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He is the senior manager of research and development department of Tesla Motors, San Francisco. He has graduated from Stanford University, California. He is the founder of "219 Design LLC" as well as the designer of top leading models of Tesla like Roadster 2, Tesla Semi, Model S, Model X, Model 3 and many more. He has worked with the US Government on renewable energy resources and also has various patents filed under his name for fuel efficient products.
He is an American Neuroscientist, DJ, model, data analyst and science communicater. His TEDx talk on neuroplasticity, entitled "Neurohacking: Rewiring your Brain" received over a million views on YouTube. His album "The Don Vaughn experiment" is a popular hit on YouTube. He has made an application which catches neuro signals from babies and converts it to speech. His research has been featured in worldwide popular magazines like The Time, Cosmopolitan etc. Presently he is a teaching faculty at Santa Clara University.
He is a levitation engineer at Hyperloop One, Los Angeles. He did his PhD from Caltech University. He has worked with NASA in the field of artificial intelligence and has also written a book called "Mars Exploration Technology". He was one of the top writers of Quora from 2014 to 2017 and one of his answers has been published in Forbes magazine. He is also a pilot and a musician.
An Indian filmmaker and screenwriter, well known for writing and directing Rang de Basanti, Bhaag milkha Bhaag, Delhi 6 and many more. He also owns a film production company named as "ROMP Pictutes". He received great credit for his movie "Rang de Basanti", winning the "Best Director Award", "BAFTA award" nomination for the best foreign language movie and it was also recommended for Oscar Award 2006-2007. His movie "Bhaag Milkha Bhaag" also turned out to be a commercial and critical success. His documentary "Bollywood: the greatest love story ever told" was featured in Cannes Film Festival 2012.
Subramanian Swamy is an Indian politician and economist who serves as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.He was the President of the Janata Party. Swamy has served as a member of the Planning Commission of India and was a Cabinet Minister in the Chandra Shekhar government.
Dr.-Ing Ulrich Bez is the non-executive chairman of Aston Martin and former CEO of Aston Martin. Dr. Bez published a book "Making Aston Martin", which describes his background as well as his work at Aston Martin.
He is a skeptic-psychic entertainer who specializes in mind reading amd telepathy. He has also secured Emmy award nomination in 2002.
He is the Project Director and Technology director at LCA(Light combat Aircraft ) , Aeronautical Development Agency, Ministry of Defense, Government of India. He is the man behind the development of Tejas.
Globally renowned, Chris Korn has captivated audiences in over 20 foreign countries - from Japan to South Africa - and in over 100 cities in the United States, showcasing his extensive repertoire of ecstatic illusion. Since starring in his own series, MONDO MAGIC, on A&E, MONDO MAGIC SINGAPORE, & MAGIC ASIA on AXN (the #1 TV show throughout Asia and Singapore).
Dr. Henry Throop was responsible for the oversight and management of two of the NASA's major scientific research programs, one of which is New Horizons Mission. Throop’s work has been featured in Science, Nature, Time, The Washington Post and on the History Channel and National Geographic TV. Throop had been working on NASA’s New Horizons mission since 2003, in preparation for its arrival at Pluto in July, 2015, which has been successfully achieved.
Roel Vertegaal is an interaction designer and scientist working in the area of Human-Computer Interaction. He is best known for his pioneering work on flexible and paper computers, with systems such as PaperWindows (2004), PaperPhone (2010) and PaperTab (2012). He is also known for inventing ubiquitous eye input, such as Samsung's Smart Pause technologies, and BitDrones, one of the first programmable matter user interfaces.
He is the General Manager at Microsoft, India, with extensive opportunity identification, strategy definition, strategy implementation, and business management experience gained through 20 years of cross-sector and cross-functional management consulting experience and business leadership roles.
Sir Harold Walter Kroto, FRS, known as Harry Kroto, was an English chemist. He shared the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert Curl and Richard Smalley for their discovery of fullerenes. He is the recipient of many other honors and awards.
Mr.Strabala has designed more than 50 world-renowned developments in North America, Asia and Europe, including three of the world’s 10 tallest buildings namely Burj Khalifa, Shanghai Tower and Zifeng Tower. His projects include the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre in Hong Kong, the 5 Canada Square building at London’s Canary Wharf, and the Houston Ballet.
The renowned director of the television show ‘ Satyamev Jayate” , which has completed 3 seasons and 25 episodes so far , also the co-writer and director of Zokkomon produced by Walt Disney released in 2011, is also a member of Indian lawyer association and wrote and directed “Bombay Lawyers” which was a critically acclaimed series dealing with important issues.
Jeff Lieberman is the host of the show Time Warp on Discovery Channel. Lieberman, originally from Florida, holds two B.S. degrees, in Mathematics and Physics, and two M.S. degrees, in Mechanical Engineering.