Professor J S Rajput began his professional career as a researcher in physics, then transitioned to education and teacher education. He has made significant contributions to educational research and educational administration. Professor Rajput completes fifty years of full Professorship in 2024 and continues to work actively in education, social cohesion, and religious amity.

Asad Mirza is a senior journalist based in Delhi. His interests range from international and strategic affairs to interfaith issues. He writes extensively on Indian Muslims and the Indian polity.He was associated with Khaleej Times, Dubai, and with BBC World Service in India and currently works as an independent columnist and consulting editor of a leading defence magazine.

Rohit Sinha’s work has garnered recognition from our Hon’ble Prime Minister, besides several international leaders that include the governors of Arkansas, Massachusetts, Utah and Jharkhand, the state he was born in.

Siddhant Shekhar was born in Patna, India. He holds a degree in Physics from the University of Delhi and an MBA in HR from XLRI, Jamshedpur. He has written two novels, a short story collection and several other pieces for various publications. He currently works in Mumbai and in his free time enjoys Jazz music and taking trips to the sea.

Apratim Mukarji is a veteran in conflict reporting. He cut his teeth covering the Naxalbari Movement in its bloody days in West Bengal for the famed Amrit Bazar Patrika. His next obvious vocation was to report the raging Sri Lankan civil war when he joined the Hindustan Times in Delhi. He has authored three books on Sri Lanka so far. As a foreign correspondent, Mukarji has travelled extensively across Afghanistan acquiring knowledge and sources in his first trip in 2002.

Swaraj Kumar Chakrabarti, a retired Chemical Engineer from Ohio EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), USA has had a deep connection with literature (both in English and in Bengali) from childhood.

With a Bachelor's degree in English Language and Literature from St. Teresa's College, Ernakulam, and a Master's from Madras University, Anjana Varma has a solid foundation in the world of words. For nearly two decades, she led a centre for English Language Studies. But her heart belongs to her home in Tripunithura, Kochi, where she embraces her role as a wife and mother alongside writing. History, especially Kerala history, and genealogy are her fields of interest.

Shrabana Barua is a Research Fellow at the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), Sapru House, New Delhi. She is also a Visiting Fellow at NIICE, Kathmandu. Her research focuses on geopolitics of South and Southeast Asia, particularly Pakistan, China, India and Myanmar.

Soumya Awasthi is a Consultant with the Tony Blair Foundation. Previously she was an Associate Fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), New Delhi. Earlier, she has worked with Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence and Strategic Analyses (MP-IDSA), New Delhi.

Vishal Gupta is a Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Indian Institute of Management (IIM)- Ahmedabad, India's top B-school. He teaches leadership to MBA students, and trains leaders from reputed corporations from around the world at IIM Ahmedabad. His leadership skills course on Coursera is ranked among the top five leadership courses of all time on the platform.

Vishal K Gupta is a world-renowned professor of business, currently at The University of Alabama (USA). He is a member of the 10K Club (10000+ Google Scholar citations) and is ranked among the Top 2% of scientists worldwide by Stanford University. He grew up in Delhi, completed his mechanical engineering degree from Punjab Technical University (India), and received a PhD in business administration from University of Missouri (USA).

He is a Nepali Novelist, a Gorkha, and the author of acclaimed books such as Ayo Gorkhali, The Namaste Club, A Nation For Refugees, and many others. He joined the British Army at seventeen, serving them for thirteen long years. Following this, he invested twenty-two years in his business in China before becoming a full-time writer. He has worked with eight publishers from Asia so far. He lives in Hong Kong with his wife and children.

Ruplekha Khullar taught philosophy at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels in various colleges of the University of Delhi and at the Department of Philosophy, South Campus, Delhi. She has retired and lives in Gurugram, NCR, India. Her areas of interest continue to encompass feminism, philosophy of law, philosophy of film and western analytic philosophy.

Commodore Prodyut K Banerjee commanded the then latest stealth frigate of the Indian Navy, INS Tabar in 2007-08, the most operationally deployed warship of the Western Fleet. A graduate of the National Defence Academy in Khadakwasla, Staff College in Wellington, and the College of Air Warfare in Secunderabad, he has also commanded the missile corvette, INS Kulish, which was nominated as the Best Ship of the Eastern Fleet in 2004.

