Priyanka Gill is a serial entrepreneur shaping the future of luxury, content, and commerce. As Founder & CEO of COLUXE, India’s first premium lab-grown diamond brand, she blends ethics, innovation, and accessibility to make fine jewellery an everyday luxury. Before COLUXE, she was a Venture Partner at Kalaari Capital, supporting early-stage startups. She co-founded The Good Glamm Group and led POPxo & Plixxo, pioneering content-driven commerce in India.

About COLUXE:

COLUXE is India’s first premium lab-grown diamond brand, founded by Priyanka Gill. It redefines fine jewelry with ethics, innovation, and accessibility, making diamonds an everyday luxury. With a technology-led approach, COLUXE offers customization, AI-driven personalization, and multi-use settings. The brand’s contemporary designs span solitaires, tennis bracelets, zodiac jewelry, and more, blending style, trust, and sustainability.

Prof. Anil Kumar Gupta is an illustrious figure in DRR internationally with exemplary contributions to disaster preparedness and resilience through policy-planning at national, sectoral and international agendas. His vision and striving for human resource capacities and institutional development of training including DMI, NIDM and ICARS, and guidance & support to states/UTs in disaster management, chemical-industrial safety, health emergency preparedness and climate actions is widely known. He pioneered Environment-DRR convergence, DM Plans of Ministries, NAP on Chemical Disasters, Off-site EPP Manual, City DRR Scorecard, DIA and Mitigation Analysis in advancing DRR. He was a driving force in promoting industrial, chemical and health related disasters and emergency management in India. He also drives a global move “Accelerating Transformation (AccTra)” of pole-vaulting improvements along India’s national vision on DRR leadership and cooperation. Presently he is leading an international initiative on holistic all-hazard Safety Culture Drive, which includes chemical safety, road safety, hydrogen safety and systematic approach to improving policy-planning and capacities in safety risk assessment, emergency preparedness and business continuity integration. He served DMI Bhopal, NMDC Hyderabad, CSIR-NEERI, CSIR-Pool, besides leading NIDM’s Policy and Chemical-Environmental Risk Management Programmes around two decades since its inception. Now he is leading the GOI’s Joint Centre with IIT Roorkee at Gr. Noida campus on Safety and DRR “ICARS” and leads policy research and capacity action portfolio as CEO and Principal Investigator. He is also global Chief Editor of Springer Nature prestigious Book Series on “Disaster Resilience and Sustainability”.

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Dr. Anil Kumar Gupta is illustrious figure in disaster risk reduction, policy-planning and capacity strategist, a global DRR leader. His widely known contributions include national, sectoral and local level planning and execution of disaster management and emergency preparedness, with human resource planning, curriculum and training toolkits, prototypes, integrated risk-resilience models, institutional development and international & national cooperation in DRR. Born and brought up in a backword, disaster and climate affected region adjoining Vindhyas and Bundelkhand India, he rose with mission and passion of transformational improvements in dealing with disasters and emergencies. His vision and efforts were instrumental in shaping India’s first COEs in disaster management, i.e. DMI Bhopal and the National Institute of Disaster Management (NIDM – Delhi and Vijaywada campuses), besides specialized CoEs in areas of Climate Resilience, Disaster & Health. He steered strategic programmes ‘HighCAP”, “Her-CAP”, “CAP-RES” for resilient infrastructure, DRR and health. His approach focused on innovations & breakthroughs, inclusion and Sewa, empowering local community and governments in DRR through policy and capacity advances. Prof. Anil Gupta now leads a unique establishment of GOI-DST with IIT Roorkee’s Gr. Noida campus, i.e. ICARS (Integrated Centre for Adaptation, Disaster Risk-Resilience and Sustainability) towards well quoted CAPP-RES strategy, following his over 30 years outstanding endeavours including 18 years leadership role at India’s National Institute of Disaster Management since its inception (under Ministry of Home Affairs; Head of Policy-Planning & Training, head of Environment & Climate DRR, COE on Disaster & Health, Director of Projects, Head – International Cooperation, Advisory Services, Nodal Officer for Central Ministries). He worked tirelessly in diverse environments of corporate/industry, research, academia, Governments – central & state, and international cooperation, since 1994, including over 20 years in strategic lead roles promoting safety, emergency response, DRR and sustainable recovery. Dr. Anil Gupta contributed to training-development and executed high impact strategies, developed 50 modules, organized over 500 trainings covering 7000 participants from India & outside, besides CAN-TNA, training strategy and TOTs for several states/UTs in areas of disaster management, resilience, recovery, chemical-industrial safety and health. Prof. Anil’s dedication, leadership, guidance abilities and motivation is talked widely, and inspired a large number of professionals, officials and scholars. He is chief Editor of Springer Book Series on Disaster Resilience. He represented in Governing Board of Institutes, as UGC nominee, in Research Advisory Boards, Editorial Boards, expert member of IUCN-CEM, WMO Climate Statement, MoHUA Smart City Climate Risk Assessment Framework, MoHFW Committee on Hospital Safety and Resilience, GBPIHE Scientific Advisory Committee, JNU Special committee on Disaster Studies, Sikkim Govt. Commission of Glacial Hazards, Coordinator on behalf of MoEFCC for National Adaptation Plan (DRR & RI), etc. He is a known science-policy practice interface promoter, a great consortium player, team leader, Hindi poet, speaker, motivational, spiritual and thought leader. He received MP Young Scientist Award 1996, Excellence Award 2012 Society of Occupational & Environmental Health, and UN-PEDRR Outstanding Contribution Award 2024. His qualifications include M.Sc. MPhil, PhD, Management Diploma, Law degree and courses on training management, DSS, Risk Sensitive Land-use planning, Remote sensing, ISO, Mine-environment.

