Shekhar Kapur is a well renowned film director and producer. Today Shekhar Kapur is widely hailed as the first 'Bollywood' director to cross over to Hollywood and bring with him the ancient continent's penchant for flare, music, drama, and epic story telling. Shekhar rose to popularity with his 1994 movie Bandit Queen. His other critically acclaimed works include Masoom, Elizabeth, Elizabeth: The Golden Age and Four Feathers.

Shekhar studied Economics at St. Stephen's College and at the age of 22 he became a Chartered Accountant. His career in films began as an actor and later on he went on to directing films, starting with Masoom in 1983 and Mr. India in 1987.

Shekhar is a recipient of the prestigious Padma Shri Award in 2000. His future projects include films like a Long Walk to Freedom, Paani and The Last Full Measure.

At ABOVE, Shekhar will provide insights and guidance to help build new applications and services in the fast growing Digital Media and Social Networking market place.

Ashok served as Vice President and managing partner of the global professional business division of Alcatel-Lucent till March 2008. Prior to joining Alcatel-Lucent in November 2003, he held various management positions with Digital Equipment Corp., Compaq Computer Corporation and Hewlett-Packard.

A native of Singapore based in Beijing, he is the former Managing Director of Keppel T&T, Director of SVOA Public Company Ltd (Thailand) and Radiance Communications Pte Ltd. Dr. Bong is an educator at universities in Beijing, France and Singapore. He is a consultant on business strategy and entrepreneurship, as well as on collaborative R&D projects in the Peoples Republic of China with the Ministry of Education.

Joseph Samuel is a leader with over 30 years of worldwide business experience. He is recognized for his ability to lead, rally a team and deliver business results. Mr. Samuel has held various senior management positions at Nortel Networks in the US, Canada, Japan and India. Prior to his retirement he was the Chairman and Managing Director of Nortel Networks India and was responsible for Indian operations of Nortel Networks from April 1999 to December 2002.

Mr. Chandran is a highly accomplished and respected global executive, investor and board member. He was the Chief Operating Officer of Nortel Networks until he retired in 2001. During the 1990s he successfully awarded software development contracts to Infosys, TCS, and WIPRO. Mr. Chandran currently serves on a number of boards including Novelis Inc., a subsidiary of Hindalco of the the Aditya Birla Group.