Sulagna Pal is currently pursuing her PhD in war ethics from the Department of Philosophy, University of Delhi, India. She has worked as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Philosophy, Janki Devi Memorial College, University of Delhi. She has an MPhil degree in the area of environmental ethics. Ms Paul's areas of interest include ethics, meta-ethics, normative ethics, applied ethics, Buddhism, and philosophy of religion..

Som Nath Zutshi, 1923 – Eternity, Humble. Calm. Serene. A distant traveller in thoughts. A lovable person. His wings took him to where he belonged. To the verdant meadows and blue skies, the colourful valleys and vibrant rivers. To the people he loved and shared their pains and pleasures. A newfound joy gave birth to his dreams that took him to a world of his own. Of stories, plays, dramas and human values.

Bijoy Munshi is a Kashmiri Pandit who yearns for the home that never was. His debut book, The Stranger’s Bedroom, was released in November 2019. Bijoy lives in New Delhi and works with an IT services firm. He is often found observing people and conjuring fictional characters when not reviewing lines of code. Bijoy likes writing poetry on the move which he terms his 'Wandering Randomness.' His writing is galvanised by the starry sky.

Shonaleeka Kaul is India’s leading cultural and intellectual historian, specialising in Sanskrit literature. She is Professor, Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and has also been the Malathy Singh Distinguished Lecturer in South Asian Studies at Yale University (USA), the Jan Gonda Fellow in Indology, Leiden University (The Netherlands), and Visiting Professor of History at the South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University (Germany)

Oswald Pereira, an author of eight books, is a senior journalist with four decades of experience in The Times of India, Financial Express and Outlook. He was group editor of four defence magazines. His popular books are The Newsroom Mafia, The Krishna-Christ Connexion and How to Create Miracles in Our Daily Life. His articles have appeared in several Speaking Tree anthologies published by The Times of India. He runs a spiritual website, https://yourspositively.com.

Kay Rubacek is an award-winning film producer and writer based in America. She has produced over 100 hours of programming for films, television, and other educational platforms, with her works receiving national and international acclaim. As a documentarian, she has researched human rights abuse under communist regimes, and experienced it first-hand when she was imprisoned in Communist China in 2001 ...

Anurag Anand, an acclaimed writer, is also an award-winning artist, corporate professional and devout family man. He is a familiar face at literary events across the country. His columns appear regularly in publications like ET HR World, The Times of India, Suburb Live Magazine and Readers Choice—a global ezine. Operation Bamboo Garden is Anurag’s fifteenth book.

Chitta Ranjan, originally from Guwahati, Assam, is an experienced energy professional living in Perth, Western Australia, with his wife and two children. His love for nature and wildlife, especially bird watching, stems from his childhood spent in the lush landscapes of north-eastern India. Chitta’s fascination with India’s jungles and with the history of its many princely states during British India inspired his debut novel ...

Dr Aruna Kalra is an eminent obstetrician, gynaecologist and laparoscopic and robotic surgeon who has a rich experience of 25 years working both in a high-end corporate hospital where she is presently HOD, and in busy government hospitals. Besides being a scarless laparoscopic and robotic surgeon, she is a mother of two grown-up children. She is also a kathak dancer and finds time for a daily dose of fitness.

Dr Bilal Ahmad Pandow is an author and educator with twenty years of experience in the field of finance. He has a passion for teaching and has dedicated his career to helping individuals, especially children, understand and manage their finances effectively. Dr Pandow holds a PhD in Finance and has written extensively on financial topics in various national and international outlets. He is a certified Micro-finance Trainer by the Asian Development Bank ...

G V Subba Rao has an MPhil in English literature and is the author of two novels, No Murder Tonight and The Missed Beat. Both novels have been bestsellers on online portals. His debut novel was launched by Padmabhushan Dr Kamal Hassan in 2015. Subba Rao is the son of Sri Gollapudi Maruthi Rao, an Indian actor, screenwriter and dialogue writer celebrated for his contributions to Telugu films and theatre. The Last Witness is his third book.

Suneet Madan, a vibrant author-illustrator, crafts profound narratives through her poetry and short stories. Holding an illustrious academic background from the CEPT University, IIT Bombay, KUK, and Panjab University, she effortlessly balances her passions with the career in Information Technology. Suneet's creative prowess has garnered widespread recognition, with her award-winning writings and artworks gracing both online and traditional platforms.

Anirban, ‘Andy,’ Bhattacharyya serves at the Board of Amplo Global, a cutting edge Sustainability platform company, built on Data and AI. He is a Sustainability leader and Advisor for Hewlett Packard Enterprise.

