Creativity Speakers in India

A photographer with 9 years’ experience in commercial photography, Darayus specializes in Fashion Portraits, Commercials fashion and Travel. Having fallen in love with photography while doing his IT job, he did a Diploma in Fashion photography from FX school and then went to Australia to do his Bachelors in Photography. Darayus has worked on projects with several brands like Myer (Australia), DOTTI (Australia), KoKO BLACK (Australia), Royal Caribbean Cruises (USA), TCS and others. He has also been an Educator for 3 years and has headed many efforts to expand the curriculum, create and run new courses and various workshops adaptive to students’ diverse learning styles. He mentors students through their course and for their portfolio making. He has a warm and friendly attitude towards his students, which gives them the space and freedom to explore and experiment who becomes next generation of successful Portfolios.

Harshada Pathare, a multifaceted new-generation Indian, has carved a distinct identity as an author and Contrarian thinker. Her author brand prominently features in major publications alongside bestselling books, marking her presence as a thought leader. She is a recipient of the All India Blogger Award 2022, her impactful writing earned recognition, showcasing her ability to craft insightful content resonating widely. At the Tagore International Film Festival (TIFF) and Jaisalmer International Film Festival (JIFF), her contributions in filmmaking and storytelling garnered acclaim, establishing her as a significant figure in the industry.

Harshada's documentary, "Shodh," received multiple awards, showcasing cultural heritage and fostering cultural insights. Her influence extends across diverse creative endeavors, highlighting her versatility and innovative approach.

Dr. Shambhavi Das is a Music Therapist and an Indian music vocalist. She runs her own therapy centre called Surdemy. She has published around 40 research papers and presented around 35 workshops on music therapy. She is a faculty and a Guest Lecturer in Yenepoya Medical Centre Mangalore, Meera Center for Music Therapy, Bengaluru, who teaches music therapy. She has been the recipient of awards like Radha Sairam Music Therapist of the year 2021, Savyasachi Award, Best Teacher award, NADA award for Excellence, Winner of Top-Educator award 2022, Most Inspiring Woman Award. She has been a resource faculty in Yenepoya University. She has been conducting research work on music & Cognition from DRDO-INMAS Delhi. She has created 4 courses on music & therapy which has been credited the Top-10 courses on Udemy. She has authored a book on her PhD topic. 
 

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Masaba Gupta, a prominent figure in the world of luxury fashion, is known for her innovative designs and bold creativity. As a celebrated designer and entrepreneur, she has redefined the fashion landscape with her distinct and contemporary style. With a strong sense of individuality and an unwavering commitment to authenticity, Masaba has become a beacon of modern luxury. With her charismatic leadership, her eponymous brand, House of Masaba, has gained global recognition and has been adorned by celebrities and fashion enthusiasts alike. Masaba's designs are a fusion of tradition and cutting-edge trends, making her a dynamic force in the luxury fashion industry. Her work is a testament to the enduring allure of creativity and individuality in the world of luxury. 

Sapna Agrawal is an astute academician, dynamic and socially active, with 
qualitative experience of more than 25 years at a higher echelon for 
Knowledge management, Children's education, Training and Development, 
Child Psychology, Science, and Spiritual Understanding.
Founder “I Big Wonder” and helping https://youtube.com/@ibigwonder
Author: 1. My Paiso Book Series – Financial Literacy Skill Curriculum, Grades 1 to 8th
2. Skill Me Book Series for Social Emotional Learning, Leadership & 21st Century Life Skills, Nursery to Grade 8th
Conducted Trainings & Conference Talks with School Leaders, Directors & Chairpersons of schools over 4500 in numbers. She has undertaken talk & 
Storytelling sessions with children and connected with 30,000 children till now. Her teacher training sessions have crossed 1800 workshops now. 
She is empaneled with SRCC (Shriram College of Commerce), Delhi, in MMTC as an NEP mentor for Colleges with UGC. 

A poet by heart and warrior by nature, Anubhav has donned several hats so far – Entrepreneur, Motivational Speaker, Consultant & an Author. He has worked as the Vice President of a multi-crore ed-tech startup that is globally recognized as the top 2 ed-tech startups of the world (Capgemini Innovator Race, 2016). He has written and published three fiction books - 'Letters in the Rain', 'One Last Time' and 'The Search Within' - that broke multiple records on Amazon India during the time of their release and have received rave reviews and love from readers pan India. Anubhav is extremely passionate about mentoring young & bright minds by helping them learn from the mistakes he committed and sharing his secret sauce for success - this has led him to give some innovative TED Talks so far, namely 'The Juggling Showman' (TEDx Dabri, 2018) and 'The Subtle Art of Balance' (TEDx Agra, 2019).

