SHALINI VIG

With Masters in Business and Advertising, Journalism and Marketing and with more than 25 years experience in Multi industry corporate experience that includes Real Estate, Telecom, CSR & Hospitality. After 21 years in the corporate sector, heading communications & PR for companies like DLF, MTS, Paharpur, Radisson etc, Shalini launched “100 degrees Events & Entertainment” in 2010. The company focuses on conceptualizing events to build awareness for various social causes like Cancer, Autism and Child & Women welfare. It also promotes the real estate luxury segment.

  • Felicitated with the prestigious ‘Priyadarshini Award’ for Outstanding Woman Entrepreneur by the Federation of Indian Women Entrepreneurs & Federation of International Women Entrepreneur at the 12th Global Women Entrepreneurs Conference, New Delhi.
  • Felicitated with the “Times Power Icon North 2018” for social entrepreneurship by the Times of India group.
  • Felicitated with ’50 Most Impactful Social Innovators, Global Listing’ at the World CSR Congress 2016, Mumbai.
  • Felicitated with ‘The Bharat Nirman Award’ for Social Entrepreneurship in 2013.
  • Felicitated with the ‘Rajiv Gandhi Excellence Award’ for working on Eradication of Cancer, in 2016.
  • On the Advisory Board of the International Polytechnique for Women in New Delhi
  • On the Advisory Board of the World CSR Congress, Mumbai
Shalini’s ventures include :
  • • Festival of Hope – A Cancer awareness Fundraiser that celebrates the courage and spirit of Cancer Survivors. More than 65000 people have been associated with this event in the last Four years. These include bollywood stars, designers, models, cricketers, doctors and many other professionals. Funds are raised to support the awareness programs across different segments of the society and also offer financial aid to the needy via hospitals and NGO’s.
  • • Festival of Art – A platform for the Emerging artist, to promote their work via the right venue/audiences. The Art Walk concept was inaugurated by the Chairman of the DLF Group, at the DLF Golf & Country Club. More than 600 Artist from all over India & Abroad participated.
  • • PR and Communications campaigns on a national and international level for select clients.
  • Favorite quote: Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life and don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. Most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become.” – Steve Jobs

NAINTARA SINGH

A passionate 19 year old, Naintara Singh has been both, a social contributor and a participant for the Festival of Hope. Involved with the organisation since its inception, Naintara has lent her hand in all seven seasons both onstage and backstage. She has also helped create content for the social media platforms and official website, in order to spread the organisation’s message to all corners. She is currently pursuing English at Jesus and Mary College, and has been involved as Editor in Chief in the field of editing for the past 8 years, amongst other things. She is passionate about social work and besides cancer awareness, she has worked to educate underprivileged children, autistic children and also for the well being of stray animals.