Munir Akram
Following a long and distinguished diplomatic career as the former Permanent Representative to the United Nations from Pakistan, Ambassador Munir Akram is now ready to step out from behind the diplomatic curtain and tell what he knows and offer his perspective on what the goals of the United States should be in Pakistan ...
Mira Kamdar
The award-winning author of Planet India: The Turbulent Rise of the World’s Largest Democracy and the Future of our World, Kamdar is a globally renowned expert on India.
Jagdish N. Bhagwati
Bhagwati, Professor of Economics and Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, has made contributions to development theory and policy, public finance, immigration and to the new theory of political economy. His books are acknowledged to have provided the intellectual case for the economic reforms now ...
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga
With her father former President of Sri Lanka and mother the world’s first women Prime Minister, Kumaratunga was destined to be the first woman President of Sri Lanka. Renowned for her energy and intellect, she describes leading a nation through challenging times, including the 2004 tsunami, fighting terrorism, and ...
Suketu Mehta
Suketu Mehta's book Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found was called "narrative reporting at its finest" by The New York Times; The Economist named it a Book of the Year. Mehta's journalism and fiction won him the Whiting Award and the O. Henry Prize. He has written and spoken widely on the future of ...
Alpana Singh
The youngest female ever to pass the Master Sommeliers exam, Alpana Singh is the former Director of Wine and Spirits for Lettuce Entertain You Enterprises, Inc.
Sarwar A. Kashmeri
An Indian Muslim childhood, Jesuit schools and universities, and a perpetual inquisitiveness power this American businessman, author and foreign policy speaker's observations. Host of the Foreign Policy Association's Global Currents podcasts, Kashmeri’s specialty is the integration of globalization, business, and ...
Manil Suri
Manil Suri was raised in Mumbai, India, and now lives in Silver Spring, MD. His first novel, The Death of Vishnu, won the 2002 Barnes and Noble Discover Prize and was a finalist for the 2002 Pen-Faulkner Award. He was named by Time Magazine as a “Person to Watch” in 2000 and received a Guggenheim ...
Sanjay Gupta
The chief medical correspondent for the health and medical unit at CNN, Dr. Sanjay Gupta is a practicing neurosurgeon, an assistant professor of neurosurgery, and plays an integral role in the network's coverage of breaking medical news. Reporting from combat zones and areas of natural disaster, Gupta speaks on the role of ...
Vandana Shiva
Author, eco-feminist, and environmental activist, Shiva is the Director of the Research Foundation on Science, Technology, and Ecology, and has been recognized as "An Environmental Hero" by Time, honored for her leadership and innovative thinking.
Maajid Nawaz
Maajid Nawaz is a former member of the Islamic political group Hizb ut-Tahrir, and the co-founder and executive director of Quilliam, the world's first counter-extremism think tank. He is also the co-founder of Khudi, a counter-extremism social movement working towards the promotion of social democratic change in Pakistan.
Arun Shourie
One of India’s most renowned and uncompromising journalists, Arun Shourie is well known for introducing a new style of aggressive, independent investigative journalism to India. Having uncovered scandals and fought for the freedom of press, Shourie is an intriguing keynote speaker on the global economy, Indian politics, ...
Yashwant Sinha
An author, an ex-civil servant, and a senior politician, the former Finance Minister of India, Yashwant Sinha is widely credited for pushing through several major reform measures that put the Indian economy on a firm growth trajectory.
Krish Dhanam
Indian-born Krish Dhanam won a sales contest in 1990 that earned him a ticket to a seminar conducted by the legendary motivator Zig Ziglar. This chance encounter would be the catalyst that shaped the next two decades as Dhanam joined the Ziglar Corporation in 1991 as a telemarketer and eventually became their Vice ...
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