spices under the brand name Kanwal (lotus ower) for the domestic market and Alamin (the Honest) for the international market. National Masala Mills today has an annual turnover of INR 150 million and provides direct employment to more than 100 people and indirect employment to around ve thousand families. The rm is a brand leader in the FMCG sector in J&K, with a range of over 70 products has won many awards at the national level. He is currently the Regional Council Member of the CII Northern Region. He travels mostly to US, Europe, China and Middle East.

Jennifer Lewis (Dr) has a Phd in Civil Engineering from the University of Birmingham, UK. Her thesis was on Strengthening Repairs of Structures using Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer Sheet (The Effects of Workmanship and Conguration of Glass Fibre Reinforced Polymer Sheet Strengthening on the Behaviour of Reinforced Concrete Beams). Her research work included lab tests on over 40 half-scale RC beams & over 60 bond specimens. She is presently the Design Engineer and Concrete Repair Specialist with the BDK Consultants which is a well-knit team of Engineers and Architects offering multi-disciplinary professional consultancy services. As consultants, it provides architectural, structural and civil engineering design to a broad spectrum of clients. Some of its prominent clients include Mascots Pharmaceuticals, Goa Shipyard Ltd and Goa Industrial Development Corporation Ltd. Jennifer is a Director in Kamat Infra Tech Pvt. Ltd offering Consultancy Services in Infrastructure Development. She is the Chair of the Young Indians (Goa Chapter) and a member of the Confederation of Indian Industry at Goa. She is a registered Civil Engineer with the Public Works Department, Goa since August 1996 and with the Town and Country Planning Department since 2010; Member of the Managing Committee of the Goa State Center; Chairperson of the Advisory Committee to the Technician Chapter of IEI Goa State Center; Secretary and Treasurer of the ICI Goa center; Life Member of Indian Concrete Institute; Joint Secretary of ASTR Goa center; Life Member of the Association of Structural Rehabilitation and Life Member of the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE). She has been to the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Czech Republic, Malaysia & Sri Lanka

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K Nagaraj Joint Managing Director Aparajitha Corporate Services Pvt Ltd 10 Venkatraman Road Chinna Chokkikulam, Madurai 625001. Tamilnadu, India Tel : +91 452 4360771 / 72 Email : nagaraj@aparajitha.com Website : www.aparajitha.com

Navita Mahajan Managing Director Northern India Rubber Mills 187 A, Industrial Area Chandigarh 160002 India Tel : +91 172 4616868, 5065187 Mobile : 9814216868 Email : navita_mahajan@hotmail.com

Nagaraj Krishnan graduated in Mathematics from the American College, Madurai in 1993 and went on to pursue Masters in Social Work (specializing Human Resource) from the Madurai Institute of Social Sciences and then completed his Masters in Business Administration (specializing Human Resource and Marketing) from Thiagarajar School of Management. He took lead of the business operations and product development of Aparajitha Corporate Services right from its inception and his expertise in Labour Laws is the reason for Aparajithas reputation as a leading HR Compliances Knowledge Processing Outsourcing company. Aparajitha Corporate Services offers Labour Legislative Compliances, Due Diligence Audit Services, Establishment & Factory Compliances Management Services, Contract Labour Regulation and Management Services, Flexi Stafng Services, Payroll and its Compliances Services. Aparajitha has grown from 14 to 700 core employees and from one room ofce to 27 ofces across the country in 10 years. Aparajitha has over 200 distinguished clients, many of whom are in the Fortune List in India. Nagaraj is the Founder Chairman of Young Indians (Madurai Chapter) and is the Joint Secretary of the Madurai Badminton Association. His hobbies include travelling and photography and he has been to the UK, Switzerland, Austria, New Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore and Srilanka.

