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Pankit Desai, Co-founder & CEO of Sequretek, a Mumbai based cyber security company was launched in 2013 with an aim to provide enterprise clients an end to end cyber security platform. Pankit, a veteran of IT industry, brings 20+ years of hardcore technology and leadership experience from the information technology industry to lead Sequretek. Prior to Sequretek, he was with Rolta as the President of Business Operations. He has also served in senior leadership capacity with NTT Data Inc, Intelligroup, Wipro and IBM India. His vast experience has given him the ability to manage and scale global business units and service lines rapidly and efficiently. Pankit has diversified business operations and created an organization that has a multidimensional growth, understanding of business support functions, Financial Planning and Analysis, Recruitment and Operations, Internal IT, Quality, Marketing and Alliance.   Bhaskar Majumdar is the Founder and Managing Partner at Unicorn India Ventures, a Mumbai based VC fund. He’s had a seat at both the tables by being a seasoned media & technology executive and entrepreneur as well as an established early stage investor and advisor, within the UK and India. Through Unicorn Ventures, he has invested in over 20 businesses with a combined Equity Value of $ 3 billion and growing rapidly. Prior to being an investor and entrepreneur, he has held senior corporate positions with Times of India, Zee Telefilms and Altavista UK. A native of IIT Kharagpur and an AMP from Harvard, Bhaskar’s career trajectory is as vast and diverse as they come.  He has recently added another notch to his belt, having authored a book that’s to be published in Jan of 2021 entitled- “Everything starts from nothing" in which he endeavours to capture the essence of the start-up ecosystem from his first-hand experience and help navigate those who wish to get their foot through the door.  About BusinessClass:  It is a chat show in which host, Shantanu Prakash in conversation with startup founders and subject matter experts, will give viewers an unscripted peep into the culture of startups, discuss the biggest challenges faced by them, and offer advice from his extensive experience along with some of India’s most renowned investors.

Shubhank is a special series that will help us in understanding how numerology affects our lives.  The renowned numerologist, Shetall Bakhrey will discuss the character, nature, foreign opportunities, family relations, and career of a person according to his day of birth.

Shubhank is a special series that will help us in understanding how numerology affects our lives.  The renowned numerologist, Shetall Bakhrey will discuss the character, nature, foreign opportunities, family relations, and career of a person according to his day of birth.

Shubhank is a special series that will help us in understanding how numerology affects our lives.  The renowned numerologist, Shetall Bakhrey will discuss the character, nature, foreign opportunities, family relations, and career of a person according to his day of birth

Shubhank is a special series that will help us in understanding how numerology affects our lives.  The renowned numerologist, Shetall Bakhrey will discuss the character, nature, foreign opportunities, family relations, and career of a person according to his day of birth.

Shubh Ank is a special series that will help us in understanding how numerology affects our lives.  The renowned numerologist, Shetall Bakhrey will discuss the character, nature, foreign opportunities, family relations, and career of a person according to his day of birth.

Every one has stories to tell—stories that will not only engage, inform, surprise, delight, and impact their audience, but that will also deliver on measurable business goals. And Vinayak Shrivastava is the conduit between goals and growth.  Vinayak Srivastava helps companies find the subject and medium that best fits their unique identity, and then I produce high-quality strategic plans that meet their objectives.   Mitesh began his career with Mandhana Industries Limited, an apparel manufacturing company in 2001, where he handled various projects including the company’s IPO in 2010 and its exclusive global licensing deal with Salman Khan’s Being Human brand. He joined Ola as CFO in December 2013 and played a pivotal role in the evolution of one of the biggest start-up stories of India. Then came Bookmyshow, where he spearheaded the finance department and played an active role in strategic business management. With his vast experience in the start-up world, Mitesh is now a mentor to many young entrepreneurs guiding their startup journey apart from helping them with angel Investment.  About BusinessClass:  It is a chat show in which host, Shantanu Prakash in conversation with startup founders and subject matter experts, will give viewers an unscripted peep into the culture of startups, discuss the biggest challenges faced by them, and offer advice from his extensive experience along with some of India’s most renowned investors.

Ashish Rawat is the founder of Oga Fit. He started coding from the age of 13 by creating various maps and mods for games. Ashish studied Computer Games Development from the University of South Wales with his goal of creating amazing digital experiences. After returning to India, he started his career by working with different startups in solving problems using cutting edge technologies such as AR, VR, and advanced computer vision.   Ankur is a Chartered Accountant from India and MBA from Georgetown University in Washington D.C., USA. He has previously worked as an Investment Banker (M&A) with Citigroup in New York and Credit Suisse in London. He set up and expanded Training the Street’s (world’s leading financial training company) operations across Asia and Middle East. Ankur is an active angel investor with 20+ investments in the last 5 years.  About BusinessClass:  It is a chat show in which host, Shantanu Prakash in conversation with startup founders and subject matter experts, will give viewers an unscripted peep into the culture of startups, discuss the biggest challenges faced by them, and offer advice from his extensive experience along with some of India’s most renowned investors.

