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The September 2026 edition is one of our most diverse yet, bringing together 16 leaders across artificial intelligence, structural engineering, robotics education, luxury retail, law, edtech, finance, oncology, connected healthcare, hospital administration, cross-border leadership, marketing systems, urban mobility, the performing arts, hospitality, and human capital development. Alongside them sit 12 sharp, data-backed articles built for anyone navigating today’s fast-moving business world – from first-time founders picking their first AI tool to CEOs rethinking what leadership looks like in an AI-saturated market.
Here’s your guided tour of what’s inside.
The Cover Story: Sravani Sundeep, Manva.ai
Leading this edition is Sravani Sundeep, Founder of Manva.ai, our AI Business Visionary for September. Her pitch is refreshingly grounded: most small and growing businesses don’t need another AI tool that simply generates content – they need an intelligent layer that actually understands their operations. While the first generation of business AI answered the question “What can AI create?”, Sravani believes the far more valuable question is “What can AI understand and do for my business?” Manva.ai is built around that philosophy, moving businesses “from information to insight, and from insight to action,” with a five-step approach – Understand, Assist, Recommend, Execute, Measure – designed to give founders an intelligent layer, not just another dashboard. It’s a fitting opening feature for an issue that repeatedly asks what AI is really for.
Sixteen Leaders, Sixteen Journeys
Soma Sekhar Naidu Senapathi, Founder and Managing Director of D2D Engineers, has spent nearly a decade building one of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana’s most trusted structural engineering consultancies – over 1,000 projects, 10+ cities, and a personal commitment to mentoring the next generation of engineers, all while serving his community as a ward member and organizing an annual blood donation drive.
Praveen Machavaram, Chief Technology Officer of VSP Techversity, is proof that communication and deep technology aren’t opposites. With nearly three decades spanning branding, marketing, and strategy, he now leads an institute built around SID – India’s first indigenous humanoid service robot – training engineers through real, hands-on robotics work rather than theory alone.
Jeevana Indu, Founder and CEO of Swan Hi-Fashion Jewellery, turned personal hardship into entrepreneurial resolve. From a difficult childhood to building a globally recognized luxury jewellery brand with 140+ wholesale partners worldwide, her story is a reminder that “excellence isn’t built by circumstance – it’s built by consistency, courage, and the refusal to compromise.”
Mita Banerjee, Advocate and legal leader, has represented India three times at the United Nations General Assembly and holds 45+ national and international recognitions. Her feature, Justice Beyond the Courtroom, makes the case that legal compliance isn’t a burden for businesses – it’s a strategic advantage.
Kaushik Prasad Dey, Founder and CEO of Edu Creative Ecosystem, spent 17 years inside India’s IT industry before building four interconnected verticals – agency, training, overseas guidance, and workforce placement – under one roof, on the belief that technology and education are “two sides of the same coin.”
Brijendra Singh, Founder and Managing Director of FinceptPro Advisory Services, has spent over 11 years helping founders and CFOs make sense of capital. His philosophy is simple: capital shouldn’t just solve today’s funding need – it should strengthen the business and preserve flexibility for tomorrow.
Jatin Sharma, Founder of Jurist & Jurist International Law Firm, has built a 14-year legal career that bridges India and the world, with cross-border work spanning Germany, Mauritius, Malaysia, Singapore, the UAE, and beyond – plus several published books on corporate and technology law.
Dr. Tejaswini Adada, Cofounder of Cancer Conscious Clinics and Director of AI Innovations at MedhicAI, is redefining oncology at the intersection of artificial intelligence, precision medicine, and compassionate care – building what she calls a “360-degree oncology ecosystem” for patients.
Dr. Prathyusha Thoutam, a healthcare technology entrepreneur, is building connected care across borders through three platforms – Physiohood, HealGlobe, and ManoMithra – spanning physiotherapy, medical-value travel, and mental well-being, already serving 1,000+ patients across 100+ cities.
Dr Manesh Agarwal brings 25+ years of hospital leadership experience – including CEO roles at Bombay Hospital, NarayanA Hrudayala, and Apollo City Hyderabad – to a mission of building healthcare organizations that are technologically enabled and, above all, people-first. He’s also the author of two books on healthcare leadership.
Dr. Rakesh Kumar‘s story begins on mountain trails in Himachal Pradesh and leads to 35+ years of global leadership across India, the Middle East, and New Zealand. His core belief: “Leadership is not about reaching the top; it is about helping others rise.”
Divyansh Gupta, Founder and CEO of VisionaryCue Informatics, is helping businesses stop treating marketing, technology, and data as separate efforts. His “Power of 9” framework and five-stage growth process reflect a simple philosophy: build the engine, not merely the campaign.
ParkingMudde® tackles a problem most of us silently tolerate – chaotic, confrontational parking disputes – with a privacy-first digital platform that has already engaged 900+ housing societies, offering wrong-parking alerts, masked-calling communication, and a patented resolution process.
