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GUEST SPEAKERS

D r J a s k i r a n B e d i is a development advisor, economist, and thriving author. She has

authored an book titled English Language in India and is currently working in an
advisory capacity under the Chief Minister’s Urban Leaders Fellowship.

Ms . S h a l i n a V i c h i t r a is a BFA and MFA from College of Art, New Delhi. As a recipient
of the Human Resource Development Scholarship (Govt. of India) and Gold Medalist of
the College of Art, she says her work is about addressing identities and becoming part

of larger issues that address the conflict and contradictions of urban living situations.

Mr . V i k r a m Ch o p r a is the CEO and Co-Founder of CARS24. He is a former Co-
Founder of FabFurnish and Investment Analyst of Sequoia Capital and was Business
Analyst at McKinsey & Company. Mr. Chopra received a B.Tech and M.Tech in

Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay and earned an MBA in Finance at
the University of Pennsylvania - The Wharton School.

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a n d d e c i d e d t o s h a r e t h e s e c r e t s o f i t s r i c h h e r i t a g e w i t h t h e r e s t o f t h e w o r l d . T h r o u g h
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f l e d g e d w e b s i t e ( w w w . m o n u m e n t s o f d e l h i . c o m ) , h e s t a t e s t h a t h e " h a d a m a z i n g
e x p e r i e n c e s a n d m e t i n t e r e s t i n g p e o p l e . " T h e w e b s i t e i s t h u s a t r i b u t e t o e v e r y o n e w h o
l o v e s D e l h i a n d c a r e s f o r i t s r i c h h e r i t a g e .

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