By Tricitynews Reporter
Chandigarh 09th
August:- INK, India’s foremost platform
for the exchange of cutting-edge ideas and inspiring stories today announced
its much awaited list of INK Fellows 2016. Each year Fellows are selected out
of hundreds of applications for a focused engagement where INK Fellows interact
with like-minded peers on unconventional career paths, and from various fields
of expertise.
The INK Fellows Program
is conducted in association with the TATA Trusts. Tata Trusts encourage innovative ideas and
entrepreneurial spirit which is so palpable in the youth of the nation; thereby
playing a catalytic role in bringing these ideas to fruition by making the
change makers meet the change agents. The Trusts endeavor to maintain
sustainability and innovation at the forefront of all its initiatives and
believe that tapping and nurturing young innovative minds in the right
direction may yield great results and opportunities in the rapidly changing
world.
The 7th batch of INK Fellows are an uber select group of
diverse talents and include Adhik Kadam (Social), Aditi Gupta (Entrepreneur),
Akshay Nanavati (BlueSky), Anshul Tewari (Social), Avinash Saurabh (Health),
Chandan Gomes (Art), Dheeraj Roy (Research), Ere Gowda (Film), Haleem Khan
(Dancer), Harshit Agarwal (Tech), Kalyani Khona (Entrepreneur), Kenta Koga
(Education), Keshav Reddy (Entrepreneur), Kourosh Ziabari (Culture), Laura
Kriefman (Art), Mahesh Jadav (Social), Neha Bagaria (Entrepreneur), Nirali
Kartik (Music), Pallavi Gupta (Social), Pavan Kumar (Tech), Prasenjeet Yadav
(Photography), Pratik Shah (Tech), Sameer Seth (Entrepreneur), Sandhya Goli
(Sport), Sarvesh Shashi (Health), Sattvik Mishra (Entrepreneur), Shannon Olsson
(Science), Suranga Nanayakarra (Research) and Veerappan Swaminathan (Social).
Speaking on the occasion David Rowan, Editor WIRED said that he is happy
to admit that we stole the Ink Fellows idea for the Wired Innovation Fellowship
in London. The caliber, talent and diversity of INK Fellows he meet each time
he is at the forum is world-class; we are delighted to be a part of a programme
that has both its heart and head in exactly the place that the world needs.
INK Fellows are given a platform to showcase their work and ideas to a global
audience through INK’s flagship annual event, the INK Conference. The Fellows receive mentorship, support and more importantly a platform for discovery and exposure like no other. This
engagement facilitates change-makers access to potential customers, funding
opportunities, accolades and other forms of support critical to their journey
and success.
Lakshmi Pratury, Host and Curator of the
INK Talks said that INK’s mission is to accelerate the journeys of our Fellows
to their desired destinations by providing them access to valuable resources
and reach to a wider audience; thereby creating impact.
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