Abhinandan Sekhri is a writer, director, producer and entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of Newslaundry and Small Screen.

A best-selling author, Abraham Verghese received the Heinz Award in 2014 and was awarded the National Humanities Medal, presented by President Barack Obama, in 2015.

Aditi is an actor, writer and public policy analyst. She has spent over four years travelling across India to help schools build inclusive curriculums across all boards.

Alan Friedman is an award-winning journalist, documentarian and the author of several international best-selling books.

Amish is a diplomat, author and columnist. He has been listed among the 50 most powerful Indians by India Today magazine in 2019.

Amitava Kumar is the author of several works of nonfiction and three novels. His 2018 book Immigrant, Montana: A Novel, was on the list of most “notable books of the year” at the New York Times and The New Yorker.

Amrita is the author of the novel ‘Milk Teeth’. Her writing has appeared in ‘Hindustan Times’, ‘Scroll’, ‘Himal Southasian’ and ‘Brown Paper Bag’.

Amy Tan is the award winning, bestselling novelist and thought leader who brought to us titles like The Joy Luck Club, The Kitchen God’s Wife, The Hundred Secret Senses, The Bonesetter’s Daughter and more.

Anahita Uberoi is an actor, director and producer who has worked extensively in New York, Mumbai and Germany over the last 33 years.

Aneesh Pradhan is one of India’s leading tabla players.

Anil Dharker is a Mumbai-based writer and columnist. He is the founder and festival director of Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai Litfest.

Anil Gupta is a visiting professor at IIM-A, IIT-B and founder of Honey Bee Network, SRISTI, GIAN and NIF.

Anubhuti is Manager – Analytics at Tata Steel, leading applications of Machine Learning for Marketing & Sales.

Anuradha SenGupta hosts the weekly conversation series Off Centre and the docu-features show Reporters Project on CNN-NEWS18.

Anurima Roy is a writer, editor, trainer, and a marketing specialist.

Arshia Sattar has a Ph.D. in classical Indian literatures from the University of Chicago. She works with epic, myth and the story telling traditions of South Asia, most closely with the Valmiki Ramayana.

An author and journalist and ex cabinet minister who was recognised as one of fifty ‘World Press Heroes’ whose work has sustained press freedom.

Arvind Panagariya is Professor of Economics, Jagdish Bhagwati Professor of Indian Political Economy and Director, Raj Center on Indian Economic Policies in the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.