Theme: VENI VIDI VICI

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Vignana Bharathi Institute Of Technology
Aushapur, Ghatkesar, RR. District, Near HPCL, Hyderabad, Telangana 501301
Aushapur, Ghatkesar, RR. District, Near HPCL, Hyderabad, Telangana 501301
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, 501301
India

Azmeera Bobby

Pilot

She is the first Tribal Commercial pilot in India. She holds a Masters in Human Resource Management from university of Northampton UK, MBA from Osmania University and also MA gold medalist in Sociology. She has been actively associated with Dalit Stri Shakti (DSS), SC/ST officer’s forum, Civil Aviation Vertical Head National Level for Dalit Indian chamber of commerce and Industries (DICCI).

Falguni Vasavada

Professor

Dr. Falguni Vasavada is a Professor and Chair of Strategic Marketing Area at MICA. A double gold medalist with over two decades of teaching experience in the area of Marketing and Advertising, she has trained corporate professionals and mentored young entrepreneurs in areas like Advertising, Marketing, Consumer Understanding, Branding and Social Media. She has published in International Journals and presented papers in national and international conferences and is involved in international joint research projects in the area of advertising. She is a visiting faculty at management institutes of repute in India and overseas. Her teaching, research and consultancy interests are in the area of Advertising, Branding, and Social Media.

Geethika Kanumilli

Fashion Designer

A Fashion Designer from NIFT who gave up on her initial career choice of BiPC was diagnosed with Anti Phospholipid syndrome, an irreversible disorder of the immune system which causes abnormal blood clots due to which she lost her vision in an eye. Despite that, she accomplishes what she had been dreaming of doing and now her brand’s customer base is spread across 12 countries & 45 cities like wildfire largely through internet sales.

Harish Iyer

LGBT activist

Harish Iyer, also known as "Aham", Hiyer and "Harrish Iyer" is an activist for a number of causes, including promoting the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community, children, women, animals, and survivors of child sexual abuse. He was also one of the most vocal opponents of the re-criminalization of homosexuality in India. He has engaged in several awareness campaigns about the impact of the decision and condemned the ruling via media advocacy. He has written articles and letters on the subject and appeared on top national television news shows to highlight the plight of the LGBT community in India in wake of the decision.

Harsha Maheshwari

Dancer

A dance and fitness enthusiast who is a part of some very prominent dance companies incorporating styles like Hip-Hop and Zumba. She is a Sujok specialist of level 6, certified from Korea. Not limiting herself to dance forms, she has also been playing various theatre roles on and off stage. She has been a performer for YouTube Fan Fest 2018 and at Global Entrepreneurship Summit. Making appearances in TEDxHyderabad 2017, TEDxYouth 2018, and TEDxGlendale Academy, she has also been a mentor for Miss Hyderabad, 2017 alongside judging famous dance shows.

Priyatham Sri

Caricature artist

A Professional artist based in Hyderabad with a Fine art background, Illustrator and an Art Instructor with an experience and expertise of 10 years in the creative industry. As a freelancer, Sri has worked for many prestigious clients like Microsoft - Redmond, LV Prasad Eye Institute, NASSCOM, WizCraft Int., etc. and his work has been published and featured by many National editorials, Online editorials and Magazines across the country. As a long-term project, alongside being a creative instructor in the growing Art Scenario in Hyderabad and Southern parts of India, Sri has also kicked off Multiple Art workshop across all the cities in South India (IIT-M and Many Tech incubators and co-working spaces as frequent collaborators) with Hyderabad as axis.

Sidharth King

Entrepreneur

King Sidharth is regarded as an enthusiastic young entrepreneur in India. He is popular for his designs, philosophy and is a regular speaker across various college events. An entrepreneur, an artist and a product UX designer who believes life is about playing it fun and not really about playing it safe. Listed among World's 25 Young Entrepreneurs in the year 2018.

Srujana Shaga

Mountaineer

The first Hyderabadi girl to trek Mt. Kilimanjaro, located at a height of 5895mt amsl, which is Africa’s highest peak. Her goal is to summit the entire 7 continent's highest peak and to send a message to all the women out there, to take their own decisions, follow their passion leaving behind social and family limitations, throughout her journey. Marching towards this goal of hers, she set her foot on Mt. Elbrus, Russia on 5th of August 2018, which is the highest peak of Europe at the height of 5642mt amsl. She has also successfully scaled Australia's highest peak, Mt. Kosciuszko on 12th Dec 2018. To raise the awarness about the Telangana Handloom Weavers, the struggles they go through, her team of five draped Telangana handloom sarees, from the start point of the summit till the end.

Surbhi Kaushik

Landscape photographer

A Travel & Landscape photographer based in Bangalore, who mentors photography enthusiasts & heads the operations at GoodShotz Photography Pvt Ltd — a photography travel & learning company she co-founded in 2016.Having traveled to 50+ destinations in 15+ countries in the last 2 years, Surbhi has photographed some of the most fascinating & beautiful destinations around the world. She graduated in English Literature from University of Delhi, and has a background in Fine arts & Visual Communication. Prior to GoodShotz, she has worked with Amazon and Gartner in the creative department. Besides being a professional photographer, Surbhi is also an accomplished painter and has exhibited her work in various galleries.

Vidit Gujarathi

Chess Grandmaster

He is an Indian chess grandmaster. He did his early schooling at Fravashi Academy and was coached in Chess from an early age. In 2006, he finished second in the Asian Youth Championship in the U12 category, thus becoming a FIDE Master Gujrathi became an IM when he secured 7 points out of 13 in the Velammal 45th National A Chess Championship in Chennai in 2008. In 2008, he won the World Youth Chess Championship in the Open U14 section, the first Indian to do so. He scored 9 points out of a possible 11, gaining his final norm to become an International Master.