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Major General Gagan Deep Bakshi SM VSM (born 1950) is a retired Indian Army officer. Major General. G. D. Bakshi. SM VSM. He was commissioned in the Indian Army from IMA Dehradun in November 1971. He commanded the 6 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles.
Maj. Gen. Bakshi was awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal for commanding a battalion in the Kargil War. Later, he was awarded the Sena Medal for distinguished service in commanding a battalion during counter-insurgency drives.
Maj. Gen. Bakshi subsequently commanded the Romeo Force (Part of Rashtriya Rifles) during intensive counter-insurgency operations in the Rajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir and succeeded in suppressing the armed militancy in this area.
Maj. Gen. Bakshi served two tenures at the Directorate General of Military Operations and was the first BGS (IW) at the Northern Command, where he dealt with Information Warfare and Psychological Operations. He retired in 2008.
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Prof. Shekhar Vijayan is a Career Coach, International Entertainer, Actor, TEDx Speaker, Team Building Expert, Prime Time TV Panelist, NLP Coach, Author and a Professor of practice. Shri. Vijayan has more than two decades of experience in the field of coaching, influencing & storytelling. He has hosted over 1000+ shows across the globe. He has dealt with giant clients like Google, Hewlett Packard (HP), Bosch, Hindu Council of Australia, Xiaomi, Telstra and many more in the list.
He has expertise in conducting events in fields like, Corporate events, celebrity interviews, book launches, podcasts, TV debate 7 movie reviews, product launch & marketing, flea market engagement, cultural fests, student interaction and motivational sessions, team building activities and leadership development programs and more…
He is also hosted Fireside Chats with stalwarts like Indian Actress – Vidya Balan, Indian Actress & Author – Mandira Bedi, Nominated Member of Rajya Sabha, Philanthropist, Author, Educator – Smt. Sudha Murty, famous Malayalam Actor – Shri. Mohanlal, Indian Athlete, track & field sprinter, Ex – Army – Late. Shri. Milkha Singh, Best Selling Author – Sir Jeffery Archer, India Author, Activist & Motivational Speaker – Shri. Shiv Khera, Indian Author & Diplomat – Shri. Amish Tripathi, World’s most followed nutritionist author – Rujuta Diwekar, CEO – International Hospitality Council – Dr. Suborno Bose.
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Queen Mercy is a social worker, advocate for the Girl child and Women Empowerment, also an activist of cyberbullying. She has conducted various awareness programs both on social media platform and also physical project have successfully carried out all these activities and have won many awards to that pursue. She is the founder of MUG Foundation, a platform to create awareness on important of parent’s knowledge on activities of relations around their kids, Important of Girl Child Education, Mensuration and Menstrual Hygiene.
She is a Pan-Africanist, Founded an organization called; Africa Phenomenon Representative Leaders, We are like mind young female Africa queens across Africa with registered NGOS NPOS in our different countries promoting the need to end period poverty in Africa and also reaching out to rural girls with basic needs across Africa with registered NGOS NPOS in their different countries promoting the need to end period poverty in Africa and also reaching out to rural girls with basic needs.
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MR. Nurul Laskar, a Gauhati University topper, was the recipient of the Rotary Group Study Exchange Scholarship in 1976 that entitled him to visit USA & Canada and stay with families there. He was the Chief Manager, Public Relations & Community Services Banking, at State Bank of India, Local Head Office, North Eastern Circle, Guwahati (1994-2002). During his incumbency, SBI NE Circle was given the Mother Teresa Award by Loyola Institute, Chennai for outstanding community service beyond the call of duty. He was the Consulting Editor, The Sentinel (2002-2004) and Executive Editor, Eastern Chronicle (2008-2014). He is the Founder Chairperson of Public Relations Council of India (PRCI), Guwahati Chapter. He was honored with the prestigious Biju Phukan Recognition Award in 2020 for his lifetime contribution to the field of Public Relations. His latest book Beyond Soft Skills, under the genre Motivation & Personality Development, has proved immensely popular with the young generation. Laskar is a regular columnist of The Assam Tribune since 2019.
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Sr. Consultant Paediatric Urologist, Robotic & Renal Transplant Surgeon & Managing Director DNB – Urology Teacher – Last 17 years NU Hospitals, Bengaluru MBBS, MS (Surg), DNB (Surg), DNB (Urol),Fellowship in Pediatric Urology
South Zone – Urology Association
Urological Society of India (USI)
American Urological Association (AUA)
European Society of Paediatric Urology (ESPU)
International Neuro-Urology Society(INUS)
Association of Robotic & Innovative Surgeons (ARIS)
He is a Council member for the Pediatric Urology Section of the Urology Society of India. In 2023, he was felicitated with Top 100 Great People Managers in India Award, Certificate of achievement award 2022 – Outlook Business Movers & Shakers of Indian Business; Brand of the year 2020 – CEO Magazine; Rising Star 2019 – Times of India Healthcare Achievers Awards; Paediatric Urology Debate – Gold medal 2018-SZUSICON; Prof. V. Ravindranath best paper prize 2016 – SZUSICON; Best Video Prize & Quiz winner 2011 – KUACON; Dr. Dilip Adappa Best Paper Award 2003,2006-07; Best Paper Award 2006 – TAPUSUCON
