Ms. Samantha Kochhar
Managing Director, Blossom Kochhar

Samantha’s initiation into the hair and beauty industry took place at the age of 11 years under the tutelage of her mother the world-renowned Aromatherapist and hair and beauty specialist Mrs Blossom Kochhar. She completed her professional education at Pivot Point International, Chicago, U.S.A and has the distinction of being awarded for being the youngest teacher in 2000 schools worldwide. Besides being a Hair stylists and leading the team of make-up artistes for Miss world 1996, Samantha has specialized in Body Language and contributed to the newspaper columns besides lecturing management students and staff from the service industry. Her recent appointment as Creative Director of Education Pivot Point India was a natural culmination of this background. She has conducted make-up workshops all over the country for Revlon and Aviance and recently been appointed as the Sunsilk Ambassador and is involved in conceptualizing the latest hair trends, styles for their manuals and hordings, ads for TV besides imparting training to Sunsilk Hair Experts from time to time. Presently she is working with her mother in Delhi as the Artistic Director of Pivot Point India.

Session 3

14:30 - 15:30 Session 3: WHEN BEAUTY & WELLNESS MEETS BUSINESS Session Moderator: Mr. Prasad Sangameshwaran, Editor, The Hindu Business Line
Mr. Chackochen Mathai, GM – Business Development, Trends in Vogue Pvt. Ltd. (A Cavinkare Group Company)
Chackochen has excellent communication and executions skill and has used his skills extensively and gained over 23+ years of experience in the field of franchising in India with double MA and pursuing Ph D... Read More
Mr. G Ramachandran, Director-Promoter, Gold's Gym India
A mentor capitalist with impeccable entrepreneurial spirit and financial expertise has evolved beyond spreadsheets and scripted new success stories from new economy start ups like Tower Capital, Karrox, Key Profiles, Safe House & USP Age... Read More
Mr. Biju Antony, Head – Marketing, Baccarose Perfumes and Beauty Products (Intercraft Trading Pvt. Ltd.)
With over 25 years of experience in manufacturing, retail and distribution, Biju Anthony is one of the pioneers in launching international beauty brands in India. He is currently managing a large part of the business... Read More
Ms. Samantha Kochhar, Managing Director, Blossom Kochhar
Sanjeev has over 25 years of investments and operations management experience in Food and Agribusiness in India as well as internationally. Formerly, he was the President and CE, Reliance Retail, where he was the member of the leadership team responsible for the roll out of 1200 Reliance retail stores (USD 1 Billion investments)... Read More
Mr. Harman Baweja, Co-founder, LYS, Celebrity Fitness Enthusiast, Actor & Dancer
Harman Baweja is a celebrity, fitness enthusiast and dancer. He has played a key role in setting up each and every aspect of LYS Fitness as he supports Bipasha in her drive to keep daughters, mothers, wives and sisters fit... Read More