An MIT alumna, engineer, entrepreneur, and thought leader, Cristina is Co-Founder of Additum, an award winning European Value Based Healthcare ecosystem utilising data feedback to motivate patient outcomes.

P. Davis skillfully navigates her roles as a dedicated working professional, a loving wife, and a devoted mother. Coming from a multicultural background, she spent her formative years in various countries. This diverse upbringing has given her a unique perspective on the challenges of modern family life. Over the years, she has acquired invaluable insights into effective parenting strategies through personal experience and by working closely with numerous families and children.

A budding teenage author, Aaditya Raj is a sharp and witty observer. Reading and exploring the vast knowledge of books has always been his passion. This passion led him to learn an art- The art of storytelling. He started by penning his ideas in the form of scribbles and soon discovered his flair for storytelling. He is a published author of two books to date, and is excited with more planned to come.

Prakash Rohera is a highly accomplished and renowned international trainer and TEDx Speaker with more than thirty years of experience in corporate training. What began as a desire to train over a quarter century ago led to the establishment of ‘The Redwood Edge – Corporate Training Consultancy’ in 1997. Prakash has an MBA from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management...

Shireen Kalra is a final-year undergraduate student at Ashoka University, India. She has also pursued semesters abroad at King’s College, London and the London School of Economics. She is a United Nations Millennium Fellow and was a delegate at the 30th edition of the Harvard Project for Asia and International Relations. Her debut novel, All Smiles Some Tears Little Fears, was published in 2020 and was widely appreciated.

Dr Anirban Ganguly is Chairman, Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation, New Delhi. He is Member of BJP's National Executive Committee. Besides being a political activist, he has worked extensively in the areas of public policy and political research. Dr Ganguly is also a distinguished scholar with expertise in civilisation, history, politics, and culture. He has written at length about these subjects.

Born in India, Ejaz Ahamed lived in the UAE until early adulthood before moving to Australia. His passion for exploring social injustices and racial inequalities influenced his writings. In the past, he wrote poems about life, the world and its complexities. This is his debut novel. After studying at The University of Melbourne, he spent many years travelling to broaden his views of the world. He currently lives in Melbourne with his beloved dog.

A distinguished constitutional expert, advisor and advocate, Dr Subhash Kashyap is a well-known author and scholar. He has held some of the highest posts in India and abroad. Former Secretary-General of Lok Sabha, he has received many national and international honours and awards including Padma Bhushan and Doctor of Laws (LL D). Currently, he is Honorary Professor at the Centre for Policy Research and President of the Indian National Bar Association

SubirAdhicary is a civil engineer from University of Roorkee (IIT) and works as a consultant. His keen sense of observation comes from his theatre background as an acclaimed actor and director. He is a well-known cartoonist and illustrator and has written for The Times of India and Business World group magazines. He is also the author of a very successful blog. He writes with equal ease in Bengali and Hindi. He lives in Delhi.

With vast and in-depth knowledge of nation's internal security, Col Sunil Kotnala is a third-generation Army officer. He was commissioned in the 5th Battalion The Garhwal Rifles and went on to command a ‘Special Operations’ battalion on the Indo-Tibet Border. In 25 years of his service, he had a wide operational spectrum all across India.

Young Kajal Ranjan was born in Moscow, but her roots will forever lie in the holy city of Allahabad, India. At eighteen, she has lived and studied in Moscow (Russia); Addis Ababa (Ethiopia); Geneva (Switzerland); and Gaborone (Botswana). She enjoys reading books and watching science fiction movies.

Vidhi Bubna is the youngest ever speaker at the London Climate Connection. Being a master scuba diver and marine life enthusiast, she has founded an NGO – Coral Warriors, India’s first ever scuba diving grant to sponsor Indians to experience diving. Her work has been recognised by George Bush Points of Lights Foundation

Professor at the University of Delhi for more than twenty-five years, Sangit Kumar Ragi is at present the Head of the Department of Political Science. He teaches public administration, Indian politics and Indian political thought. His areas of research include demographic changes, ethnic conflicts and nationalism.

Professor at Centre of Indian Languages, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India, as well as a feminist activist, Ms. Garima Srivastava is a renowned literary figure.

Dr Lakshmidhar Mishra (82) is a retired 1964-batch IAS officer of the Odisha cadre. From serving Odisha for 15 years in senior positions to becoming the Union Labour Secretary, to joining the ILO, ROAP Bangkok as Senior Advisor and later serving as Special Rapporteur of the NHRC for over 5 years and the National Commission on Protection of Human Rights for over a year, Dr Mishra has had a long and illustrious career.