An endurance athlete, entrepreneur, and a daydreamer. Saurabh Aggarwal is a 3-times Ironman, a certified Ironman Coach and went climbing Mt. Everest in 2015.  Currently he is building Fitso. At Fitso, they are bridging a huge gap between demand and supply of standardised infrastructure and quality coaching in recreational sports.    Vinay Bansal Founder & CEO, Inflection Point Ventures is a finance professional with 20 years of global experience in Fortune 50 companies, Startups and Private Equity. I have a track record of exceptional performance in positions of increasing leadership responsibilities. Sharp focus on delivering growth & profitability/Turnarounds. Expertise in areas of Private Equity, Complex accounting projects (Treasury/ Derivatives accounting, Lease structures & accounting, Forensic audits), Corporate finance, Plant finance, M&A, Tax, Financial services, Corporate audit (US GAAP & Indian GAAP), Supply chain management, Compliance and Sourcing.   About BusinessClass:  It is a chat show in which host, Shantanu Prakash in conversation with startup founders and subject matter experts, will give viewers an unscripted peep into the culture of startups, discuss the biggest challenges faced by them, and offer advice from his extensive experience along with some of India’s most renowned investors.

Betterplace was started in 2015 by Pravin Agarwala (former SAP senior executive) and Saurabh Tandon (former Nu Sigma) is working with more than 700 companies in India to meet the aspirations and needs of the blue collar workforce employed in the companies with an eye to generate more jobs and bring down the attrition in this category.   Pranav Pai is the Founding Partner and Chief Investment Officer at 3one4 Capital - an early stage venture capital fund based in Bangalore, India. Pranav leads investments and portfolio construction at 3one4 Capital. As CIO at 3one4, he has made over 70 seed and venture capital investments across several investment categories in India and the US.  About BusinessClass:  It is a chat show in which host, Shantanu Prakash in conversation with startup founders and subject matter experts, will give viewers an unscripted peep into the culture of startups, discuss the biggest challenges faced by them, and offer advice from his extensive experience along with some of India’s most renowned investors.

Robin Chhabra, founder & CEO, Dextrus Workspace, after his schooling at Winchester College in the UK, Robin Chhabra earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Architecture, as well as a Master of Architecture from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.   Having worked on projects as diverse as theatre set design and heritage hotels with boutique architecture firm Kay Ngee Tan Architects in Singapore, Robin Chhabra joined the award-winning team at Serie Architects in Mumbai. With offices in London, Singapore, and Mumbai, the work at Serie Architects kept pace and pushed the boundaries of the top trends in architecture globally. Recognizing the need to provide path-breaking thinkers with a workspace that offers all the finesse of a top-notch office with none of the fuss involved in maintaining it, Robin Chhabra founded Dextrus in 2018.  Robin has a plethora of knowledge in the world of real estate, coworking, architectural designing, management of resources, and customer experience par excellence. He would be happy to share his creative aspects from the co-working industry.

Rupesh Jain is the founder & CEO of Candere.com.   The story of Candere begins not very long ago. In 2013, founder Rupesh Jain an IT engineer from Mumbai started his own maiden venture, steering away from the world of offline jewelry; a world he was born into. Competing with the ideals of old-school shopping and a vision of making precious jewelry available to those who loved to shop online, he started Candere; an online website to bring jewelry of uncompromising quality and craftsmanship to the masses.  His vision was further strengthened with the idea of bringing an online showroom with customizations available, something that was absent in the offline world. With a vision of breaking the myth, that ‘diamonds are only for the rich, Candere began its journey.

Sumeet Bansal founded AnalytixLabs in 2011 along with Ankita Gupta and Chandra Mouli. Prior to starting AnalytixLabs, Sumeet worked as a Business Consultant with prestigious companies like McKinsey & Company, ZS Associates, and AbsolutData in the past 14 years. He has worked in more than ten countries across the globe in various business domains and is an expert in data-driven consulting and business solutions.  The motivation to start AnalytixLabs came in 2011 when he came across 3 MBA students attending an online Business Analytics session in a cafe. The overall delivery, content, and query handling were subpar. Owing to the challenges they constantly faced, they were discouraged. Being always passionate about Data Science, Sumeet had the conviction that we could do a much better job and contribute in this field, which he knew would boom in the coming years, and hence the AnalytixLabs was born.  Sumeet says that unemployability is a bigger problem than unemployment if you ask any technology or knowledge-based organization. Industry leaders often cite how most fresh graduates from the business and engineering streams lack practical job skills without extensive training. On the other hand, emerging technologies like Data Science and AI are grappling with a huge skill gap, where demand outstrips the supply. And this trend is expected to continue for the foreseeable future. He also adds that AnalytixLabs is highly value-driven - The value delivered to their clients and students.   The learning tracks are meticulously designed based on industry requirements, structured around practical learning and building in-depth, hands-on skills. And AnalytixLabs is committed to working with the same ethos, which they have followed since its inception.

