Yes, Extravagant is the word! And how can we not use it? Interesting people, great
learnings, amazing venue & Sula wine to make the evening more fun!
I am sure all the participants will agree with me when I say that we absolutely enjoy every
event but this one was something else. For all those who couldn’t join us, let me walk you
through the event & make you jealous..haha!

So, we started with our Namaste session, people started socializing over Hi-Tea. Trust me
we had to request them then force them to take their order to start sessions.
Even though we had to do that to take care of the schedule, it also made us happy because
Connect, Collaborate Cultivate is our motto!
Tech Youtuber Arun Prabhudesai enthralled the participants with his success story and the
dos and don ts of becoming a successful YouTube sensation. Extremely engaging session.
Barclays India Director Archna Negi introduced the concept of Data Science to the audience
touched upon the concepts of Data Engineering, Data Analysis, Hadoop, Structured Data,
Unstructured Data and more! Very informative session.
After these two sessions, it was time for Panel Discussion. It was moderated by our very
own Adit Chouhan. He asked our speakers about their professional journey, their experience learnings. Panel Discussion definitely helped us to know more about our lovely enthusiastic speakers.
This event was extra special because we introduced a new segment called ‘Real Heroes’ in

this edition, in which we invite people who have managed to make lemonade when life threw lemons at them. Our first speaker in this series Ruchi Singh inspired us with her story
of coming out of her abusive relationship creating a completely new life for herself motivating, inspiring and counseling others. Did you know, she has been honored with
the Power House Award! Kudos Ruchi Singh, way to go!

Networking over wine tasting by Sula Vineyards was a hit as usual. And you know something, this is my personal favorite segment as well. Many conversations and multiple opportunities were discussed, lots of ideas, thoughts, achievements dreams were
shared. So now you know why I like this one, it’s the most interesting fun segment!
It will be unfair to not talk about the venue. For starter, we were at one of the best
happening locations of our town, Koregaon Park. Second, both places Boteco – Restaurante
Brasileiro (for our sessions) Botequim Cervejaria (for wine tasting networking) had great
ambiance, helpful staff, good food good but not too loud music. Perfect our event!
Last but not least, our team. We worked really hard to put this all together, not to

mention it worked and how! Adit Chouhan, Prerana Chouhan, Neha Thakur (that’s me, by the way, Ankur Pandey, Anurag Pathak, Vikram Pataskar every one put their best foot
forward we made it. We hosted an extravagant event! Pat on our backs’ guys!
Now..I know you wish that you hadn’t missed it, but don’t sweat. We will be back with WDC
Sundowner Pune 8.0 on August 31 st, 2019 at Classic Rock Coffee Co., Kalyani Nagar, Pune.
Here is what we have in store for you,
Keynote Session 1: Consumer Buying Behaviour for Car Industry by Mr. Ravi Motwani,
Director of Digital Marketing – CDK Global
Keynote Session 2: Geo-Enablement for Digital World by Mr. Chinmay Shaligram, CIO-
GeoSpoc
Panel Discussion/ Fireside Chat with the Keynote Speakers 1 and Ms. Nisha Devar, Project
Manager – GeoSpoc
Session on Overcoming Stumbling Blocks Keep Moving by Mr. Elstan Fernandez
Sounds interesting? Then hurry up, book your seats now.
Click Here for registrations.
I will see you all on Saturday, 31 st August. Until then Keep Rocking!

Author

Neha Thakur
Member – WDC Sundowner Pune