Colonel Tej Kumar Tikoo
Col. Tej Kumar Tikoo (Retd), PhD, was born at Srinagar. After completing his school and college education at Srinagar, he joined the Indian Army, being commissioned into 1st Battalion of the newly raised Naga Regiment on August 22, 1971. Soon thereafter, he found himself fighting the 1971 Indo-Pak war in the eastern sector, which resulted in the creation of Bangladesh. As an infantryman, Col. Tikoo spent a major portion of his thirty-four years of service in the army on the line of control in Jammu and Kashmir or fighting insurgency operations. Col. Tikoo is a graduate of the prestigious Defense Services Staff College and has been an instructor in the Senior Command wing of the Army War College at Mhow. Post his retirement in 2004, he authored a book by the name Kashmir: Its Aborigines and their Exodus which throws light on Kashmir, starting from pre-historic times up to the Abrogation of Article 370 in 2019.
Shri Sukamal Das
Mr Sukamal Das was born in Shillong, a city in the North Eastern part of India where he completed his Higher Secondary schooling. He currently works and lives in London, UK. He started his professional career as a Scientist in multiple pharmaceutical companies and a few years later as a part of Civil Service Stream, joined the UK Civil Services. He has served in different capacities in Central Government and NHS organizations where he has been managing various national research, vaccine and healthcare programs. In addition, he completed his professional certificate courses in GCP from Royal Holloway, University of London, and in Intellectual Property from the UK IPO Office.
During his days in India he actively participated in various charitable activities through various NGOs & he realized one of the main reasons of underdevelopment & lack of unity in India is the lack of co-ordination among different stakeholders. He thereby made it his lifelong mission to create synergy among different stakeholders and bring prosperity to his beloved nation.
Dr. Ashwin Bhosale
Dr. Ashwin Bhosle is a leading Physician, Intensivist and Philanthropist in bustling city of Mumbai who has dedicated his life to medical, social, cultural, educational and religious activities all over India. He is a Diplomat of National Board in the field of medicine & also holds a prestigious degree of Royal college of Physician, UK & post Graduate Diploma from Boston, USA . He is also an esteemed member of ISCCM & API India.He has treated over 50,000 patients successfully. His dedication and passion to work is unparalleled, a fact that is attested by his 95% success rate and the devotion he has earned among the patient community.He was the pioneering spirit behind the Abhiyaan Foundation which has been conducting free medical camps with the belief that every human being ought to have access to medical treatment that could potentially save their lives irrespective of their socioeconomic background. He has been leading from the front during the Covid Pandemic in Mumbai & has been felicitated for the same. He now plans to spend the rest of his life for national integration & harmony and therby work with like minded organizations to create a synergy amongst them for a united & prosperous India.