Winner of the International Booker Prize 2025 for Heart Lamp. Banu Mushtaq is a writer, activist and lawyer in the state of Karnataka, southern India Mushtaq began writing within the progressive protest literary circles in southwestern India in the 1970s and 1980s: critical of the caste and class system, the Bandaya Sahitya movement gave rise…
Winner of the International Booker Prize 2025 for Heart Lamp. Deepa Bhasthi is a writer and literary translator based in Kodagu, southern India Bhasthi’s columns, essays and cultural criticism have been published in India and internationally. Her published translations from Kannada include a novel by Kota Shivarama Karanth and a collection of short stories by…
Amb Sujan Chinoy is the Director General of the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi. He is a member of the Executive Council of the Society of the Prime Ministers Museum and Library (PMML) and Member, Governing Council, Indian Council of World Affairs. He was a Member of the All-Party…
Bangalore-based historian, Dr. Vikram Sampath is the author of ten acclaimed books on Indian history, including Splendours of Royal Mysore: The Untold Story of the Wodeyars, Voice of the Veena: S. Balachander, Women of the Records and Indian Classical Music and the Gramophone. His two-volume biography Savarkar: Echoes from a Forgotten Past and Savarkar: A…
Bhupal Rai is a poet, lyricist, writer, and editor who currently serves as the chancellor of Nepal Academy. Rai has committed to advocacy work for the Kirati people’s rights through his writing. His work combines Marxist philosophy and the socio-cultural pragmatism of the indigenous Kirati.
Sandeep Singh is a veteran in business strategy and digital transformation, with over 20 years of experience across Fortune 100 companies. A former Senior Director of technology, he also brings deep expertise in business and product strategy. Sandeep co-founded NAAV AI with Vikram Sampath, shaping its vision and strategy to build an AI-led platform for seamless translation and cross-cultural…
Dr. Om Murti Anil, a renowned author, cardiologist, and social advocate, is the founder and chairman of the National Cardiac Centre, Basundhara, Kathmandu. He has significantly impacted medical care and health awareness in Nepal. With exceptional academic credentials, including an MBBS from Kathmandu University, an MD in Medicine (gold medalist) from Tribhuvan University, and a DM in…
Prajakta Koli, also known as MostlySane, is one of the most successful digital content creators in India, with over 17 million followers across social media platforms. As an actor, Prajakta is known for her lead role in Netflix India’s Mismatched and has starred in films such as Jugjugg Jeeyo and Neeyat, and the upcoming Amazon…
Prakash Sayami is a Nepali film director, writer and producer. He is an independent film maker and he has directed six feature-length movies. He is currently working in Ujyaalo Radio Network programme Ajar Amar Geetharu. In 1986, he worked as an assistant director and scriptwriter on many commercial Nepali films.
Member of the House of Representatives of Nepal