A hard core risk taker, a entrepreneurship evangelist, BE IT and LLB by education. Has first hand development experience and has worked with fast growing companies like Flipkart. He consults with start ups in his venture Able Partners presently.

Pardeep left his cushy job to pursue his passion in startups. He co-founded two startups in education domain before founding CashOverflow. He is a computer engineer by education, growth hacker by mindset, avid writer and ardent finance lover. Columnist at Yourstory, Pardeep share his experiences and startup stories. He earns his living by writing and helping startups in marketing. He spends his rest of the time in learning, sharing and helping startups grow. You can contact him by tweeting @pardeepg

A serial entrepreneur full of ideas. Presently he consults tech and tech enabled startups through Fostinno Ventures. Currently working with startup teams to provide advise, mentorship, guidance, access to the right network, opportunity to meeting relevant people, help in team strategy, product strategy, launch strategy, fund raising strategy etc.

Maninder Singh Bajwa, is a first generation entrepreneur, building IT products and services in the Education Sector. After completing his Software Engineering from Monash University Melbourne, Maninder floated his IT company, Espranza Innovations, at the age of 23. Soon his company took shape of an EDTech company and ever since the growth has been organic and self sustained.

It was in 2013 that one of Maninder’s product, “iScuela” (K-12 self learning platform) got recognized, firstly at World Education Congress in Mumbai and then it went on to win “Overall Winner”, for addressing, UN MDG : “Education for all” at United Nation’s World Summit Youth Awards. Post the awards Maninder was invited to become the Ambassador for World Summit Awards. iScuela, today reaches close to 30,000 new user every month. These users come from 400 cities and towns across 22 states of India.

Recently Maninder and his team were chosen to work with Coca Cola India and NDTV for their Support My School Campaign, as knowledge partners. Under this campaign his team will take up schools in phases and look to implement solutions to improve learning levels in the rural government schools in India.The project has already taken off in Punjab and would be scaled to 600 schools leading to 1000 in the coming 3-5 years. This campaign is the largest of its kind in India.

Yatin is a serial entrepreneur working towards developing the startup eco-system in India, which includes a common platform for innovators, designers, technical enthusiasts and aspiring entrepreneurs to be linked to a network of like minded people and angel investors. He has been actively involved in setting up a startup mansion in Delhi called "Moonlighting" and has been an active Startup Weekend organiser in New Delhi. He is also closely working with Farmers and bridging the urban rural divide.

Vineet's risk taking ability and desire to follow his passion, let him to quit his job at Infosys, Bangalore and pursue his entrepreneurial journey in 2010. Starting early at 22 years of age, he now leads the sales and marketing team at Viprasoft, a company he is the Co-founder.Vineet loves to study the consumer behaviour and accordingly provide customised IT & Social Media related services. Undoubtedly, Vineet is a specialist in online lead generation for his prospective and present clients, thus adding value to their business. He is also a part of the organizing team of Joomla Day India and an Open Source technology speaker.

Navdeep Singh Kalsi with a Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering and Masters in Animation has a unique amalgamation of art and technology. This special fusion enabled him to incept an!mate studioz, a branding and software development one stop solution. During the 5 years of existence an!mate studioz has served tons of clients worldwide. Navdeep always stresses upon "user friendly and return generating solutions". Apart from putting in just time and effort into any product & service he likes to put in "Life". His passion towards his work and a unique perspective to life has always been stimulating to his peers. He fosters high moral values in life and propagates the same to all.

Vikram started as an entrepreneur in IT industry over a decade and a half ago, and is today one of the brightest stalwarts in the industry, specialising in bespoke application development, design & print. His academic degrees in Computer Applications and Journalism have fuelled his successful journey, awarding him with undying passion and perseverance.

Mukul completed his education from University of Leicester, He Worked in the IT Risk & Assurance domain focusing on clients from the Technology, Communication and Entertainment industries. He is an official organizer at Startup Weekend.

He works with Qualcomm Technologies Incorporated – California, USA in the Engineering Service Group of Qualcomm. His main role is to provide business and technology services to the operators and OEMs. He has completed his Master of Science (Telecommunications) from University of Maryland –College Park, USA in May 2012. He was also recognized with a scholarship in intend to the excellent academic performance through the completion of his degree in 2012. He has obtained his Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communications from Institute of Technology and Management – Gurgaon, India in June 2010.

He has a keen interest in the area of wireless technology (LTE Advanced, Internet of Things, Small Cells,3G and Wi-Fi). His passion is to learn more on Wireless Technology and Innovation and Mobile Computing. Also, he has written couple of technical papers and received number of prizes and honors in his career.

In the past, he has taken good initiatives to start technical and management clubs. Hence, his overall excellence in academics, management, research and procurement will lead the organization to its peak.

A first generation entrepreneur, a regions success story, an inspiration to many young aspiring and established entrepreneurs, Manipal Dhariwal is a Serial entrepreneur who has really created a footprint of excellence in the IT business in Chandigarh & Punjab region. Employees over 1500 employees indirectly in India/USA. An NRI, who moved back to his soil with an intent to see the region grow to its maximum potential. With contributing business investments of over 50 crores in the region, Mr. Dhariwal successfully created over 400 direct jobs and around 2000 indirect jobs. Along with his ongoing business, Mr. Dhariwal is steering the SACC India Chapter as its serving President.

An Incubation & acceleration specialist, Manvir is a successful entrepreneur, a technologist in the field of Information and Technology. He has been a true example of a young and a dynamic entrepreneur who at a very early age exited out of a successful business venture that employed over 1500 employees in Chandigarh and Punjab region. Manvir loves to guide and mentor new start ups and he aims at setting up successful Incubation centres in Chandigarh and Punjab region.

Samar Singla, an alumnus of IIT-Delhi and a keen Physicist is the man behind jugnoo. Samar walked the unconventional road of leaving a PhD in Applied physics to start up. In between, he also dabbled as a professional photographer before moving onto become a serial entrepreneur. Jugnoo is his third venture in the space of hyperlocal marketplace. He is passionate about bringing technology to every house hold breaking the social and economic norms. He is an avid traveller and uses his passion of photography to capture life long memories.