Group Captain Atul Chandra Barua, VSM, 79, served in the Indian Air Force for thirty years till his voluntary retirement in 1999. He was an Aeronautical Engineer serving in different capacities in the front-line Air Bases of India. He earned many laurels while in service to the Nation.

Dr T Sumathy aka Thamizhachi Thangapandian is a Tamil writer, English Professor and a Member of Parliament. She has nineteen publications including collections of poetry, essays and interviews to her credit. Birthing Hut and Other Stories is her first collection of short stories.

Sheikh Khalid is Secretary General of International Centre for Peace Studies, ICPS, New Delhi. A Strategy Analyst and columnist, he is also the author of widely acclaimed books, Why Article 370 Had To Go and They Snatched My Playground. He contested the 2019 Lok Sabha elections (BJP) from the Srinagar constituency.

Charu Kala is an Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology, JDMC. Her areas of interest include Sociology of Religion, Kinship and Social Research.

Ruby Bhardwaj, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, JDMC, has researched and published on medical pluralism, assisted reproductive technologies and other issues of relevance in Medical Sociology.

Avtar Mota is a photographer, blogger, poet and a writer. His writeups on art, literature, films and social life have appeared in many magazines and newspapers within the country and abroad. Started in 2010, his blog, ‘Chinar Shade’, has more than 16 lakhs views. He is a widely travelled writer.

A bilingual journalist of repute, Smita Mishra has worked for 25 years in Print and Electronic media reporting on Internal Security, Terrorism, Politics and Current Affairs. Having travelled across the length and breadth of India chasing stories, she is well versed in many regional languages. Currently, an advisor in Prasar Bharati, Smita Mishra has her roots in Bihar.

Manjira Majumdar has over time learnt to look at history objectively, especially the events that shaped India's independence. Holding a master’s in Comparative Literature from Jadavpur University, she practised literature in a hurry—that is journalism—for three decades or so.

A graduate from Lady Hardinge Medical College, Dr Balesh Jindal has practised medicine for the last thirty-eight years. She has been a pioneer in providing a one-stop health facility at low cost and single-handedly changing the mortality rates for the children in Kapashera. Her work in treating Tuberculosis and HIV is well documented.

Narendra Taneja is New Delhi-based thinker, writer, speaker and entrepreneur.

Nyasa is a 12-year old reflective and conscientious girl who loves to read, write, play and swim. Although tender and sensitive, she can be funny and naughty at times. An avid Star Wars fan, she is an environmentalist by heart...

Rev. Fr Thomas John is a Parish Priest in the Diocese of Paisley, Scotland. Born in Kerala, he studied Philosophy from Good Shepherd Seminary, Dimapur, Nagaland and later Theology from Oriens Theological College, Shillong, Meghalaya. He joined the Diocese of Kohima ...

Gautam Radhakrishna Desiraju was born on 21 August 1952, in Chennai and is presently an honorary professor at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He is a recipient of several prestigious international awards such as the Alexander von Humboldt Forschungspreis, the TWAS Award in Chemistry and the ISI Medal for Science of the University of Bologna.

A former career bureaucrat, Dr Amar Patnaik is currently a Member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha from Odisha representing the Biju Janata Dal. He is the recipient of the Sansad Ratna Award 2022. A PhD in institutional economics, he is a member of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance, Consultative Committee on Forest, Environment and Climate Change...

A tempestous child, poet Lakshmi Bayi found peace in the written word and ended up a student of English writings, only to discover that the present system of education kills all interest in literature. Shown the muse by poet and author Kamala Das, her mother-in-law, Lakshmi too, adopted poetry as her passion, and writing became as natural to her as breathing.

Sumit Sharma Sameer is a graduate of the London School of Economics, UK and Queen’s University, Canada. He completed his under-graduation in Sociology from Loyola College, Chennai, India. This is his first work of fiction.

Award-winning journalist, author, speaker, art curator, Anurita Rathore Jadeja is all these, and a biographer, too. Beginning with The Indian Express as a cub writer more than 20 years ago, she went over as Features Editor to Ahmedabad Mirror, the morning compact of the Times Group.

Prasun Roy lives with his family in Kolkata and writes in varied genre, including narrative non-fiction, biography, adventure, mystery, thrillers and young adult fiction. With an aptitude to explore human emotions and relationships, Prasun prefers the use of simple language and vivid descriptions coupled with lucid dialogues to bring life into his characters.