Navita Mahajan holds a Doctorate in Educational Psychology from Punjab University, Chandigarh. She also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management and a Masters Degree in English Literature. As a 3rd generation entrepreneur, she is into manufacturing of Industrial Belts and is now working on Manufacturing Conveyer Belt upto 1000mm width. At Northern India Rubber Mills Navita looks after corporate promotion / communication and public relations. Currently, she is the National Chair for Events and National Co- Chair of Next Practices in Young Indians and a member of the CII National Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Council. She is also a moderator at ASPEN India and was one of the Thought Leaders at the CII ASPEN Ideas India 2008 and 2009. As an independent researcher and a part time academic, she has been passionately working in developmental activities in education for women, to strengthen and include women, political minorities in peace and security processes through track II diplomacy. She works and writes in the areas of innovation and excellence in higher education, Peacebuilding through track II, Partition of South Asia and gender roles in conict transformation. Navita is a program associate at Hiroshima Peace builder Center and Ambassador for International Civilian Peace-keeping and Peacebuilding Training Program, Austria. She has been a Co Editor of Review of Peacebuilding Studies (Research Report Series) of Hiroshima Peacebuilding Centre, Hiroshima University, Japan and consultant to South Asian Forum of Human Rights. Navita has spoken at a number of industrial forums, international & national symposiums and teaches several specialized modules across the country. She is an avid traveler, a rider, a blogger, enjoys Indian classical music, theatre and constantly loves exploring the deeper realms of mind.

Prasanna Rajagopalan Director Oceanload Shipping and Logistics Pvt Ltd 92, R.K Salai, 1st Floor Mylapore, Chennai 600004 India Tel : +91 44 4208 0956 Fax : +91 44 2811 4550 Email : rprasana@oceanload.com rprasana@gmail.com Website : http://www.oceanload.com/index.html Prasanna is Director of Oceanload Shipping & Logistics Pvt Ltd. He has done his Msc in Shipping, Trade and Finance from Cass Business School London, UK. A Second generation Entrepreneur with more than 10 years experience in International Shipping, Trade and Finance, he has had the opportunity to have worked in few International Metros like Singapore, London etc and has an in-depth understanding of working in cross-cultural set-up. Oceanload Shipping and Logistics Pvt Ltd a Small Medium sized enterprise aiming to grow aggressively in the next ve years in establishing itself as a top class company providing Integrated Logistics Solutions and Services by managing and developing Maritime and Land Based Assets. Prasanna has previous work experience as International Commodities Trader with Wilson International Trading Pte Ltd & Agrocorp International Inc. Singapore. Time away from work, he enjoys playing sports, travelling and Music. He is presently the Chair of Young Indians (Chennai Chapter) and was earlier its Co Chair and the Chair of the Environment focus area of the chapter.

Rahul Mirchandani Executive Director Aries Agro Ltd Aries House, Plot 24 Deonar, Govandi East Mumbai 400043 India Tel : +91 22 2556 4052 / 2556 4053 Fax : +91 22 2556 4054 Email : rahul@ariesagro.com Rahul Mirchandani holds a Doctorate in Management Studies from NMIMS University, Mumbai. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Canberra, Australia. In addition, holds an Honors Diploma in Sales & Marketing from NIS Sparta and two Advanced Diplomas in Business Finance from ICFAI. He has over a decade of rich and varied experience in the specialty plant nutrition industry. In his current role, Rahul looks at areas that include marketing, sales promotion, public relations, marketing, nance, strategy and corporate communications. Aries Agro is into the business of manufacturing of micronutrients and other nutritional products for plants and animals. The company has a range of 76 of Indias most respected brands of Chelated micronutrients for agriculture, secondary nutrients and value added NPK fertilizers and a distribution reach covering 90,000 retailers and 8 million farmers in 22 Indian States. The companys 7 manufacturing locations in India and 3 overseas units makes Aries the countrys largest manufacturing base for specialty agricultural nutrients with world class manufacturing processes and an ISO certied quality management system. Aries is a recipient of Trans World Gold Medal and National Unity Award and has been consistently represented on the Animal Feeds Committee of the Bureau of Indian Standards. It is the winner of the 2010 Brand Innovator Award for excellence in building 76 successful brands of specialty and was selected among 7 agri business companies to showcase innovations to the US President Mr Barack Obama at the Indo-US Agri Expo in Mumbai in November 2010. He is the Past National Chairman of CIIs Young Indians, has held several key positions within the organization and presently the Chairman of the Next Practices Platform and International Relations and Partnerships. He is also the recipient of the Bharat Ratna Rajiv Gandhi Yuva Shakti Award 2010 in recognition of outstanding achievements towards Youth Empowerment and Inclusive Growth. He teaches at several Business Schools in India and abroad.

