Funders and Supporters

CHI is grateful for the support of influential entertainers, artists, policymakers, and thought leaders within its community. Past events have celebrated and honored notable supporters, including:

Noteworthy Honorees & Supporters

Corporate Influencers

  • Ravi Akhoury, MacKay Shields (retired)
  • Ajay Banga, past Executive Chairman of Mastercard (current President of the World Bank)
  • Barbara Corcoran, Founder, The Corcoran Group
  • Indra Nooyi, Former CEO, PepsiCo
  • Dr Swati Piramal, Vice Chairperson, Piramal Group
  • Chitra Sarkar, Executive Director Americas and Europe (retired)
  • Indu Shahani, President & Chairperson, Indian School of Management & Entrepreneurship
  • Sundaram Tagore, Sundaram Tagore Gallery
  • Chandrika Tandon, Founder & Chair, Tandon Capital Associates
  • Madhu Vuppuluri, Operating Partner, Metals & Mining, Essar Capital.

Leaders & Elected Officials

  • Derek O’Brien, Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha
  • Princess Padmaja Kumari Parmar, House of Mewar
  • Yashodhara Raje Scindia, Indian politician and Minister of Sports and Youth Welfare, Technical Education and Skill Development and Employment of Madhya Pradesh.
  • Kamlesh Sharma, Indian diplomat, fifth Secretary General of the Commonwealth of Nations, 2008 to 2016
  • Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament

Philanthropy, Science & Medicine

  • Urmi Basu, Founder and Executive Director, New Light Kolkata
  • Manjul Bhargava, Mathematician
  • Mallika Dutt, Founder, Breakthrough
  • Dr. Nirmal Mattoo, Nephrologist; Chairman, Indo American Arts Council.
  • Dr. Chitranjan Ranawat, Orthopedic Surgeon
  • Bob Roth, meditation teacher, author, and CEO of the David Lynch Foundation
  • Dr. Samin Sharma, Cardiologist
  • Dr. V. Subramaniam
  • Mark Templer, HOPE Worldwide

Arts and Entertainment

  • Manish Arora
  • Rohit Bal
  • Bipasha Basu
  • Juhi Chawla
  • Vidhu Vinod Chopra
    and Anupama Chopra
  • Nandita Das
  • Rohini Dey
  • Anita Dongre
  • Lara Dutta
  • Zarna Garg
  • Ranna Gill
  • Tracey Jackson
  • Sakina Jaffrey
  • Karan Johar
  • Rahul Khanna
  • Rajana Khan
  • Kailash Kher
  • Ritu Kumar
  • Padma Lakshmi
  • Mira Nair
  • Reena Ninan
  • Todd Oldham
  • Ila Paliwal
  • Phylicia Rashad
  • Rakesh Roshan
  • Rachel Roy
  • Sachin & Babi
  • Samin Sharma
  • Suneet Varma
  • JJ Valaya
  • Ali Velshi

Celebrity Chefs

  • Maneet Chauhan
  • Madhur Jaffrey
  • Vikas Khanna

Award Winning Writers

  • Jhumpa Lahiri
  • Suketu Mehta