Akriti Kakar is a passionate singer from Delhi, who has now made Mumbai her home. She established herself as a singer in Bollywood through singles like “Chhamm Se” from “Dus” for Vishal-Shekhar and “Dil Vich Lageya Ve” with Himesh Reshamiya. Shankar-Ehsan-Loy chose Akriti for the title song of “Johnny Gaddaar”. This Delhi girl with a soulful voice has also featured on tracks like “Saturday Saturday” and “Iski Uski”. Akriti’s solo original album “AKRITI” released on Sony Music and bagged her the Best Non Film Album award at the Global Indian Music Academy Awards. Her discography includes over 30 hits including songs from popular films like 2 States, Billu Barber, Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania, Namaste London and many more. Her singing career is diverse and ranges from Bollywood & EDM to Sufi & Ghazals. Akriti’s versatility and charisma as a singer is what makes her stand out both on stage and in the studio.
Aranya Johar is a 22 year old poet that uses spoken word to start conversations. She is the youngest Indian to be featured on BBC’s Top 100 Influencial Women. Aranya is also the youngest and only Indian member of the G7’s Gender Equality Advisory Council. She has worked on dismantling gender inequality along side personalities such as Emma Watson, Bill and Melinda Gates, Malala Yousafzai, and more! Her piece ‘Brown Girl’s Guide to Gender’ has over a billion views and has been translated into different languages.
Buy her a plate of pani puri and she’ll love you forever.
Shaheen Bhatt is a published author and cat mother. Bhatt has written the bestselling book – Never Been Un(Happier) in which she talks about her own journey of living with depression. Her initiative titled “Here Comes The Sun”, tries to encourage conversations regarding anxiety and depression and tries to normalize them. She has always been a huge advocate on the importance of mental health and is working towards it one paw at a time. She is also the co-founder of Shiny Happy Book Club, where they have a monthly curator on board who gives recommendations for books and then at the end of the month they discuss it. She has completed an editing and filmmaking course in London. Bhatt’s writing has featured in Grazia, Vogue etc.
Sonali Gupta is one of India’s leading clinical psychologists with 16 years experience under her belt. This Mumbai based psychologist recently authored a book called “Anxiety: Overcome It and Live without Fear” with publisher HarperCollins. She is also a weekly columnist for the Mumbai Mirror, her column is titled “Terms of Engagement” which focuses on love, intimacy, relationships and mental health at large. She advises several leading businesses and organizations in addition to her own practice at Khar and Mahalakshmi. To top it off, she also has a YouTube channel “Mental Health with Sonali”. Her work and endeavours all seek to break the stigma around mental health in India and help young adults, artists, couples and corporates to enhance their emotional well being at the intersection of relationships, grief and anxiety.
Dolly Singh is a content creator who is known for creating hilarious and impactful characters. Her popular characters South Delhi girl, Guddi Bhabhi, the fearless Zeenat and Shree, provide comic relief to everyone on the internet. After graduating with a Political Science degree, Singh decided to pursue her passion for fashion and joined NIFT to complete her master’s degree. During this period she started her fashion blog called Spill the Sass. After which she started working with iDiva as a writer and eventually ended up making videos and acting in them for iDiva. Ever since, she has collaborated with the biggest brands and stars. She has appeared on popular talk shows like Kitchen, Khanna and Konversations & Social Media Star with Janice. Dolly’s content is your go-to for a laugh or a pick me up!
Part-time stock-broker, a dance enthusiast and a full-time Gujju who performs comedy on the weekends, Sonali Thakker is an exciting new comedy talent in the town. Talking about grave topics like travelling, shopping and chaprigiri in her sets, Sonali’s has performed on the biggest of stages including Canvas Laugh Club and NCPA. In 2017, she took her special ‘Almost There’ to stage across the country.
Sejal Kumar is a social media celebrity and multifaceted talent from New Delhi, India. She was one of the 8 creators worldwide for YouTube Creators for Change with Michelle Obama and created her first original song as an anthem pushing Indian girls to be fearless and independent. She plays the lead in the hit Netflix show ‘Engineering Girls’.
Her audience is over 2 million and has worked with brands like Nike, Samsung, Amazon, Maybelline, Levis and is the brand ambassador for The Beauty Co. She is on the Forbes 30 U 30 2021 Special Mention Digital Creators list. She has also worked closely with UNICEF on their child protection campaign and the Gates foundation for the Vaccination drive in India. She has been a top creator on YouTube for many years and has been a part of YouTube Fanfest regularly. She started her own female empowerment movement ‘Aisi Hun’ (I am who I am) for International Womens’ Day and her campaign was supported by UNICEF. She is the co-founder of Maitri- a female health platform with her gynaecologist mother to help spread the right information in the country. She has won multiple awards like the Cosmopolitan Blogger Awards and Instagrammer of the Year for Fashion.She has an EP in the works which is an all English album.
Grammy-nominated Indian-American rapper, singer, songwriter, and dancer Raja Kumari is a force of nature. She’s a fearless, charismatic personality and natural-born storyteller whose mission is to create art that blends her Indian roots with her American upbringing. Her music is a sonic bridge between East and West that fuses the rhythms she absorbed as a trained classical Indian dancer with her love for hip-hop. Raja Kumari’s talents extend beyond the studio and she is also the host and curator of her own Apple Music Beats 1 show, The New India, and is a series judge and mentor on MTV Hustle, India’s first rap-reality show, which debuted in August 2019 among other things. She is proud to be the first female rapper to be signed to Mass Appeal India.
India’s first fashion and lifestyle YouTuber, Scherezade Shroff, is someone who has carved a niche for herself on the internet. Her signature style and honest videos make her stand out in a crowd. Her content ranges from vlogs to fashion tips to skincare brand reviews. She is truly one of a kind.
Anisha Dixit, Previously known as Rickshawali runs a girl-centric comedy channel on Youtube and Instagram popularly known for the new spin that she brings on the day to day activities of Indians and most importantly women through her comedy sketches.Beyond delighting her audience with comedy, she continuously tries to raise awareness on her channel by talking about topics that are considered taboo, like Periods. And because of that she had the lifetime opportunity to meet and interact with former President Barack Obama in 2019 due to of her continuous effort of inspiring women and girls of all ages.
