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Alisha Sadikot is a public historian and educator who uses walking tours, both physical and virtual, as a tool to encourage creative and critical public engagement with Mumbai's urban histories, art and museum collections. Her practice focuses on broadening and deepening art, museum and heritage conversations through the Inheritage Project (since 2015) and Art Walks Mumbai, which she co-founded in 2017. Formerly, Alisha was Curator, Education & Outreach, at the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum from 2012 to 2015 where she helped develop the museum’s popular learning programme. She continues to work with the museum part time as outreach and education consultant.

Preveena Nandakumar is an architect, glass artist and an independent education professional focusing on creating and delivering information on science and sustainability. She started her career as an architect in Bangalore and worked on a variety of projects including the Tsunami rehabilitation project in Puducherry. She was part of a study, analysis and execution of a Sustainable Earth Dome construction in Auroville along with a team of Architects. While living in London, she studied Art & Design (Glass), where she used recycled glass to elevate them into meaningful art. Currently, she works on Education for Sustainability focusing on curiosity based exploration. She also undertakes freelance architectural and interior design projects. Her keen interest in reclaiming, reusing and reimagining has given her opportunities to add value to mind, material and space.

Nandita Tabassum Khan, a film researcher by her nature, teaches in the Department of Media Studies and Journalism at University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh. She provides mentorship to the students of the film based apprenticeship program of the department, Cinema Scope. Along with her recent journal articles on the construction of national culture in Bangladeshi commercial cinema, she won a fellowship grant from the Bangladesh Film Archive, Information Ministry to publish a research book on representation of Baul saint Lalan Shai in Bengali Cinema. Her scholarly focuses are on visual representation, gender, culture and nation state. In her undergrad days she directed a short documentary on national math Olympiad and acted as the assistant director for a documentary on women empowerment.

A STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math) enthusiast / advisor, business manager, trainer, motivational speaker and a seasoned professional with 18 years of experience; Jawad is zealous about helping people reach their true potential and become their best selves. He has been into STEM Education field and is very passionate about spreading STEM awareness in Pakistan. He has managed Robotics Labs as a General Manager Operations before launching his dream project, STEM360. He is passionate about training and development and has so far trained 84,000 students for STEM Education and 14,000 + professionals for Effective Communication, Customer Services & Creative Problem Solving. He has also conceptualized, produced and delivered courses such as Game Development, Python, Cyber Robotics, Mind Math (Soroban Abacus), 3D Design & Printing & Science Workshops.).

Jawad is an invited Judge for Global Robotics Championships of FIRST Lego League, FIRST Global and the National Organizer for World Robot Olympiad. He is honoured to represent Pakistan in United States, Australia, Canada, Mexico, Thailand, UAE, United Kingdom & Turkey. He is also the National Partner for AIRBUS little engineer program, specially designed for students to gain Space Science knowledge. His top priority remains: bringing about behavioural change and enhancement of performance by proper guidance and professional training. He is actively involved in creating awareness about STEM Education throughout Pakistan and has plans to work with strategic partners to create an impact leading towards a meaningful contribution. Jawad holds a Masters Degree in Business and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Middlesex College, London, United Kingdom. He was invited at TEDxSZABIST as a speaker in 2016 to highlight the importance of STEM Education in Pakistan.