C.J. Singh is a strategic communication expert with over 30 years of experience in journalism, corporate communication, broadcasting, and executive coaching. A creative genius and a self made entrepreneur, C.J. has a gifted eye that crafts perfect branding and advertising solutions.

A passionate mentor, a startup specialist, Atul started an advertising, corporate branding and marketing services company – Pugmarks, in early 1986 and catered to prominent business houses in the north India. In early 1996, he started offering web development and hosting services, the first company in India to do so, well before Google, Bing, Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter, WikiPedia and 99.98% of the sites you see today, were even born. By 2001, his company served over 3,000 corporate clients, including almost all the publication groups of India, which his company helped launch online. Most of India's top corporate groups have been his clients. His company has won awards from STPI India. He has been invited to speak and chair at various industry seminars and conferences and is a highly respected figure in the field of IT. He is also a moderator of Social Media Marketing Group on LinkedIn, the third largest group on LinkedIn with over 700,000 members.

Widely travelled, Sumeer is an entrepreneur in Residence, in Cruise Travel business and is the Founder CEO of his passion driven venture, Cruise Rover. Before joining SACC India, Sumeer served the Global entrepreneurial organization, TIE (The Indus entrepreneurs) Chandigarh Chapter as its Executive Director for nearly 3 years.

Sumeer had a 7 years of a successful tenure in Mumbai as a Bollywood & Celebrity photo journalist, who interacted and captured in his lens who's who of the tinsel town. Sumeer travelled to Miami Florida, USA in 2007 for a specialized training in On board Cruise Photography with a renowned Miami based Photo Concessionaire. As a start to his life on ships, Sumeer joined Miami based Cruise line, Royal Caribbean International and later worked as a Photo Manager on the luxurious and beautiful ships of Seattle based Cruise Liner, Holland America Line. Sumeer managed the onboard photo business of the liner and successfully led a team of various International photographers, artists & videographers.

Hirdesh Madan, (B.E, M.B.A., D.I.E.B.) Head Operation-North Bulls Eye, is a renowned speaker in Indian academic circles. He has trained thousands of students, teachers and corporate executives and is, according to many sections of the media, the moving force behind several pioneering initiatives in the education market.

As the Founder and Director of Conversations, Kiran Joshi heads the operations of Conversations. Conversations is a full service public relations agency with a keen focus on collaborating with its clients, to create conversations with the target audience of the clients, using the right media, thus contributing in the success story of a brand. Conversations harbours the vision to conceive and deliver innovative communication solutions for various life stages of a brand to create a sustainable image.

With over fourteen years of experience in Public Relations and Brand development, Kiran firmly believes that blending new technology into PR will effectively achieve the communication objectives of the clients. Kiran holds a Post graduate degree in Advertising and Communications. She feels that a sense of responsibility and ownership is as vital as is a resilient personality and a determination to succeed.

Deepali Nangia runs her own consulting firm Empower through which she coaches female entrepreneurs on their business plans and operations. She is Investment Director for Kensington's first angel investor network launched in March 2014. She provides mentoring for other organizations such as Imperial College, London, the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women and SHEROES India. Deepali was born and raised in India, educated in the US and currently lives in London with her husband and two kids. She spent fifteen years in working in the corporate world of finance and operations, both in New York and London, before starting her own business. She is a strong supporter of the arts and has a keen interest in empowerment and entrepreneurship.

Karan pursued his MBA from Babson College in Boston and Software Engineering from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh. He founded Software & Technology Division of SNA Power and Startup Elves.

An amazing administrator and human resource manager, Col Dr. Bedi has a wide and varied experience of serving the Indian Army for 26 years, a MNC for 5 years and education sector for past over 12 years. He has held various prestigious Command, Staff, Instructional and Diplomatic appointments while serving with the Army. Dr [Col] SPS Bedi holds Bachelor degrees in Arts and General laws, Masters in Business Administration and Doctorate in Personnel Management.

Dr. Bedi has also served as Director of three reputed and leading Business schools at Bhopal, Ghaziabad and Mohali. Known for his vision and administrative acumen, he is well recognized and respected in Academic and Business parlors because of his competency.

Dr. Bedi is a voracious writer and has authored 5 books besides writing a number of research papers published in reputed National and International journals. He has organized and attended a large number of Conferences and Seminars in the field of Business Administration. He has delivered 18 International lectures at UK, Turkey, Italy, Belgium and Malta.

CA Mukesh Gupta is a well respected Charted Account from Chandigarh, practising as a CA and as an entrepreneur over last 25 years. He is a true philanthropist at heart and mentors Startups and wanna be entrepreneurs under the patronage of SACC India. He is in the core team of SACC India, and is a founding member. He will be mentoring the teams at Start-up weekend Chandigarh.

Atul Maleri , a professionally qualified individual with more than 15 years+ experience in the franchising and financial sector, armed with a BE Civil , M Tech degree from Punjabi University, PGDMM from Panjab University and AMFI certified.

He is an expert in raising funds from financial institutions with marketing his key domain. His venture primary deals with providing marketing and financial support offline and online with a motto of " No saving No fees ' . His online ventures nrivillas.in caters to the NRI's for creating an ecosystem which is transparent and conducive to the needs of the clients. A flair and love for guidance and data analysis, he loves to serve people through NGO's, incubation centers.

Board of advisors: Early stage startups in Education, Travel & outdoor, QSR, Agriculture-Distribution & Knowledge services and Health focused processed food etc.

Area of participation: Business, Strategy, Strategic partnerships, Sales & Acquisition planning, Unit Economics, Operational Metrics, Business Planning, Product branding etc.

Advisor, Mentor & Visiting Faculty at numerous incubators and Institutions across the region.

Ashu is an entrepreneur and an entrepreneurship evangelist with a diverse executive experience across businesses and cultures.

