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one of the oldest wellness organizations of
repute. She has been an advocate of holistic
health and wellness education in hospitali-
ty. She has been a visiting industry expert
and on the board of studies for Master of
Management in Hospitality stream of Mar-
ian College. She continues to contribute her
time to social causes.
She has been part of Peermade Devel-
opment Society (PDS), one of the largest
NGOs for nearly two decades. She has
worked with Tibetan SOS vocational train-
ing center and is involved with Aashita
Foundation in Jaipur, a care home for girls.
She was on the advisory committee of Sa-
hyadri Institute. A graduate in Physics, she
has continued to pursue courses that are of
interest to her, such as Wellness Assessment
& Lifestyle and Food as medicine from ing industry veterans who made a successful
RMIT and Wellness Coaching. She holds transition to the digital and online world.
a CIDESCO, studying at Steiner School in
London and has international diplomas in she has held leading jobs in the cor-
christina Watson Cosmetology and Ayurveda. porate world and is widely recognized
She serves as an Independent Direc-
hristina Watson’s passion and expe- tor on the Board of the Digital India Fund for her role as chief Marketing officer
rience overarch multi-facets of ho- India’s largest private sector fund of funds
Clistic health. She founded Wellness and a part of the MegaFund. of hindustan times and head of broad-
Lifestyle, a multidimensional wellness com- band for airtel. since 2005, Mrinalini
pany, with an eclectic international panel of Mrinalini Gupta
holistic health and wellness experts. has held leadership roles in leading
rinalini Gupta is India’s leading non-profit philanthropic organizations
through her three decades in hospitali- Branding and MarTech profes- and helped set up and manage a school
ty and holistic health, she has facilitat- Msional and is rated among the
most successful venture capitalists in the for girls in rural haryana.
ed wellness in various capacities that consumer proserve space.
Her key strength lies in identifying and
Since 2010, she has been actively in-
included vana retreat, Mandarin ori- translating cultural and consumer insights volved in the fund management space. She
ental and oberoi vilas amongst others. into new businesses in emerging industries is an active angel investor and a limited
and new market segments. partner in several SEBI registered funds,
She is credited for Vana’s pathbreaking She has considerable hands-on func- including India largest private sector fund
and transformative integrated health offer- tional expertise in brand building, compet- of funds. She currently serves as the Execu-
ing. Her latest creation Equine Connect, itive strategy, consumer research, product tive Director of the Ashmolean Fund.
a protocol centered on the therapeutic conceptualization, organization building The Ashmolean Fund is a seed stage
potential of human-horse connect is only and profit center management. co-investor in the conceptualization, cre-
available at Jaipur Riding and Polo Club, She is credited with having created and ation, acquisition and revitalization of
an exclusive partner of Wellness Lifestyle. managed some of India’s leading brands in brands, trade names, copyrights and other
Widely considered as the high priestess the post internet world. She led the team forms of intellectual property for use in the
of wellness and a global thought leader in which conceptualized all the IIT Alumni real and virtual world.
the integrated holistic health space, she Council initiatives including HowdyModi The 12-year fund is a successor entity to
serves on the standing Membership com- and MegaLab. the ten-year India AA Fund which reached
mittee of National Wellness Institute, USA, She is one of the few old world advertis- end of tenure in 2020.

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