Aaron Lobo

Marine conservation practitioner

A J T Johnsingh

Vertebrate ecologist

A.J. Low

Writer

Aarcha RS

Poet, artist and activist

Abeer Hoque

Writer and photographer

Aditya Sudarshan

Author

Ahmed Bunglowala

PR profession

Ahmer Naqvi

Journalist and a blogger

Ajai Saxena

Indian Forest Service

Amita Kanekar

Novelist and architectural historian

Angela Barreto Xavier

Historian

Anjali Arondekar

Associate Professor of Feminist

Anjum Hasan

Author

Annie Zaidi

Writer, editor

Antara Dev Sen

Founder editor

Anupam Manur

Policy Analyst

Anuradha Goyal

Author

Arun Khopkar

Diploma in film direction

Arun Prakash

Naval Chief and Chairman

Arun Sakhardande

Poet

Arundhati Subramaniam

Author

Arun Prakash

Naval Chief and Chairman

Assavri Kulkarni

Photographer

Astri Ghosh

literary translator

Bama

Dalit writer

Bharat Karnad

Professor

Brian Mendonca

Poet, academic and editor

Christine Chia

Author

Clara Nubile

Writer and literary translator

Cyril Almeida

Senior columnist, reporter

Daisy Rockwell

Writer, painter and translator

Damodar Mauzo

Short fiction writer and novelist

Datta Damodar Naik

Writer

Dattesh D. Prabhu-Parulekar

Assistant Professor

David de Souza

Biochemist

Dayanita Singh

Artist

Desmond Kon

Author

Dhimant Parekh

Co-founder of The Better India

Dhruba Hazarika

Indian Administrative Service

Dilip Borkar

Writer

Dilip Donde

Naval officer

E Sharp

Indie rock bands

Faisal Devji

Director

Fatima M Noronha

Freelance writer, editor

Francesca Marciano

Italian novelist, filmmaker

George Michell

Architecture

Githa Hariharan

writer

Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar

Author

Harsh Mander

Human rights worker, writer, columnist

Haseeb Asif

Journalist and a writer

Hema Myer Sood

Writer

Hemant Divate

Marathi poet, editor, publisher

Heta Pandit

Founder of Goa Heritage Action Group

Himanshu Suri

Punjabi-American rapper

Ikhtisad Ahmed

Human rights lawyer

Imre Bangha

Professor of Hindi

Indu K.Mallah

Writer, poet, literary

Ines G. Zupanov

Researcher

Ishamuddin Khan

Magician, madari

Ivo de Figueiredo

Historian, author

Janhavi Acharekar

Author

Jason Keith Fernandes

Post-doctoral scholar

Jayant Kaikini

Kannada short story writer, poet

Jayanti Naik

Folklorist and Konkani litterateur

Jerry Pinto

Author

Jessica Faleiro

Writer and novelist

Jonathan Gil Harris

Professor

Jose Lourenco

Short fiction, poetry, translator

Jugneeta Sudan

Freelance writer

K P Ramanunni

Novelist and Short Story writer

Zac O'Yeah

Author

K. Anis Ahmed

Author

Kala Ramesh

Poet

Kaveri Ponnapa

Author

Keki N. Daruwalla

Poet

Khalid Anis Ansari

Senior Assistant Professor

Kiran Budkuley

Professor and Head

Kornelia Santoro

Author

Kula Saikia

Indian Police Service

Leonard Fernandes

Co-founder of CinnamonTeal Publishing

Loretti Pinto

Art Instructor

Lucy San Pablo Burns

Associate Professor

Mahesh Rao

Writer

Manasi Sapre

Head of Content

Manohar Shetty

Poet

Martin Kampchen

Writer, academician

Meena Alexander

Poet

Meena Kakodkar

Story writer, a novelist

Meena Kandasamy

Poet

Munize Manzur

Editor

Mustansir Dalvi

Anglophone poet, architect and translator

N Shivdas

Story writer

Nandita Haksar

Lawyer

Naomi Duguid

Writer, traveler

Narayan Ramachandran

Writer, social entrepreneur

Naresh Fernandes

Editor

Nitin Pai

Co-founder of Takshashila

P Sivakami

Writer, poet and an activist

Pantaleao Fernandes

Writer, photographer and ethnographer

Parag D. Parobo

Assistant Professor

Pavan Srinath

Policy research and programmes

Pooja Nansi

Poet

Pranay Kotasthane

Researcher

Pranesh Prasad

Writer

Priya Ramani

Journalist

R. Benedito Ferraao

Writer

R. Raj Rao

Novelist, short story writer

Radhika Vaz

Stand-up comedian

Raghu Karnad

Writer

Rajay R. Pawar

Associate Professor

Ramachandra Guha

Historian and biographer

Ramesh Veluskar

Writer

Ranjit Hoskote

Poet, cultural theorist and curator

Ratna Vira

Author, a corporate leader

Ravi Singh

Publishing director

Rishi Vohra

Writer

Rochelle Pinto

Teacher

Rochelle Potkar

Writer

Saad Z Hossain

Writer

Sadaf Saaz

Poet, writer, entrepreneur

Safieh Shah

Doctor and public health researcher

Saikat Majumdar

Author

Salim Arif

Head of Department

Samar Halarnkar

Reporter and writer

Sarah Farooqui

Editor of Pragati

Savia Viegas

Writer, artist

Shahid Amin

Professor

Shakti Sinha

Chairperson

Sharmila Rao

Dentist

Shubha Vilas

Author

Sonia Rodrigues Sabharwal

Artist

Sriram Karri

Novelist and columnist

Steven Gutkin

Journalist

Subodh Kerkar

Visual art

Sukrita Paul Kumar

Poet and critic

Sushila Sawant Mendes

Head of the Department

Tania De Rozario

Artist and writer

Trusha Ganesh

Blogger

Vedica Kant

Author

Venkat Dhulipala

Associate Professor

Vincy Quadros

Konkani Writer, Translator

Vinutha Mallya

Principal

Vishnu Surya Wagh

Politics, literature, Jounalism

Vishvesh Kandolkar

Editor

Vivek Menezes

Co-founder

Vivek Shanbhag

Kannada writer

Yudhishthir Raj Isar

Analyst, advisor and public speaker

Yvonne Vaz Ezdani

School counsellor