Rasika Wakalkar Managing Director Renne Enterprises Pvt Ltd Rudraksh,104, Anand Park Aundh Pune - 411007 India Tel : +91 20 2588 2255 Fax : +91 20 2588 2256 Email : rasika@studiorudraksh.com Website : www.studiorudraksh.com Rasika Wakalkar holds a BA (French) and has done her Masters in Marketing Management from the Pune University, besides an Advanced Diploma in French Literature. With a work experience of about 11 years in different areas and capacities, Rasika is currently the Managing Director at Renee Enterprises Pvt Ltd and founded Punes rst and largest multi-designer store, Rudraksh that has put Pune on the countrys fashion map and has been the launch pad for over 130 indian designers. She is also a Trustee at The Vishweshwar Education Society that runs under graduation & post graduation courses of the Mumbai University. In her previous role as a Trustee with the Pune based Indira Group of Institutes, she was responsible for founding 3 schools. In her free time, Rasika loves to read, travel and cook. She was recently awarded the Star Youth Achiever Award in Fashion at the 3rd Global Youth Marketing Awards in Mumbai. She has been listed in The Power Club Women in Pune by the Femina magazine and was also felicitated by the Royal Western India Turf Club for her contribution to fashion. With Young Indians (Yi), Rasika was heading the Education vertical for 3 years before she became the Chapter Chair last year. Now in the role of immediate past chair, she engages actively with CII at Pune, besides being a Yi member. The love for travel that she has, Rasika has been to the US, UK; France, Italy, Austria, Spain, Portugal and a few other countries in Europe & Honkong, Singapore, Thailand etc in Asia.

Rishabh Agarwal Owner / Manager Karan Woosin Ltd 5th Floor, Surya Towers S P Road, Secunderabad Andhra Pradesh 500003 India Tel : +91 40 2784 8700 Fax : +91 40 4002 1946 Email : rishabhagarwal@karanwoosinltd.com Website : www.karanwoosinltd.com Rishabh Agarwal holds a Bachelors degree in Economics and Business Management from Brigham Young University, Utah, USA. He has since attended various Management Development courses at IIM, Ahmedabad to keep himself updated. He is presently the Owner / Manager at Karan Woosin Limited (KWL) and takes care of production and quality control. He is also responsible for the companys marketing efforts within India and Europe. Karan Woosin Limited is engaged in the production of socks of the highest quality with expertise in European quality and production methods. Traditionally a 100% Export Oriented Unit (EOU), with markets in most European countries, KWL now also sells its products in India to major brands across various retail formats. The company is currently in the process of establishing its own brand within India and plans are afoot to sell on the internet as well. Rishabh is an automobile enthusiast and writes opinions and reviews on automobiles which are published regularly. Apart, from this he enjoys playing Badminton & Squash. He has been a member of CIIs Young Indians since 2004, has held various posts in the Hyderabad chapter and was the Chapter Chair for 2010 2011. Rishabh regularly travels to Italy, France, Spain, Belgium and Germany for business. He has also visited Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Kenya, England and Switzerland.

Rohit Kumar Kauntia Managing Director Vidyut Insulation Pvt Ltd 302, Hill Paradise-2, Plot # 93 Nandagiri Hills Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad - 500033 India Mobile : +91 99484 96411 Email : rohit@vidyutinsulation.com

Sameer Jain Chief Executive Ofcer Net Solutions 1st Floor, Tower C, DLF Infocity Rajiv Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park Chandigarh UT - 160101 India Tel : +91 172 431 5001 Fax : +91 172 431 5003 Email : sameer@netsolutionsindia.com

Rohit has completed B.Sc (Computer Engineering) from Merit International Institute of Technology, Ooty, India and pursued a B.B.A degree from Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Tamilnadu, in May 2005. He is currently into manufacture and supply of Gauntlets a component used to make plates in lead acid batteries with a unit in Jamshedpur and Hyderabad. He has worked as a GMAT Trainer with The Princeton Review in Delhi & Bangalore for a short duration after completing his under graduation. He also worked as a Trainee at Tata Steel, Jamshedpur doing a Project on Key Performance Indicators Monitoring System Rohit is a member of the G20 Young Entrepreneur Alliance and has a keen interest in Social and Community activities. He enjoys interacting with people and participating and organizing extra curricular activities and team events for which hes earned several awards. He enjoys reading and playing indoor and outdoor games apart from travelling, making friends and spreading positive inuence. Rohit has been a member of Young Indians at Hyderabad for 5 years with focus on areas like youth affairs, environment and education. He was the Chairman for the Youth Affairs Initiative in 2010-11 and currently represents Yi as its Chapter Chair. He has travelled the length and breadth of the country and also other countries like new Zealand, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand.