He, in the recent past has served as the Head-North India operations at the Indian Angel Network. As the face of the network he played a critical role in facilitating interactions/transactions midst Angel investors, early stage funds and entrepreneurs in the region. In his previous assignments, he has been a dynamic professional and has held various positions with organization like Standard Chartered Bank, Deutsche Bank AG, across their Private Banking businesses, evaluating & advising large institutional and private clients on resource allocation and deployment in structured alternatives.

Shobhit Gupta, runs a boutique Wealth Management Advisory Firm by the name of SNB Wealth Solutions Pvt. Ltd. based out of Chandigarh and Delhi-NCR. He is managing Ultra HNI's and Corporate Clients with Assets of more than Rs 200 crores under his advisory. Before becoming Entrepreneur in 2014, Shobhit worked for 4 years in ICICI Bank Priority Banking and 6 years with Morgan Stanley Asset Mgmt Co. taking care of the entire region of Punjab, Haryana, H.P., J&K and Chandigarh. Shobhit is a Dual MBA, both Finance and Marketing, from International Management Institute (IMI), New Delhi in 2004 and he secured Silver Medal with specialization in SAPM (Security Analysis and Portfolio Management). He did all his school and college from Chandigarh and his hometown is also Chandigarh. He has passionate interest in Outdoor Adventure Sports, an immense Traveler and very fond of Reading and Famous English TV Series.

Co-founder & Director- Brightways Learning, Banking and Financial Services professional with 18 years of experience in industry and academia settings at middle and senior level positions with leading global organizations like FIDIS – Financial Serviced arm of FIAT Auto ITALY (FISAF in India), ICICI Bank – A leading Indian Private sector bank with emerging global presence, TATA Motors Finance– A Financial services arm of TATA Group. Doctorate in Management, associated in Visiting and Adjunct faculty role with emerging Indian universities and B schools. Key subject areas: Credit analysis and bank advances, Wealth management, Venture finance for seed and early stage entrepreneurs.

He is a lawyer, entrepreneur and consultant. He has successfully arbitrated disputes and has legal experience while serving District Court and High Court of Punjab & Haryana. As an entrepreneur, he has successfully taken companies in Information Technology sector and agriculture sector from start-up to exit monetization. He also has professional experience as export head at a multinational export organization based out of India. He helps startups in formation of their legal status like Pvt Ltd, Public Ltd, or LLP etc, removing of legal obstacles from their path of becoming a successful entrepreneur and guiding them how to comply legally.

Prabhjeet Gill, is an Indian qualified lawyer and also holds a degree of Master in Business Administration. He has rich experience in corporate commercial law, company law, employment law and contract law. He is known for his expertise in the fields of company law, mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures, restructuring and employment laws. He actively advises start-ups on legal aspects of structuring their venture, external funding, infusion of capital and the importance of shareholder agreements.

His career spans over establishment of offshore and onshore funds that propose to invest in India and abroad, including drafting transactional documents like share acquisition agreements, joint ventures or share purchase agreements. He has advised private equity funds in their investment in India. He has also been involved in advising on employment agreements for senior and mid level personnel of corporations. At Evaluer, his scope of work includes drafting and vetting of various commercial agreements including client / vendor contracts, MOUs, employment agreements, confidentiality and non disclosure agreements, collaboration agreements, and other transaction document, as and when required.

He is a seasoned professional raised and educated in Chandigarh is an entrepreneur at heart and a visionary, who is also the founder and CEO of Ekant Associates (Leading Law Firm) ; he is an accomplished advocate with a history of promoting effective legal, finance and business solutions that foster sustainable corporate growth for domestic and international business operations. Broad-based transactional experience with private and public companies, which is complemented by an in depth understanding of the litigation process.

Before joining SACC India, Ekant has also served the Global entrepreneurial organization, TIE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) Chandigarh Chapter as its Associate Director for Chandigarh and Panjab Chapter, for nearly 2 years. In less than 5 years he has mentored over 300 entrepreneurs and companies, he is associated with the entrepreneurial ecosystem since 2010 as a mentor and a guiding light.

Fostering entrepreneurship in the region is a kind of passion to Ekant and in this pursuit he is also managing the first ever co-working space for Startups in Panjab, named "STARTUP IN A BOX"www.startupinabox.in

On a personal level he is a self-driven person who always like to uplift the society, he is a accomplished motivator , has been awarded many number of times for his contribution towards the growth of society. He is also a spiritual person always thriving to become a better human being, desirous to learn from every creation of almighty.

He also holds a Bachelors Degree in Commerce, a Bachelors Degree in Law and a Masters in Business Administration.

Associations:

• - Member of Punjab and Haryana High Court Bar Association
• - Member of District Bar Association of Chandigarh
• - Member of Bar Council of Punjab and Haryana
• - Core Member – Startup Accelerator Chamber of Commerce
• - Member of TiE - The Indus Entrepreneurs Punjab and Chandigarh
• - Member of Lake Sports Club Chandigarh
• - Member – Meharban Fitness Center (MFC)

He is a seasoned professional and a visionary, who is also the founding partner of Legal Brothers LLP; he is an accomplished advocate with a history of promoting effective legal, finance and business solutions that foster sustainable corporate growth for domestic and international business operations.

His background/valuable experience gained while serving District Court, High Court of Punjab & Haryana and working with various corporate companies on senior positions enable him to understand what is right for a startup and what is wrong, he can very well evaluate the social, branding, legal, human resource and financial needs of a startup, weigh the options available and provide best solutions to make a startup achieve the most favorable end result possible.

He can be contacted at ekant0607@gmail.com

Creativity runs in the blood as, I received this precious gift from my father - a multi-talented artist, who has always been my greatest mentor. After kick starting my career as a Creative Designer at The Tribune Chandigarh, I pursued Post Graduate Studies in Web Design at Ontario, Canada, following my ingenious instincts.

International exposure to the creative field was an extra ordinary experience in my career which nurtured the budding designer in me. Nowadays, successfully working as a Team Lead at Netsmartz LLC, I cherish each moment of my professional life working on various UI Design Projects.

