Dr. Alaa Murabit is a medical doctor, global strategist, and leader in health, sustainable development, and inclusive security. At 21, during Libya’s civil war, she founded the Voice of Libyan Women, launching the Noor Campaign to engage faith leaders in advancing women’s rights. Her advocacy helped shape UN Security Council and General Assembly resolutions, contributing to the formation of the Sustainable Development Goals, especially Goal 16 on peace and justice.

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By 25, Alaa was influencing policy at a global scale. She has served as UN High-Level Commissioner on Health, Employment, and Economic Growth, CEO of IMPACT2030, co-founder of Phase Minus 1, and Director at the Gates Foundation, where she oversaw a $350M portfolio on maternal health, climate, and innovation. Currently, she leads Sustainable Growth investments as a Managing Partner at 500 Global.

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Alaa is also Board Chair of Girls Not Brides, championing efforts to end child marriage, and serves on the board of Women for Women International. Her work has been featured in TIME, CNN, NPR, BBC, and Forbes, and she has spoken at TED, the UN, WEF, and Harvard. Honors include TIME100, Forbes 30 Under 30, MIT Media Lab Fellow, and WEF Young Global Leader.

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She has also been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize and received the Canadian Meritorious Service Cross. Alaa holds an MD from Zawia University and an MSc from the London School of Economics. A Harvard Radcliffe Fellow and middle child of 11 siblings, she attributes her skills in diplomacy and strategy to her family—skills she now puts to use as snack negotiator and bedtime peace broker with her two toddlers.

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Ms. Alka Upadhyaya is an IAS officer of the 1990 batch, currently serving National Commission for Minorities, under the Ministry of Minority Affairs. She was previously serving as Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry & Dairying, Government of India. Over her distinguished career, she has held several key leadership roles including Additional Secretary in the Ministry of Rural Development, Director General of the National Rural Infrastructure Development Agency, CEO of the National Rural Livelihood Mission, and Director General of the Council for Advancement of People’s Action & Rural Technology.

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She has played a pivotal role in shaping and implementing flagship rural development programmes, including the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana, where she spearheaded the use of IT platforms, geospatial planning, and remote sensing technologies for effective monitoring and execution. With more than three decades in public service, Ms. Upadhyaya continues to contribute to strengthening rural infrastructure, livelihoods, and animal husbandry development across India.

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Alok Kumar is an Indian Administrative Service officer of the 1998 batch from the Uttar Pradesh cadre. He currently serves as Principal Secretary in the Department of Planning and Programme Implementation, Government of Uttar Pradesh.

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Born on April 16, 1974, he holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Civil Engineering. Throughout his administrative career, he has been involved in planning, infrastructure development, and governance initiatives aimed at strengthening policy implementation and state development. Alok Kumar is proficient in English and Hindi.

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Shri Amarjeet Sinha, a 1983-batch IAS officer of the Bihar cadre, served in the Indian Administrative Service for nearly four decades before retiring in 2019 as Secretary, Department of Rural Development. He was subsequently appointed as Advisor to the Prime Minister, a position he held until July 2021. With extensive experience in the rural and social sectors, he was instrumental in designing landmark national programmes such as Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and the National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM). He also coordinated the Gram Swaraj Abhiyan in 2018, which delivered key pro-poor welfare interventions to nearly 64,000 villages.

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In parallel with his government service, Mr. Sinha has contributed significantly to public policy research and writing. He has authored seven books, including The Last Mile – Turning Public Policy Upside Down, and has been associated with several leading universities and policy institutions. He currently serves as an advisor to Sampark Foundation, the Centre for Social and Economic Progress, and Women’s World Bank, and chairs the Gender Expert Committee of the Reserve Bank Innovation Hub. A graduate of St. Stephen’s College, where he was President of the Students’ Union, he has been the recipient of multiple national and international scholarships.

Amit Chandra is a Partner at Bain Capital and Chair of its India business, where he is also part of the Asia-Pacific leadership team. He joined Bain Capital in 2008 and founded the Mumbai office. Prior to this, he spent much of his career at DSP Merrill Lynch, overseeing Global Markets & Investment Banking and retiring in 2007 as Managing Director and Board Member. He began his career at Larsen & Toubro and also worked with NSR Advisors.

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He is the Co-founder of the A.T.E. Chandra Foundation, which anchors the Chandra family’s philanthropic work, focusing on social sector capacity building and sustainable rural development. Amit has served on the boards of leading companies including Tata Sons, Genpact, L&T Finance, Piramal Enterprises, and Tata Investment Corporation. He was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2007 and featured in Forbes Asia’s “Heroes of Philanthropy” in 2016 alongside his wife Archana Chandra, CEO of Jai Vakeel Foundation. He holds an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from VJTI, Bombay University, and an MBA from Boston College, where he was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award.

Amit Gupta is COO of the The/Nudge Institute. In this role, he is responsible for various horizontal functions such as finance, strategy, people & culture, impact and technology. Amit has over two decades of global experience in strategy, transformation and business finance. He has successfully led execution of many high-stakes business growth and turnaround initiatives for companies operating at the cutting edge of technology. He has worked in a diverse set of business contexts – be it an early-stage start-up, or a high-growth scale-up company, or a Fortune 500 industry leader, or management consultancy firms. Amit is an alumnus of IIT, Roorkee and the University of Texas at Austin.

Amit Yadav is an Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer of the 1991 batch from the AGMUT cadre. He currently serves as Secretary, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE), Government of India, where he oversees key initiatives aimed at promoting social equity, inclusion, and empowerment of marginalized communities.

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Born on November 2, 1965, Mr. Yadav holds a B.Sc. in Chemistry, an LL.B., and an M.B.A. His diverse educational background complements his administrative expertise, enabling him to lead programs that integrate legal, social, and economic perspectives.

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Fluent in English and Hindi, Mr. Yadav brings over three decades of administrative experience and a deep commitment to advancing social justice and inclusive governance in India.

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Mr Amitabh Kant is presently G20 Sherpa of India during its Presidency year. He was CEO, NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India)- the Govt of India’s premier policy Think Tank & prior to that Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy & Promotion. Amitabh Kant is a member of the Indian Administrative Service, IAS (Kerala Cadre: 1980 Batch).

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He is the author of “Branding India – An Incredible Story” , Incredible India 2.0 and has edited The Path Ahead "Transformative Ideas for India" and has been a key driver of “Make in India”, Startup India, “Incredible India” and “God’s Own Country” initiatives which positioned and branded India and Kerala State as leading manufacturing tourism destinations. These campaigns have won several international awards and embraced a host of activities – infrastructure development, product enhancement, private-public partnership and positioning and branding.

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Till March, 2016 Amitabh Kant was posted as Secretary, Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) – Government of India. He has worked as Secretary, Tourism, Kerala, Joint Secretary, Tourism, Govt of India, District Collector, Kozhikode & CEO, Delhi- Mumbai Industrial Corridor.