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INDER DUGAL

Director Operations, Amber Tours Pvt Ltd

RAJESH OJHA

Partner, Banjra Camps & Retreats

VISHWAS MAKHIJA

Managing Director, Luxury India Holidays, Pvt Ltd

SANJAR IMAM

Founder Director, Panache World

AJEET BAJAJ

Managing Director, Snow Leopard Adventures Pvt Ltd

RAJAN TIWARI

Director, Duurbeen Bespoke (P) Ltd

RITU GOYAL

Founder, Ease India Travel

KAI JABIR FRIESE

Managing Editor, India Today Magazine

RAJEEV KHOLI

Managing Director, Creative Travel

NEINA NGILYLANG

CK Bliss, Itanagar

Energetic and always rearing to go, Inder Dugal is passionate about travel and curating new experiences. Born in Delhi, Inder studied in the US, and has vast experience working in the financial sector, and outsourcing space. He move to India when he relaised that travel was his true calling. Today as Operations Director for Amber Tours, Inder lead tours, curates novel experiences, narrates untold stories about India, and travels regularly with clients. He is also involved in recceing news sports and creating amazing experiences as part of his job. The blunt of process rigor and creativity keeps him motivated to follow his passion relentlessly everyday.

INDER DUGAL

Director Operations, Amber Tours Pvt Ltd

With years of experience working in the leisure, travel and tourism space, Rajesh Ohja has deep roots in the field of Indian Adventure travel. He founded Banjara camps way back in 1993 during which he opened Kinnaur;s first dwelling for travellers: a campsite with Swiss Cottage Tents in Sangla Valley and thus pioneered the concept of luxury camping in India. An ardent advocate and practitioner of sustainable and responsible tourism, Rajesh is a founding member of the Eco-Tourism Society of Himachal Pradesh. He has served on the board of the ATOAI and lso runs a food company that aims to preserve and celebrate traditional cusine and heirloom recipes form kitchens across India

RAJESH OJHA

Partner, Banjra Camps & Retreats

VISHWAS MAKHIJA

Managing Director, Luxury India Holidays Pvt Ltd

A well-known name in the adventure travel fraternity, Vishwas Makhija has spent over two decade in running one of India’s most successful adventure travel companies. India insight tours which he started in 1996, since 1988. Vishwas has worked in the field of adventure tourism starting from the grassroots level as a camp boy, camp assistant, and even a trekking guide. He set up a second company Luxury India Holidays Pvt. ltd in 2004 with a special focus on the high-end travel seeking niche travel experiences. An avid trekker he currently serves on the board of the adventure tour operators association of India along with several other positions in the Indian tourism industry. Apart from travel, he enjoys soccer and cooking

SANJAR IMAM

Founder Director, Panache World

An entrepreneur by destiny and design, Sanjar Imam entered the alluring world of travel and tourism through Cox & Kings, 33 years ago. With an ambition ‘to travel the world and learn’, Sanjar has been living his dream by not only travelling extensively but also by designing and orchestrating bespoke travel experiences. Through the years, he has organized spiritual journeys to Tibet and Egypt, curated a Round the World Trip on a chartered jet and even managed logistics for the Royal Family in Britain. Today, Panache World organizes curated trips to over 80 countries and is a part of several luxury consortiums such as Traveller Made. Sanjar is also the President of Karnataka Tourism Forum, a post he has held for two terms consecutively.

A keen adventurer and explorer, Ajeet Bajaj has many firsts to his credit. He is the first Indian to have completed the Polar Trilogy which entails skiing to the North Pole, to the South Pole and across Greenland. He is also the first Asian to have rafted and kayaked some of the world’s most challenging rivers spanning six continents. A winner of several medals in national and international rafting and kayaking competitions, Ajeet is a PADI (Professional Association of Diving Instructors) certified rescue diver and qualified as a mountaineering instructor from ENSA, French National School of Skiing and Alpinism. He has several awards to his credit including the prestigious Padma Shri which was awarded to him in 2012.

AJEET BAJAJ

Managing Director, Snow Leopard Adventures Pvt Ltd

With a passion for the unusual and a keen eye for detail, Rajan Tiwari has vast years of experience in the travel and tourism space. He is the director of Duurbeen Bespoke (P) Ltd which specializes in curating exclusive travel experiences for clients in the luxury space. Value for money and customer satisfaction through bespoke experiences is Duurbeen’s mantra. Ranjan Twari’s fervor and enthusiasm to do things differently has resulted in Duurbeen becoming the ‘go-to’ organization if one is looking for an offbeat luxury travel experience.

RAJAN TIWARI

Director Duurbeen Bespoke (P) Ltd.

After 17 years of journalism, Ritu Goyal took her love for travel one step further when she started Ease India Travel, a Pune-based start-up in 2017. Ease India offers personalized holidays to select destinations and specializes in tours that are quirky, offbeat, fun, and filled with a ‘surprise’ element. Ease India firmly believes in compassion and inclusion. Ritu describes herself as an Eco-Travelpreneur and she is an avid trekker, adventure-seeker, investigative journalist, former lecturer in Pone’s Symbiosis University, and a mother of two teenagers. She is a specialist in destinations like Bhutan, Bahrain, Kangra valley in Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Bastar (Chhattisgarh), and Coorg.

RITU GOYAL

Founder, Ease India Travel

KAI JABIR FRIESE

Managing Editor, India Today Magazine

A long time and well-known journalist and writer, Kai Jabir Friese is currently managing editor of India Today which is India’s leading English news magazine. Over the years, Kai has authored several op-eds, columns, essays and features for a variety of publications including The New York Times and International New York Times, GEO (France), N+l, Tank magazine, Scroll.in, GQ (India), National Geographic Traveller (India) and GEO Saison (Germany). An old friend and supporter of the Siang Rush program, Kai loves adventure, travel and music.

RAJEEV KHOLI

Managing Director, Creative Travel

With a family tradition of being in the travel industry, Rajeev Kohli has over 23 years of industry experience in the tourism sector. Rajeev has a Master’s in Business from the University of Southern California with specializations in Marketing and Entrepreneurship and is also a CIS-Certified Incentive Specialist. Creative Travel which was set up 43 years ago with a vision to showcase the best India had to offer, is today one of India’s largest and most respected family owned Indian travel companies. Rajeev is also a prolific writer too and has been the recipient of the prestigious “IMEX Academy Award” in 2015 and was recognised as one of the ’25 Most Influential People in the Global Incentive industry’ in 2017.

Based in Arunachal Pradesh, Neina Ngilyang is a yoga therapist, instructor and pilates trainer. With an undying passion for fitness, Neina has several certifications to her credit. After completing her MSc. in Yoga therapy from Svyasa yoga university, Bangalore, she completed the Yoga Instructor course from the same institute. She has also completed the Aerial Yoga teacher training from Krishna Yoga Shala, Hyderabad and the Pilates teacher training course from The Zone, Bangalore. She believes in mindful and meditative practice for a healthy body and mind. She enjoys sports and travel.

NEINA NGILYLANG

CK Bliss, Itanagar

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