An Indian Administrative Service officer for over 30 years, Geetika Kalha has done extensive fieldwork in Northwest India to promote the revival, documentation and dissemination of art and culture. With a background in history, Kalha is now a writer and a consultant who specializes in rural tourism, museums and cultural interpretation.

Dr Shovana Narayan is India’s most eminent and venerated Kathak Guru-performer-choreographer but she has also served in the civil services, Indian Audit and Accounts till her retirement. An MSc in Physics, two MPhil degrees and a DLitt (HC), she is an educationist and a research scholar who has served in prestigious academic institutions.

Poonam A Bamba joined Delhi Higher Judicial Service in the year 2002. Presently, she is posted as the Principal District & Sessions Judge (South), Saket, New Delhi. She has authored two more insightful books – Perfect Marriage – Not a Mirage and its second edition titled How to Save Your Marriage; and Temple of Justice – A School of Life.

Rohan Bavadekar, came to the United States in 2001, graduated with a Masters in Engineering from Lamar University. He currently works as a Data Engineer in the Healthcare sector. Rohan is an avid sportsman with cricket being his first love. He likes to read and enjoys music of the 80s.

Sharmistha Chaudhuri, is an independent writer currently based in Austin, Texas. She has over a decade of experience working in India's leading media houses as an editor and journalist. Her by-lines have appeared in numerous publications including Outlook Traveller, Hindustan Times, The Telegraph, and National Geographic Traveller. When she's not planning trips, she's researching the origin story of ingredients and the socio-political commentary surrounding what we eat. This is her first book.

Manasi Gokhale juggles between being a mother of three young children and working a full time job with ease. She works as Accounts Manager with a growing network of medical imaging services. Prior to that, Manasi served as Managing Editor of a pioneering South Asian publication in Houston. She holds a Masters degree in Public health as well as a Masters in Healthcare administration. Dancing is her passion and she enjoys participating in cultural events.

An academic, translator Indira Menon was awarded the Katha prize for the best translation from Malayalam to English in the year 2004.

C T Indra taught at the University of Madras (1976-2008) and served as Professor and Head of the English Department from 1995 to 2007. She was also Chair of the School of English and Foreign Languages for some time. She was a Fulbright post-doctoral Fellow at Harvard University (1980-81) and American Research Fellow at the University of California, Santa Barbara (1990).

Prema Jagannathan is an Associate Professor of English (retired) and former Dean of Academic Affairs, Stella Maris College, Chennai. Her areas of interest include Indian Fiction, Bhakti Literature, Translation Studies and Communicative English. She is the author of The Mahabharata and Contemporary Indian Fiction, published by Prestige Books, New Delhi (2010). She has translated a few short stories, plays and non-fictional works from Tamil into English and vice versa.

Born and educated in Chennai, Prema Seetharam holds degrees in Chemistry, History, Library Science, and French. In collaboration with Uma Narayanan, she has translated literary fiction from Tamil and French into English. The Tamil-English translations include Lamps in the Whirlpool and When the Kurunji Blooms, both by Rajam Krishnan, as well as Ambai, Novellas and Essays.

Uma Narayanan is the co-translator of Lamps in the Whirlpool, her twelfth oeuvre in a varied collection of published works ranging from fictional to historical. She is passionate about bringing stories that engage her with new readers, and as a bilingual native of Chennai, Tamil to English translation came naturally to her. She has since expanded her repertoire to include French to English translation, after more than a decade as a librarian at the Alliance Française de Madras.

Monica Sudhir Gupta is a freelance writer, creative writing coach and a published author of Illuminating Darkness and Co-Editor of an anthology on spirituality, Pause and Pen-Whispers of the soul.

Lakshmi Kannan is a bilingual writer. She uses the pen-name 'Kaaveri' for her writings in Tamil. Her twenty-seven books in English and Tamil till date include poems, novels, short stories and translations. Her poems have been published in Wasafiri: International Contemporary Writing; Encounter (UK & USA);

Kakoli G, the co-founder of a speciality tea venture, Teamonk, is an ardent tea enthusiast. Having travelled to far flung tea plantations across the country , she certainly has an edge when it comes to knowing her brew. She likes to pen her thoughts on anything that catches her fancy. Be it tea, travel or tales from far-flung shores.