Sameer Jain graduated from Regional Engineering College, Kurukshetra where he received his bachelors degree in Electronics and Telecommunications. He is the Founder and CEO of Net Solutions which is a full service web and mobile application development company with a focus on building innovative digital products using emerging technologies. Jain has two decades of experience in building and running offshore services companies from India. During these years, he has led many software teams involved in building products in the consumer Internet, nancial, retail and healthcare domains. Jains extensive experience in the IT industry has helped his company grow from a small startup to a company with a clientlist of over 200 companies ranging from small and medium to Fortune 500 clients from around the globe. He was awarded the Entrepreneur of the year 2007-2008 by the Software Technology Parks of India in Chandigarh. Besides this, Net Solutions has won multiple awards including Webby Award, W3 Award, Interactive Media Award and Web Marketing Association Award. He has been associated with Yi since 2007 and is currently the Chair of Yi Tricity Chandigarh Chapter. He has visited USA, UK, Australia, Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, France, Belgium, Singapore, China and Nepal.

Shaurya Veer Himatsingka Deputy Managing Director India Carbon Ltd 6, Old Post Ofce Street Temple Chambers, 4th Floor Kolkata 700001 West Bengal, India Tel : +91 33 2248 7856 Fax : +91 33 2230 7507 Email : svh@indiacarbonltd.com Website : www.indiacarbonltd.com Shaurya Veer Himatsingka currently serving as the Deputy Managing Director for India Carbon Limited enjoys a strong entrepreneurial, nance and management base. He has obtained his Masters in Business Administration from The Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 2005 and was one of the youngest members in his graduating class. He also obtained his Bachelors in Business Administration from Carnegie Mellon University and attained Specializations in the elds of Finance, Operations and Computing & Information Technology. He has received the Deans Honors at both the Masters and Undergraduate level and has been awarded with Carnegie Mellons Senior Leadership Award and the prestigious Virginia Bloom Scholarship Award. He is now pursuing his Ph.D in the eld of Competitive Strategy and Decision Making from the Calcutta University. Having had the opportunity to work in various elds and sectors, Himatsingka has enjoyed a short stint as an Investment Banker with Morgan Stanley and has undertaken Consulting opportunities with Mellon Financial Corporation, Pennsylvania and Morgan Advanced Ceramics, Massachusetts. At a Group level, Himatsingka is responsible for Corporate Finance, Strategy, New Projects, Mergers-Acquisitions & Joint Ventures. In addition to the above, he provides the Group with his insights and advice on the Legal and HR aspects. He is currently leading his team to develop and establish North East Indias rst Special Economic Zone in Guwahati, Assam. Himatsingka has been closely associated with Young Indians for over ve years. Assuming a leadership role as Education Chair for Young Indians (Kolkata) Chapter, he then went on to lead the Chapter for a very successful tenure of two years. He currently serves as National Learning Chair and Co-Chair Finance for Yi. He has visited United Kingdom, United States of America, Australia, Mexico, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Thailand, France, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, Malaysia, Indonesia and Sri Lanka

