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NEWSLETTERMarch 2018

President’s

Message Hello EOers We are more than half way into the EO year and hope all of you enjoyed the events planned thus far. Our learning chairs Dharmesh and Ravi has been working extra hard to make them happen! We have conducted the GSEA competition and two of our winners will be attending the GSEA regional finals in Dhaka soon! We are also working on EO CARES and really excited about the final event on Feb 16. The drip events leading to the EO CARES final have been really well received. Special thanks to members who volunteered to host drip events for the start-ups. Also a loud shout out to Sid Reddy and team for raising the bar on GSEA and EO CARES. EO Bangalore is also going to host a MyEO event, a trek up Mt Kilimanjaro! We have also inducted 12 members so far, and really happy to welcome all the new members to EO! Hope all of you enjoy our newsletter and do reach out to us if you would like to contribute more for EO Bangalore! Arun Chittilappilly MD - Wonderla Holidays Ltd Member EO- Bangalore

LEARNINGEXPERIENCES

Learning ExperiencesLife Among the ScorpionsJaya Jaitly in Conversation with Rahul Matthan Jan 23rd, 2018 @ Taj West EndAn Indian Politician looks back at her journey hounded by Tehelka's stings - firstand recounts how the going got tougher with concerning her future son-in-law Ajay Jadejaher every success, perhaps because she was a and then herself in an alleged bribery case.woman. Life Among the Scorpions recounts Eventually, Fernandes had to resign asthe deeply fascinating and often tumultuous India's Defence Minister and Jaitly quit as theevents that mark thirty years of Jaya Jaitly's Samata Party President. Meanwhile, shepolitical journey. spiritedly fought booth capturing in Bihar as well as fellow party men's ego, intervenedFrom arranging relief for victims of the 1984 and ensured the installation of the SamataSikh riots, to joining politics under firebrand Government in Manipur.leader George Fernandes to becoming thepresident of Samata Party - a key ally in the With all the backstories of the major eventserstwhile NDA Government, Jaitly's rise in the in Indian Politics between 1970-2000Indian mainstream politics invited both awe including her experience of dealing with theand envy. But the going has been far from Commission of Inquiry and courts regardingsmooth. Trouble began with George the Tehelka stings, the story of Jaya JaitlyFernandes sacking Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat in made for a riveting evening.1998. Jaitly became the target. She was soon



Learning ExperiencesThe Ethical HackerSaket Modi Feb 02, 2018 @ OberoiSaket Modi is an Indian Entrepreneur and an ethical hacking and cyber forensics. Hisethical hacker. He is the co-founder & CEO of workshops gradually became popular, as aLucideus Tech, an online cyber security result of which he has been invited to over acompany that is involved in securing hundred of colleges across the globe. Somegovernment and enterprise digital setups. He of the major institutes who have hosted hisled the team that developed the smartphone workshops include UIUC, IIT Kanpur, IITprivacy app Unhack. He is a frequent Bombay, IIT Delhi, BITS Pilani, IIT Guwahatitechnology writer in the Indian Media. among others.Saket was born and raised in Kolkata. In the Saket and his team were responsible for theyear 2009, he joined the LNM Institute of end to end security assessment of the BHIMInformation Technology , as a computer Application developed by the Nationalscience major. He has done his early schooling Payments Corporation of India and launchedfrom Lakshmipat Singhania Academy. Before by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modistarting Lucideus in 2012, Saket initiated his on the 31st December, 2016.career by giving seminars and workshops on



Learning ExperiencesBEHIND THE SCENES 24th Feb, 2018 @ Jindal Naturecure InstituteJindal Naturecure Institute (JNI) is a leading after year even though they have access tohealth care hospital of drugless therapy and the best in the world?specializes in Naturopathy and Yoga. It haspioneered modern drugless treatment in This session was an opportunity for our 40India. The institute has a holistic approach and enthusiastic participants to get behind theit follows evidence based traditional medical scenes at JNI to find out what makes it awisdom of India. This session focused on pioneer in their field. The participants alsofinding answers to the questions: received an insight on JNI’s functioning and interacted with the highly skilled workforceWhy is JNI so sought after? contributing to its exemplary success.Why do the rich and famous come here year

