Theme: Strings

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MKSSS's Cummins College of Engineering for Women
MKSSS's Cummins College of Engineering for Women, Pune
Pune, Maharashtra, 411052
India

Dr. Vikram Athalye

Theoretical Physicist & Professor

Dr. Vikram Athalye- a theoretical physicist with a deep rooted passion for the ubiquitous influence of Physics in our lives, has done profound research in the areas of Quantum Theory and Relativity. His article, published in the highly impactful international journal, Physical Review Letters has more than 120 citations worldwide.

Pooja Pradeep

Founder & Executive Director at Letters of Love

Pooja Pradeep is a 28 year old engineer who works extensively in the fields of conflict transformation, entrepreneurship, empathy-centric education and the arts for social impact sector. Pooja is the Founder & Executive Director at Letters of Love , Counselor at Seeds of Peace, Indian Representative at Beyond The Classrooms Education , and as of recent, heads Advocacy & Communications for Community Arts Network. Her engagements with youth have found her at various capacities at the Seeds of Peace symposium at Facebook HQ- NYC, Graduate Institute Geneva, Oregon University, Swarthmore College-Philadelphia, GD Goenka University-Delhi, GITAM University-Vishakapatnam et al. Pooja has been awarded the GATHER Fellowship in 2018, Rex Karmaveer Global Fellowship and the Karmaveer Chakra Award in 2019.

Rajib Gangopadhyay

Entrepreneur & Founder at EMotorad

Rajib Gangopadhyay is the Founder of EMotorad, the most promising eBike startup in India. During his days as an engineering student, Rajib ventured into the field of entrepreneurship and thought up the idea of bringing eBikes to India. Rajib's dream is to play a vital role in helping India shift to Electric Vehicles. He wants to establish EMotorad as a worldwide Indian brand delivering the best Electric Vehicles. His passion and hardwork have led to him exploring a new, cleaner world for us all.

Renelle Snelleksz

Dance Movement Therapist

Renelle Snelleskz is a Dance Movement Therapist with a decade of experience. She works with marginalized communities and primarily survivors of sexual violence. Dance has a power to heal, Renelle uses this therapy to address areas of trauma and mental health concerns with both disadvantaged and mainstream populations. She has been trained and mentored by Kolkata Sanved, pioneers of Dance Movement Therapy in India. She is a faculty at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai – Centre for Lifelong Learning, for the Diploma in Dance Movement Therapy. Renelle, quit her glamourous career as a TV presenter at Times Now to pursue her passion for dance. She has used Dance Movement Therapy in her work with children from slum communities, survivors of cancer and those battling mental health issues.

Sameer Belvalkar

Fashion Photographer

A little luck and a lot of hard work has been the key ingredients in making Mr. Sameer Belvalkar, one of the finest names in the photography business, churning out myriads of international level shoots in the Fashion and Advertising domains. He has worked with leading names like Ford, Nikon camera, IPL and Bollywood stars like Kajol, Shahrukh Khan and many more. His passion for empowering people from normal walks of life has found him travelling the world capturing extremely creative and admirable pictures with a signature style!

Yajurvendra Mahajan

Social Worker & Director of Deepstambh Foundation

Mr. Yajurvendra Anil Mahajan is the director of Deepstambh Foundation situated in Jalgaon. He is an educationist and a social worker committed to providing quality education to the deprived sections of the society. He is also a career counselor, personality development trainer and the recipient of many prestigious awards from the Maharashtra Government, NCPEDP Delhi and more.