Family has always been the biggest strength for all my achievements. Working for SACC is an honor which has given me an opportunity to enhance my creative endeavors.

Sneha Bajwa, after completing her education from Bombay in the field of interior designing, she has worked with India's leading firms like Talati & Panthaky Associates and Neterwala & Aibara.

After gaining her experience from one of the best in the industry she started her own venture in the field of interiors and has been taking up projects which vary from residential to commercial. With business acumen of over 6 years Sneha is now seeing her startup become into a well respected name in over 5 cites.

An excellent Team player, affluent with creative Ideas and Management skills, Nitika is a very dedicated, determined and a focused professional, who understands well, the nuances of a Creative Business. She is the Co-Founder and Creative Director of a Web based venture Viprasoft. An eye for detail and customer satisfaction remain Nitika's top priority. She truly believes that Service, Service & Service would win her customers and her Company the Horizons they wish to achieve. She has strong interpersonal skills, that makes her a perfect person for Operations and Sales. She handles the Cruise Sales and Cruise Planning section of Cruise RoveR.

Dr. Mahek Singh is seasoned social worker and has contributed in the field of gender studies as a researcher and an academician. She has also worked with various central government welfare bodies. She is a firm believer of the fact that the small scale sector and entrepreneurship in India has a huge potential and can play a very important role in the socio-economic development of women. Her area of interest is to study the policy environments and support services required from government and other stakeholders for creating a conducive atmosphere for development of women's enterprise in India.

I'm Sukhmani Samra pursuing second year of Bachelor of Commerce from GGDSD College , Chandigarh. I belong from a Business family and further want to start my own business. I'm hardworking , focused, have an ability to adapt with difficult situations, enthusiastic and a team maker.

I have a sports background but i never let it over power my studies. I enjoy best of both worlds. I have represented Chandigarh 9 times for Basketball Nationals and played several other tournaments at School level. Also, I have led the Chandigarh Basketball Team as a Captain Twice and also represented my school as the Sports Captain and basketball team captain. Recently, won a bronze medal at inter college korfball championship.

Apart from sports , I contribute to the society through Rotract Club. Recently, at an internship at Rotract won the most Outstanding Intern Award.

What i learned from my sports experiences as a Captain was how to motivate and encourage others effectively when situation seemed hopeless.

I inculcated leadership quality, working hard to achieve my target and multitasking from my past experiences.

I see myself as a Successful but Humble Entrepreneur in future and SACC is the right platform to help me nurture from an amateur to a professional entrepreneur.

Gurjinder Singh is an accomplished tech and business leader with executive level expertise in product management & strategy, growth hacking, user acquisition & engagement, user experience, product/business metrics & analytics, product development, business models & strategy, sales and marketing operations, customer success management and various other functions of SaaS and consumer oriented businesses.

During his professional journey so far, he has worked upon almost every aspect of startup scalability including building the product from concept stage to delivery, finding product-market fit, bringing adoption among the users, customer development, scaling revenue & operations and building an organization around it.

Under different roles he has successfully built and lead highly effective teams including technology & engineering, product management, UX & Design, inbound marketing & growth hacking, customer service & customer success management, people strategy & operations, business data & operations.

He is mentoring various startups including MeritHub.com (Helps entrepreneurs and professionals to keep their knowledge and skills up to date.)

He is a serving as a Senior Director, Strategy & Operations at WizIQ.Com (Helps you to build your own Online Academy with your own brand.)

As the CEO/Founder of GrayCell Technologies Exports, Munish Jauhar has been living the tech dream. Post his Masters in Computer Applications from Panjab University, Chandigarh, India, an enriching stint with Quark Media House as Product Manager and a US-based start-up, Jauhar moved to the next level. To satisfy the entrepreneurial fire in his belly, he took the risk and set up GrayCell Technologies Exports in 2004. Today, GrayCell Technologies Exports has grown exponentially servicing an ever increasing list of Global 2000 clients. The team has swelled to a formidable force of highly skilled professionals.

Mr. Jauhar has recently launched GrayCell Ventures to help and mentor young budding entrepreneurs. His aim with GrayCell Ventures is not only to provide seed capital for start-ups in software, web, mobile and the cloud computing space but to act as mentor for the talent. He is also a member of Indian Angel Network.

Manish, with an overall experience of close to 20 years in the corporate world , has recently ventured out on his own to try his hands as an entrepreneur. His venture , EasyRentals2U, a start up in the Shared / Rental / Access Economy Industry, is all about capitalizing on the changing lifestyle trend wherein people are focusing energies towards consumption rather that ownership. The start up, initially , will focus on offering branded ( home and office) furniture on rent. It will gradually be adding more products to its portfolio as it expands nationally. Prior to this venture, Manish has gained experience across Banking and Automobile domain, having successfully managed diverse roles ranging across Segment / Product ownership with P & L accountability, Sales & Business Development (Channel / Corporate Sales ) across B2B and B2C segments, Change Management, Strategic Planning, Product and Brand Management & Distribution Management. Manish is perceived to be a well-organized and structured professional with a clear business focus. Known as a “People’s man”, he is a strong team player with participative approach towards leadership. He has, successfully and profitably, managed an entire business end to end ( P & L, Business Development, Operations, Infrastructure , client relationships ) and has a strong track record of delivering results with an eye on operating efficiency. Manish has worked across 3 geographies (West, South and North India) and travelled extensively across the length and breadth of the country which has helped give a true perspective of the dynamics in various markets. An experience in reputed organizations like Toyota, General Motors, Kinetic Honda, ICICI Bank and IndusInd Bank has helped give a multi-cultural exposure (Japanese, American and Indian) to the various styles of working and leadership. Manish is also an Angel Investor with business interests across industries - Co Working Space, Travel, Fashion, Technology.

CA Sachin Goyal is the Managing Partner of the Firm M/S S.L. Goyal & Co. Since 2001. Born in November 1977, he has distinction of Qualifying as C.A. along With Graduation at the age of 23 years. He did his graduation from Delhi University in the Year 1998.

