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Zarna Garg is a force of nature with a mic. America’s first Indian immigrant mom comedian burst onto the scene in 2023 with her first special, One in a Billion. Her follow-up special, Practical People Win, hits Hulu in 2025. Zarna cut her teeth opening for icons Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Her acting debut in the indie hit A Nice Indian Boy earned rave reviews, while her hugely popular Zarna Garg Family Podcast explores modern family life with her husband and kids. With millions of social media followers and billions of views, Zarna just can’t stop laughing her way to the top.

Rana Preet Gill is a Veterinary Officer with the Animal Husbandry Department of Punjab Government. She has authored four books—three novels—Those College Years, The Misadventures of a Vet, Maya and a collection of middles titled Finding Julia. Her articles and short stories have been published in The Tribune, Hindustan Times, The Hindu, The Statesman, The New Indian Express, Deccan Herald, The Hitavada, Daily Post, Women’s Era, Commonwealth Writers Journal, Himal and others.

Dr Rajendra Prasad Singh is an internationally acclaimed technocrat, an administrator of repute, author of best-seller books and white papers, and is well known for his significant contributions to the Indian Power Sector. During his 50 years long career, he has served as the longest serving Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD., from 1996 to 2008. He served on the Board of Directors of several private corporations—Azure Global Power, JV of Larsen & Toubro and Sargent & Lundy Canada, Techno Electric, and Vijay Electricals among others. Additionally, he served as Chairperson, BOG of IIT, Guwahati and NIT, Patna, and has been on the Board of NIT, Kurukshetra and Management Development institute, Gurugram.

Sanjana Shah (Author)
Sanjana Shah comes from an Indian art and real estate background. Having studied design and communication from ISDI, she has helmed Tao Art Gallery as its creative director since 2018. Her role entails curating the gallery programming, academic writing for exhibitions and catalogues, and finding new potential artists and collaborations to continuously evolve with contemporary art. She is involved in external projects both in India and internationally as an art curator and consultant. She has been the Indian ambassador at the Arte Laguna Prize Competition in Venice and is currently a Cultural Ambassador for the Asia Society India. She has also been on the Forbes 30 Under 30 art jury since 2021.

Kalpana Shah (Author)
Born in Mumbai, Kalpana Shah is a self-taught artist, collector, curator and businesswoman. Being a passionate connoisseur with a keen eye for contemporary art, she set up the prestigious Tao Art Gallery in the year 2000. Alongside she is the chairperson of her family’s real estate company Group Satellite, overseeing every aspect from logistics to aesthetics. Kalpana has in her career curated numerous shows of renowned artists in India as well as internationally in New York, London, Tokyo, and Singapore. As an extension, she went on to start the Tao Art Foundation, an organization that actively donates funds to the cause of art, culture, and humanity.

Sanjana Shah comes from an Indian art and real estate background. Having studied design and communication from ISDI, she has helmed Tao Art Gallery as its creative director since 2018. Her role entails curating the gallery programming, academic writing for exhibitions and catalogues, and finding new potential artists and collaborations to continuously evolve with contemporary art. She is involved in external projects both in India and internationally as an art curator and consultant. She has been the Indian ambassador at the Arte Laguna Prize Competition in Venice and is currently a Cultural Ambassador for the Asia Society India. She has also been on the Forbes 30 Under 30 art jury since 2021.

Riddhi Maniar Doda grew up in the megalopolis of Mumbai, where stories could be found in every conversation and every corner. She headed the content department of various organizations, after graduating with a major in visualization from Sir J.J. Institute of Applied Art and post graduating in copywriting. Her other children’s books include The Boy Who Wore Bangles, Drip Drip Lick Lick Meow Meow and 64 Squares With Dada. When not writing, you can find Riddhi raiding her son’s bookshelf!

Divyansh Mundra is a novelist, screenwriter and content creator who has built one of India’s biggest storytelling communities online. His viral Instagram pages, ‘Fiction with Divyansh’ and ‘Mahabharat with Divyansh’, have captivated over 150 million people, making him one of India’s most influential digital storytellers. Starting his journey on Quora as a teen, he honed his craft by writing viral short stories across multiple genres, leading to self- publishing his debut novel, Secret of the Himalayan Treasure, when he was twenty-one.
The book became an instant hit and was followed by Gangs of Bombay. Since then, he has been actively shaping narratives across mediums—novels, web series and the Internet with his work reaching streaming platforms and international festivals.
Screenwriting by day and creating content by night, he continues to craft gripping fiction, burning the midnight oil because the stories won’t let him sleep. The one who started as a lone writer lost in his world has now become a voice reaching
millions.
When he’s not immersed in stories, Divyansh loves discovering new cafes, gaming, travelling to offbeat places, joining quiz contests and passionately debating cricket with anyone who wants to challenge him. He currently lives in Mumbai, away from his pet Labrador, Sherlock, whom he hopes to travel the world with one day.

Clinton B. Seely is a prominent scholar of the Bengali language and
literature. He is Emeritus Professor of Bengali at the Department of
South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago.
He has written a biography of the Bengali poet Jibanananda Das
and has translated Michael Madhusudan Dutt’s Meghnadbadh Kavya
into English. His other works include Barisal and Beyond: Essays on
Bangla Literature, Grace and Mercy in Her Wild Hair: Selected Poems to
the Mother Goddess and the edited volumes, Women, Politics, and
Literature in Bengal and Bengal Studies: A Collection of Essays.
Seely has received, among several other academic and literary awards,
the ‘Ashoke Kumar Sarkar Memorial’ Ananda Prize in 1993 and
the Dinesh Chandra Sen Research Society’s ‘4th Annual Award for
Excellence in Research in Bengali Literature’ in 1999.