Shyaonti Talwar is an academician, writer and columnist. An Assistant Professor of English her areas of research interest include gender studies, women's writing, myths, archetypes and cultural studies.

Ramakrishnan is an Engineer-turned-literature-graduate pursuing his Ph.D. in English at the University of Madras. Equally fluent in English and Tamil, he indulges in creative writing and translation in both languages. This is his first published work of translation.

Malini Seshadri is a freelance writer, editor and translator with several years of experience in all these areas. She has translated several Tamil works into English for publication, including one dalit novel and several short stories. She has authored/co-authored several books including school text books on science and values education.

Ashwini has been practising journalism for over 15 years. He is considered a credible resource person on India's governance, bureaucracy, anti-corruption and the Right to Information (RTI) Act-related subjects. Many of his stories, done on the basis of information obtained from RTI queries, have been raised in the Indian Parliament too.

Kumar Gautam is a teacher of Economics at The Lawrence School Sanawar in Shimla hills. He has written and campaigned for justice-related aspects of farm trade and issues relating to small farmers and farm workers.

M. L. Sharma was Central Information Commissioner from 2008 to 2013. During his tenure, he decided over 11,000 Second Appeals. As a Member of the Full Bench of the CIC, he authored many important decisions,

Growing up in the 80s in Shillong, Ferdinand Lyngdoh Mawphlang was fed as many aphorisms as rice. A waterfall became a symbol of evil stepfathers, and a gurgling river signified the madness of a lover. The fascination with stories came of use when the author took over the task of completing the biography of his father Evansius Kek Mawlong, also the former Chief Minister of Meghalaya.

Three times Katha Awardee, Ranjita Biswas is an independent journalist, author and translator of fiction from Assamese. Among her translated works, 'Written in Tears' won the Best Translation Prize in English from Sahitya Akademi in 2017 and 'The Loneliness of Hira Barua' bagged the PFC Valley of Words Award in 2021. Biswas is also an award-winning writer of children's fiction.

Suresh Kumar is an Assistant Professor of English in the Department of Higher Education of Himachal Pradesh. He has taught in various government colleges in Himachal Pradesh and is presently posted in Govt Skt College Tungesh, District Shimla.

Shailaja Nair is an award-winning author who is happiest when she is lost in a world she has created, among her characters as they dance on her computer screen. A lover of literature and adventure tales, she is a major history buff.

Born in Mookkuthala village of Malappuram district in Kerala in 1928, Devaki Nilayamgode began writing at the age of 70. In a terse, analytical manner she provides a graphic description of the village life of 1930s-40s in this book.

Raj Gopal Singh Verma is a post-graduate in journalism and history with experience in the domain of Publicity, Publication and Public Relations in the Central and Uttar Pradesh Government. His first book Begum Samru ka Sach fetched him the prestigious Pandit Mahbeer Prasad Dwivedi Samman.

Dr Shoma A Chatterji, Lifetime Achievement SAMMAN awardee from Rotary Metro City in 2012, is a freelance journalist, film scholar and an author who has been writing for forty years now. She has been on the jury at major film festivals and has presented papers at different conferences around the world.

During her 17 years at Lintas, Jayshree Sundar was known for her work with clients like Cadbury, Maruti Suzuki, ICI, Gillette, Parker, Xerox and Ponds. She went on to join Leo Burnett where she was President (North) for five years.

An alumnus of Delhi Technological University, Sahana Singh made a career shift to writing and editing after moving to Singapore from India. Her articles have been published in The Reader's Digest, Washington Post, Discovery Channel Asia, The Straits Times, Swarajya, IndiaFacts and MyIndMakers.

Anushka Dhar, a sixteen year-old, is a blossoming Mumbai-based writer who strives to engage in mindful, progressive conversations. From being an A-grade student at school to a fierce and competitive sportsman on the court, this youngun likes to don many avatars.

A former journalist, New Delhi-based Anuj Dhar is well-known for his research and activism relating to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, especially the issue of his death. Through his efforts, Dhar has revived memories of Subhas Bose among millions around the world. Apart from regular TV appearances, Dhar has given talks in the IITs in Kanpur, Chennai, Mumbai, Kharagpur; Jadavpur University (Kolkata);

Arunendra Nath Verma enjoys adding the spice of variety to make life delightfully savoury. A science student initially, he switched over to humanities for graduation. Then he changed course in 1961 to join the National Defence Academy and got commissioned in the Flying Navigator Branch of Indian Air Force in 1965. His interest in diverse fields later led to an MBA degree from Madras University besides a law degree from Delhi University.