Indrajeet Mitra is the Founder & Group CEO of Gateway Group, leading its growth across 30+ countries. With over two decades in the industry, he has built technology-driven solutions that address business challenges and drive digital transformation.

Indrajeet strongly believes in circular economy principles, especially in the automotive sector. Through AutoDAP, he has helped bring data intelligence to automotive parts, making vehicle repairs and maintenance more efficient and sustainable. With Dismanto, he is working towards responsible vehicle dismantling, ensuring reuse, recycling, and eco-friendly disposal in the automotive sector.

Indrajeet is passionate about technology’s role in shaping the future and continues to lead initiatives that bridge innovation, business needs, and sustainability.

Shalini Goyal Bhalla is a leading expert in the field of circular economy and sustainability. She is the Founder and MD of International Council for Circular Economy (ICCE), a leading Indian think tank that promotes adoption of circular economy practices both nationally and globally. Author of India’s first book, she got Circular economy embedded in formal education in India. Her recent paper was published by the Economic Advisory council to the Prime Minister and the G20 compendium. She is the editor of India’s first Journal on Circular economy that promotes research, innovation and policy.

She is a recognized global thought leader with several authored publications in her name. She is leading the Global South and North collaboration discussions at the World Circular Economy forum & representing a cooperation of 8 countries. Receiver of several awards, her leadership skills and innovative thinking, have helped shape the global conversation on circular economy and inspire action towards a more sustainable future. She has been recently awarded by Ministry of Environment and Foreign affairs of Finland for her work in Climate action.

Ms. Sumita Dawra joined Indian Administrative Service in 1991 and is currently posted as Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India. Prior to this she served in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India facilitating work related to investments, logistics and infrastructure planning, including implementation of multimodal infrastructure planning on PM GatiShakti National Master Plan.

She has a career span of more than 30 years, working at various levels of governance in the Central Government and the State, including exposure at international level, with varied experience in governance, covering economic & development sectors, infrastructure planning and finance, etc.

Ms. Dawra holds Masters and M.Phil degrees in Economics and a Master’s degree in Business Management from Punjab University, Chandigarh (India). She also holds an MBA in Public Policy from University of Birmingham (U.K.). She has several publications, including two bestselling books on public policy.

A mechanical engineer with over 39 years of experience in the energy and infrastructure sector, Mr. Bhuwan Chandra Tripathi, was the youngest person to become the chairman of any Indian public sector company in 2009. He joined ONGC in 1982 and was one of the founding employees of GAIL in 1983 and went on to becoming Executive Director (Projects) in 2004, followed by Director (Marketing)  in 2007 and in 2009 the Chairman and Managing Director of the organization for a decade.

Widely regarded as one of the finest CEOs in the country, Mr. Tripathi navigated GAIL through several challenging times. Under his leadership, the company strengthened its core businesses across natural gas midstream and downstream value chains.   During his tenure as the CEO, he steered the organization towards 3X increase in physical asset base, 3X increase in turnover from $3.6 Bn. to $11 Bn., 2X market capitalization from $5 Bn. to $9.8 Bn. and 2X increase in PAT.  As the CEO, he executed projects worth $8 Bn. in natural gas pipelines, petrochemical plants, exploration & production, LNG import terminal, LNG shipping, city gas and renewable energy. He diversified GAIL LNG portfolio by sourcing additional 9 MT of LNG from US, Russia and Australia which provided geographical diversity in supply to ensure country’s energy availability and security. He revolutionised city gas projects in India enabling 57 cities to get piped gas by expanding the distribution network by 12X, CNG stations by 3X and gas consumption in cities by 4.5X.

Mr. Tripathi led GAIL not only to acquire ‘Maharatna’ status from Government of India but also position among Global Top 10 gas player as a multi asset portfolio company with presence across gas value chain in multiple geographies of India, USA, Singapore, Myanmar and Egypt. Mr. Tripathi introduced many corporate governance initiatives to make GAIL one of fastest growing companies in India, garnering recognition on multiple occasions and excellent comments from government and statutory bodies. He has wide experience of project management, contract negotiations and stakeholder management with extensive experience under changing political and bureaucratic backdrop.

