IRIS 2022

INSPIRE

RESONATE

INTEGRATE

SUCCEED

About IRIS

IRIS is a series of talks given by people from various walks of life. An acronym for Inspire, Resonate, Integrate, and Succeed. IRIS aims at imparting knowledge and key life lessons through people, who have faced multiple challenges as they struggled to make it to the top of their careers.

Glimpses of Previous year's IRIS

Event Schedule

Padma Shri Popatrao Pawar

Social Activist

Executive Director of Maharashtra state government's Model Village programme.

5th February 2022

Timing: 2PM Onwards

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Mr. Abhijeet Yadav

UPSC Mentor and Youtuber

Over 85k Subscribers on Youtube

6th February 2022

Timing: 4PM Onwards

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Mr. Mohammad Shams Aalam Shaikh

Indian Paraplegic Swimmer

Secured 4 Gold Medals at the Indian Open Para Swimming Championship 2018

12th February 2022

Timing: 4PM Onwards

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Major General Vikram Dev Dogra

AVSM, Motivational and Leadership Speaker

1st Army Officer & only General in the world to do Iron Man twice

13th February 2022

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Speakers for IRIS 2022

Padma Shri Popatrao Pawar

Received the Padma Shri honour for contributing to the field of social work in 2020

Sarpanch of Hiware Bazar, a Gram Panchayat in Ahmednagar

Mr. Abhijeet Yadav


B. Tech in Civil Engineering from IIT Delhi

Cleared UPSC CSE twice

2017 (653rd rank) & 2018 (R-List)

Mr. Mohammad Shams Aalam Shaikh


Recipient of the award for Best Sportsperson with Disability from the President of India in 2021

Represented India at the 2018 Asian Para Games in Jakarta Indonesia

Major General Vikram Dev Dogra

Chief Mentor and Star Icon of Kho-Kho Federation of India

GOC 22 Infantry Division