Bharat Dogra is a journalist and author who has written extensively on environment, development and welfare issues for over four decades. His articles and reports on these issues have been published in leading newspapers and journals in India and abroad. He has received several prestigious awards for his writings in English and Hindi. His reports from several remote parts of the country on rural distress and struggles have been well received.

Chandrachur Ghose is a writer on economics, environment, history and politics. He has had a multi-disciplinary career spanning over two decades, having worked with one of the most well-known environmental organisations in India, an academic institute of global excellence and an economic research firm that is a trusted brand among Indian businesses. Ghose has worked on issues as varied as air pollution, food safety, agriculture, renewable energy, mining

Nikhil Sharma is the author of India’s Football Dream. Nikhil also is the Founder CEO of zlait Sports Management, a New Delhi based sports management company. Nikhil has previously been Director of I-League club Shillong Lajong FC and was also an inception team member of Guwahati franchise of Indian Super League. Nikhil is passionate about sports, persistent about the sustainability & development of sports in an Indian context with a global approach.

Nithin Sridhar is an Author, Speaker, and Journalist based in Mysuru, India. Though trained as a civil engineer and has worked in the construction field, his passion for culture and philosophy made him take a career change into journalism. He is currently the Editor of IndiaFacts, an online portal focused on Indian history, culture and philosophy. He is also the Editor of Advaita Academy which is focussed on the dissemination of the philosophy of Advaita Vedanta.

Shantanu Gupta is an Indian author, and right wing political analyst. He is also the communication advisor to Baba Ramdev and alumni ambassador of the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), University of Sussex, (United Kingdom) in India. In addition to India’s Football Dream Shantanu's recent work as an author has been about Uttar Pradesh and its government.

Veena S Rao is a retired officer of the Indian Administrative Service of the 1972 batch, Karnataka Cadre, with a distinguished career in Karnataka and Government of India. She retired as Secretary to Government of India, Ministry for the Development of the North Eastern Region. She is a post-graduate in Political Science from the University of Jammu and Kashmir, and in Development Studies from the University of Cambridge, UK. Before joining the IAS

Dr. Anita Bakshi is a doctor who works in Intensive Care for children. She grew up in Kashmir where she developed a great love for nature and loves to spend holidays in the mountains. She did her schooling and her medical education in the state of Jammu and Kashmir and worked there in the then Children’s Hospital getting a post graduate degree, MD in Pediatrics from the Government Medical College. She works in a Corporate Hospital in New Delhi.

It is often said that birth does not matter; however, in my case, I was fortunate to have born in an orthodox Brahmana family. It enabled me to understand Vedic Hinduism in its true ambience. At the same time, the mere context of birth could have left me like a frog in a well; that was avoided by exposure to Western style education and a career in the academic world in the area of social sciences.

Trupti Jhaveri Panchal is Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. Her work encompasses teaching, fieldwork supervision, project co- ordination, research and training for the Post-Graduate Program in Social Work. She also leads the Resource Centre for Interventions on Violence Against Women & Special Cell for Women & Children to curate intervention models.

Bill K Koul is a global citizen. As an engineering consultant, he has more than three decades of international work experience across the globe—in Australia, New-Zealand, South Asia, South America, Africa, Mongolia and China. His interests include philosophy, spirituality, nature and music. His hobbies include cricket, badminton, photography and long distance running.

Writer Shobha Warrier is an award-winning journalist(Villgro Journalist of the Year 2011) who is currently the Editorial Director of rediff.com. This is her second book in English, the first being The Little Flower Girl - Diary of a Journalist, an anthology of her diaries as a journalist.

Basu Rai is a child who grew up on the streets of Kathmandu in the '90s, with the high Himalayas as a backdrop and the sound of temple bells ringing in his ears. He was a little beggar then. Today, he is a successful motivator who helps other little children to get away from the streets, to go to school.
Basu has travelled the corridors of the world, to arrive finally at the country he identifies as his own—India.

Dr Kusum Ansal is a novelist, short story writer, poet and travelogue narrator with 32 books to her credit. The movie Panchvati directed by late Basu Bhatacharya was based on her famous novel Uski Panchvati. The screenplay and dialogues of the movie were written by her. She has also written three serials for TV of which Titliyan was very popular. She is a recipient of several literary awards — 'Hindi Academy Sahityakar Samman'

Air Commodore Nitin Sathe (Retd) took to writing after 36 years of glorious service in the IAF. His columns appear in leading media and journals. Currently residing in Chandigarh, the veteran turned writer is a cyclist and keen adventure enthusiast who motivates young aspirants to join the Armed Forces. When not indulging himself in his love for graphology, Sathe can be seen cooking delicacies and devouring history.

