A graduate of UWCSEA and Bard College, where Akshita majored in Political Science and Human Rights as a Davis Scholar. Akshita has spent a decade in social impact with roles in the Wadhwani Institute of Artificial Intelligence as a program and partnerships specialist and prior to that as a senior media executive at Edelman (PR…
Swastik Choudhury is an Actor and Producer from Odisha. He has made several independent productions under his production banner Swastik Arthouse He aims to see Odia cinema celebrated widely. His works include ‘Capital I’, ‘Khyanika-The Lost Idea’, Runanubandha – The He Without Him, ‘Adieu Godard’. All of these have been hugely acclaimed with honors and…
Geetika Kohli is a multilingual writer, public speaker and entrepreneur from Jammu and Kashmir. With eight titles to her name, including six poetry and two short story collections, Geetika has led Hymns and Harmony, an international peace building poetry movement. She believes, “courage is your ability to grow larger than an identity thrust upon you.”
Mahendra Malangia is one of India & Nepal’s most revered play writers and theatre directors. He has been writing and directing plays for the last four decades and even today remains as energetic and as creative as ever Malangia’s involvement with theatre began with him writing poetry and plays. Gradually he began directing plays himself.…
Tripurari Sharan, former Chief Secretary of Bihar, has been appointed as Information Commissioner of Bihar. He is a 1985 batch former IAS office.
Ashwin Sanghi is counted among India’s highest selling English fiction authors. He has written several bestsellers (The Rozabal Line, Chanakya’s Chant, The Krishna Key, The Sialkot Saga, Keepers of the Kalachakra, The Vault of Vishnu and The Magicians of Mazda in the Bharat Series) and two New York Times bestselling novels in collaboration with James…
Pankaj Chaturvedi is an Indian writer. His published works are-‘Ek Sampoornata Ke Liye’, ‘Ek Hi Chehra’, ‘Raktchap Aur Anya Kavitayein’ (poetry-collection); ‘Atmakatha Ki Sanskruti’, ‘Nirasha Mein Bhi Samarthya’, ‘Raghuveer Sahay’ (Disclosure for Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi), ‘Jeene Ka Uddaat Ashaya’ (criticism); Hindi compositions of fifty-one verses of Bhartrihari. He has also edited Manglesh Dabral’s ‘Pratinidhi…
Pradeep Baisakh is a journalist and has extensively written on grassroots issues for various newspapers and journals in India and abroad. He has bagged a national award from National Foundation for India (NFI) for development journalism. Having nearly sixteen years of experience in the social sector, Baisakh currently works as the Asia Coordinator of Global…
K.R. Meera is a writer and journalist.She has penned books in Malayalam including novels, novellas, short-story collections, essays, and children’s literature. Her novel Aaraachaar, which won the Kendra and the Kerala Sahitya Akademi Awards, was translated by J. Devika as Hangwoman and was shortlisted for the 2016 DSC Prize for South Asian Literature. Meera has…
Advisor, Lalit Kumar is a Fellow at Nehru Memorial Museum & Library (NMML), Teen Murti House, New Delhi. He teaches English at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya College, University of Delhi. His articles have appeared in many national dailies such as The Hindu, The Indian Express and The Times of India. Some of his publications include the English co-translation of…