Speakers

Premanand Gajvee (born Anandrao Shankar Gajbhiye on 15 June 1947 in Pimpalgaon, Chandrapur District, Maharashtra) is a renowned Marathi playwright, poet, short story writer, and novelist whose work has left a significant mark on contemporary Indian literature and theatre. Writing under his pen name, he has authored over 30 books,…

Prashanth Prakash is a founding partner of the US venture capital firm Accel Partners in India. He completed his Masters in Computer Science at the University of Delaware, USA and moved back to India in the mid-1990s. His first startup, Visual Reality, was one of India’s first animation companies. His…

Writer • Painter • Student of History Prasad Suri (born Surada Prasad) is a young writer, painter, and history enthusiast whose work bridges the worlds of art, literature, and heritage. Born in 2000 in Vadarambilli village, Visakha district, he grew up immersed in stories, cinema, and the cultural textures of…

Actor, producer, techie, theatre person — Prakash Bare has his finger in many a pie. An engineer from IIT Kanpur, he worked as a technologist and entrepreneur in California before coming back to pursue his passion for movies and theatre. Known for his performances in films like Sufi Paranja Katha,…

Pavithra Hanchagaiah  is a passionate Kannada technologist, writer, and civicista who has bridged ancient literature and modern technology. She co-founded Vachana Sanchaya, a pioneering open-source platform that digitised over 20,000 11th–12th century Kannada Vachanas—making them searchable and accessible online Her journey began with writing scripts to convert Vachana texts from…