Husain Khatumdi is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Ekostay, a homestay venture, and has served in those positions since November 2017. Husain has over 5 years of experience in a broad range of leadership roles across the hospitality and real estate sectors. Through the course of his career, he has managed and developed scalable businesses, with a deep understanding of the global and national hospitality and real estate market.  Husain is a former Sales Manager at Appco Group, Australia and led its growth into a multi-million dollar revenue company after joining in 2014.  As the sales manager, he actively provided consulting expertise to all sales executives on a regular basis regarding strategic sales decisions and new technology. Husain also founded Seedy Beverages Pvt Ltd (a packaged smoothie brand, FMCG) that grew to contribute a revenue of over $500K under his leadership. Seedy also won the ‘Most Innovative Food Business Award by Equinox’ in 2017.  Husain co-founded Ekostay in 2018 with Sohail Mirchandani, Varun Arora and Zishan Khan, with a vision to tailor the needs of the travelers who want to experience the coziness of a private homestay away from home.  Husain owned a farmhouse in Lonavala, which was unkempt for many years. The rooms were musty, disheveled and untidy. In order to air out the property and ensure there was regular maintenance, Husain decided to rent out the farmhouse to tourists by listing the property online and sharing it with travel agents. He soon realized that most existing players in the market either had luxurious estates for hire or sub-standard properties operated by the unorganized sector. There were no legit organized homestay brands providing value for money accommodations. After identifying this gap of unorganized homestays in the Indian Hospitality and Real Estate sector, Husain decided to take a leap of faith and started working on this business full time. He was confident that this business model made sense with clear profitable margins and sustainable growth. Ekostay now has villas across cities like Lonavala/Khandala, Goa, Alibaug, Mahableshwar/Panchgani, Karjat, Nashik, Igatpuri, Ooty, Bangalore & Delhi. Ekostay now offers guests a selection of over 75+ villas spread across 10 cities. Husain has worked in Australia and India and holds a degree in Bsc Management from Cass Business School, London and a diploma in Marketing from Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Husain is a fitness enthusiast and loves to travel, watch documentaries, take up interior designing and capital allocation projects from time to time.

Atul Sharma is the Managing Director of Ruder Finn India and President of Public Relations Consultants Association of India (PRCAI). With 20 years of experience in the communications industry, he specializes in corporate reputation management, brand building, media training, agency operations including client acquisition, management, and team building.  Business Leader and Trusted Advisor working across technology, telecom, venture capital, consulting, aviation, automobiles, sports, lifestyle, retail and consumer durables sectors. Been a part of the public relations industry for over eighteen years and counsel diverse businesses, Indian and multinational on public relations, marketing communications, advocacy, crisis and issues, messaging, positioning and stakeholder outreach.  Prior to joining Ruder Finn, Atul was Chief Operating Officer for Genesis Burson-Marsteller. He was responsible for driving the firm’s operations including client campaigns, new business development and building efficient team structures. Atul played an instrumental role in new offerings, including GBM Live!Newsroom and GBM Digital Studio, as well as conceptualising the unique Step Up service offering. Atul had previously been at Weber Shandwick, working with clients including Oracle, HCL Technologies, UTStarcom, Palm Inc. and Logitech. He holds a Master’s degree in Business Economics from Delhi University.  Specialties: Strategic Consulting, Corporate Reputation, Advocacy Programs, Product Preference & Category Awareness Campaigns, Media Relations, Digital Media, Messaging, Crisis and Issues, Employee Communication, Category Creation Campaigns, Start Up PR, Sustainability & Corporate Responsibility Campaigns, Business Development, Team Mentoring & Development

An experienced technology professional, Nidhi is the CTO-Industry Verticals for HPE India with 17+ years of experience across diverse technology roles in delivering technology based outcomes in Tier 1 Telcos, Telecom technoloy supplier & Telecom System Integrator space. A digital transformation enthusiast, she believes in leveraging technology for differentiated offerings/ experiences in ever evolving industry landscape.  ----  Fireside: A chat show where we showcase the entrepreneurial journey of some of the most successful Startup Entrepreneurs of India - their journey, learnings and future plans.

