Co-founder and Director Prachee Naik is a techno-journalist, having an MA in Journalism from Berhampur University and a degree in Animation from Arena Multimedia. As the creative head, she adds color to all our initiatives and verticals. She is the co-founder and Director of Kalinga Literary Festival, Member Trustee at Odisha Diary Foundation (ODF) and…
Sitansu Sekhar Mahapatra is a New Media and Communication professional with more than a decade long experience in Media Convergence, Digital Product, Content, Policy, Governance, Service Delivery and Knowledge Management. He worked with prestigious national media houses such as Hindustan Times, INX Media, News X TV, Incredible India, etc. He has constantly working with various…
Mr. Kamala Kanta Dash is a Founder Member of Kalinga Literary Festival (KLF) and brings his interdisciplinary dynamism to this prestigious international literary platform. Mr. Dash has- more than 22+ years of experience in industry, academia and the government. He has studied and worked in Odisha, New Delhi and Melbourne (Australia) for his higher education…
Neelam Saxena Chandra works as Joint Secretary for U.P.S.C., India. She is an Engineering graduate from VNIT and has done her Post Graduation Diploma in IM&HRD and also in Finance . She has completed a course in Finance from London School of Economics. She has authored 4 novels, 1 novella and 5 short story collections,…
A widely published poet in various national and international arena, Dr Sigma is currently an Asst Professor of English at VTMNSS College, Trivandrum Dt. Besides being a poet and an article writer,she is also an editor, reviewer and advisory board member in seven international Journals. It could be noticed at first sight that…
Dr perugu continues to experiment with various poetic themes in Global perspective.His poetry Flamingo brought immediate fame and it is centred on the lives of migratory birds.Perugu Ramakrishna’s works are centred on mysticism, peace and gender issues and powerful in rendering…Besides His several achievements in the field of World Poetry he was appointed as Ambassador of…
Paramita Satpathy (born 30 August 1965) is an Odia writer. She is the daughter of Sahitya Akademi Award winner poet Pratibha Satpathy and Nityananda Satpathy. Her first short-story was published in 1985 in ‘Jhankar’ magazine. Paramita, who has authored seven short-story collections, has been selected for the Sahitya Akademi Award 2016 for Odia. She has won the…
Gourahari Das was born on 9 October 1960 in Sandhagada village of Bhadrak district of Odisha to Gajendra Prasad Das and Smt. Sakuntala Das. After finishing elementary education at his village primary school and then at Ghatapur High School, he left for Cuttack. He holds the M.A, Ph.D., M.J.M.C. degrees. He writes a political gossip…
H.S. Shivaprakash (Hulkuntemath Shivamurthy Sastri Shivaprakash, born 1954) is a leading poet and playwright writing in Kannada. He is a professor at the School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He heads the Cultural Centre at Berlin, known as the Tagore Centre, as Director run by Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR).…