Schedule
10 am onwards
Registration and browsing the Atta Galatta and Funky Rainbow bookstalls, as well as other stalls and displays
11 am – 11.25 am
Welcome – Benedict Paramanand, Founder – Greenlitfest
Invocation Dance by Parikrama Students
Inaugural Keynote – Dr Ullas Karanth, Founder and Emeritus Director, Centre for Wildlife Studies
11.25 am – 12.20 pm
Mega Mammal Myopia: Looking Past The BIG stars of Conservation
Sejal Mehta, Author, Superpowers on the Shore
Mahesh Rangarajan, Environmental Historian & Author
Rohan Arthur, Scientist, Nature Conservation Foundation
Moderated by: Kartik Shanker, Ecologist & Writer
12.20 pm – 1.00 pm
Grassroots to Green Shoots: The Changing Face of Green Entrepreneurship
Prof Anil Gupta, Social Sector Activist, former Faculty at IIM Ahmedabad, Author of Grassroots Innovation: Minds on the Margin are not Marginal Minds
Nagaraja Prakasam, Mentor at IIMB NSRCEL and Author of Back to Bharat – In Search of a Sustainable Future
Moderated by Benedict Paramanand, Founder, GLF
1.00 pm – 1.30 pm
Other People, Other Places: Exploring Otherisation in Cinematic Storytelling
Documentary Screening & Discussion
Devashish Makhija, Filmmaker and Writer
1.30 pm – 2.15 pm
Lunch at Sampige Village
2.15 pm – 3 pm
Landscapes of Loss: Livelihoods in Peril
Stephen Alter, Author
Aparajita Datta, Scientist at the Nature Conservation Foundation
Yuvan Aves, Writer, Naturalist, Educator and Activist
Moderated by Meghaa Gupta, Head, Young People’s Programme, GLF
3 pm – 3.45 pm
The Business of Green Books
Anita Mani, Publisher, Indian Pitta Books, an imprint of Juggernaut
Sujatha Padmanabhan, Member, Kalpavriksh
R Sivapriya, Publisher, Bloomsbury India
Moderated by Vidya Mani, Head, General Fiction and Nonfiction List, GLF
3.45 pm – 3.55 pm
Tea at Sampige Village
3.55 pm – 4.45 pm
When Pictures Speak: Telling Green Stories through Graphic Narratives
Amruta Patil, Graphic Novelist & Author
Priya Kuriyan, Writer, Illustrator & Animation Filmmaker
4.45 pm – 5.45 pm
2023 GLF Honour Book Awards
Children, General Fiction & Nonfiction and Business Categories
5.45 pm – 5.50 pm
Vote of Thanks
Vidya Mani, Head, General Fiction and Nonfiction List, GLF
11.25 am – 12.25 pm
Beastly Tales – Masterclass on Writing Stories with Animal Characters (children – 10+)
by Nandini Nayar, Author, Are There Bun Shops in the Jungles of India and Other Secret Stories from History
12.30 pm – 1.30 pm
Empowering Conservation through Citizen Science – A WWF Workshop
2.30 pm – 3.30 pm
Forest of Books – Masterclass on Curating Green Libraries in Schools and Homes
by JoAnne Saldanha, Library Educator & Curator
3.30 pm – 4.30 pm
Material and Immaterial: Developing Educational Material on the Environment
by Meena Raghunathan, Author, Environmental Educator & Development Professional
11.25 am – 12.25 pm
A Clay Story
An interactive storytelling session followed by a simple fun-with-clay activity
By Priya Muthukumar, Storyteller and Educator, Founder, Storipur
12.30 pm – 1.30 pm
We, the Children and How We Read
1.30 pm – 2.15 pm
Lunch
2.15 pm – 2.30 pm
Greenwashing Detectives: Play, Learn, and Act
By The Media Triangle
2.30 pm – 3.30 pm
Eyes (and Ears and Nose) Wide Open: Using Bioacoustics & Visual Cues to Uncover Secrets in the Wild
Sejal Mehta, Lead, Communications and Outreach, The Habitats Trust
Santhosh SL, Lead, Technology for Conservation, The Habitats Trust
Kishorekumar Panaganti, Associate Manager, Technology for Conservation, The Habitats Trust
3.30 pm – 4.30 pm
Book Launches