Jimmy Mathew is a reconstructive microsurgeon and Professor at Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences in Kochi. He was part of the five- member surgical team that did India's first hand transplant, which was a double hand transplant.
His published works include The Stethoscope and the Scalpel and Blood, Sweat and Cheers! He has also published a book of memoirs in Malayalam

Purnima Singh is a multi-faceted teacher with a special passion for writing on culture, politics and civilisational relation with the innate nature of Nature since her college days. She did her M Phil in Political Science from University of Delhi and PhD from CSJM, Kanpur University. Citing worldwide references and researches on contemporary politics, she has written extensively on Swadeshi movement and cultural nationalism.

MANOJ YADAV is an author in Business and Management genre. He holds MLE℠ title and is a president’s select member of ‘Leaders Excellence’, a business leader’s community at Harvard Square, Massachusetts, USA. He has numerous global professional certifications to his credits namely ITIL Foundation certified from AXELOS (UK), PMP certified from PMI (USA), ISO 9001:2015 certification from DNV GL (Norway), and is a trained CMMI professional.

Nayna is a Mumbai based Graphic Designer and Illustrator. She completed her post graduation in communication design at IDC IIT Bombay. Her interests include Graphic design, Illustration, short and longform narratives including zines and comics, Art and Design History and Pedagogy and lifestyle products. These days she is teaching University in the capacity of an assistant professor.

Prof Malavika Kapur is a Visiting Professor at National Institute of Advanced Studies, Indian Institute of Science Campus, Bengaluru and former Professor and Head of the Department of Clinical Psychology at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru. She has a PhD in Clinical Psychology from Bangalore University and has twenty books and over 100 publications to her credit.

Renowned writer, journalist, environmentalist, and an inspired reader, Kusum Choppra prefers to instill Feminism in her works like “Mastani”, “Nirbhaya & Others Who Dared”, “Beyond Diamond Rings”, “Silver Dreams” and “Rishtey”
Life’s lessons inculcated feminism in her, that with age, has acquired a depth that was earlier shallow; Journalism’s myriad demands exposed her to numerous experiences...

Subroto Bandopadhyay joined the Indian Air Force as a flying branch officer, a Navigator to be precise. Being highly qualified and thorough professional, he meticulously planned and actively participated in many multinational exercises involving friendly foreign countries. During his 26 year-long career, he had numerous opportunities to visit many countries around the world too.

Shubira Prasad is an educationist, writer, and an astrologer. She has done her graduation in Psychology (Hons.) and post-graduation in English literature. She was the Principal of an Air Force school in Punjab and a DAV school in Uttar Pradesh. She has been practising astrology for more than twenty years now. Shubira is deeply interested in the human psyche which gave birth to her interest in Psychology and Astrology.

Sangita P Menon Malhan is a Delhi-based pilot-turned-journalist-turned author. Her books include the award-winning 'The TOI Story: How a Newspaper Changed the Rules of the Game'; two collections of short stories in English and one collection of poems in Urdu. She teaches French and Spanish and is currently pursuing a degree in German. She keenly follows politics, the media, music and Art. Her dream is to ensure a safe world for women.

When not reveling in maths and coding, Brisha pursues photography and classical singing with a vengeance. She roots for the marginalised and the forgotten, even as she strives to become a better version of herself. As the founder of a charitable initiative, Cov-Aid, Brisha spends most of her time in helping those impacted by the pandemic.

Shshank Saurav is a Chartered Accountant and a Commerce Graduate. He has a distinguished academic career including All India 34th Rank in CA Final in November 2009 and All India 48th Rank in CA PE-II. He holds specialisation in International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Anti Money-Laundering (AML) and Foreign Exchange & Treasury Management (FXTM).

Swati Sarawagi is a passionate educator with 20 years of experience spanning from teaching in an NGO to an International School in Singapore. Her inspiration are two boys, Calvin (of Calvin and Hobbes fame) and Shivi, her 6-year old nephew; kids who are fascinating because of their curiosity, out-of-the-box thinking and their way of making connections. She is an MEd and MA in Psychology which helps her understand how a child’s mind works…wait! No one can ever tell how a child’s mind works.