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Ashwitha Jayakumar has written and adapted over a dozen books for young readers on history, mythology and science. After graduating with a master’s degree in Literature and Society: 1688–1900 from the University of Edinburgh, she taught English literature to secondary school students and worked in publishing before doing an MA in medieval studies from the University of Leeds entirely for fun. She’s mad about history, fantasy novels, chocolate and dogs.

Lenaa Kumar is an award-winning actress, clinical psychologist, scriptwriter and entrepreneur, renowned for her impact on Indian cinema, with a career spanning over twenty-five years. Having actively pursued acting from the age of sixteen, Lenaa has worked in over 175 films in five languages, delivering blockbusters and critically acclaimed performances in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam. She has won numerous awards, including the Filmfare, SIIMA, IIFA, Toronto International South Asian Film, Kerala State Film and Kerala Film Critics awards. An active advocate for mental health, emotional well-being and self-awareness, she is a transformational speaker, on a mission to empower with self-realization through infotainment.

Siddhartha Rastogi is managing director and chief operating officer at Ambit Asset Management, a full-service investment bank. With over twenty-two years of experience in financial markets, Siddhartha specializes in capital markets, fundraising, people management, banking and behavioural finance. He co-founded IIFL Wealth and has worked with HSBC Bank, Citibank and UTI Bank in senior branch banking, wealth management and merchant banking roles. An exceptional leader and motivational speaker, Siddhartha’s articles on finance and life regularly appear in leading periodicals.

Koushik Mohan is lead analyst at Ashika Group for mid- and small-cap companies spanning consumer durables, capital goods and chemical sectors. Before joining Ashika, Koushik worked as portfolio manager and head of research at Moat Financial Services where he successfully developed and managed the UpperCrust Wealth portfolio and achieved the twin objectives of capital protection and wealth creation.

Raj Javiya is a columnist, mechanical engineer and successful entrepreneur.

Maharaj Krishen Raina, popularly known as M. K. Raina, is an Indian theatre actor and director. Raina graduated from National School of Drama in 1970 with the Best Actor award.

Born in Bombay, Dharini has at various points also called the UK, Greece, Delhi and Bangalore home.
Her debut novel These, Our Bodies Possessed by Light (Hachette India) was shortlisted for the 2020 JCB Prize for Literature, Tata Literature Live! (First Book: Fiction), and the Valley of Words book awards. She has been published in the anthology Day’s End Stories; is a columnist for The Free Press Journal; and has contributed to Hindu BLink, Arre, Firstpost, Mint Lounge, Vogue, among other publications.
Dharini has spent over a decade in publishing, including as editorial director of Simon and Schuster India. When she’s not writing, she enjoys reading, painting, backpacking, and taking long bike rides with her little boy.

Satish Y. Deodhar is the author of the bestselling book Day to Day Economics. He teaches economics at the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad.

ANURAG BHASKAR is a legal scholar who pursued LLM from Harvard Law School and BA LLB (Hons) from Dr Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow. For his research, the Bluestone Rising Scholar Award was conferred on him by Brandeis University, USA. He has also held fellowships at Harvard Law School and the University of Oxford. His articles have been published in various academic journals, newspapers and online platforms. He holds a faculty position at O.P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat, and is an affiliate faculty at Harvard Law School Center on the Legal Profession. Bhaskar is currently working on deputation as a deputy registrar at the Supreme Court of India.

Ishinna B. Sadana is a mother, parenting expert and trainer whose passion is working with parents with the aim of raising not only happier children but also happier parents. She has a PhD in human development and a master’s in human development and childhood studies.

Ishinna also runs a centre called ‘New Insights’ where she has helped thousands of parents through workshops and personal sessions.
She believes that it’s her life’s purpose to help and enlighten the lives of parents. Power to the Parent is an important step towards fulfilling that goal, for she aims to share her knowledge on a massive scale with many more parents who are searching for answers. She also shares her knowledge on social media, especially Instagram, where she has over a million followers.