Bhikubhai (BU) Patel is the founder of Tarsadia Hotels - a premier hospitality management and development company.​

Vaishali S is a Mumbai-based luxury label founded by Vaishali Shadangule in 2001 that transforms authentic Indian handlooms into wearable works of art.​

Ashesh Kamdar is the CEO of GBS Linens.​

Dr. Suneeta Neogi is the President of Serenity Technologies that provides R&D services and products to gem and jewelry manufacturers worldwide.​

Navneet Chugh is the founder and Managing Partner of Chugh, LLP founded in 1985. ​

Smita Vasant is a beauty queen, fashion show director, ice-cream entrepreneur, and an Industrial Psychologist.​

Rahul Kapoor Jain is an inspirational speaker, mentor, and author.​

Ravi Tilak is the Founder and President of Almex USA, Inc.​

Prateek Bhardwaj is Director at Welding Specialties (India), a leader in welding consumables and consultancy​.

Noor Merchant is the founder CEO of a large online retailer, FeelGood Apparel.

Deepa Prahalad is a renowned author, consultant, entrepreneur, and a social innovator.

Shankar Ram is the founder & chairman of Netwin Solutions/ GTKonnect, Inc, and the CEO of Continental Foods.

Mohnish Pabrai is the dynamic founder, CEO, and Managing Partner of Pabrai Investment Funds - overseeing assets with an intrinsic value of over $500mn.​​

Vandana is the Director and Advisory Board member of Akshaya Patra USA, along with Deepak Chopra, N. Narayana Murthy, and Fareed Zakaria.

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Ravi Patel — entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist, filmmaker, actor - has become a steadily rising entertainment commodity since heading west a decade ago while building equity as someone who knows his way around a Wall Street business plan as well as a Hollywood soundstage. He currently serves as co-CEO of fast-growing snack/social enterprise company, he is star and co-director of MEET THE PATELS, an award-winning documentary that hit theaters this past September, and is also a series regular on a new Fox comedy which also premiered this past September. Finally, he is recently married, and his parents are pressing (too) hard for grandchildren.

Sramana Mitra is the founder of One Million by One Million (IM/IM), the world's first and only global virtual incubator/accelerator with a goal to help a million entrepreneurs globally to reach a million dollars in annual revenue, building a $1 trillion in global GDP and creating 10 million jobs. Sramana founded three companies: Dais (off-shore software services), Intarka (sales Lead generation and qualification Software; VC: NEA) and Uuma (online personalized store for selling clothes using Expert Systems software; VC: Redwood). Two of these were acquired, while the third received an acquisition offer from Ralph Lauren. Sramana has consulted with over 80 companies - everybody from SAP to Best Buy. Sramana has authored Entrepreneur Journeys, a series of 12 books focused on demystifying entrepreneurship.

Don Ganguly is an IIT-Kharagpur and Wharton Business School alumnus and CEO of HomeUnion. HomeUnion uses data-driven proprietary analytics to incorporate over 120M homes and 200,000 neighborhoods into their database serving 17 locations across US. HomeUnion has closed more than $50 Million in transactions and raised $23 Million to date. Ganguly has recently appeared all over the media, from Real Money to CNBC, and now TheIndustryShow.

If you've watched any entertainment at all in the Last decade, you've seen Rizwan Manji. He played the lead role of Rajiv on NBC's groundbreaking comedy, Outsourced. He has appeared on the big screen featuring in The Wolf of Wall Street, Transformers and on the small screen in 24, Better Off Ted, Workaholics, and, of course, a Geico ad.

Reshma Shetty is a British-American television and film actress and singer best known for her role as Divya Katdare on USA network's Royal Pains. Shetty played the lead role in A.R. Rahman / Andrew Lloyd Webber's first tour of Bombay Dreams. She has made multiple TV appearances, from 30 Rock to CSI: Miami, and Showtime's Happyish to Bravo's Odd Mom Out. Shetty is one of the faces of Cindy Crawford's "Meaningful Beauty" line and and is a dedicated member of the USA Network's "Characters Unite" program: an award-winning public service campaign meant to raise awareness and combat prejudice and discrimination.

Hasan Minhaj is a comedian, actor, and writer based in New York City. He is a correspondent on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. His critically-acclaimed one-man show, Homecoming King, recently returned Off-Broadway after a sold-out run in 2015. A 2014 'Just for Laughs' New Face, he hosted the documentary special, Stand Up Planet, produced by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He has been featured in countless publications including Gawker and The New York Times. He has been seen on Arrested Development, Getting On, and @Midnight.

Payal is the CEO and co-founder of ClassPass. ClassPass is a monthly membership program providing unlimited access to the best boutique fitness classes and gyms across the US and internationally. Since its launch in 2013, ClassPass has facilitated over 15 million reservations across 8,000 studios in 59 cities globally. Payal is also the Founder and Artistic Director of The Sa Dance Company. Founded in 2009, Sa has the mission to increase awareness of Indian Dance in the mainstream and serve as a platform for expressing the Indian-American identity through movement. Payal previously worked as a consultant at Bain & Company and holds a degree in Operations Research from MIT.

Melanie Chandra is an actor and co-founder of Hospital for Hope, India a non-profit organization. Melanie can be seen in CBS' Code Black, a new medical drama as "Malaya Pineda". She has appeared in The Brink, Rules of Engagement, Parenthood and NCIS LA. Melanie holds a 2nd degree black belt in Shotokan Karate.