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Niharika NM has made a name for herself as a talented content creator. Through her hard work and dedication, she has achieved numerous accolades and opportunities in the industry. In 2022, Niharika received the Youth Icon - Entertainer of the Year award at the World Influencers and Bloggers Awards in Cannes. She has also served as a global ambassador for "Creators for Change" program twice in a row for YouTube and been featured as a case study at Chapman University in California. Niharika has had the chance to work with notable figures in the industry, including Rocking Star Yash, Mahesh Babu, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Vijay Devarakonda, Aamir Khan, and Ranbir Kapoor, and made her television debut on the popular Indian talk show "Koffee With Karan" becoming one of the first content creators to be on the show along with Kusha Kapila, Danish Sait and Tanmay Bhatt. In addition, Niharika has also worked with reputable brands such as boAt, Disney + Hotstar, Zomato, Asian Paints, and KFC. As a Forbes Asia 30 under 30 honoree, Niharika continues to make a positive impact in the content creation industry.

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Marketing evangelist with a focused, result and process oriented approach in cross-functional areas of Marketing. An experienced Brand Custodian and leader with over 18 years of learnings at Business & Corporate levels in 360° Brand Marketing, Brand Strategy, Content Creation, Digital Marketing, Social Commerce, Trade/Channel Marketing, CRM, Product Management, Alliances & Promotions. Since joining Universal Sportsbiz as a part of its Founding Team, Nishant Poddar has helped grow the company from a lone brand Collectabillia to a strong House of Fashion Brand with the launch of Wrogn, Wrogn Active & others. As Chief Marketing Officer, he is responsible for driving Brand strategies, Marketing, Visual Merchandising, Displays, Establishing Retail Identity & importantly the showcase of the brands at USPL, along with driving business across the Sales Network. A Marketer with an analytical bent of mind, following a simple process of decision making i.e. Emotions of Brain and the Analysis of Heart. Coz’ numbers don’t lie. Marketing evangelist with a focused, result and process oriented approach in cross-functional areas of Marketing. An experienced Brand Custodian and leader with over 18 years of learnings at Business & Corporate levels in 360° Brand Marketing, Brand Strategy, Content Creation, Digital Marketing, Social Commerce, Trade/Channel Marketing, CRM, Product Management, Alliances & Promotions. Since joining Universal Sportsbiz as a part of its Founding Team, Nishant Poddar has helped grow the company from a lone brand Collectabillia to a strong House of Fashion Brand with the launch of Wrogn, Wrogn Active & others. As Chief Marketing Officer, he is responsible for driving Brand strategies, Marketing, Visual Merchandising, Displays, Establishing Retail Identity & importantly the showcase of the brands at USPL, along with driving business across the Sales Network. A Marketer with an analytical bent of mind, following a simple process of decision making i.e. Emotions of Brain and the Analysis of Heart. Coz’ numbers don’t lie.

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• Mr. Romesh Kumar Puri is an Officer of the Indian Economic Service. He is a Postgraduate in Economics from Himachal Pradesh University. • Presently serving as Joint Director in DPIIT looking after E-Commerce, Internal trade, and Open Network of Digital Commerce. • He has been closely working on some of the key policies in emerging areas of E-Commerce while also looking at ways to enhance and strengthen Retail trade. • He has in depth experience in trade and research across sectors and has headed multiple studies as part of the Tariff Commission • He also has substantial experience in Trade negotiations and has been working on FTAs across competing nations • Overall, he has more than 30 years of experience in various Departments of the Government of India including Labour Bureau, National Sample Survey organisation, Tariff Commission, Finance Commission, Ministry of Road Transport & Highways and DPIIT.

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Pradeep Kumar Sampath is a thought leader, accomplished business leader and entrepreneur with over two decades of experience in Cards, Payments and other Fintech sectors. Currently he is the CEO and co-founder of nStore Technologies, a micro-marketplace platform for small and medium retail businesses. He has been in this role since April 2018. Prior to this, he worked at mRupee (mobile wallet business of Tata) as the Chief Executive Officer from March 2013 to April 2018, where he launched a new open-loop prepaid VISA card in partnership with RB, among other accomplishments. Before that, Pradeep worked as the Vice President Sales (Middle East, Africa) at Opus Consulting Solutions for Electra Card Services Private Limited from April 2010 to February 2013, where he was responsible for the Middle East and Africa business. He has also held positions as Director Sales at Euronet Services India Private Limited, Regional Manager at IBM Global Services India, Senior Sales Executive at Wipro Limited, Senior Sales Manager at Wipro Limited India, and Manager Major Accounts at Network Solutions Limited India. In his various roles, Pradeep has been responsible for sales and business development, launching new products and services, and expanding businesses into new regions. He has worked with a range of products and services, including electronic payments solutions, mobile wallets, network solutions, and more.

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Praveen has 18 years of industry experience including 16 years of Strategy & Business Transformation Consulting experience. He leads Sales Acceleration & Growth Solution for Deloitte Consulting in India primarily focusing on advising clients in the Retail sector. His recent experiences have been in the areas of Digitally enabled Business Transformation, Growth oriented Omni-channel transformation, D2C & e-commerce, Sales transformation through Execution Excellence, Future of Retail etc​