Prema leads BCW in India as the Chairperson of the BCW India Group, which was recently formed by integrating Genesis BCW and Six Degrees BCW. Supported by the BCW India Board, Prema drives the India strategy for the Group, guiding the leadership in implementing it. An entrepreneur, an ideas person, a pioneer and a passionately creative person, Prema has led Genesis BCW since she founded it in 1992.  Prema hasn’t just spearheaded the firm, she has also given the Indian public relations and communications industry some of its firsts—first to develop proprietary tools for reputation management, the first to create and put into practice service quality measurement, first to use technology in our industry, and more recently, first to develop the one-of-its-kind Live! Newsroom.  Always one to foster collaboration, Prema is the Founder-President of the Public Relations Consultants Association of India (PRCAI), an organisation that encourages the sharing of best practices in the industry. She is also the President and Founding Member of the Public Affairs Forum of India (PAFI), which was created to bring the same level of collaboration and knowledge sharing in the public affairs realm.  Recognising her impact on the industry, Prema was named PR Agency Head of the Year at PR Asia Awards 2019 and at the Campaign PR India Awards and felicitated with the Individual Achievement SABRE Award at Asia-Pacific SABRE Awards 2017. She has also been recognised by PRWeek among the most influential PR professionals as part of the Global Power Book 2016. She was named among the 50 most influential people in PR in their Asia Power List 2014 and has featured for eight consecutive years by the Impact magazine among the 50 Most Influential Women in India in the field of media, marketing and advertising. She is also on the board of the India Brand Equity Forum (IBEF). Prema was invited as the only Indian on the global jury for the first ever PR Lions at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival 2009. She has also been part of the jury for the Holmes Report’s SABRE Awards as well as the PRWeek Awards. She was inducted into the ‘ICCO Hall of Fame’ in October 2005, the first Asian to receive this rare honour, joining a select group of global personalities.  Inspired by Mother Teresa, Prema established Genesis Foundation, a trust created to facilitate medical treatment for critically ill, under-privileged children with congenital heart defects.

The Legionaries is a special talk show that captures interesting conversations with the Who's Who of the Alco-Bev Industry.   In this series, Malay Rout, Founder of WSCI, will be seen in one-of-its-kind freewheeling sessions with the stalwarts of the alcoholic-beverages industry, from around the globe. The liquor industry moguls will share their experiences about how they've dealt with the pandemic and kept their business afloat during these testing times. The candid discussions will range from challenges faced to handy tips for young entrepreneurs on how to sail through Covid.

एक ख़ास शो शेयर बाज़ार में काम करने वाले, इक्विटी में ट्रेड और इन्वेस्ट करने वाले लोगों के लिए।    #StockMarketLive​ ​  ये शो अमेज़ॉन फायर टीवी के साथ साथ यूट्यूब, फेसबुक व ट्विटर पर एक साथ लाइव प्रसारित होता है।    ये देश का पहला ऐसा शो है जिसमें एंकर, गेस्ट और दर्शक आपस में एक दुसरे से सीधे जुड़ कर अपने सवालों के जवाब, नयी जानकारियां और बाजार के उतार चढ़ाव का सटीक विश्लेषण करते हैं।  हम चाहते हैं की हमारे दर्शक न सिर्फ शेयर बाज़ार से कमाई करें बल्कि साथ ही साथ निवेश  की बारीकियों को भी समझ सकें।  This one of its kind unique shows which is not yet available on traditional Business TV Channels. It’s a real-time interactive TV show. Viewers can share their questions & comments LIVE and moderated posts are shown on the screen. Show Host, Guests & Experts can respond to the posts instantly. Selected viewers can connect by way of video also to share their feedback & ask questions on the show.  About founderINDIA:   founderINDIA is a new-age independent business media startup. The brand launched India's first TALK TV Channel that hosts a bouquet of talk shows covering several issues, genres, beats, sectors, and industries. Now the channel is entering LIVE Business Channel segment. The channel is streaming on AmazonFireTV and will be available on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.  #StockMarketToday #ShareMarketLive #BusinessNews #AajKiTajaKhabar #ShareMarketLIVE #StockMarketLIVE #Nifty

#CryptoLIVE​ - India's first LIVE Cryptocurrency trading show in collaboration with CoinDCX - India's biggest cryptocurrency exchange.   “This is one of its kind unique show which is not yet available on traditional Business TV Channels."   CryptoLIVE is an educational platform that provides an in-depth analysis of Cryptocurrency, coins, and tokens. It guides its viewers about trading opportunities and investments. It’s a real-time interactive show. Viewers can share their questions & comments LIVE and moderated posts are shown on the screen. Show Host, Guests & Experts can respond to the posts instantly. Selected viewers can connect by way of the video also to share their feedback & ask questions on the show.