Srivi Kalyan is a multifaceted artist, designer and scholar. She works at the fluid and exciting intersection of arts, media, education, design, environment and consciousness. Her artistic work, in image, text and performance delve into the landscapes of interiority, to reconnect with the natural world and with ourselves. Srivi has authored and illustrated several books for children and adults and…

Benedict Paramanand is one of India’s pioneering voices at the intersection of business, sustainability, entrepreneurship, and literature. A former business journalist with The Economic Times, he has spent more than three decades identifying transformative ideas long before they become mainstream. Benedict is also the founder of BizLitFest (Business Literature Festival), India’s first festival dedicated to business books and ideas, and the…

Vishwanath Mallabadi – A Contemporary Eco-Artist Vishwanath Mallabadi transforms what the world throws away into extraordinary works of art. A contemporary eco-artist, his practice lies at the intersection of art, technology, engineering, and sustainability. One of his most significant projects is a 30-foot mega e-waste installation created for Google Ananta, Bengaluru, conceived around a powerful visual narrative: Technology. Humanity. Sustainability.…

Narasimha Kumar is a technology executive with a background in Humanities. He translated an award-winning Telugu novel, ‘Konda Polam’, into English as ‘Tiger Lessons’, published by Bloomsbury, Tiger Lessons has won Book of the Year- Translation at the FICCI Publishing Awards 2026, and has been shortlisted for the Crossword Book Awards 2026. Kumar has earlier adapted Albert Camus’ ‘The Just…

Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar writes in English and translates into English from Santali, Hindi, and Bengali. He is the author of the novels, The Mysterious Ailment of Rupi Baskey and My Father’s Garden; the collection of stories, The Adivasi Will Not Dance; and the books for children, Jwala Kumar and the Gift of Fire, Who’s There?, Sumi Budhi and Sugi, The Weavers and the Elephant, and Mother Works on a Hill. He translated…