CA Sachin Goyal has 14 years of post qualification experience in the hardcore profession of Accountancy. He has in his credit experience in the field of Project Finance , Taxation , Audit , Accounting , Company law Matters , Financial Services , FEMA , Foreign Taxation , Transfer Pricing , STPI , Foreign Collaborations etc.

CA Sachin Goyal also held Directorship in The Sirsa Central Cooperative Bank Ltd., Sirsa having 47 branches in Sirsa Distt. & played a major role by applying online system , branding & renovating that Bank.

He hold Trusteeship in various trusts & societies which are as under:
  1. Satluj Public Charitable Trust, Sirsa.
  2. Temple Trust, Sirsa.
  3. Rajendra Education Society, Sirsa.

He has delivered Guest Lectures on regular basis in
  1. Govt. National College, Sirsa
  2. CMK Girls National College, Sirsa
  3. Jannayak Ch. Devi Lal Memorial College, Sirsa

As a prolific speaker , he has addressed various confrences , seminars and workshops oganised by ICAI.

He is known for his radical and at the same time philosophical views. In his own unique style, he combines technical professional subjects with philosophy to give a different and clear perspective on several legal areas.

He has made presentations at several conferences organised by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Bombay Chartered Accountants’ Society, Chamber of Tax Consultants and various other institutions.

He would like to promote those areas where a lot of social upliftment is required. This information is put up separately on his website and also gives his views on philosophy.

After Passing CA Final CA Sachin Goyal got offer from many MNCs & other big Companies but he refused & join the practice just to serve the Society with dignity.

CA Anju Goyal is the Partner of the Firm M/S S.L. Goyal & Co. since 2001. Born in August 1976, she has distinction of Qualifying as C.A. along With Graduation at the age of 23 years. She did her graduation from Hindu College, Delhi University in the Year 1997.

CA Anju Goyal has 16 years of post qualification experience in the hardcore profession of Accountancy. She has in her credit experience in the field of Project Reports , CMA Data , Taxation , Audit , Accounting , Company law Matters , Financial Services , FEMA , Foreign Taxation , Transfer Pricing , STPI , Foreign Collaborations etc.

CA Anju Goyal is Presently is partner in M/s S.L. Goyal & Co.

Mr. Ghai is an accomplished entrepreneur, he started his company santabanta.com in December 1999 – almost 17 years now , he is engaged in brand development, web site traffic growth, web site UI and advertising revenue.

He is having professional experience of more than 11 years in multiple fields likes Sales, Marketing, Business Management, IT Technology, Marketing etc. He has vast experience of Business Management for which he holds multiple job roles with different organisations. He is mentoring and appointed as the advisor to some start-ups for last 3 years in assisting setting the executions of their projects to designing the marketing strategies. He poses learning in different areas like Microsoft Project Program, ISO 9000 from Govt. of India, IPR from WIPO(Geneva), etc. He believes is in continuous learning with un-learning and change in strategies according to need is the road to success.

Mr. Meharban Singh Virk, owner and founder of Meharban Fitness Centre, imparting professional training to fitness enthusiasts and keen bodybuilders. With vast experience of 20 years in the world of fitness and professional bodybuilding as an entrepreneur and athlete. He has won a Silver Medal at the Senior National Bodybuilding Championship(Mr. India).And has been holding Gold Medal in Mr. Chandigarh title and North Zone .

Meharban Fitness Centre was been established in 1994, since then he is helping professionals to maintain their health while being busy in their professional lives.

Having initially dabbled between advertising, design & print since 1989, he started consulting clients for branding solutions in 2010. Five years down the line, he took up his first challenge in e-commerce - to create India’s 1st hyper local B2B cum B2C mobile store.

He is very active across the start-up ecosystem in India & is a member of various forums, where he is involved in mentoring digital start-ups & nurturing entrepreneurship. In addition to consulting, he is also on the advisory board of a few ventures helping accelerate their journey to commercial success. He is an organization builder & a strong leader, known for starting up & scaling businesses through vision, intuition, technology, design and user-experience know-how.

Serial Entrepreneur who delves in Branding, E-commerce, Media, and Tech companies

• Currently Managing Director - Lapalap
• Governing Board Member - The Indus Entrepreurs, Chandigarh
• Founder - Five Senses Brand Leadership Solutions, startUP magazine

A well renowned Life Skills Coach and a Knowledge Entrepreneur as the CEO of ‘The Transformers Value Creators’, a Nationally Renowned Life Skills Training Organization.

With Excellent Counseling and Coaching skills and with an enriching experience of a decade, she has already trained and counselled 30000+ individuals to enhance upon their confidence, attitude, behavioral aspects, communication, creativity, soft skills and management skills.

Well versed & equipped in conducting experiential trainings, motivational talks, personal counseling’s, public presentations & group interactions with different set of population, right from Toddlers to Professionals and Schools to Corporates and also into Training of the Trainers, right from Teachers to Head of the Institutes.

Due to all the tremendous work done with almost age groups and across the country, she has been recognised as one of the Upcoming Women Entrepreneurs of the Country and has been acknowledged and awarded as the Most Active Women Entrepreneur of Chandigarh Region.

Philanthropist at Heart and with her special affection towards children has put in special to efforts to promote and ensure Maximum Children Safety, by conducting awareness sessions for Toddlers, Students, Parents, Teachers and Caretakers at 100’s of schools and with 1000’s of individuals across the country on the following issues:

• Child Abuse
• Gender Sensitization
• Sex Education
• Adolescent Issues

Have been time and again highlighted in the media for her noble contributions towards various NGO’, Underprivileged Individuals and other Economically Weaker Sections of the Society for which her organization ‘The Transformers Value Creators’ has been awarded this award for excellence for a socially active unit by the ministry of communication.

She has also been instrumental in designing the course content for various graduate and post graduate programs.

With her outstanding writing skills, she’s been into contributing to writing of papers and journals in National and International Forums. She has also won the Best Paper Award in an International Conference organized by Research & Development Association, Jaipur, for Presenting her own venture “The Transformers Value Creators” as a Life Skills Training Enterprise.”

