Archives: Mentors

Janice Sequeira, Creator, Social Media Star, Starry Meals with Janice & Cheers To That! became the country’s youngest Entertainment Editor at 26 and anchored three non-fiction shows, garnering millions of views.

Namrata Purohit, at age 16, was the youngest trained Stott Pilates Instructor in the World.By the age of 19 years she has completed all the Stott Pilates Course and has also attended special workshops in London etc.. She is a certified Pilates reformer, chair, ladder barrel and Cadillac instructor with a passion to motivate people to meet their fitness goals.

Fatima Sana Shaikh’s breakout role was in Chachi 420 as a child actress and has been acting since soaring to new heights of fame and success after playing the role of Geeta Phogat in Aamir Khan’s movie and also sharing the screen with the star.

A lady who has continually risen above all odds, braving chest below paralysis for over 2 decades – winner of 5 President of India awards, 4 Limca world records, 3 International Awards, 68 national & state medals, 23 international medals. This year Dr. Deepa Malik has been appointed as a member of the Government’s All India Council of Sports and is currently serving as the President of the Paralympic Committee of India. She is also handling Public Relations & Grievances for Haryana Real Estate Regulatory Authority.

Sainee co-wrote the multiple award winning short film, ‘Int. Cafe-Night’ and went on to do what she loves the most – be a part of telling stories.She was a child artiste seen in shows like Shaka Laka Boom Boom and films like Traffic Signal and Darna Zaroori Hai, so performing for an audience has always been her first love.She combined the two and found her place in the spoken word world – staying true to every word she utters. Sainee finds poetic justice in all things Urdu and Gulzar Saab.She lives life – one rhyme at a time!

Megha Rao is a performance poet and surrealist artist from Kerala.Megha is a postgraduate in English Literature from the University of Nottingham, UK, and when she’s not writing, she facilitates workshops for young poets.

Shaili Chopra is an Indian journalist turned entrepreneur whose work is focused on championing real women and their stories across India. Chopra is the founder of SheThePeople.TV, which is India’s only women’s channel. SheThePeople.TV is a form of digital democracy where women get to choose, speak up, and set the agenda. Chopra uses the internet to spotlight issues of women’s rights, their role in a democracy, and empower them in a digitally connected world. Chopra is the recipient of India’s highest honor in journalism and counted among the top 50 most influential women in media in India and is the Draper Hills Fellow 2019 from Stanford.

Mali is a singer-songwriter and pop musician based in Mumbai, India.
Her songs are a blend of classic pop influences, written primarily about
personal experiences and viewpoints.

Rhea Kapoor began her career as a stylist and is credited for making her sister, Sonam, India’s first bonafide fashionista and revolutionising the celebrity fashion/styling industry in India. She is also a producer, having made Aisha (2010), a film based on the classic novel ‘Emma’ by Jane Austen. In 2018, Rhea produced Veere Di Wedding, in association with Balaji Telefilms. Her contemporary film about 4 female friends, their lives and their choices set the box office ablaze for its unconventional approach towards female friendships and the progressive perspective it touched upon. In between producing blockbusters, Rhea launched ‘Rheson’, a high street fashion label, with her sister Sonam.

Ali Barter is a pop singer, Indie artist and a songwriter. She strongly advocates for the rise and recognition of women’s voice in music. She also took part in Hungama’s 75+ artist line-up for their virtual online festival, recently as one of Australia’s rising independent female artists. She often visited India as a child and later on in life, and has gone on record to say that she would love to settle there someday