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Award-winning Historian & Biographer, Author of ‘India After Gandhi: A History of the World’s Largest Democracy’

Ramachandra Guha (Ramachandra Guha Speaker)is acknowledged as a world authority in three distinct fields of scholarship, pioneering in the field of environmental history in South Asia, having authored several landmark essays on environmentalism and being seen as a pioneer in the field of sports history. He is a columnist for The Telegraph, Khaleej Times and The Hindustan Times newspapers. He is a fellow of Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. A historian and journalist, he is author of ‘India after Gandhi: The History of the World’s Largest Democracy’, edits ‘The Picador Book of Cricket’ and is a regular columnist with The Telegraph of Calcutta.

“Indian democracy’s pre-eminent chronicler” Time Magazine

[expand title=”In detail”] Ramachandra Guha graduated from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi with a BA in Economics and then attained an MA from the Delhi School of Economics (University of Delhi). He then went to Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, where he did a Fellowship (equivalent to a Ph.D.) on the social history of forestry in Uttaranchal, that focused on the Chipko movement, which was later published as ‘The Unquiet Woods’. His books and essays have been translated into more than twenty languages. His essay ‘Radical American Environmentalism and Wilderness Preservation’ has been reprinted in more than thirty anthologies.[/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]With books covering a wide range of themes, including a global history of environmentalism, a biography of an anthropologist-activist, a social history of Indian cricket, and a social history of Himalayan peasants, Ramachandra Guha is a ground-breaking pioneer, who is regarded as one of the hundred most influential public intellectuals in the world by Prospect and Foreign Policy magazines. He has emerged as the most prominent chronicler of India’s past and of its present and he is very much in demand at prestigious events worldwide.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]The author-historian-sociologist-cricket expert-environmentalist, Ramachandra Guha has own direct no-nonsense, and sometimes controversial, style. One thing you can’t accuse Ramachandra Guha of is mincing his words. He is also part of our Top Indian keynote speakers. [/expand]
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American Documentary Filmmaker, Academy Award®-nominated Director, Humourist, TV Producer, Screenwriter & Journalist

Morgan Spurlock is the Creator and host of the reality program 30 Days on the FX Network. He became his own guinea pig in the Academy Award nominated 2004 hit documentary, Super Size Me. As writer, director, and producer of the film, he shed light on the epidemic of obesity in America, making one of the highest-grossing documentaries in history. His latest film, POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold, premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival.

“The film and the book continue to make an impact on the way the world sees fast food”

[expand title=”In detail”] Morgan Spurlock graduated with a BFA in film from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts in 1993. He has an amazing career spanning film, non-fiction literature, television and, theatre. His second feature documentary, Where in the World is Osama Bin Laden? premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008. His popular documentary celebration of The Simpsons, The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special in 3-D on Ice! was nominated for a 2011 Writer’s Guild award. He was also one of the celebrated directors behind the film adaptation of the best-selling book, Freakonomics. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Morgan Spurlock makes documentary film and TV that is personal, political and, above all, deeply empathetic. With humour and persistence, he provides fascinating insights into how he dived into the hidden but influential world of brand marketing, on his quest to make a completely sponsored film about sponsorship. [/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]With fun and sobering humour, Morgan gives global audiences a look at the legal, financial, and physical costs of America’s hunger for fast food, having left an impact on US culture. Scathingly funny, subversive, and deceptively smart, Morgan’s newest lecture shines the definitive light on our branded future.[/expand]
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