Inderpal Singh is an actor, writer, author, and creativity trainer with experience across Hindi and Punjabi cinema and international web series. His film work includes projects such as Vicky Donor, Besharam, Running Shaadi, and A Suitable Boy. In parallel with his acting career, he has worked as a creative consultant for leading brands and institutions and is the author of two books, The Ïway and The Ïfway. He has conducted creativity workshops across corporate and academic settings.

Invite Inderpal Singh to speak at leadership retreats, creative leadership forums, and large corporate events.

I am a physician-neuroscientist (MBBS, MD, PhD - U of Pennsylvania). I worked at the National Institutes of Health, USA and since then in the global biopharmaceutical industry including Merck and Co., Inc, Abbott Laboratories, Dr Reddy's Laboratories and smaller biotech startups. I have written two books - Mastering Sleep was published by Pan Macmillan in 2018; Healing Hands was self-published in 2019, and I am working on my third book - Hospital 5.0 for launch in 2021. I enjoy being on stage and using a conversational style to present complex material.

Pradeep Prakash has close to 34 years of work experience that includes teaching, sales, marketing, manufacturing, entrepreneurship and behavioural training and consulting after graduating in engineering and management. He has been involved in training of thousands of executives from all the leading names in India and multinationals operating in India. He has successfully executed number of Organization wide cultural change initiatives in Pharma (especially GBP, Good Behavioural Practices paradigm for Pharma), Power and environment sectors leading to massive transformations and business turnarounds.

Ishita Katyal, at just 19 years old, is an accomplished author and public speaker. Passionate about inspiring youth, she believes that everyone can learn and grow in the present moment, especially by staying childlike at heart while pursuing their passions. Ishita advocates for children to experiment and follow their dreams without waiting to become adults.

Her journey began at the age of 8 when she published her first book, Simran's Diary. Since then, she has organized a TEDx event (TEDxYouth@Balewadi) and spoken at the TED Global Conference in Vancouver, where she shared her top worries for the world and the importance of living in the present.

Ishita has spoken at major forums like NASSCOM, CISCO, MindMingle, Goafest, TEDYouth@NewYork, TEDxGateway, and TEDxBhilwara. Additionally, she is a passionate advocate for the rights of the economically underprivileged, dedicating her time to spreading smiles and making a difference.

Sushil Bhasin, also known as Doodlewala, is a marketing professional, cartoonist, and visual storyteller. His work has appeared in publications such as The Economic Times and The Pioneer, and has been featured on platforms including NDTV, CNBC, Hindustan Times, and Outlook. His cartoons and doodles have been used in multiple brand campaigns across print, outdoor media, web portals, and social media, including a Coca-Cola campaign published in the Indian edition of MAD magazine. He is also known for creating artwork using unconventional media such as pebbles.

Invite Sushil Bhasin to engage audiences at marketing conferences, creative leadership forums, and brand summits.

Aleem Merchant is a marketing strategist and entrepreneur specialising in brand communications and creative problem-solving. He is the Founding Director of Synapse, working with global brands to solve business challenges through strategic creativity. Aleem delivers keynote sessions on branding, marketing strategy, entrepreneurship, and creative leadership for corporate audiences. Invite Aleem Merchant for marketing and leadership conferences in India.

Innovative Skills Corporate, SME, MSME trainer. An International Business Coach, Consultant, Life coach, and Author. 20 years of work experience. Has coached diverse individuals and groups from ages 18 to 75 yrs; Entrepreneurs, start-ups, all levels from freshers to CXOs in corporates. Invited visiting faculty for Business & Entrepreneurship at NMIMS Mumbai. Speaker, judge, and panelist to Top B-Schools like NMIMS, and SP-TBI, Most sort after speaker for Associations like BCCI, ICAI, and ICC. Worked with top brands like Bank Of America, Croda India, Ashland, Stockholding, and many more in all industry verticals.

An actor/theatre artist by profession; reciting stories, establishing connection with people and human emotions have always been channels. I Always try to delve deeper into human thought patterns as they are the catalyst for happenings and manifestations in your life. During my workshops as an acting instructor these are the very points I try to put out and focus on. Because if we use our real potential we become more than free to express; and taking this into measure it applies on every profession. It's like knowing oneself with full awareness and we are so evolved than we ever noticed.

