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Speakers Fourth Edition - Kashmir
Siddhartha Gigoo
Writer and Film Maker
Siddhartha Gigoo is a Commonwealth Prize-winning author. In 2015, he won the Commonwealth Short Story Prize...
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Kiran Manral
Former Journalist and Writer
Kiran Manral is a writer and major social media influencer. After quitting her full-time journalist’s...
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Sumant Batra
Lawyer, Author and Founder -Kumaon Literary Festival
An insolvency lawyer of international repute, social commentator...
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Anu Singh Choudhary
Journalist, Writer & Documentary Film Maker
Anu Singh Choudhary, a celebrated author in Hindi, is also an accomplished screenwriter...
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Anant Vijay
Senior Journalist and Author
Anant Vijay is a National Award winning Journalist and Author. Presently working with Dainik Jagran...
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Ashwin Sanghi
Author
Ashwin Sanghi ranks among India’s highest selling English fiction authors. He has written several bestsellers...
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Khushboo Mattoo
Consulting Editor, Network18 Group
Khushboo Mattoo - Khushboo Mattoo is a Consulting Editor/Columnist with Network18. ...
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Jai Arjun Singh
Author, Columnist and Film Critic
Jai Arjun Singh is an independent writer and critic. His books include The World of Hrishikesh Mukherjee...
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Pavan Jha
Film Historian
Pavan Jha is a technology consultant, an avid film buff, archivist and film historian...
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Bhawana Somaaya
Senior Film Journalist & Author
Bhawana Somaaya has been a film critic for more than forty years and has contributed columns to various publications...
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Sanjay Raina
Celebrity Chef
Sanjay Raina is a celebrated alumnus of the premier hotel school of India, Institute of Hotel Management...
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Danish Manzoor Bhat
Editorial Director (Asia) & Sr. VP News Strategy (Global)
Danish Manzoor Bhat is the youngest ever and first Kashmiri to hold the position of Editorial Director and Senior Vice President ..
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Arhan Bagati
Founder, KYARI
A Kashmiri Pandit by birth, Arhan is the founder of and driving force behind KYARI...
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Aditya Raj Kaul
Executive Editor, TV9 Network
Aditya Raj Kaul is a well-known Indian journalist with over 14 years work experience in...
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Niyati Bhat
Film Scholar, Writer and Editor
Niyati Bhat is a culture writer and editor of Kashmiri origin from New Delhi. She is a PhD Candidate...
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Nirupama Kotru
Senior Civil Servent, Writer, Singer and Cultural Commentor
Nirupama Kotru is an officer of the Indian Revenue Service ...
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Yatindra Mohan Mishra
Author, Film Historian and Musicologist
Yatindra Mishra is a celebrated Hindi poet, music and cinema scholar...
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Anirudha Bhattacharjee
National Award & MAMI award winning author
Anirudha is a SAP consultant by profession and a musician by passion. A huge fan of Kishore Kumar...
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Jameel Gulrays
Founder, Katha Kathan
Friends know of him as an Urdu connoisseur, writer and shayar...
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Ajay Raina
Award Winning Filmmaker, Writer, and Educator
His recent film, Mout`e Rang (At the moment of death - 81 mins. 2022) chronicles the process of extinction of the remaining...
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Manisha Mohan Puri
Author and Former Captain, Air India
Captain Manisha Mohan Puri’s journey into aviation started way back in 1986 when she got a scholarship for 60 hours of free flying ...
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Neerja Mattoo
Author
Neerja Mattoo taught English in the Government College for Women, Srinagar for nearly four decades...
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Tejas Vijay Deoskar
Actor, Writer and Director
Tejas Prabha Vijay Deoskar is an actor, writer and film director of Marathi and Hindi films. Tejas has over 16 years of experience...
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Tsering Gurmat
Sculptor
He was born in Kungyam village, 100 kms from Leh, pursued Bachelor in Fine Arts from Jammu University...
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Tamana Slathia
Founder, Daffodils Project and Peacebuilder
Tamana Slathia is a trained Peacebuilder, gender equality activist, and storyteller from the border region of Jammu & Kashmir...
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Rahul Mittra
Award-winning filmmaker and Former Times of India journalist
Award-winning filmmaker/actor & branding expert Rahul Mittra'- Former Times of India journalist...
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Manpreet Kour
Writer
Manpreet Kour is a young budding Sikh writer and a social activist from the valley of Kashmir...
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Mona Verma
Author
Mona Verma is an award-winning author of 8 books and over a dozen anthologies which are subject of thesis...
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Dr Sachchidanand Joshi
Member Secretary, the Executive and Adademic Head of Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts (IGNCA)
Sachchidanand Joshi, Member Secretary, the Executive and Academic Head...
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Manoj Sinha
Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir
Manoj Sinha is an Indian politician. He has a B.Tech and M.Tech degree in Civil Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology...
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Saleem Beg
Convener, INTACH (J&K Chapter)
Saleem Beg is an Indian art conservator, historian and columnist. He is working to conserve / preserve the artworks, architecture, archaeology...
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Nusrat Durrani
Media Executive and Filmmaker
Nusrat Durrani is a pioneering American media executive and filmmaker renowned for producing transformative...
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Koral Dasgupta
Founder, TellMeYourStory and Author
Koral has published an eclectic range of books from academic non fiction to relationship dramas. Her stories explore the inherent nature...
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Asha Batra
Co-founder, Kumaon Literary Festival, Cinemaazi and Te Aroha, Lawyer
Asha is the co-founder of Indian Cinema Heritage Foundation...
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Divya Dutta
Actor and Writer
Divya Dutta is an actor, author and now a poet too. The talented actor ...
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Rahul Rawail
Film Director and Writer
Son of veteran film director H.S. Rawail, Rahul Rawail was born on 4 April 1951. He started his film journey ...
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Dr. Bibek Debroy
Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India
Padam Shri Dr.Bibek Debroy is a permanent member of NITI Aayog...
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Balaji Ramachandran
Co-Founder, Nostalgiaana
Co-Founder of Nostalgiaana, Film music has been...
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