Prof. (Dr.) Y.S.R. Murthy assumed charge as the First Vice Chancellor of RV University, Bangalore recently. As a former civil servant from the 1985 batch of IAS and Allied Services, he held many responsible and sensitive assignments including in the National Human Rights Commission, Prime Minister’s Office, President’s Secretariat and Cabinet Secretariat. Between 2009 and…
Sujeet is an Indian politician of the Biju Janata Dal Party and a Member of Parliament (MP), representing Odisha in the Rajya Sabha. He is also a Lawyer and trained Arbitrator, practising in the Supreme Court of India. Sujeet currently mentors and advises the Kalinga Kusum Foundation, a social enterprise dedicated to creating and accelerating…
Tanaya Patnaik is Executive Director of the Sambad Group and heads the radio, television and digital wings of the media house. She is an alumnus of the prestigious Warwick Business School in London. She is instrumental in giving conventional media, a new and enhanced digital look and heads three leading news web portals (www.sambad.in, www.kanaknews.com…
Rahul Soni is a writer, editor, and translator based in India. He is Senior Commissioning Editor – Literary with HarperCollins India, Associate Editor with the journal Almost Island, and Programmes Coordinator at the Sangam House international writers’ residency. He has previously been associated with the journals Pratilipi and Asymptote, and the literary agency Writer’s Side. He has edited the anthology of Hindi poetry…
Anuj Lugun is an Indian poet and writer. His poetry espoused indigenous renaissance and intense rebellion against fascism and oppression. Anuj’s activism for social justice earned him the title of Tribal Poet.
Sanjeev Paliwal is considered to be one of the pioneering Hindi TV journalists. He has been in the industry for 30 years and has worked with many prestigious Hindi newspapers such as Dainik Jagran, Amar Ujala and Aaj as well as leading channels like Doordarshan, BITV, IBN7/News18 and TV Today group. He currently works at…
Kumar Amritesh, a 2016 batch CLS officer, is presently posted in New Delhi as Asst. Labour Commissioner (Central). Hailing from Nalanda in Bihar, he has served in different parts of country, including Andaman, in his career in different Govt. Departments. As an author, he won 2nd Best Hindi Short Story Award in the prestigious Kindle…
Professor Tulasi Diwasa Poet and Folklore Expert
Sidhant Mohapatra born 4 May 1966, known popularly as Munna Bhai, is an Indian film, television personality and politician who works predominantly in Odia films. His debut film, Shradhanjali, starred Lekha Nanda as the female lead in 1993. He has acted in more than 150 Odia and Bengali films. He has also appeared in a…
Dr. Sanjeev Chopra is an IAS officer of the 1985 batch. Originally from Kapurthala, Punjab, he has served in multiple capacities with the central and state governments in India. He is also a primary patron and honorary consultant to a premier literary festival, the Valley of Words International Literary Festival, held annually in Dehradun, India.…