Leading a team of 100+ designers & delivering design projects in UX, Service Design & Consumer Research. Most projects are for international clients. My role includes sales as well as delivery responsibility with revenue targets UX projects include consumer products, B2B products & Automotive products on various platforms like mobile responsive, TV (including remote), Cars (Multi-modal HMI), Appliances, AR, Immersive and PC. Projects have ranged from future UIs (yr 2025), pitches, production, maintenance, multi-device porting, etc.

I have 37 years of experience in corporate life with multiple domain background. Realizing the need for innovative solutions across every walk of life, I have become a design thinking evangelist. I also love to understand people's mind and hence become a Neuro-Linguistic practitioner (NLP). I feel understanding the minds of people is vital to show empathy and eventually to come out with innovative solutions. With this background, I can help you and your team to ideate, invent and finally come out with innovative solutions through a structured process.

We have a dream: Every person, in Pune and other cities around the world, lives a happy, inspired life and thoroughly enjoys the personal and professional journey. Our experiential team-building and collaborative programs leverage the trans-formative power of creative experiences (painting and visual arts, music, drama, story-telling, adventure and games) to improve engagement, fire-up imagination, unleash creativity, align teams to organization big picture, deepen the sense of "one team", improve team bonding, heighten self-belief and build a sense of achievement.

Joseph Paulson is a veteran from the Indian Air Force who has survived an ejection from a Mig 21 that did not stop him from flying the air superiority fighter Mig 29 as well. He has two decades of military experience which also include training and selectng leaders and pilots. Since 2003 he is a corporate trainer, OD consultant, executive coach, psychometric specialist and Fire walk instructor. He holds the Guiness World Record in firewalking on 15 Feb 2017. He specializes in Enlightening, Encouraging, and Enabling Individuals, Teams and Organizations to create SUCCESS beyond imagination.

Reeba is a successful Entrepreneur, Coach and a Motivational Speaker. She has a genuine passion for coaching and that's what makes her a thorough and passionate coach. Over sixteen years of experience of working with FTSE 100 companies in India and UK, people, teams and consistently adding value through personal coaching and training. She lives to coach and develop the right content. She has a strong background in sales, recruitment and training within Education, Financial services, Oil and Gas, Pharmaceutical, IT, Manufacturing, Automobile, FMCG, Telecom and Utilities arena.

Sridhar worked in Ogilvy & Mather India for 25 long years. During his stint he started Ogilvy's fifth office at Bangalore. Subsequently started India's first Direct Marketing Agency. He moved out of Ogilvy in 2000 to set up his own practice - IDEAS-RS. His mission: helping people and organisations think differently and do better. He has also created his own process called Creative Block Busting, with a complete tool kit for thinking differently. He has written a book called "Unlock The Real Power Of Ideation" - a business fiction involving a CEO and his team.

As the Chief Innovator and co-founder of PRASU, Mr Koushik advises major companies such as Bosch, Continental, General Motors, Mercedes Benz, Volvo etc. on Innovation strategy, Integrated Innovation talent management for Innovation culture, scaling business relevant Innovation, Innovation planning and Execution, developing Innovators & Intrapreneurs, developing Intellectual property leadership for business growth. Koushik works with Start-ups and Incubation centres and accelerators and connects Industry and Start-ups.

A speaker by passion, A marketer by heart and a true believer of communication! It's the only tool that helps at all spheres of life.

Gaurav Rana is CEO and Founder of CALIPSO which is India's fastest growing beauty and wellness brand working towards organizing highly unorganized salon and wellness industry . CALIPSO is pioneer in salon Industry which was opens India's first RAILOON along with Indian Railways. Before Founding CALIPSO Gaurav Ranawas working with VECV as an junior manager in Quality department since 2011 till 2016 along with this job.

A Modern Philosopher, Influencer and Mentor My Way Inc., Founder, Sohail Ahmed is a Youth Icon, India's Leading Self Esteem and Mindset Coach and a Sought After Speaker, Business and Life Strategist from Delhi. Sohail is on a Mission to Make Humans More Humane, Impacting at least a Billion Lives. A Thorough Professional With Extra Ordinary Skills To Change How People Think And Behave.

Prahlad Kakar, acclaimed as India’s "Ad Guru," is a pioneering force in the advertising industry and founder of Genesis Film Production. With a career spanning over 45 years, he’s renowned for revolutionizing Indian advertising by blending humor and cultural depth. His collaboration with prominent brands across India and the Asia Pacific has yielded numerous award-winning commercials that encapsulate relatable, vibrant narratives. His commitment to impactful storytelling and regional authenticity continues to influence modern advertising and mentorship in creative workshops and media.