UPCOMINGEVENTS

UPCOMING EVENTSGo From A to THE®Stop Being A Leader. Start Being THE Leader!Are you A leader or are you THE leader? Are you A sales consultant or are you THE salesconsultant? Are you offering A product or THE product? Learn what differentiates A leader fromTHE leader and the strategies we need to know when switching from A to THE in our industry. Itis no longer acceptable for us to go from good to “great” when we want to persuade others totake action and stand apart from our competition. Our competition is great. Their products aregreat. It is time to Go From A to THE® in our industry!Ryan Avery teaches the top strategic communication skills, storytelling strategies and insightsthe world’s best leaders and sellers use to get people to take action! After Ryan’s presentation,leave knowing:What’s in it Learn Explore Practicefor ourparticipants The major differences The communication The most powerful between what it means strategies top leaders storytelling strategies to be A vs. THE in your use to engage, leaders use to industry and how to motivate and get persuade and retain make the switch others to take action their customers About the Speaker Ryan Avery is one of the Millennial generation’s most profound speakers on generational leadership and strategic communication. At age 25, Ryan became the youngest World Champion of Public Speaking in history, competing against more than 30,000 contestants from 116 countries to claim the 2012 World Championship for Toastmasters International. Ryan has delivered keynotes and trainings on every continent in the world, is an Emmy-award winning journalist, and a two-time best-selling author. Ryan currently lives in the United States with his wife Chelsea and daughter Atlas. He is the highly sought-after headliner at conferences and for conducting company- wide trainings on the power of strategic communication and corporate storytelling.

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EO CARES AND EO GSEA: INSPIRING EARLY STAGE ENTREPRENEURS

EO CARES AND EO GSEAEO CARES, is a cohort-based program designed to help propel startups by providing a platformfor revenue opportunities, networking, sustained mentorship & learning from the EO communityand its extended networks EO CARES Program Calendar

EO CARES AND EO GSEA

EO CARES AND EO GSEAEO GSEA, The Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA) is the premier global competition forhigh school, undergraduate and graduate students who own and operate businesses. Winner: Mr. Yogesh Suresh EO Cares & EO GSEA programs are aimed at inspiring early stage entrepreneurs to succeed by providing them with mentorship, connections and experience sharing. These programs also bridge our chapter with the entrepreneur ecosystem and provide us an opportunity to make an impact.

NEWMEMBERS

NEW MEMBERS Madhuri Hegde is the Founder and CEO of Mayflower Language Services Pvt. Ltd. Madhuri spearheads the growth and drives the demand for quality and excellence at Mayflower. With her knowledge and strategic approach, she has driven the reach of Mayflower to over 30 countries across the globe. Madhuri Hegde Her fascination for different cultures and over 18 years of varied experience enable her to create solutions that help people toFounder & CEO – Mayflower succeed globally. She helps businesses take their products globalLanguage Services and has been working with Fortune 500 companies worldwide.Taking her passion beyond, Madhuri is a Charter Member of TiE and involved in mentoring earlystage start-ups in their planning and growth phases. She is also on the board of Directors forELIA (European Language Industry Association) where she is actively pursuing her interest indeveloping the global language ecosystem and taking the industry to the next level.Tejas Goenka is the Executive Director at Tally Solutions. He wasinducted into Tally in 2010 while he still had a year remaining at theUniversity of Pennsylvania. In 2011, he completed his MechanicalEngineering from the University and joined Tally on a full-time basis.Since the time Tejas joined the business, he has focused his efforts Tejas Goenkaon bringing in greater operational effectiveness across theorganisation. He has led the biggest transformation of Tally's Executive Directorselling and servicing partner network that comprises of over Tally Solutions Pvt. Ltd.25000 partners to a more accountable, higher quality network thathas resulted in much more aggressive business growth.Tejas joined EO on strong recommendations from his friends. He looks forward to the valueinput he’ll get from joining a forum and getting to know more people around the city and theworld.

REDEFINEEO BANGALORE PRESENTSIMPOSSIBLE Mt. Kilimanjaro 10-18 JUNE 2018 A transformational journey of learning and adventure at 19000 ft. led by world renowned mountaineer and world record holder, Sean SwanrerBANGALORE A 2-time cancer survivor, Sean redefined Impossible by becoming the only person in history to climb the high- est mountain on every continent, trek to the South & North Poles, and complete the Hawaii Ironman - all with one lung. Sean invites you to join a group of select EO members from around the world on an experience of a lifetime at 5,895m, on a transformational journey of learning and adventure as you redefine your impossible $4500 onwards Contact: [email protected]

