TEDxISH

Speakers

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• Arun Prakash Ray

  Program Director of Postgraduate Education

  Arun has a total of three decades of experience, the first in Business Development and the past two in Learning & Development, Advisory and Consulting in BFSI, FMCG & Hospitality space with an entrepreneurship experience of running a full-fledged, bootstrapped homestay in the mountains of Himachal. He graduated from the University of Calcutta and has worked with brands like Coca-Cola, MetLife & Temasek leading large training interventions for diverse teams and facilitated multiple Leadership development interventions for diverse cohorts in India & abroad. He has been associated with ISH since the past two years as an adjunct faculty for both UG & PG programs. An avid networking advocate, reader & traveler, Arun loves to document and publish is day to day people experiences in regular blog posts. He also has research on Ethnomusicology & Sufism. He got his first book published last year on his take on “Learning through humor.” He loves to play tennis and go for long walks on weekends.

• Dr. Ajay Yadav

  Vice Chairman - Sir Ganga Ram Hospital

  Dr. Ajay Yadav is Vice-Chairman and Senior Consultant in the Institute of Vascular & Endovascular Sciences at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, where he also heads the Diabetic Foot Care Centre and the Vascular CathLab. An MBBS graduate from RNT Medical College, Udaipur, and MS (General Surgery) from Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, he earned MRCS from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and completed his FNB in Peripheral Vascular Surgery from the National Board of Examinations. He further trained at University Hospital Birmingham, UK, specializing in advanced vascular and endovascular techniques. With over 15 years of experience, Dr. Yadav is an expert in minimally invasive and open vascular procedures, diabetic foot salvage, and complex endovascular interventions. He is an active member of VSI, SVS, and ESVS and has contributed to multiple research papers and clinical trials in vascular surgery.

• Kunal Vasudeva

  MD & Co-Founder INDIAN SCHOOL OF HOSPITALITY

  Kunal Vasudeva builds institutions that move young people forward. He leads the Indian School of Hospitality as cofounder and managing director. He champions hospitality as a full academic discipline alongside humanities, sciences, and commerce. He brings industry and education together, advances access through scholarships and alliances, and pushes for quality at scale. He hosts the Talk with Kunal Vasudeva podcast and takes this message to wider audiences as a TEDx speaker. Earlier, he set up Kingfisher Training & Aviation Services, led special projects at Jet Airways, and worked with TC Global. He stands here as an evangelist for education in India and as a builder of talent for the service economy. Please welcome, Kunal Vasudeva.

• Prasoon Shrivastava

  Founder and CEO of Zepth

  Prasoon Shrivastava is the founder and CEO of Zepth—a passionate architect, designer, and technology leader driven by a singular belief: that the world’s most complex problems can be solved through thoughtful systems and bold imagination. With a foundation in architectural design and an instinct for innovation, Prasoon has spent his career rethinking how ideas become infrastructure—and how infrastructure itself can evolve. He moves seamlessly between the physical and digital worlds, blending design thinking with cutting-edge technology to challenge what’s possible in legacy industries. At the intersection of AI and the built environment, Prasoon is shaping how the next generation of infrastructure is managed, delivered, and optimized—not through disruption for its own sake, but through purposeful, intelligent transformation.

• Sandeep Singla

  Global Leader. Economist. Storyteller. Ultramarathoner. Father.

  Sandeep Singla is Vice President at Shell, based in Doha, with a career spanning global energy, finance, and sustainability. An engineer by training and economist by education, he has lived and worked across Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas, bringing a cross-cultural perspective on leadership. Beyond the boardroom, Sandeep has run all six major marathons and self-supported ultramarathons of 250 km each across seven continents, including the highest ultramarathon at Mount Everest. His next mission is 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days. His journey began with loss: after the passing of his daughter Zarouhi, he turned to running and writing. What began as survival became a lifelong pursuit of truth, meaning, and leadership. He now speaks and writes with conviction, reminding us that leadership is tenacity, and resilience is showing up again with purpose and humility. He lives with his wife and children in Doha and believes in the power of love, grit, and story.

• Satish Kumar

  Sr Director - People & Culture, Accor India & South Asia , Accor

  Satish Kumar Chennuru is a strategic HR leader with 25+ years of experience shaping talent across India and South Asia. As Senior Director of Talent & Culture at Accor, he oversees HR operations for 60 business units in 27 cities, impacting 10,000+ employees. His expertise spans workforce strategy, digital HR innovation, culture transformation, diversity & inclusion, and compliance. Satish is known for post-COVID organizational restructuring, digital HR solutions, and fostering authentic cultures through initiatives like Heartists®. His leadership has driven a 25% attrition reduction and built a strong internal talent pipeline, with over 60% of business unit heads promoted internally. Recognized with the Accor Global Golden Bernache Award and Jombay’s ‘India HR 40 under 40,’ he is passionate about technology, data-driven insights, and developing future-ready workplaces.

• Shajai Jacob

  Managing Director & CEO - ANACITY

  As MD & CEO – ANAROCK Group Business Services, Shajai Jacob oversees ANACITY, an app-based SaaS platform driving digital transformation for developers, homeowner associations, communities, and residents across India and the Middle East. A global business leader with 24+ years of experience, he has led strategy and growth across Technology, Real Estate, Professional Services, E-commerce, Retail, Banking, Aviation, FMCG, Hospitality, and Healthcare. Shajai has built and scaled major brands while sharpening his leadership, strategy, marketing, sales, and management skills at JLL, Unilever, YES BANK, Kingfisher Airlines, United Spirits, and Barista. Known for consistently exceeding standards, he is a recognized thought leader frequently quoted in top media and business forums.

• Swapnali Vishwajeet Kadam

  Entrepreneur, Visionary, Education Leader

  A dynamic entrepreneur and changemaker, Swapnali Bhosale Kadam is known for her visionary leadership and transformative contributions across sectors. A graduate of Harvard Business School’s OPM program, she brings global perspective, innovation, and precision to every initiative. She has led over 1 million sq. ft. of landmark real estate projects with ABIL Group, including Pune’s first 100-meter tower and the Verde Residence Collection, reshaping the skyline. In education, she founded the Rabindranath Tagore School of Excellence, Bharati Vidyapeeth’s first Cambridge board school, and is driving a Navi Mumbai campus in Engineering and Management, along with a 300-bed hospital with Medicover. As founder of COVIE, a premium co-living brand, she champions sustainability through plantation drives and Agri-AI initiatives for farmers. A fitness advocate, avid reader, and adventurer, she lives by her philosophy: “It’s never about the role, but the goal; never the position, but the passion.”

• Vikas Dimri

  Banker, Everesteer, Ironman

  Vikas is a senior banker and a Director with an International Bank, and the first full time banker in India to have scaled the mighty Mt Everest. He is also the First Indian to have climbed Mt Everest AND completed an official Ironman event. He has been a consistent achiever at work, and despite this found time for his passion – mountaineering and fitness. He also founded the Happy Feet project in association with GOONJ. Happy Feet collects shoes that urban kids have grown out of and with GOONJ distributes to underprivileged kids in India. A qualified electrical engineer and MBA, Vikas joined the world of banking around 20+ years back. Over the years, he has built and led large businesses in the Consumer Finance and SME lending business.