About Speakers

Speakers

Sudhakar Singh

Sudhakar Singh

MP - Lok Sabha

Dr S Siddharth

PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO CM BIHAR AND ACS Education and Cabinet, GOB

Vikas Singh

Senior Advocate practicing in the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India

Vikas Vaibhav

IG OF POLICE

Chandra Kishore Thakur

Chandra Kishore Thakur

Global CEO - SWREL Group

Sumant Parimal

Sumant Parimal

Founding Partner & Chief Analyst, "5 Jewels Research", Innogress

Apoorv Kumar

Apoorv Kumar

Regional Lead - Eastern States, Invest India

Ravi K Ranjan

Ex Curator-Shark Tank India, Advisor- Velocity1

Anubhav Sapra

A CULINARY STORYTELLER, VLOGGER. FOUNDER OF THE INCREDIBLY POPULAR DELHI FOOD WALKS

Abhay Kumar

Ambassador to Georgia

Vivek Singh

PUBLIC POLICY AND COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONAL

Aishwary Thakur

INVESTMENT MANAGER, JAFCO ASIA

Rajeev Kumar

PROGRAMME SPECIALIST (RISK & RESILIENCE), UNICEF

Nikhil Naren

Nikhil Naren

Chevening Scholar
Assistant Professor, Jindal Global Law School

Pankaj Kumar

Pankaj Kumar

EXECUTIVE EDITOR
TV9 BHARATVARSH

Dr. Rana Singh

Dr. Rana Singh

DIRECTOR CIMP

Dr. Ravi R Kumar

Dr. Ravi R Kumar

CEO Know The Pulse

Ram N Kumar

Ram N Kumar

FOUNDER- NIROGSTREET

Amitabh Sinha

Amitabh Sinha

journalist with The Indian Express newspaper

Arjun Vaidya

Arjun Vaidya

Founder at Dr. Vaidya's : New Age Ayurveda

Utpal Kumar

Utpal Kumar

Opinion editor at News18 & FirstPost

Braj Mohan Singh

Braj Mohan Singh

Editor of News18 Bihar and Jharkhand

Vikas Kumar

Vikas Kumar

Founder & CEO, Trip to Temples

Aditya Vaibhav

Aditya Vaibhav

Editor, TheTrickyScribe.com

Dhruv Sharma

Dhruv Sharma

Public Policy, Governance and Election Campaign management expert

Syed Saheb Ali

Syed Saheb Ali

Founder - Matarghasti

Dr. Sarwar Khan

Dr. Sarwar Khan

Azim Premji Foundation, Bihar Team

Alok Singh

Alok Singh

Director, Bihar Development Collective Foundation

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