The expert is a senior management professional at Gyaanspace, a gamification company which uses quizzes and other games as a tool for people engagement. He is a traveller by choice and a foodie at heart. After his stint with Coca Cola as a quality control engineer, he shifted to Big Synergy Media where his primary role was to make knowledge interesting to help individuals and brands grow. He has worked as a content strategist for various TV shows including 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' and has produced content in over 10 different languages.

Mr. Bali prefers to introduce himself as a start-up enthusiast and a team player. He has over 27 years of work experience in pre-sales, operations, technology start-up, BPO, Government Relationships, and Business Development with an ability to lead & execute on broader strategies and work with globally connected teams. He is also associated with smart city initiatives in India as a Jury member and has written a detailed policy paper titled 'Smart Cities are not Just About Concrete Jungles'.

20 years of Marketing leadership experience spanning multiple industries and categories with exposure across India as well as International markets. Shitij has been a guest speaker at multiple forums including Business schools, Mobile Marketing Awards (Indonesia) as well as Industry forums. An alumni of the prestigious Mudra Institute of Communications, Ahmedabad, Shitij held the merit of being the youngest Head of Innovation in a Beverage company. A disciple of the Bhagvad Gita, Shitij has been an ardent believer of how Spirituality can be a core instrument of driving change both at an individual and an organizational level. He has run outcome based workshops focused on arriving at strategic marketing roadmaps based on consumer centricity and clued into larger business objectives. He has also served as a consultant to many startups by offering his expertise in distilling consumer, media & commercial insights to arrive at robust marketing propositions. 

Priyanka Arjun is a renowned Indian architect and the founder of Priyanka Arjun and Associates, based in Udaipur. With a degree from ASA, Jaipur, and extensive international experience, Priyanka has developed deep expertise in creating designs that blend functionality, aesthetics, and sustainability. She excels in crafting immersive spatial experiences through innovative material use, integration of natural light, rhythm, and contextual sensitivity. Priyanka’s expertise spans a wide range of projects, including resorts, hotels, mixed-use developments, apartments, schools, restaurants, and residential complexes, totaling over 3 million square feet across eight Indian cities. She is recognized for her mastery in sustainable architecture, specializing in stone and lime construction, and delivering projects aligned with IGBC and Griha standards. As a member of the Natural Stone Institute (NSI) and an active Stone Consultant, Priyanka Arjun continues to shape contemporary Indian architecture with thoughtful, timeless, and material-driven design solutions.

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"Content marketing is a commitment, not a campaign." This is well accompanied by one of the growing entrepreneur and marketing strategist 'Shivang Sinha' who believes he's a 'Born Entrepreneur'. Shivang is the Founder of Aura - a brand communication agency and co-founder of 'Alphabet Factory' and has lead Vocabberry. His agencies develop strategies for delivering content (written/design/video) for audience across all platforms with a focus on constant experimentation and thoughtful recalibration based on findings.

Deepa Kiran is the founder of Story Arts India. She is a storyteller, educationalist, writer and voice-over artist. Her life journey includes compeering at All India Radio, flying glider planes, dancing, playing the violin, writing for newspapers and journals, training professionals in soft-skills, and getting trained in dance therapy and dance-in-education. She has taught in central government schools across India, and is actively engaged in bringing storytelling and the arts in learning.

Pooja is a versatile professional with expertise spanning technical business development in pigments for industries such as paints, textiles, and plastics, as well as QbD-based pharmaceutical generic formulation, focusing on risk assessment and lifecycle management. Dedicated to continuous learning, she hones her skills in communication, collaboration, negotiation, project management, research, and business intelligence.  

As a thought leader, Pooja shares perspectives on her blog, Being Thoughtful, inspiring others to broaden their horizons. Her creative pursuits align with her commitment to social causes, reflected in her work with Kiran Kraft Castle, where art meets purpose. An AI enthusiast, Pooja is captivated by the transformative potential of artificial intelligence across industries. Her multidimensional approach blends technical expertise, creativity, and a passion for meaningful impact.  

Nishant is a seasoned creative director, product manager, and content marketer with a decade of experience scaling innovative content and product solutions for over 150 million users. At BYJU'S, he has managed diverse product lines across live-teaching segments and app components, including videos, games, and assessments. Leading a team of nearly 400 members, Nishant thrives on the challenge of driving impactful projects across multiple media and content domains. Beyond his full-time role, Nishant is a passionate entrepreneur and the founder of Design Crescendo, a studio and agency specializing in creative solutions. With over 50 successful collaborations and a business impact exceeding $500,000, he continues to excel as a freelancer and consultant, merging creativity with strategic execution. Nishant’s dynamic approach fuels his mission to create meaningful experiences both at scale and through personalized ventures.