12 Publications in Peer reviewed Journals, and 4 book chapters – Paediatric Urology.
His interests include Paediatric Urolithiasis (Stone disease) – minimally invasive urologic surgery and the metabolic evaluation, Robotic Urology, Dysfunctional Elimination Syndrome, Urinary tract infection in children, Undescended testis, PUJ Obstruction, VUR (Vesico Ureteric Reflux), Hypospadias, Primary Nocturnal Enuresis (Bedwetting), Urodynamics in children, Laparoscopic Paediatric Urology, Posterior Urethral Valves (PUV) and Major Reconstructive Urology for children with spinal dysraphism.
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Asha S. Alagappa is a seasoned Indian Army veteran with over 25+ years of diverse experience in Defence and corporate industries.
Her maiden book ‘ Be the Hero of Your Life’ in 3 languages (English, Hindi, Marathi)is a first-of-its-kind handbook providing awareness of numerous opportunities to make a career in Defence services and empowers readers to seize control their destinies.
Currently, She is a –
🔹 Strategic Advisory & EC Member – MSME Business Forum (India) & Naam Foundation
🔹Independent Director at NBFC
🔹 Founder: Gyan Darshani – A Defense Coaching Academy dedicated to shaping future leaders in the defense sector.
📚Expertise
10 years in defense have made me an ammunition, armament, explosives, and logistics expert. 20+ years of Corporate experience in some of the finest organizations viz. Iron Lady, Walchand Nagar Industries, Indo Schottle, Sudarshan Chemicals, DOW Chemical International, and WNS Global Services.
🏆 Achievements
🔹Successfully spearheaded strategic project launches, including mechanical & electronic fuses and major assemblies for Howitzer guns.
🔹Developed new business partnerships with Ordnance Factories and led joint ventures with global manufacturers.
🔹 Honored with citations from the Indian Army for successful project executions, nominated for the ‘Chief of Army Staff’s commendation medal.
🎖️ Awards & Recognitions
🔹Women Leader Award by Ek Nari – 100 Pe Bhari & Leaders of Bharat, BizNation TV, 2024
🔹World Woman Leadership Congress Award for Lifelong Defence Services, 2023.
🔹FemPreneur National Award by Vyapaar Jagat in Education, 2023.
🔹Outstanding Performance award by The Phenomenal SHE – Top 100 Women of the Year, BCI, 2023
🔹Global Women Excellence Award, July 2022
🔹We Rise Award of Excellence as the ‘Best Trainer- Defence Officers Training, Feb 2024
🔹World Woman Leadership Congress Award for ‘Lifelong Defence Services, Nov 2023.
🔹SaiBalaji Education Society (SBES), Guest of Honour, Year 2023
🔹Veer Sawarkar Trophy Award for the Maharashtra State Best NCC Cadet, 1991
🔹Noble Student of the Year, Nowrosjee Wadia College, 1991
🔹Nominated University Representative (UR) of Wadia College- 1991
SOCIAL INITIATIVES –
🔹A mission to motivate & mentor 1 Million students to opt. defense as their 1st career choice.
🔹Mentor 100 MSME Businesses to take up Defence Manufacturing to make India “Atma Nirbhar Bharat”.
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She is Doctorate (PhD) from University of Warwick, UK, and Northern Ireland. (LLM) Master of Laws (International Human Rights Law) by the University of Essex, UK, and Northern Ireland. BA (International Relations) from the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of UNAM, Mexico. LLB (Bachelor of Laws) from Del Prado University Institute, Mexico. Professor with twenty-five years of teaching experience. At the bachelor’s level, both at the Universidad Iberoamericana (Mexico City), the School of Law and the School of Political and Social Sciences of UNAM (Mexico). At the postgraduate level at the School of Law (UNAM), Mexico. As a jurist and internationalist, she has worked as an External Researcher of the Institute of Strategical Studies Institute of the Navy Secretariat of Mexico; she has been Co-coordinator of the International Research Group on International Relations & Political Science of the Ibero-American Institute of The Hague, in the Netherlands. As a practitioner, she has experience as a Legal Researcher in the Appeals and Legal Advice Division in the Office of the Prosecutor of the UN International Criminal Court for Rwanda, Arusha, Tanzania (UNICTR/UNMICT), as well as a visiting professional at the Military Unit Analysis in the Office of the Prosecutor of the UN Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (UNICTY), The Hague, Netherlands. She is a former Legal Advisor in International Law and national security of the High Command and the Minister of National Defense of Mexico (2011-2012). In February 2022, she was nominated by the UN Human Rights Council to occupy the position of LA and the Caribbean expert in the UN Working Group on the Use of Mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the exercise of the rights of peoples to self-determination. She has been a keynote speaker at the Naval Higher Studies Navy Secretariat of Mexico and at the National Defense College of the National Defense Secretariat of Mexico & she has been awarded with the position of Mexico G-100 (WEF) Human Rights & Dignity Chair.
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