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Directors

Navin Krishna Giri

Navin is a lawyer by profession in India. His qualifications are BA, L.L.B and a Master’s in Social Work (MSW). Apart from the field of law Navin has been instrumental in organizing various socio-cultural events for over many years. He has been associated with Media and Films for years and has been providing creative consultancy to various companies and organizations. Navin is actively involved with Community service and social work. Navin along with Amarjeet Singh host some very popular Conversation and Interview based show’s namely: Champions of Canada & Kyon Ghanti Bajee.

Amarjeet Singh

Amarjeet is a Tabla Maestro. He is the founder of Naad Arts Centre which was established in 2006.He has a master’s degree in music – Tabla (Indian classical drums). In the thirty years of his teaching and performing career he has trained and mentored students in India, Germany, USA, Uzbekistan, and Canada, and has accompanied on Tabla a myriad of leading musicians and dancers.

Amarjeet has won various scholarship from the “Music and Drama Academy” of Rajasthan (India). He has also been awarded additional honors, such as: Sangeet Bhushan (music jewel) from the Rajasthan Education Department, Leadership Circle Award by the Canadian Red Cross, Heritage Defender Award by Darpan Magazine, Innovation in the Arts Award by Drishti Magazine, Nominated for the Surrey Mayor’s Arts Award, City of Surrey.

Amarjeet has over 30 years of experience in organizing and managing Musical, Social and Corporate events. Amarjeet has creative experience in films and media apart from understanding the finer nuances of editing and sound production. He is actively involved with Community service and social work. Amarjeet along with Navin Giri host some very popular Conversation and Interview based show’s namely: Champions of Canada & Kyon Ghanti Bajee.

Bonny Singh

Bonny is an Insurance Advisor in Vancouver, British Columbia. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree (B. Com) with honours from the University of Delhi (India), a Diploma in French from Alliance Francaise, New Delhi and also has a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Lucknow. He is committed to the cause of community service and is a visible face in the community.

Our Board of advisors are professionals and are distinguished in their areas of expertise.

NEERAJ KUMAR MISHRA

Neeraj is a distinguished Chess Player. He is a renowned chess player of India and is very popular amongst the chess playing fraternity. He has been an international chess Master-1991, FIDE trainer since 2008 & FIDE Arbiter since 2022.Some of his rankings at the international level are: ASIAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP New Delhi 1983 BRONZE (TEAM), ASIAN, JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP Hong Kong 1985 SILVER, PARKWAY IM TOURNAMENT Singapore 1989 2ND, ASIAN CITIES RAPID (FOR JAMSHEDPUR) Dubai 1992 SILVER (SCORED 8/9), ASIAN CITIES (FOR JAMSHEDPUR) Dubai 1992 4TH (TEAM). He also has the unique distinction of being selected as a Coach to Indian team for the Asian Youth Chess Championship 2022 at Bali, Indonesia to be held in October 2022. He is the guiding light and advisor to Subhadra Academy for Innovation Society in the field of chess and sports.

VISHAL KUMAR MINZ

Vishal is a chess player and FIDE Arbiter. He has experience of being both a Chief as well as a Deputy Chief arbiter in many national as well as state level competitions like Olympic Day Blitz Championships organised by the Jharkhand Olympic Association in association with the All-Jharkhand Chess Association. He was also the Deputy Chief Arbiter for the Inter Divisional Chess Championship (Online, National level) organised by TATA Steel, Jamshedpur. Arbiter for the National Senior Women, Junior Open and Junior Girl’s Online Championship organised in 2021 by the All-India Chess Federation. Arbiter of Asian Youth Online chess championship in 2021 organized by the Asian Chess federation and many more of such tournaments. Vishal is also certified by FIDE for the Advanced level Certification in Arbiter Training Programme of Online/Hybrid Tournaments. In academics, Vishal is pursuing a degree in B.Tech -Electrical and Electronics Engineering.