NEW MEMBERS Tintisha H. Sagar is the Registrar of Planning & Administration (Foreign Affairs) at Dayananda Sagar University. She is primarily involved in liaising with foreign embassies and universities to formulate mutually beneficial global exchange programs and employment opportunities.TIntisha H. Sagar She is on the Board of Governors at the DSI Business School and serves as a key resource in designing the business school’s coreRegistrar of Planning & activities.Administration at Tintisha holds a Masters of Business Administration degree fromDayananda Sagar UniversityColumbia Business School in New York. At the age of 22, she went on to pursue a career ininvestment banking at the boutique firm Bear Stearns & Co. in New York and specialization inFixed Income Securitized Products Analytics at JP Morgan Securities in New York.She moved back to India in 2012, and assumed the task of recalibrating operations at SagarHospitals in Bangalore and currently heads these business units. She is also the Director &Co-founder of Sagar Chandramma Hospitals - a healthcare center dedicated solely to womenand children launched in 2015.Nagesh Balasubramanyam is the Joint Managing Director of Nagesh BalasubramanyamSubramanya Group, a family-owned entity with diversifiedinterests focusing on commercial development. Some of theirclients include powerhouses like IBM, National Instruments,Synchronoss, Mylan, Symphony and Google. In addition tocommercial development, Nagesh is also interested in thehospitality sector.He is the promoter of high end National and International Joint Managing Directorhospitality projects with Amala Group, Oberoi and Marriott. Subramanya GroupCurrently, he is also involved in acquiring Thiashola, a high qualityorganic tea, spread in 3000 acres of plantation in the Nilgiris. He is also opening up this delightto the world and developing a luxury resort with the Oberoi Group within the plantations.Nagesh has always appreciated the ways and means available to scale up his current businessinterests and feels that EO can provide him with value enrichment. EO can offer him a platformto learn and develop relationships with people who understand his passions and interests,especially in the hospitality sector.

NEW MEMBERS Sharad Nawalgaria is the Managing Director of Ivax Paper Chemicals Ltd. Sharad graduated from University of Manchester Institute of science and Technology in B.Sc. Paper science and Management in the year 2001. Sharad Nawalgaria Post his graduation, he joined Ivax Paper Chemicals Ltd. owned by his family as business analyst and have worked his way up. Currently,Managing Director, he handles all matters associated with the company on new productIvax Paper Chemicals Ltd. developments, mergers and acquisitions, new market study and evaluations, growth segments, investment planning etc.His company is the market leader in the paper chemicals segment with over 40% of the Indianpaper industry market share. It has three manufacturing facilities in India and one in Thailandwith sales spread across more than 27 countries.His idea behind joining EO is to learn from like-minded business leaders from around the globeon business acumen, problem solving techniques and understanding industry trends. Hebelieves EO will provide the perfect platform for experience sharing and meeting new people toget an insight into their business outlook and systems.Rajat Kedia is the Director of Manjushree Technopack and isresponsible for the company’s Preform division, new productdevelopment and IT.Rajat started his career in 2003 after graduating from Cardiff Rajat KediaBusiness School, UK. He was inducted into business and receivedtraining under various departments for a period of two years.Soon after in 2005, he was put in-charge of the Design and Director,Development arm of Manjushree and is a position that he currently Manjushree Technopackholds. He takes keen interest in new product development, new agematerials and forthcoming projects, within the company.In 2010 he was formally inducted to theBoard of Manjushree TechnopackCurrently, his company owns 3 factories in North India. Rajat takes care of Operations at all theseplants, to drive efficiencies and zero-defect manufacturing. He is also an active member of IIPpackaging fraternity and presents his views about the Indian and Global Plastic & Packagingtrends at various forums in India and abroad.

NEW MEMBERS Lavanya Nalli is Chairperson of Nalli Group, a 680Cr national retail chain specializing in textiles and women’s ethnicwear. Established in the year 1928, the iconic brand from South India is a category-killer in saris, and famous for its Kanchipuram silks. Lavanya Nalli Lavanya graduated from Harvard Business School with an MBA in 2011, and worked at McKinsey & Company (Chicago) advising CXOsChairperson, Nalli Group of Fortune 500 companies on issues ranging from top-line growth and profit improvement initiatives. She moved to India in 2013 into the e-commerce world asVice-President at Myntra (Flipkart Group) and is now back at Nalli Group, leading new businessinitiatives, as well as growth and expansion efforts for its core businesses. By 2017, Nalli hasexpanded its footprint to 34 stores.The Economic Times named Lavanya as among corporate India’s fastest rising women leaders.She has also been named by Forbes as “Asia’s Women to Watch” in 2016. She is a frequentspeaker at industry events, and is an ambassador for Government of India’s innovation effortsand “Champions of Change” program.CHARTERPARTNERSC/o - Wonderla Holidays Ltd. 6th Floor, Ananda Tower, Rajaram Mohan Roy Road,Richmond Circle, Bangalore – 560025EO Bangalore www.eonetwork.org