Anup A. Arolkar turned a childhood stammer into a 14-year career built on movement. Through Nritya Art Space, he’s building a performing-arts ecosystem spanning choreography, education, artist management, and a distinctive wedding-entertainment vertical – proof that “movement was not only changing how I performed, but also how I expressed myself.”
Flamingo Club & Resort, near Diu, earned FHRAI’s Green Hotel of the Year recognition – a milestone that reflects Partner Dipakbhai J. Popat’s vision of an integrated, environmentally conscious hospitality destination built after four decades as a practising advocate.
And representing careers and human capital, Dr. Karthikeyan Kaliyamoorthy closes out our Featured People section with a story about building people, not just resumes – from corporate HR to counselling work with the Ministry of Labour & Employment, he’s delivered over 750 hours of training and initiated 118 projects across four Indian states.
Sixteen very different paths – AI, structural engineering, robotics education, jewellery, law, edtech, finance, oncology, connected healthcare, hospital leadership, cross-border leadership, marketing systems, urban mobility, the performing arts, hospitality, and human capital – united by one thread: each leader turned a personal insight into an institution that outlives them. Some began in villages in the Himalayas, others in Kolkata tech offices or Bangalore hospital wards. What they share is a refusal to stop at the first version of their idea – Dr. Rakesh Kumar’s mountain-village beginnings became 35 years of leadership across three continents; Jeevana Indu’s personal loss became the discipline behind a global jewellery brand; a childhood stammer became Anup Arolkar’s life in dance. These are not simply success stories – they’re field notes on how ordinary starting points become extraordinary institutions when paired with relentless follow-through.
Twelve Articles Built for the C-Suite Reader
Beyond the profiles, this edition packs in twelve fast, practical reads for anyone building or leading a business right now:
- 10 AI Tools Every Founder Should Know in 2026 – a working founder’s shortlist, from ChatGPT and Notion AI to Runway and Perplexity, each mapped to what it’s actually best for.
- 5 Morning Routines of Highly Effective Founders – the five habits (movement, planning, learning, deep work, mindfulness) that founders say most shape their daily performance.
- 5 Branding Lessons from Iconic Global Companies – what Apple, Nike, Coca-Cola, Amazon, and Tesla teach us about simplicity, purpose, and emotional loyalty.
- 5 New Rules for Hiring in the AI Era – why adaptability, human-AI collaboration, and values fit now matter more than resumes and job titles.
- 7 Ways Trust is Becoming the New Business Currency – data-backed arguments for why trust drives loyalty, retention, and long-term valuation.
- 5 Reasons Data Quality Matters More in the AI Age – because an AI model is only as smart as the data behind it.
- 10 Leadership Skills Every Modern CEO Needs Now – from strategic thinking and emotional intelligence to global mindset and inclusion.
- 10 AI-Powered Startup Ideas for First-Time Entrepreneurs – low-investment, high-impact business concepts for anyone starting out.
- 10 Leadership Lessons from Companies That Survived Crisis – how resilient organizations communicate, adapt, and come out stronger.
- 5 AI Mistakes That Can Destroy Business Trust – the failure points (bias, opacity, over-automation) that quietly erode customer confidence.
- 5 Ways Founders Can Build Personal Brands – because in 2026, people invest in people first, ideas second.
- 7 Career Moves Students Should Make Before Graduation – a practical checklist for turning a degree into real career readiness.
Taken together, these twelve pieces form a kind of quarterly toolkit – habits to start your day, tools to run your company, mistakes to avoid, and lessons to fall back on when things go wrong. Whether you read this edition cover to cover on a flight or dip into a single article between meetings, each piece is built to be actionable within the hour, not just interesting on the page.
Why This Edition Matters
If there’s one thread running through the September 2026 edition, it’s this: technology is everywhere in these pages – AI, robotics, digital health platforms, smart parking systems – but not one of these stories is really about technology. They’re about the people who decided a gap was worth closing, and then built the systems, teams, and companies to close it. That’s the community TheCconnects exists to serve: business leaders, CEOs and CFOs, seasoned and upcoming entrepreneurs, consultants, and academia, all learning from each other’s slip-ups and successes in real time.
We’re everywhere our community is – in the lounges of top business houses, in luxury hotels and business centers, in libraries and B-school reading rooms, and of course, online. Our monthly print editions travel through the spaces where critical business decisions are made, while our website and digital edition bring you exclusive content beyond the magazine itself, and our social media community keeps the conversation going between issues. If this edition resonates, we’d love to hear from you. Scan the QR code on our cover, explore the full digital edition, or drop us a message – even if it’s just to tell us which story stayed with you longest.
As always, this edition is just one entry point. Every profile you’ve read here started as a single conversation – a founder deciding their idea was worth the risk, a professional deciding their expertise deserved a bigger stage. If you’re building something you believe deserves to be in these pages next, we want to hear about it. That’s what a community platform is for.
