Divya Thakur

Divya Thakur is a multidisciplinary designer and the founder of the Mumbai-based luxury home accessories brand, Design Temple, and digital design museum, Museum of Design Excellence. Her practice spans across several mediums including product, scenography, graphic design, and curation for design, fashion, and film disciplines. Having collaborated with the Venice Biennale, V&A Museum, MillesgÃ¥rden Museum, […]
Valérie Maltaverne

Likening herself to a director in the world of cinema, Valérie Maltaverne is the founder of YMER&MALTA, an art furniture house based in Paris, France, that leads and redefines collaborative processes between designers and craftsmen from design to manufacture. Focused on transforming traditional techniques of the decorative arts, such as marble, leather, marquetry, light, and […]
Ricardo Bofill

Carrying forward the 60-year legacy of Taller de Arquitectura, Ricardo Bofill is an architect and narrative designer who explores architecture as a medium of memory, identity, and transformation. Based out of the iconic La Fábrica in Barcelona, Spain, the firm was established by his late father, and is most notably known for its postmodern approach […]
Prateek Sadhu

Prateek Sadhu, one of India’s leading culinary innovators, consistently challenges gastronomical conventions and boundaries with his imaginative creations. Sadhu grew up immersed in a rich culinary heritage from an early age, viewing food as a means of expression and a channel for cultural connection. His innate curiosity about the culinary arts led him to pursue […]
Sonal Holland

Sonal C. Holland is a Master of Wine and founder of SoHo Wine Consulting. An award-winning broadcaster and educator, She is a highly sought-after wine and spirits communicator with diverse entrepreneurial ventures. For the past two decades, she has been simplifying, demystifying, and revolutionising the drinking culture in India. Her eponymous Wine & Spirit Academy […]
Kunal Maniar

Kunal Maniar is the founding partner and principal architect of Kunal Maniar and Associates. After receiving a bachelor’s degree in Horticulture, he studied postgraduate-level landscape architecture at the University of Melbourne, Australia. He started his independent landscape practice in 2002 to create spaces that exemplify ideals of tropical living whilst subscribing to principles of environmental […]
Anjali Batra

With over a decade of experience in marketing, public relations & consumer engagement, Anjali Batra is a trailblazer in India’s experiential and digital media landscape. She is also the co-founder of Food Talk India, Explorers Club (formerly known as Gin Explorers Club), and Anthem, a new-age agency that specialises in event curation, brand activations & […]
Ranjeet Oak

Ranjeet Oak currently serves as Kohler South Asia’s MD and CEO. His prior experience spans CXO-level roles across many categories and geographies, both domestically and internationally. His roles across Bosch, P&G, MakeMyTrip, Pernod Ricard and Kohler have helped him become a visionary omnichannel business leader. His engagements with Unilodgers Inc., MakeMyTrip, and Procter & Gamble […]
Amit Syngle

Amit Syngle is the MD and CEO of Asian Paints, a company with which he started his journey 33 years ago. Today, Asian Paints is the second most valued company in coatings globally, with a market cap of ₹3,100 billion. Syngle is the man behind India’s only research-based colour trend prediction system. He has been […]
Tanya Khanna

An architect and curator, Tanya Khanna has committed herself to democratising architecture, i.e., giving a global voice to design and to all those who practice, influence, or experience it. She founded Epistle, the first and largest communications consultancy for architects and designers in South Asia. Through her work with more than 150 leading architects, design […]
Shreya Soni

Shreya Soni is the founder and CEO of a marketing agency, The Ideas Lab, and a digital publication called The Lab Mag. With these, she brings over a decade of experience to the digital industry. Soni also runs a regional food platform called The Thali Tradition. The Ideas Lab creates marketing solutions for Fortune 500 […]
Amit Aurora

Amit Aurora, partner and principal architect at groupDCA, leads a multidisciplinary design practice founded in 1996. An alumnus of the School of Planning and Architecture, he champions timeless, sustainable design, integrating local materials and traditional craftsmanship with eco-conscious technologies. With over two decades of experience, his portfolio includes acclaimed projects ranging from luxury retail spaces […]