He has established multiple companies such as Brahmaputra Crackers and Polymers Limited- Assam, GAIL Global Singapore, GAIL Global US and has served in board level positions of companies such as Director Petronet LNG, Chairman IGL and MGL.  As his legacy, on his superannuation  he left GAIL as a debt-free company with approved project pipeline of $7 Bn. in  petrochemical, fertilizer, coal gasification, LNG terminal, gas pipeline and city gas projects.  He is an energy, petrochemicals and infrastructure sector veteran and was the key industry expert driving national policy reforms for the oil and gas sector.

He is the recipient of 2019 ‘Best CEO Award’ by Business Today for taking GAIL to new heights.

Presently, Mr. Tripathi is serving as an Advisor/ Board Member   in multiple organisations in India and Europe.

1. Advisor, Greenko Group (promoted by GIC Singapore) who are engaged in developing renewable energy, energy storage, green hydrogen and green molecule business and is leading their efforts into clean energy transition in India.
2. Advisor, Essar Capital Limited, which is the investment manager of Essar Global Fund  with Assets under Management of over $6 bn.
3. Advisor, Snam S.p.A, Italy, the largest gas infra company in Europe.
4. Member of the Board of Directors at Deepak Fertilizers and Petrochemicals.
5. Board of governance of IIT Gandhinagar

Further, he provides advisory services to various corporates, investment firms and banks such as UBS Securities, Bloom Energy USA, Macquarie Group etc.  He is also a   member on the governing body of school of sustainability being set up by Greenko at IIT Hyderabad.

Mr. Mangal Dev is the Head, Hitachi Rail (Green Energy Mobility sector) & Director Hitachi India Pvt. Ltd. is leading the organization for over 8 years. He has an expertise of over 34 years in creating stakeholder value by leading & directing organisations through substantial growth and transformation by balancing engagement and execution with strong and effective strategic leadership and entrepreneurial skill. Mr. Dev has led many multinational conglomerates in regional geographies and sectors of Green Energy Mobility including MaaS, Automotive, Digital Infrastructure and Mergers & Acquisitions. Mr. Dev has been instrumental in positioning companies to establish brands, develop start-ups, amplify business, co-creation with customers & partners, and build capabilities that ensures long-term business profitability and success for all stakeholders.

Mr. Mangal Dev is an engineering and management professional with Bachelor of Technology degree in Aerospace Engineering acquired from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (1989) and Business Management certificates from varied global management institutes; GE John F. Welch Leadership Development Centre, Crotonville, New York, USA (1999, 2002, 2006); Business Strategy Management, INSEAD Global Business School, Singapore & France (2012) and Global Advanced Program for Leadership Development, Hitachi Institute of Management Development, Japan & Human Capital Leadership Institute, Singapore (2015).

Mr. Mangal Dev started his professional career with Maruti Suzuki in their Engineering and R&D centre in the year 1989 and thereafter contributed to several multinational conglomerates including General Electric Co., Alstom, and Hitachi at leadership positions driving growth in the respective companies.

• May 1989 – 1998 Department Manager, Engineering, Maruti Suzuki Ltd.
• Aug 1998 – 2007 Director, India Operations, General Electric Co., India
• Nov 2007 – 2015 Regional Commercial Head, India South Asia, ALSTOM
• Feb 2015 – Director, Hitachi India Pvt. Ltd. (Corporate) & Head, Rail India & South Asia (Green Energy Mobility sector)

Mr. Mangal Dev has acclaimed Global experience covering Australia to Americas contributing to the world of mobility while appreciating the art and culture of different geographies. He is a compassionate enthusiast of sports, cinema, theatre, music, and dance and has deep interest in spirituality which has always been his guiding force and an anchor in committing and demonstrating strategic leadership with customer empathy, organisational compassion, personal integrity, humility, and selflessness for various business & social outcomes.

Goda Ramkumar is the Vice President of Data Science at Swiggy, where she has been pivotal for nearly five years. She leads AI and Analytics teams across Swiggy’s core business units, including Food, Dineout, and Instamart, leveraging data-driven insights to drive innovation and business growth.

An alumnus of the prestigious IIT Madras, Goda holds both a B.Tech and M.Tech in Biotechnology and Operations Research. With over 17 years of experience, she has built a strong reputation for developing machine learning and optimization-based decision support systems across industries such as hyperlocal delivery, airline pricing, revenue management, ridesharing, mobility, and insurance.

Prior to Swiggy, she held key roles at Ola, xto10x, and Sabre, contributing to strategic advancements in AI and data science. She has also served as visiting faculty at IIM Calcutta and Jio Institute, sharing her expertise with the next generation of leaders. She has been recognized as one of the top 10 data scientists in India by Analytics Vidhya and Analytics India.

Beyond her corporate and academic contributions, Goda is a CXXO champion with Kalaari Capital, actively working to empower women entrepreneurs and foster a more inclusive business landscape.