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LEADERSHIP On the 28th of March, 2023, the DAIS Leadership Series welcomed Captain
Aman Johri. Capt. Aman Johri is the CEO of an Aerospace and Defence Firm
based in Mumbai. He develops next-generation weapons technology for the
Indian Armed Forces.
SERIES After getting his B.Tech in Aerospace Engineering from SRM University, Capt.
Johri went on to get his MBA and Masters in Astronautics Engineering from
Purdue University, USA, where he worked on NASA related projects including
satellites and rocket launches. Capt. Johri has professional Engineering
experience working with Air India and Etihad Airways, including Airbus, Boeing,
Sikorsky and Bell Civil and Military Helicopters and Aircrafts. He currently holds
the distinction of being the only private defence startup to have provided Air
Harshil Karia is an Entrepreneur and Musician. He is the Founder of Schbang and Defence and security cover to the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India and Chief of
Level with 1000+ people working in these companies. Schbang is a creative and Captain Aman Johri Defence Staff with next gen indigenous weapons technology developed by
technology transformation company that has been featured in LinkedIn's Top Capt. Johri himself.
Startups India for 2021. Schbang on the growth front has delivered 450% increase
Capt. Johri has won several accolades like SKOCH Entrepreneur of the Year at
in just 3 years, making it among the top 500 fastest growing companies in the the Parliament of India in 2018 and Defense Innovation of the Year in 2022. He
APAC region. With the aim of going from India to the World, Schbang is spread is an Airborne Weapons Specialist, Astronautics Engineer, Helicopter Pilot, TEDx
across three major cities and is in the process of launching its offices in London and Speaker and the youngest lifetime member of the prestigious Rotary Wing Society of India. He also serves on several policy panels
Amsterdam in 2022/23. with the Government of India on matters related to national security.
Along with Schbang, Harshil spends his time and energies on building Level. Level Capt. Johri has also represented India at the United Nations and Global Diplomats Forum and is also currently the official Indian
representative at Helicopters Association International, USA. He is also fondly known as India's Tony Stark.
is a technology that unlocks the superpower of meditation by using a variety of
techniques such as meditation, neurotesting, growth-led activities like journaling Harshil Karia During his talk at the event, Capt. Johri enthralled the audience with the Tony-Stark-like personality, narrating numerous exciting
and mind muscle workouts all wrapped up in a neat analytics layer designed for us stories about his missions and journeys with the Indian Armed Forces. One could definitely observe many fascinated faces looking
up at the stage as Capt. Johri gave us insight into how operations in the Indian Armed Forces are executed. He also touched upon
to achieve maximum performance.
how a character in the popular film “Uri” was based on him, a topic that left many students in awe.
He is an avid musician as well with a singles, namely 'Udd Jaa Bandeya' and 'Uthh Apart from sharing his experiences, Capt. Johri also shared his journey to becoming one of India's influential leaders. He spoke of
Jaa Rey' that he has launched drawing inspiration from his entrepreneurial journey.
times when he was just like any student in the audience and how he battled problems and found his confidence through various
As an artist, Harshil seeks to inspire listeners to raise their level of consciousness. Awareness is a big theme in his music. MUNs. He stressed upon the importance of trying new experiences and exploring despite any failures one might face. He also
Mr. Karia spoke to the students about his biggest start-up, Schbang. Established in 2015, is a creative & technology transformation spoke fondly of his time at Purdue University and how he managed to pursue an MS, an MBA and an internship with NASA while
company with offices across Mumbai, Bangalore & Delhi-NCR. With a team strength of 1000+ members, it delivers growth-driven managing his company Jatayu Unmanned Systems from the United States. His hard work and determination seemed to motivate
many students and teachers.