She is also the Director Youth Services, Rotary Club of Chandigarh, Governing Council Member with TIE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) and is volunteer to the cause of ASHI (Association For Social Health in India), Red Cross Society, Jeevan Mukt Nishulk Vidyalaya, Senior Citizens in Education, Institute for the Blind and Bal Vikas Bhavan promoting education amongst the children and women from the economically weaker section and slums.

Have also worked with various Corporate and Education Sector as a Human Resource Professional and have made many remarkable contributions towards positivity, team spirit, enhancement of employee-employer relations and upliftment of human resources and to achieve organizational success.

As an individual she’sPassionate about Life andstrongly believes in, follow and strive to enable and encourage the development of people by focusing on the person and offer opportunities to develop as good human beings in as many ways as they can.

She loves interacting with people, keeping up relations and her simple funda for life is “Living More Life Every Moment”

Have been a Regular Visiting faculty with many diversified Administrative and Educational Boards and Governing Bodies at Schools, Colleges, Corporates and Governments Organisations such as:

• National Institute of Technical Teachers Training & Research
• Haryana Institute of Public Administration, Divisional Training Centre
• Himachal Institute of Public Administration, Shimla
• Uttarakhand Academy of Administration, Nainital
• Central Bank of India, Zonal Staff Training Centre
• Punjab National Bank, Regional Training Centre
• Canara Bank, Circle Office, Chandigarh
• Confederation of Indian Industries
• PHD Chambers of Commerce and Industry
• Bharat Electronics Limited
• Airport Authority of India
• Ordinance Cable Factory
• New India Assurance Limited
• Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Youth Development (Under Ministry of Youth Affairs)
• Panjab University
• Chandigarh University
• Chitkara University
• Rayat&Bahra University
• Regional Directorate, DAV Public Schools
• Zonal Institute of Education & Training, KendriyaVidyalayaSangathan
• Navodaya Leadership Institute, NavodayaVidyalyaSamiti
• BhartiyaVidyaBhawan

TRAININGS & WORKSHOPS CONDUCTED:

• Motivation & Positive Attitude
• Self Management & Confidence Building
• Self Enhancement & Personality Development
• Goal & Priority Setting
• Positive Body Language & Gestures
• Work Place Etiquette
• Resume Writing & Interview Facing Skills
• Leadership & Management Skills
• Communication Skills
• Inter Personnel Skills
• Conflict Management
• Time Management
• Generational Gap Management
• Stress Management
• Enhancement of Emotional Intelligence
• Promoting Spiritual Quotient
• Work Life Balance
• Enhancement of Life Skills
• Effective Classroom Management
• Classroom Dynamics
• Awareness against Child Abuse
• Sex Education & Adolescent Issues
• Educational Counseling
• Career Guidance
• Gender Sensitization
• Social Values & Moral Ethics

TRAININGS & WORKSHOPS ATTENEDED:

• Underwent various ISO training sessions and related workshops.
• Attended Workshop on “Training & Development- Answer to Skill Crisis” organized by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
• Attended 01 month’s workshop on “Development ofPersonality Aspects and Professional Growth”.
• Attended a Seminar on “Employee’s Provident Fund and MP Act” organized by PHD Chambers of Commerce and Industry
• Certified Trainer on “ Emergency Response Care” by Safety Circle, recognized by the National Safety Council, USA
• Attended an Advanced Training Programme on “Role of Emotional Intelligence and Competency Mapping in Organizational Success” organized by PHD Chambers of Commerce and Industry
• Attended Safety Awareness Workshop on “Self Defense for All : A must-attend for Females” conducted by Mr. Rajeev Pal Singh, a blackbelt holder 4th Dan (AIKF); Black belt 6th (Shotokan Karate); Black belt Dan (Shito-Ryu Karate) the President-cum-Chief Technical Director of Karate-de-Indo- Ryu Association International.
• Attended various other In-house & Specialized Personality Development Programs.

EXPERTISE AS A HR PROFESSIONAL:

Provide overall direction, guidance and intervention during hours of change, in organizational processes, operations, planning and culture, to balance the expectations and needs of the organization’s employees, stakeholders and customers in the areas of

• Training & Development
• Policy Framing & Implementation
• Strategic Planning & Implementation
• Industry Academia Tie Ups
• ISO implementation and development of systems
• AICTE accreditation
• Manpower Planning & Recruitments

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE:

• CEO & Lead Trainer with The Transformers Value Creators since August 2013.
• Manager- HR & Trainings at Swift Group of Colleges from December, 2010 to March 2013.
• Executive HR at M/s Ind-Swift Ltd. from August 2006 to October 2010.
• Management Trainee with Fab India from January 2006 to June 2006.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:

• Advanced Program in Training & Development Indian Society of Training & Development, New Delhi
• MBA (with Specialization in HR) & B.Sc. (Horticulture) Dr. Y.S. Parmar University of Horticulture & Forestry, Nauni, Solan

WhiteSparrow Communications started its journey with the aim to conquer the world of online and offline advertising and branding under the able leadership of Rajpal Ghai, fondly know as RP Ghai. The foundation of this end-to-end marketing solutions provider was laid in 2013, and in mere three years, the vision and dedication of the Founder and CEO, Rajpal Ghai, has ensured meteoric growth.

Mr. Ghai is a true-blue Mumbai lad, who spent the initial 28 years of his life in this bustling metropolitan. It is here, in Mumbai, Mr. Ghai honed his creative skills, and went on to earn a post-graduate diploma in marketing from the prestigious SIES College of Management Studies, Navi Mumbai. Mr. Ghai passed his marketing studies with flying colors and was ranked among the top three positions of the Institute.

After completing in Post Graduation in Marketing, Mr. Ghai joined the retail giant Shoppers Stop Ltd. where he donned multiple caps. He started out as a Management Trainee, and had the distinction of being the only trainee to undertake a strategic assignment with the Managing Director of Shoppers Stop. Mr. Ghai was then promoted to Department Manager, where he had to train and manage Retail Coordinators to achieve their department goals. Appreciating his farsighted vision and ability to think innovatively, Mr. Ghai was soon promoted to an Assistant Merchandiser.. Here, he demonstrated his business acumen by increasing the Knit section’s sale by over 50 per cent.

