Mr. Deepak Vohra is an Indian diplomat, who served as Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs. He was the Ambassador of India to Poland. Deepak Vohra is currently Special Adviser to the Prime Minister of India, Lesotho and Guinea-Bissau. In 2012 he was Advisor to the Government of South Sudan. During his service in the Indian Foreign Service, he has served in France, Tunisia, United States, Chad, Cameroon, Papua New Guinea, Spain, Armenia, Sudan, Poland in 1995 he was deputy high commissioner in Kuala Lumpur. Prior to his role in Diplomacy, he was an officer on special duty to the Technology Advisor to the Prime Minister of India.
Mr. Vohra has also previously worked with Sulabh International and has been a part of United Nations assignments in Africa. Ambassador Vohra brings extensive insight and expertise on matters of development in developing countries and an understanding of political mechanics in Africa. He is an Alumnus of St. Stephen’s College, Delhi, St.columba’s school- National Defence College (India) and University of Paris.
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Madhup Mudgal is an Indian Hindustani classical music vocalist., known for his khayal and bhajan renditions. A disciple of Kumar Gandharva, he is also a composer, conductor of famous Gandharva Choir and has been principal of the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, Delhi, a music and dance school since 1995.
He received the prestigious Padma Shri award from the Government of India in 2006
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Dr. S. Farooq, one of the most notable Muslim figures of Northern India, may very well be called a “vibgyor”, the abbreviation of seven colours that form light. His personality has umpteen hues, each one of which is no less bright than the other. Equipped with the highest degree in academics, D.Sc, he is as conspicuous by his presence in Mushairas and other cultural events as in high level conferences, seminars and enclaves. He is an excellent orator, a passionate lover of Urdu poetry, a preacher of Islam, a vibrant horse rider, a successful industrialist, a keen social activist and a great socialite. His tastes for fine arts also are multidimensional. He has a collection of more than a dozen old vintage cars and a beautiful collection of Qur’anic manuscripts, tasbihs and calligraphic arts.
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Dr. Harish Chaudhry did his schooling from The Doon School, Dehradun, B-Tech in Chemical Engineering from IIT Kanpur, PGDM in Marketing / Behavioral Sciences from IIM, Bangalore and a PhD from IIT Delhi. He has worked in companies like Dunlop India Ltd., NIIT and RAAG Systems before joining academics as a faculty with the Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi. As an outstanding teacher and learner, Harish Chaudhry has done certification courses in dBII and ISO 9000 and is a certified Lead Assessor by RWTUV, Germany. He also attended a course in ERP conducted by Baan Systems, Netherlands, besides many other training programmes. ‘Excellence in school education’ has been his primary research interest. What began as a small workshop on ‘Values Education’ has now grown into a national movement and over the last seven years, he has conducted ten international conferences on this theme. He has conducted more than twenty training programs for school leaders on “management imperatives for educational institutions” in India and abroad and numerous training programs on academic leadership in schools.
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Dr. Kunal Kala (Circle of Life) at , Delhi has been practicing since a while. A recognized name in the field of psychiatry, the doctor has received a lot of appreciation for his contribution to the society. The psychiatrist can be reached at the clinic situated at at , a renowned neighbourhood of the city. In all the years of practice, the psychiatrist has been involved in solving various mental disorders in children, adults as well as elderly people. It is the compassionate approach of the practitioner that makes patients feel at ease and be vocal with the doctor, allowing the doctor to gauge various symptoms for prognosis of the disorder. **********************************************************************************
Dr. Jaspal Kaur Kaang Professor and Academic In-charge Department of Guru Nanak Sikh Studies Panjab University Chandigar, Professor of Punjabi, Department of Punjabi, University School of Open Learning Panjab University Chandigarh, Chairperson, Department Guru Nanak Sikh Studies, Panjab University Chandigarh (10 years), Co-ordinator/Head, Department of Punjabi, University School of Open Learning Panjab University Chandigarh (19 years), Chairperson, University School of Open Learning (USOL), Panjab University Chandigarh (1 year), Member of Senate, Panjab University Chandigarh(5 years), President 2nd World Punjabi Conference held at Panjab University Chandigarh 2009, Organizing Secretary 1st World Punjabi Conference held at Panjab University Chandigarh 2008, Dean Language Faculty, Panjab University Chandigarh, 2014-15, Dean, Design & Fine Arts Faculty, Panjab University 2013-14, Major UGC Research Project titled “Application of Teachings of Guru Granth Sahib in solving human problems of Modern way of Life” completed in 2015, Chief Editor, Refereed Research journal : Panjab Journal of Sikh Studies, Panjab University Chandigarh, 2011 to till date, Nominated Member, Advisory Board Panjabi Sahitya Akademi Govt. of India (10 years) **********************************************************************************
