Speakers 2012
Rishi Kapoor
THE ROCKSTAR OF ROMANCE Rishi Kapoor has seen the world transform through the refracting lens of Hindi cinema. Since his first appearance on-screen, playing his late father and veteran actor Raj Kapoor (in the cult classic Mera Naam Joker) Kapoor proved that real pedigree shows. Born to India’s oldest film family, Kapoor was adored for his cherubic appearance Read More…
Ronnie Screwvala
THE ENTERTAINMENT SEER If television is nothing but automated day-dreaming, it’s safe to say Ronnie Screwvala has altered our waking life. Once a qualified actor, Screwvala first began to re-tune our frequencies in 1981, when he became involved with the country’s first organized cable service venture. His Mumbai-based company UTV Software Communications is a major Read More…
Sachin Pilot
THE INFORMATION EVANGELIST At 35, Sachin Pilot is minister of state for communications and IT, making him one of the youngest ministers in the government of India. Elected from Ajmer, Rajasthan, he is a member of the Congress and one of a small brigade of young MPs who straddles rural and urban India. While his Read More…
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev
THE MAVERICK MYSTIC An encounter with Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev requires an open mind. Not because he is a spiritual leader who will question your deepest held beliefs but because he conforms to no conventional image of spirituality. Of course there is the lush white Santa beard and flowing robes that signal a spiritual leader in Read More…
Sajjan Jindal
THE NEW FACE OF BUSINESS Sajjan Jindal heads the JSW business group, the flagship of which is JSW Steel, a company where he is chairman and managing director. JSW Steel is India’s largest private sector steel manufacturer in terms of installed capacity. It operates or is building steel plants in locations as far apart as Read More…
Salman Khurshid
THE COOL CONGRESSMAN It’s a long way from Lecturer in Law at Trinity College, Oxford to Member of Parliament from Farrukhabad, Uttar Pradesh, but Salman Khurshid hasn’t seemed any less at ease in one role than the other. Supreme Court Lawyer, Cabinet Minister and a member of the ruling Congress party, Salman Khurshid began his Read More…
Shah Rukh Khan
THE SHARP SUPERSTAR With a name like Shah Rukh, loosely translating to ‘face of the king’, the one thing he was never going to lack was ambition. But even Shah Rukh Khan may well have stopped short of imagining himself “the world’s biggest movie star,” a descriptor the Los Angeles Times used for him in Read More…
Shashi Ruia
THE UNSTOPPABLE ENTREPRENEUR All successful business-people tend to have inspirational stories but never is that truer than in the case of a first-generation entrepreneur. Take Shashi Ruia. Starting out in 1965 in the modest family business under the guidance of his father, he displayed an extraordinary foresight in investing in infrastructure - the foundation of any developing nation. Read More…
Shekar Dattatri
THE EARTH WARRIOR When you find your life’s calling at age 13; when your first film wins the National Award in its category; when your next two films go on to repeat the same feat and prove the extent of your genius, it’s hard to stay grounded. But Shekar Dattatri has a unique relationship with Read More…