Mr. Ghai moved to Chandigarh in 2009 to take over the mantle of Deputy Director, Marketing and Corporate Communications, for Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Mohali. He showed his acumen for creativity, innovativeness and thinking out-of-the-box by coming up result-oriented marketing strategies and advertising programs. Through exhilarating and informative brand-building activities, Mr. Ghai was instrumental for increasing the student strength from 8,000 students in 2009 to a massive 13,000 students in 2013.

After accomplishing the responsibilities that he was given at Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Mr. Ghai wanted to make a difference in the world of advertising and marketing. This paved way for WhiteSparrow Communications, whose saga is still being written in the annals of the marketing world. However, the drumrolls are already sounding for WhiteSparrow Communications by those who have had the good fortune of being associated with this unique Digital agency and benefitted from Mr. Ghai’s creativity and business foresight.

His professional and educational credentials stand testimony to his capable leadership that has made WhiteSparrow Communications a force to reckon with in the world of creative advertising. Mr. Ghai is a young visionary, who has climbed the peak of success at an early age, but his humble attitude and winning personality are a point of learning for those who aspire to emulate him.

Puneet has contributed towards building ecosystems that create, nurture and sustain cycles of entrepreneurial activity and wealth creation, both at the regional and national levels. Puneet has demonstrated excellence in strategy, advocacy, relationship and environment management, international relations, thought leadership and operations.

Puneet has lead many lives and has been an entrepreneur in both India and US; an investor in business enterprises in India, US and Europe. He has over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur and in international marketing and business development in the high tech industry.

As a serial entrepreneur he founded 2 successful ventures in India and Silicon Valley. Puneet is actively involved as a board member and advisor with a number of companies. Puneet has been a past member of the Global Board of Trustees of TiE Global and President of TiE Chandigarh and Punjab.

Prior to starting his entrepreneurial career in 2000 he worked with Centigram Communications (acquired by ADC Communications) in worldwide product management, international marketing; and services marketing groups. In addition, he has worked with Measurex Corporation (now Honeywell) and U.S. Borax / RTZ in International marketing and business development.

Puneet has an MBA in International Business from Thunderbird – The American Graduate School of International Management and a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering.

EXPERIENCE SNAPSHOT

16+ Year experienced Educationist, Life Transformational Coach, & Professional in Learning & Development with expertise in Innovation, Design Thinking, Digital e-learning & Curriculum Strategy.
An Inspirational Speaker/Mentor who conducts an experiential and inspired workshop program bringing her educational & corporate experience with Student, Teachers, Principals, Corporate, Scholars, Leaders to transform their passion, skills, life & bring the full human potential.

PROFESSION & EXPERTISE

Profession

Held senior roles in Education as Principal and Head - Learning & Development, India with leadership roles facilitation. 360 Degree in education, digital + curriculum designing & life skills development.

Expertise

• Consultation, Mentoring & Organizing Talks & Workshops for Education Organization/ Institutions/ Education Startups
• Educational Management/ School Expansion/ Faculty Development
• Curriculum Designing & Assessments/ Web-based Solutions
• Leadership Development
• Life Soul Coaching- Transformational Development
• Skill Development/ Behavioural & StoryTelling Workshop
• Innovation & Design Thinking Training

A Philanthropist by Heart & Soul – Associated & Work with NGOs for various educational innovative & transformational talks for Sparsh, Parikrama & Shaurya.

ACHIEVEMENTS & ACCOLADES

• Faculty Development Program on "Multiple Learning Experiential Model & 7C's", Sri Ram Universal School, Gurgaon in July 2019.
• Keynote Speaker on "Reinventing Yourself" for final year MBA Students at Shoolini University in May 2019.
• Radio Jockey Talk at Shoolini on Mindfulness in May 2019.
• Talk on "Success and Failure Dynamism" at Amity University in April 2019.
• Expert Talk at St. Josephs School, Chandigarh for Grade 9 to 12
• students on “Passion & Self- Believe” on 6th November 2018.
• Keynote Motivational Speaker at Chandigarh University for the
• Orientation Programme on 30th July & 31st July 2018.
• Keynote Speaker at Linkedin Local, Lucknow on 21st July 2018 for the Students & Young Startups on Collaboration & Success.
• Keynote Speaker at COREHRIR 5th Chai Buddy Meet at GITM, College Gurgaon on 15th July 2018 for the topic: “Soul Leadership- Developing Soul Leadership Pipeline” for the group of core HR team PAN India and Faculties of the College.
• Keynote Speaker at “International Skill Conclave Future Roadmap 2018” for “New Avenues in Skill Development & Sustainable Skill Ecosystem” in Delhi on 5th May 2018, supported by Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) and National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC).
• Speaker at “Product Camp” Hyderabad on “Human Re- designing through Inspiration- Thoughts & Feelings” on 10th March 2018.
• Guest of Honour & Speaker - “DIY with Art brings Creativity” at Shri Shri Ravi Shankar Vidya Mandir (SSRVM, Bangalore) in August 2016.
• Guest of Honour & Talk on Student Motivation through Innovation” in 2016 at Maharishi Mahi Vidya Ashram School, Hosur, Bangalore.
• International Convention on Invention in Classroom - 2016 (ICIC-2016) Award by British Council in collaboration with NCERT, March 2016.
• Distinguished Education Management Award by Narayana Group of Schools & Colleges 2015.
• Distinguished Performance Award - Digital e-Learning by TATA Interactive Systems Year 2011- 2012.
• Best Teacher Award- DPS & Sanjivani International School (2007-08/ 2010-2011).