Honourable Justice Mr. Rajesh Tandon started career practicing as an advocate in the year 1968. He has held several important position under the Consutition of India. Justice Tandon was appointed as Senior Advocate (2000), Hon’ble Judge, High Court Uttarakhand (2004), Presiding Officer, Cyber Regulation Appellate Tribunal, Delhi (2008) and currently he is a Member of State Human Rights Commission, Uttarakhand. Justice Tandon has authored 4 books in law and has also been awarded prestigious Sahityik Puraskar on the famous book “Muslim Vidhi” in Hindi by the Government of Uttar Pradesh. In its Message dated December 14, 2011 to NBAI members Justice Rajesh Tandon reiterates that he looks forward to working with legal community and that we need to work with Government of India in bringing strong legislation and policy with respect to Information Technology Act, 2008. **********************************************************************************
Mr. KC Mittal has been elected as the new chairperson of the Bar Council of Delhi while the post of the vice-chairperson pocketed by DK Singh and Ved Prakash Sharma is the new representative to the Bar Council of India.The elections for the new office-bearers of the country’s largest bar council were held at 4 pm yesterday and the results were declared subsequently. Mittal had held the position of chairperson between 2001 and 2003 as well. He was also the president of the Delhi High Court Bar Association between 2007 and 2009. In the past Sharma was elected as chairperson of the Bar Council of Delhi, while Singh is an entrant to the officer-bearers of Delhi lawyers’ body.
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Dr. A.K. Bakhshi is currently working as the Founder Vice-Chancellor of PDM University. A double gold medallist, did his post-doctoral training at the University of Erlangen-Nurnberg in Germany. He has excellent working experience at various capacities both in India and abroad. In terms of research activities, his interests include theoretical polymer chemistry. Dr. Bakhshi has published nearly 170 research and education articles and one patent.
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Professor Chandra is a FOUNDER DIRECTOR of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Center for Biomedical Research, University of Delhi. He has been VICE-CHANCELLOR, Bundelkhand University, Jhansi for six years (1999-2005) as well as the President of the Indian Chemical Society (2004-2006), Member, Planning Commission, Government of U.P., India and Secretary – Zaheer Science Foundation, New Delhi, Non-Official Director, Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL). He is Professor of Chemistry at University of Delhi and a distinguished scientist; Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, London. **********************************************************************************
Mr. Kulbhushan is president of National Independent Schools Association (NISA), a national federation of state associations of budget private schools in India. He is also president of Federation of Private Schools Associations, Haryana. He is also Haryana state president of Patriotic Forum of India and state working president of National Human Rights Protection Organisation. Previously, he has also been general council member of the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyanand of Haryana School Education Rules Review Committee.
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Mr. K.K. Aggarwal, Mentor CEGR and Chairman, NBA was the chief Guest in this program. Prof. Rajive Kumar, Advisor, Policy and Academics, AICTE, was the Guest of Honour. Lt. Col. Kailash Bansal, Director, Skill Development, AICTE, and Mr. Sanjiv Goswami, Managing Director, Springer Nature was the Key Note Speakers in this program. On this occasion, Prof. K.K. Aggarwal emphasized on practical outcome based learning of education system. Dr. Anupam Chouksey, Secretary, LNCT Group, said that Changes are happening rapidly in every aspects of life in this era and we all need to adopt the changes with this rapid speed only. Everyone should adopt the changes keeping the fundamentals in place.
Mr. Wajahat Habibullah (born 30 September 1945) was the chairperson of the National Commission for Minorities. Prior to this, he held the position of the first Chief Information Commissioner of India. He was an officer of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) from 1968 until his retirement in August 2005. He was also Secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj (Local Government).