India, April 4 -- By Suvir Saran

New Delhi [India], April 4 (ANI): On a stage lit softly with ceremony and hope, inside the Indian Institute of Culinary Arts, there stood a man whose journey began not under spotlights but beneath the sterile, humming halogen bulbs of a hotel night shift. From steward of silence to sovereign of strategy, Nakul Anand--once the night manager walking empty hallways--now filled a room with nothing but his presence.

He stood still, and the world leaned in.

This was not just another convocation. This was a homecoming, a hinge in history. As IICA celebrated two decades of bold, brave, barrier-breaking education, it was graced by the man who embodies every beat of hospitality's heart. The convocation, like a ba...