Siddharth Sanghi Joint Managing Director Sanghi Polyesters Ltd 4-3-352, Bank Street Hyderabad - 095. Andhra Pradesh India Tel : +91 40 2475 6660-64 Fax : +91 40 2475 6755/6358 E-mail : siddharth@sanghigroup.com Website : www.sanghigroup.com Siddharth holds a Masters Degree in Commerce from Osmania University, Hyderabad India. He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma from IIEM and is a Microsoft Certicate Professional. He has also attended Executive Program from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta. He is the Joint Managing Director of Sanghi Polyesters Ltd and is one of the promoters of the INR 2500 Crore Sanghi Group, which is one of Indias Fortune 100 Companies. He is on the board of various Sanghi Group Companies viz., Sanghi Spinners India Ltd. SZF Pvt. Ltd., Sparsh Communications Pvt Ltd. and Sanghi SEZ Pvt. Ltd. He is also one of the promoters of Sanghi Industries Ltd engaged in the manufacturing of Cement in Gujarat, India. Sanghi Polyesters is in the business of manufacturing Polyester Filament Yarn. Siddharth is incharge of the Operations of the company having its facility in Hvderabad. He is also an Independent Non Executive Director of Liberty Shoes India and also Founder and Advisor of 1/1298 Ambulance Access for All. Siddharth is a member of Entrepreneurs Organization (EO) and is part of Asia Young Leaders forum. He is also advisor to CEO Clubs, India. He has been awarded the Udyog Ratan by The Institute of Economics, New Delhi. He has been involved with Young Indians for many years and is presently the National Co-chair of the Learning Platform. He has been a CII State Council member from 2004 to 2010 and was member of the CII Southern Regional Council in the past. He has travelled extensively to USA, UK, China, Canada, Germany, France, Spain, Itly, Belgium, Switzerland, Egypt, UAE, Romania, Turkey, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong, South Korea, Bangladesh and Nepal.

Thulasiraj D Deputy Director & Head - Young Indians Confederation of Indian Industry Prof. C K Prahalad Centre 98/1, Velachery Main Road, Guindy Chennai - 600032, India Tel : +91 44 4244 4555 Fax : +91 44 4244 4510 Email : d.thulasiraj@cii.in Website : www.cii.in; www.yionline.org D Thulasiraj holds a masters degree in business administration specializing in marketing and human resources from the GRD Institute of Management, Coimbatore, India. He has a Bachelors in Business Management and has done his schooling from one of the premium schools in Tamil Nadu, South India. He started his career with the Confederation of Indian Industry in 2002 at its zonal ofce at Coimbatore and since then, has played an important role in enhancing the membership number from 132 corporates to more than 300 as on date; thus making Coimbatore the second largest zonal ofce in the country and the seventh overall in the country. Moving away from CII, he was responsible for the functioning of the Young Indians (Coimbatore Chapter), that has over the years, been termed as a model chapter for the rest of the country. The membership of Young Indians started with 14 members in 2007 and has around 200 members as on date with people from various walks of life. Thulasiraj spearheaded many initiatives during his association with Yi at Coimbatore and organized the rst Young Indians Southern Regional Summit in 2006 on the theme India on the Rise, the largest retreat of Yi in the country in 2007 and numerous learning sessions and missions to organizations of global excellence in various cities in India and to Malaysia and Singapore. He was also involved with Yi at the national level, before moving into CII to head the Coimbatore Zonal Ofce as Deputy Director. In this role, he led a team of dynamic and energetic youngsters to make it a very vibrant zone in the country. His interventions have led to major conferences, cluster models, workshops, seminars, round tables and talk shows that have beneted the industry in many ways. He was actively involved in the TIDES: Leadership Summit, the only summit of its kind organized by CII in the country on a national scale in 2010 and 2011, which attracts close to 50 speakers each time from across the country to share their experiences of Making the Difference. He is an avid follower of news channels, interviews and getting time, he spends a lot on reading books.

Waseem Trumboo Director Trumboo Industries Pvt. Ltd 50, Trumboo House, Sanat Nagar Near Industrial estate, Srinagar Jammu & Kashmir - 190001 India Tel : +91 194 2431017, 2439979 Fax : +91 194 2440001 Email : mail@tcimax.com Website : www.tcimax.com Waseem Trumboo is MBA graduate from University of Whales, Cardiff, UK and has joined his family business in 2004. Trumboo Group of Industries, Srinagar started their operation in 1952 and at present the group is engaged in cement manufacturing, Roller Flour Mills, Real Estate Projects, Horticulture, Tourism & Textiles. TCI Max is the main OPC (Ordinary Portland Cement) product of the group and has a vast network of dealers in Jammu and Kashmir. It is produced through highly advanced rotary kiln technology and the plant has been supplied by Polysius A G Germany. This group has dened nancial and marketing policies to protect the Companies against market trends and has attached utmost importance to manpower and has a highly motivated workforce. He is currently the Vice Chairman of CII J&K State Council and has traveled mostly to US, Europe and Middle East.

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