end-to-end solutions across creative development, strategic advisory, film production, web, design, content, data science, media
planning and buying verticals. Capt. Johri's influence was perhaps best described by the scenes after the event. Numerous teachers were seen discussing the
event in the classes that followed and some students had been inspired to decide to join the Armed Forces or other technology
It has been featured as a LinkedIn Top 100 start-ups, Financial Times 'High Growth Companies Asia Pacific 2020, Economic Times 'India's
and engineering fields. A group of 12th graders flooded Capt. Johri with questions even after the event and Capt. Johri was most
Growth Champions' 2019 among others. In the last few years, Schbangers have created some exciting and award-winning digital work welcoming and discussed many topics with them at length over lunch in the school cafeteria. This reaction from the students and
for brands like Jio, Fevicol, J&J, P&G, Unilever, Garnier, Nature's Basket, Ashok Leyland, Asian Paints, Finolex Pipes, Fevikwik, Philips, teachers truly goes to show the massive impact Capt. Johri had on the school community as he inspired many to be risk-takers
London Dairy, Mattel, Xiaomi India, Cure.fit and more recently have had the opportunity to serve Castrol's MCO and PCO business. and dream chasers.
Mr. Karia left the students with a very powerful message: the lessons to achieve success. He advised students to be lifelong learners,
respect people, live life with depth and conviction. DAIS students thoroughly enjoyed hearing Mr. Karia speak and answer their
burning questions. The fact that he graduated from these very halls of DAIS, made his talk very relatable.
Ms. Monisha Narke is the Founder and CEO of RUR Greenlife (RUR: Are you
reducing, reusing, recycling). An environmentalist, she founded RUR Greenlife.
On the 13th of December, 2022 the Leadership Series was honoured by the with a vision to create eco conscious citizens. She has designed an innovative
presence of Ms. Tanya Chaitanya. Ms. Chaitanya was appointed Chief Content aerobic biocomposter which has Indian Patent and is GreenPro certified by the
Officer of Digital & Diversity Initiatives at Reliance and CEO of Her Circle in April Indian Green Building Council. The technology won Bronze Excellence award on
2020 after a 13-year-long service as Editor-in-Chief and CCO at Femina India international platform by SWANA (Solid Waste Association of North America).
where she transformed India's largest selling women's magazine into India's With over 100 decentralised waste management projects across India, RUR
largest women's digital platform with 7x growth.
recycles 500 tonnes of biodegradable waste into compost annually. The RUR
Ms. Chaitanya presented the students with an eye-opening, interactive speech about flagship program Go
her journey to where she is today, including various changes in plans and signs that Green with Tetra Pak, a
led her to her job in media today. She enlightened the students on how her role at collaborative initiative to Ms. Monisha Narke
Her Circle has been revolutionary in that she has conceptualised, created and recycle Tetra pak cartons
Ms. Tanya Chaitanya executed it as a digital community for women worldwide. Her Circle has acquired 290 in retail, was recognized
million+ reach and has 2 lakh registered women entrepreneurs since its launch on
by Limca Book of
March 8, 2021. It is India's largest women's content and social networking platform.
Records. She is passionate
She also covered how her desire to expand an already well-established media about providing innovative solutions to maximise recycling of waste to
publication such as Femina, fuelled her to be instrumental in brand expansion regionally with three successful spin-offs: Femina become a resource. During her talk, she addressed students from grades 6 -
Hindi, Femina Tamil and Femina Bangla, both in print and online. Likewise, under her editorship, Femina expanded its magazine 12, discussing sustainable ways to live. She spoke about her start up and
portfolio and successfully launched Femina Salon & Spa. her journey to establishing RUR Greenlife, as well as the process and work
A strong advocate for women empowerment, Ms. Chaitanya has won 5 UNFPA Laadli Media Awards for Gender Sensitive reportage that the company does. She provided students with examples of ways they
as well as multiple awards ranging from Woman of the Decade in Media Leadership and Gender Journalism by Women Economic can lead a more sustainable life and help the people around them do so
Forum, Women Super Achiever Award by World Women Leadership Congress among others. It was then, no surprise that the too. Since the students live in a city, together with our speaker, they
representation of females, or for that matter any gender, in the media was a prominent topic of discussion as well. discussed ways to implement sustainable living solutions in their buildings -
Before an animated question and answer session with the students concluded the talk, Ms. Chaitanya was kind enough to show compost bins, segregation of their waste and building a supply of fresh
students a video on the work carried out by Her Circle. It showed their work in support of women who faced issues due to water Student Leadership Team fruits and vegetables that residents can grow themselves in their buildings.
scarcity in their village. Sriya Bodapati, Annsh Navle
and Sanaa Beriwala
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