A seasoned marketing leader with 25 years of comprehensive experience spanning brand development, B2B & B2C marketing, channel network management, and customer engagement strategies. Demonstrates expertise in strategic campaign planning, digital branding, corporate communications, and market entry initiatives, with a strong ability to build and sustain long-term business relationships with key stakeholders. Recognized for analytical…
Abhilipsa Panda is an Indian singer and lyricist. Her rise to fame has been catalyzed by the hit song “Har Har Shambhu,” showcasing her exceptional vocal talent and modern lyrical approach. With a profound appreciation for her cultural heritage, Abhilipsa seamlessly blends traditional influences with contemporary melodies, earning her acclaim as a versatile artist. Her…
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,…
Debanjan Chakrabarti is Director British Council East and Northeast India. He has over 18 years of experience in leading education, development and cultural collaboration programmes in India and internationally for British Council. In his present role he leads on all of British Council’s businesses and cultural relations work in East and Northeast India, covering 13…
Prof. (Dr.) Dwarika Prasad Uniyal is a distinguished academic leader. He holds multiple roles as the Dean of the School of Business and the School for Continuing Education & Professional Studies along with being the Director of MineRVa: RV Center for Leadership and Executive Education. Dr. Uniyal joined RV University as its founding Pro Vice Chancellor…
Venkataraghavan is a writer, actor and strategy consultant from Bengaluru. His first nonfiction book has just been released from Penguin, while his children’s books and short fiction have appeared with Pratham Books and in The Iowa Review. He is a stage, screen and voice actor, doing English theatre and reading audiobooks for Audible. Venkat worked…
Srinivas Udgata is a poet, story and drama writer, painter, novelist and translator from Odisha India. Some of his notable works include Purnima, Parbati, Dibya Purusha, Kipari Kahibi Mu, Nila Nayana Tale Kanta and Sesha Ratrira Prathama Sakala. He has been awarded the Sarala Award (2002) and Padma Shri (2008).
Louise Welsh is the author of eight novels including The Cutting Room, The Plague Times Trilogy and The Second Cut. Louise has a ten-year practice in opera with composer Stuart MacRae. Their most recent opera is Anthropocene. Louise was co-founder and director of the Empire Café, an award winning multi-disciplinary exploration of Scotland’s relationship with…
Farrukh Dhondy is a British-Indian writer. Born in 1944 in Pune, he studied in Pune, Cambridge and Leicester Universities. He writes fiction, non-fiction, journalism, stage drama, has written extensively for TV and screenplays. His latest books are a second translation of Rumi and a life-memoir entitled Fragments Against my Ruin.