CHI is proud to count many influential entertainers, artists, policy makers and thought leaders in its circle of supporters. Past events have included and honored supporters such as:

Past sponsors have included:


Leading Influencers

Corporate Leaders

  • Ravi Akhoury, MacKay Shields (retired)
  • Ajay Banga, MasterCard
  • Barbara Corcoran, The Corcoran Group
  • Indra Nooyi, Pepsi
  • Swati Piramal, Piramal Enterprises Ltd
  • Chitra Sarkar, Air India
  • Indu Shahani, the Indian School of Management & Entrepreneurship
  • Sundaram Tagore, Sundaram Tagore Gallery
  • Chandrika Tandon, Tandon Capital Associates
  • Madhu Vuppuluri, Essar

Leaders & Elected Officials

  • Princess Padmaja Kumari Mewar of Udaipur
  • Derek O’Brien, Member of Parliament
  • Kamlesh Sharma, Ambassador to the UN
  • Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament
  • Yashodhara Raje Scindia, Cabinet Minister


Philanthropy, Science & Medicine

  • Urmi Basu, New Light
  • Manjul Bhargava, mathematician
  • Mallika Dutt, Breakthrough
  • Dr. Nirmal Mattoo, nephrologist
  • Dr. Chitranjan Ranawat, orthopedic surgeon
  • Bob Roth, American Transcendental Meditation
  • Dr. Samin Sharma, cardiologist
  • Dr. V. Subramaniam
  • Mark Templer, HOPE Worldwide

Arts & Entertainment

  • Manish Arora
  • Rohit Bal
  • Bipasha Basu
  • cast of Bombay Dreams
  • Juhi Chawla
  • Vidhu Vinod Chopra and Anupama Chopra
  • Nandita Das
  • Rohini Dey
  • Anita Dongre
  • Lara Dutta
  • Tracey Jackson
  • Sakina Jaffrey
  • Karan Johar
  • Ranjana Khan
  • Rahul Khanna
  • Kailash Kher
  • Ritu Kumar
  • Padma Lakshmi
  • Mira Nair
  • Reena Ninan
  • Todd Oldham
  • Phylicia Rashad
  • Rakesh Roshan
  • Rachel Roy
  • JJ Valaya
  • Suneet Varma
  • Ali Velshi


Celebrity Chefs

  • Maneet Chauhan
  • Madhur Jaffrey
  • Vikas Khanna

Award Winning Writers

  • Jhumpa Lahiri
  • Suketu Mehta