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Maninderjeet Singh Bitta is the chairman of the All-India Anti-Terrorist Front, and former President of Indian Youth Congress. He was made President of Indian Youth Congress by P. V. Narasimha Rao. Maninderjeet Singh Bitta was a Minister in Punjab Government in the govt of Beant Singh. He has been a victim of several assassination attempts by Khalistanis on his life.

Ushinor Majumdar is an award-winning investigative reporter and author. He has worked for publications such as Outlook, Tehelka, Confluence Media and Hindustan Times. As a freelancer, his reports have appeared in the Mumbai Mirror, OCCRP and the Caravan, and he has also consulted with the BBC. His latest book 'India’s Secret War: BSF and Nine Months to the Birth of Bangladesh' is now out.

Jay Vardhan Singh is currently doing his PhD in Ancient Indian History at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. His area of interest includes the Ancient and early medieval history of the Indian subcontinent.

Iqbal Chand Malhotra has produced over five hundred hours of programming telecasts worldwide. He has directed four internationally acclaimed, award-winning feature documentaries. He is a member of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and has served for several years on the panel of jurors for the International Emmy Awards. Malhotra is the co-author of Kashmir's Untold Stor...

Shah Faesal is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer. In 2010, he became the first Kashmiri to top the Union Public Services Commission (UPSC) examination. He tendered his resignation from the Indian bureaucracy in protest on 9 January 2019. On 4 February 2019, Shah Faesal began his political life by giving a public speech in his hometown of Kupwara. Shortly after, on 16 March 2019, he an...

Iqbal Chand Malhotra has produced over five hundred hours of programming telecasts worldwide. He has directed four internationally acclaimed, award-winning feature documentaries. He is a member of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and has served for several years on the panel of jurors for the International Emmy Awards. Malhotra is the co-author of Kashmir's Untold Stor...

A public policy consultant with a strong focus on social impact. Passionate about addressing urban development challenges and dealing with the rural-urban divide. A Co-founder at Centre for Youth Culture Law and Environment (CYCLE) which is a non-profit organisation based in New Delhi, India. It works with people and the government to improve the implementation of public policies in India. We envi...

Purnima Dhar is Program Incharge of Women Helpline 181 in J&K and Director, Aman Satya Kachroo Trust (Aman Movement). Manisha Tiwary is a writer and Director, Aman Satya Kachroo Trust. Integrated Sakhi One Stop Center & 181 - Universal Women Helpline (Sakhi/181) is a scheme of the Union Government to restore Equality & Dignity of women in India. The idea is: By dialing a single 3 digit...

Swapan Dasgupta is a senior Indian journalist and politician. He is one of foremost Conservative writers, writing columns for leading English dailies espousing Indian nationalism. He is a former member of the Rajya Sabha. In 2015, Dasgupta was conferred with the Padma Bhushan for his contribution to literature and education. He fought the 2021 West Bengal assembly election on BJP ticket from Tarak...

Monika Halan’s career spans across media, public policy and financial education. She is the Founder of Dhan Chakra Financial Education and Author of the bestselling book, Let’s Talk Money. She has public policy experience and has served on several high-profile government of India and SEBI committees. She has worked across various media organisations in India, including Mint, The Economic Times and...

Dr. Arvinder Singh Soin is the Chief Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Surgeon & Chairman of the Institute of Liver Transplantation and Regenerative Medicine, Medanta - The Medicity, Gurugram. A surgeon and pioneer in the field of liver transplantation, acknowledged for his work in establishing liver transplantation in India. Dr. Soin also runs the Liver Transplant institute at the Sir H. N....

Colonel (retd) Hunny Bakshi is a decorated Indian army officer who led the Technical Support Division (TSD), a covert intelligence counter terror ops unit.

Colonel (redt.) Yogander Singh is a retired Indian Army officer and military historian, with special focus on Haryana. He has written several books, most prominent among them being 'Hal Wa Samshir: Politico-Military History of Haryana'.

Akshat Gupta is a national bestselling author, a TEDx speaker and an excelling screenwriter and dialogue writer in the Indian film industry. The Hidden Hindu series, authored by him, has sold over 1 lakh copies, with each book a national bestseller. Akshat is well known in the publishing industry, as well as in the Indian film industry, with a number of films and web-series signed on his name.

Balaji Vittal is the co-author of the National Award-winning book, RD Burman: The Man, The Music, and the MAMI Award-winning book, Gaata Rahe Mera Dil- 50 Classic Hindi Film Songs. His most recent book, Pure Evil - The Bad Men of Bollywood, looks at the changing face of the Hindi film villain.

Rami Niranjan Desai is a North East India Specialist, as founding director of the North East Policy Institute, Guwahati she worked extensively in the area publishing on Insurgency and conflict, religion & social movements. She is presently Director of Pathfinder India Consultancy, an organisation that undertakes research and analysis. She has completed her higher education from King’ College i...

Rajarshi Ranjan Nandy is an upasaka, speaker, and columnist, who also guides people interested in the practice of sadhana. His book 'Adhyatmikta' has been re-published with a new publication house 'Blue One Ink'. Order your copy here: https://amzn.eu/d/bhUFvRj

Duvvuri Subrahmanyam is an Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), where he leads the Turbulent Shear Flow Physics and Engineering Laboratory (TSFPEL). His research interests are broadly in the area of aero/fluid dynamics, with a focus on turbulent shear flows in both incompressible (subsonic) and compressible (supersonic, hypersonic) regimes. Both f...

Dr Aloke Kumar is an Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He did his B.Tech and M.Tech from IIT Kharagpur. He also has a Ph. D. from Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA. He has been a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University, USA, an Assistant Professor at University of Alberta, Canada and Staff Scientist at Oak Ridge National Lab...

Anusha and Vishali Shetty are full-timers at Aarsha Vidya Samajam. Established in 1999 by Yogacharya Sri K R Manoj ji , Aarsha Vidya Samajam has been successful in influencing and inculcating a sense of Sanathana Dharma in tens of thousands of people, and returning more than 7000 people, both men and women from dangerous ideologies, saving several lives and their families.

Arihant Pawariya is host of Vaad. Rohit Pathania is an author, analyst and observer with varied interests in politics, history and environment. Nishant Dahiya is a Haryanvi Researcher and host of The Haryanvi Podcast. In this episode we discuss with him the evolution of Haryanvi Identity and diversity of Haryanvi Language.

Nishant Dahiya is a Haryanvi Researcher and host of The Haryanvi Podcast. In this episode, we discuss with him the evolution of Haryanvi Identity and diversity of Haryanvi Language.

Jay Vardhan Singh is currently doing his PhD in Ancient Indian History at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. His area of interest includes the Ancient and early medieval history of the Indian subcontinent.

Monika Halan’s career spans across media, public policy and financial education. She is the Founder of Dhan Chakra Financial Education and Author of the bestselling book, Let’s Talk Money. She has public policy experience and has served on several high-profile government of India and SEBI committees. She has worked across various media organisations in India, including Mint, The Economic Times and...

Anshul Jubli is an Indian mixed martial artist from Uttarakhand who currently signed to the lightweight division of Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he became the second person from India after Bharat Kandare, to get an UFC contract, as well as first person from India to win an UFC match.