Sitakant Mahapatra is an Indian poet and literary critic. He was in the Indian Administrative Service from 1961 until retiring in 1995, and has held ex officio posts such as the Chairman of National Book Trust, New Delhi since then. He completed his B.A. in History from Ravenshaw College, in 1957, followed by master’s degree…
Akhilesh is an MA in Hindi Literature from Allahabad University. He is the author of several short story anthologies, including Aadmi Nahin Tootataa, Mukti, Shapgrast, and Andhera, as well as the novels Anweshan and Nirvasan. His stories have been adapted for the stage and into movies by Doordarshan, and feature films. He is also a…
Balaji Vittal has co-authored the National Film Award-winning R.D. Burman: The Man, The Music (2011) and the MAMI Award-winning Gaata Rahe Mera Dil – 50 Classic Hindi Film Songs (2015), and the highly acclaimed S.D. Burman: The Prince-Musician (2018). His latest book (and his first solo-authored one) Pure Evil – The Bad Men of Bollywood…
J. SAI DEEPAK is a litigator, practicing as an arguing counsel primarily before the Supreme Court of India and the High Court of Delhi. A mechanical engineer from Anna University, Sai graduated with a bachelor’s degree in law from IIT Kharagpur’s Law School in 2009 and has carved a niche for himself as a litigator…
Premanka Goswami is an associate publisher at Penguin Random House India. With more than fifteen years in India’s publishing scenario, he enjoys ideating and experimenting in publishing. He was named ‘editor of the year’ in 2019.
Mridula Garg is an Indian writer who predominantly writes in Hindi and English. Her immensity in literature can be measured in novels, short story collections, plays, and collections of essays many of which are translated into English and several Indian regional languages. She has been awarded Sahitya Akademi Award for her literary contribution. Though her…
Ravi Venkatesan is a business leader, author, and social entrepreneur. He is the chairman of the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) and founder of the Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship (GAME). He is also UNICEF’s Special Representative for Young People and Innovation and serves on the Boards of the Rockefeller Foundation and…
Ranjana Niraula is Coordinator & Director of KLF Kathmandu. She is a multifaceted personality from Nepal who juggles multiple roles in her daily life with equal panache. From being a popular poet in Nepali and English literature with a penchant to weave magic with her beautiful words and pictures to being a poet, editor, panelist,…
Gagan Gill is an acclaimed poet with four collections of poetry and a book of essays to her credit. She is a full-time writer and lives in New Delhi. A prolific translator, she has also published ten volumes of translations of the work of various writers like Zbiegnew Herbert, Harbhajan Singh, Sitakant Mahapatra and Shrikant…
Milee Ashwarya is a Publisher, of Ebury Publishing and Vintage Publishing at Penguin Random House India. Her focus has been on championing the best voices in fiction and non-fiction while publishing a range of bestsellers across segments. Her authors include Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Piyush Pandey, Hussain S. Zaidi, Yuvraj Singh, Hindol Sengupta, R. Gopalakrishnan,…