She holds more such inspirational talks & seminars in her achievement basket that is a journey in itself….A lady whose motto of life is to “EMPOWER LIFE & UNIVERSE WILL EMPOWER YOU”

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CA Bhupinder Gupta is one of the senior Partner of the Firm M/S Ashok Madaan & Associates, Chartered accountants. He did his graduation from S.D. college Ambala Cantt, and than qualified as Charetered Accountant in the Year 1998. He has 18 years of post qualification experience in Auditing, Taxation, Project Finance ,Company law Matters , Intellectual Property Rights, Startup registrations and about various schemes of Government of India regarding promotion of Industry and entrepreneurship in India with focus on make in India. He is associated with many Companies, NGO's, in the capacity of adviser, mentor in north India.

MR Harjit Singh is a MS (Engineering Management and Leadership) from Santa Clara, California, US and Currently, enrolled in Ph.D(Engineering ) program , he is having vast experience of 26+ years in architect, design and development of enterprise systems , he has led product development teams for companies like HP, IBM and Fujitsu and also is having extensive experience in working with startup companies. He has handled lead development, professional services and QA teams for startups.

-He is a proud part of the Rural Education revolution run by the Kalgidhar Trust.

The Kalgidhar Trust – Baru Sahib is a non-profit charitable organisation focused on providing quality rural education. The organization runs 129 low cost CBSE Schools, providing modern, value-based education to around 60,000 students. The organization also runs two Private Universities, six Teachers Training Centres to empower 2000 rural girls, one Hospital with 280 beds, three De-addiction Centres, one Orphanage, one Old Age Home, and one Rehabilitation Centre for Distressed Women.

An experienced management consultant, Sunil carries a noteworthy track record in inspiring people with his professional consultancy, educating and working collaboratively with start-ups to mentor them innovate and help them grow their business ideas ensuring no error-in-action which normally start-ups are prone to.

Predominantly an electronics grad with an executive degree from IIM-Calcutta clubbed with his rich, 15+ years of hands-on industry experience in shaping-up the ecosystem. He has successfully enjoyed curating and nurturing start-ups with the required business tools viz. business planning, corporate finance, financial models, risk analysis, credit and inventory management, m&a, financial distress, market research, legal /statutory and compliance with the ever changing corporate laws along with go-to-market strategy for his ventures.

Career

• B. Tech(1996) , PGDCA(1999)
• Joined GE 2000
• 2000–2003 IT Lead (Research and Development)
• 2003-2007 Project Manager (GE Health care)
• 2007–20011 IT Head (GE Healthcare Services -Asia PAC))
• 20011–20014 Training and Development Head (GE Energy -India)
• 2015 onwards
• Software Development Entrepreneurship
• Mentorship and Trainings

• Senior level executive with extensive experience in credit and risk management with broad and diverse experience in banking,capital markets, corporate, leveraged and structured finance, stress testing and insurance.
• Experienced Investor with a demonstrated history of working in the financial services industry. Focused on early-stage investments in Europe and Asia.
• Sahil has been a guest in 15 countries speaking at conferences, participating on panels and pitch sessions and discussing startup ecosystens with governments.
• Prior to being an angel investor Sahil had a career as Sr Management Consultant at Accenture, CitiGroup, CIT GROUP etc. He spent the first ten years doing bleeding edge technology development and then 10 years as Sr consultant for banking industry, startups and now leading Professional information business as one of the world largest news company Dow Jones.
• Sahil guest lectures at NJIT, Fairleigh Dickinson, Rutgers. Sahil has a Bachelors in Economics from DAV college , Chandigarh and MBA from Stevens school of Management, NJ.
• Sahil’s hobbies include traveling, golf, mentoring entrepreneur and companies.
• As an angel investor, I am looking to invest in startups in the idea and/or early stage. I am interested in investing or bring investors on board for fintech/eCommerce/AI domains

For me: great idea + innovative business model + great execution = success!

• Ms. Sartaj Lamba is the chairperson of Aj Group of Companies, declared as Outstanding Business Women 2018. Aj travels Pvt. Ltd is a travel destination management company in India, providing outbound and inbound travel solutions, recently have added a new vertical in the company’s portfolio i.e Medical care in India. The vision is to provide the travelers with superior quality travel solutions, state of the art services with a dynamic blend of creativity, reliability and integrity.
• USP of the company is to believe in maintaining long term relations, which stems from the core company value - which places family culture at the top. A privately owned woman enterprise that realizes the speed of response and attention to details having associations with CII, OTOAI, IATO and IAAI.

Mr. Gagandeep Sawhney strongly believes that it is his endeavor at Fincreations to empower his clients with the latest Financial Planning tools to meet the Future Goals. His Vision is to create “Financial wisdom for his Clients” and his mission is to “Redefine the Financial Creativity “of his esteemed clients and investors. Apart from guiding investors/Clients to choose the appropriate asset Class –Mutual Funds, Health Insurance, Life Insurance, Real Estate, Debt instruments-Bonds, F.D’s etc based on his experience and Financial Acumen but also educates them on the art of investing and multiplying their wealth. The idea of Creating Fincreations was not just to create a one stop shop for all kind of Financial solutions for the clients, but also to Empower them by imparting them with the requisite Financial Education and Learning so that they can make right choices while investing their hard earned money.

• Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC). Dehradoon : 1978-82.
• National Defence Academy (NDA) – 1983 - 1986
• MSc in Defence & Strategic Studies in 2003, (DSSC / Staff College).
• MSc in Satellite Communications in 2005, from Cochin University.

Indian Navy:

• 21 Years – 1987 - 2008
• Flag Lt to the FOCWF – 1991
• Commanding Officer INTRV- 71- 1993
• On deputation to the Government of Mauritius as Commanding Officer MCGS Guardian - 1999-2001
• Commanding Officer INS Nishank – 2001-2002 during Ops. Parakaram.
• DSSC – Staff College – 2002-2003.
• Ministry of Defence / NHQ : 2003- 2008. Conceived & designed a Geo-Stationary Satellite. The only Geo-Stationary Satellite ever designed by an individual. Entire Project planned single handedly & approved in 3 years by the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS).
• Eliminated the limitations of & dependence on HF, LOS V/UHF in the IN.
• Up-scaled every single platform to real time indigenous SATCOM.