A distinguished Indian author, academic, poet Mamta Kalia is renowned for her contribution to Hindi literature. Having taught at institutions like SNDT Women’s University in Mumbai and Mahila Seva Sadan Degree College, in Allahabad, Kalia retired from her teaching career in 2001. Post-retirement, Kalia took on the role of heading the Bharatiya Bhasha Parishad, a…
Utpal Banerjee is a Professor of the Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology at UCLA. He obtained his Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University, Master of Science in Physical Chemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and PhD in Chemistry from the California Institute of Technology. Banerjee was…
Paul Waters is an award-winning BBC producer and co-host of We’d Like A Word, shortlisted for 2020 Books Podcast of the Year. Paul grew up in Belfast during ‘the Troubles’ and was a BBC TV/radio reporter and producer. Paul’s book, Blackwatertown, is a thriller set in the 1950s on the Irish border. Frederick Forsyth said…
Krishna speaks and writes about issues affecting the human condition and about matters cultural. His path-breaking book A Southern Music – The Karnatik Story, published by Harper Collins in 2013 was a first-of-its-kind philosophical, aesthetic and socio-political exploration of Karnatik Music and was awarded the 2014 Tata Literature Award for Best First Book in the…
Anshul Chaturvedi has been writing and editing to earn a living as a journalist for some 25 years, of which the last 21 have been with the Times of India. Apart from what the job needs him to scrutinize, he reads a lot about WW2, managerial theory, the philosophy of Vivekananda and Ramakrishna and the…
Sasmit Patra is an Indian politician and a member of the Biju Janata Dal. Since 28 June 2019, he is the member of the Parliament of India representing Odisha in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house and appointed as chief whip of the party. He is currently Spokesperson of Biju Janata Dal.
H.E. Ram Prasad Subedi assumed the responsibility of Chargé d’affaires ad Interim of the Embassy on 21 October 2021. He joined the Embassy as Minister/DCM in November 2020. Just before the current assignment in the Embassy, Mr. Subedi was the Head of Regional Organization Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Earlier, he was the…
Krishna V. Rajan is a retired diplomat and former member of the Indian Foreign Service. He has served in senior diplomatic assignments, including as ambassador in France, the US, the UK, Zambia, Algeria and Nepal. He has also held senior positions in the Ministry of External Affairs and served as the prime minister’s special envoy.…
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…
Gaurie Dwivedi is a seasoned journalist, columnist, author and a classical dancer. She has worked in all major print and broadcast companies like Economic Times, Business Standard and The Sunday Guardian. With over 16 years of experience, Gaurie has covered a variety of issues ranging from public policy to diplomacy. She was part of the…