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Noreen Van Holstein

Founder Director • La La Land

India

Jefita Rajan

Lokesh Ghiya

Content manager • Moinee Foundation • he/him

Jaipur, India

shruti chamaria

Gavvy Saini

Amanda Chen

Founder / Art Therapist • Art For Good

Singapore, Singapore

Kat Haber

Annu Yadav

Aman Singh

Trishla

Director • TIFA Working Studios

Paribartana Mohanty

Sreechand Tavva

Technology for nonprofits, cycling and boardgames • Arghyam

A. Morgan McKendry (they/them)

morgan | VJ | visual artist | independent curator/writer • they/them/theirs

Brooklyn, NY, USA

Rohini Kejriwal

Liactuallee (They/Them)

Interdisciplinary Visual Artist, Yoga Instructor • they/them

Mumbai, India

Dhilashini Karthigesu

Praveen Sinha

Vaibhavi Kowshik

she/her

Jaipur, India

Vinay Hasija

New Media Artist

Bangalore, India

Paramita Saha

Co-founder &Co-Director • ArtsForward • female

Kolkata, India

Varun Gupta

Chennai Photo Biennale

Gayatri N

Founding Trustee & Director of Operations • Chennai Photo Biennale, FOUNDATION • she/her

Chennai, India

Tasneem Murtaza Moiz Lohani

🇮🇳 India

John O'Neill

Nav B

Suresh K. Nair

Assistant Professor • Banaras Hindu University • he

Varanasi, India

Hal Rodriguez

Technologist • Amped Atelier • he/him/they

Alameda, California, USA

Upasana Nattoji Roy

Founder Director • Switch Studio

India

Edward Hutchins

he/him

Singapore, Singapore

Holly Veselka

Visual Artist • she/her

San Marcos, USA

swatisimha

Fellow • she/her

Mark Holzbach

Suma Dodmani

ML Engineer

Nelson Brito

tenzin gopal

vadodara, 🇮🇳 India

Sayali Mundye

Curator | Cultural Manager | Writer • Independent Curator, Visiting Faculty • she/her

Bombay, India

Kajal Sharma

Nitika Goel

Shataakshi Verma

Festival Director • Gender Unboxed • she/her

Marsha Bradfield

Course Leader, MA Intecultural Practices • Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London • she/her

London, UK, 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Gourav Dwivedi

Sarwesh Shah

New Media Designer, Creative Technologist • National Institute Of Design • he/him

Kolkata, 🇮🇳 India

Elly Cho

Visual Artist

Jo Clements

Artist • Jo Clements Studio

🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Sukanya Paul

Artist

Rita Dhankani

Vivi5 animation art & design studio

Aishwarya Sultania

Artist, educator, curator and facilitator of multiactivity retreats. • Freelancer • she/her

Gandhinagar, India

Gautam Sonti

Documentary filmmaker • South Docs • he/him

Bangalore, India

Tiny Domingos

artist • ROSALUX • he/him

Berlin, Germany

Uma K

Independent Creative Director • she/her

Mumbai, India

Lisa Botos

Director S.E.A. • MMBP & Associates

Singapore

Sayak Shome

Artist

Kolkata, India

aparna vaidik

Nikita Teresa Sarkar

Artist & Facilitator • Co-founder, Falana Films | Founder, SICCA Collective | Technical Director, Tantidhatri Festival • she/her

Bangalore, 🇮🇳 India

Samudra Kajal Saikia

Argumentative Dreamer • kankhowa

India

Darshana Dave

Manager - Institutional Projects • India Foundation For The Arts • she / her

Bangalore, India

Menaka Rodriguez

Head - Resource Moblisation and Outreach • India Foundation for the Arts • female

Bangalore, India

Vivek Madan

Indian Ensemble

Anitha Balachandran

Bangalore, India

Ishita Shah

Srishti institute of art design and technology

Arjun Rajagopal

Me • Self • it

London, Uk

Becky

Photographer- Producer • Color Wheel Studios • she/hee

New York, usa

Mahoshadi Peiris

Saumya Lakshman

Madhuja Mukherjee

Professor, Film Studies • Jadhavpur University • female

Kolkata, India

Shreyas Srivatsa

Network Coordinator • Living Labs Network

Aaron Kierbel

Bakula Nayak

Ambika Joshi

Co-founder • Ajaibghar Cultural Services / Gooey.AI • she/her

🇮🇳 India

Vir Kashyap

Instigator in Residence • Zeetah

Bangalore, India

Kevin Moore

Product Manager • Google • he/him

Seattle, USA

Isaac Sullivan

Assistant Professor of Visual Arts • Zayed University

Dubai, UAE

Ruth Bianco

Artist • Independant • she/her

Valletta, Malta

Jenn Blum

Deka

Creative Director • Gotcha Impact Media Pvt. Ltd.

Goa, India

C Morris

Karon Shaiva

Chief Impact Officer • Idobro RISE Fest

India

Shuchi Kapoor

Co-founder & Director - Community Engagement & Partnerships • Chennai Photo Biennale Foundation • she/her

Chennai, India

Samarpita Chanda

Kartik Nair

Mehar Zariwala

Mick Jeffries

Srinivas Harivanam

Artist / Designer / Thinker

Bangalore, India

Navin Kumar Kushwah

Leslie Guthrie

Afra Khan

Founder • The Star Station • she / they

sanjay bharadwaj

Art / Production / Stage Manager • they

Bangalore, India

Akshatha K

Vinati Sehgal

Mansee Shah Thard

Co-founder • Lahe Lahe • she/her

Bangalore, India

Chaitali Kulkarni

Seema Krishnakumar

Michelle Lukiman

Project Manager | Performing Artist • Kcymaerxthaere • she/her

Los Angeles, USA

Tanuvi Joe

Chiman Dangi

Founder • Art Junction

Alexander

Ashfika Rahman

George Panicker

Beate

Digital Projects • HFBK Hamburg • she

Hamburg, Germany

Luba Elliott

Creative AI Researcher

Boris Magrini

Curator • House of Electronic Arts Basel

Switzerland

Srinivas Aditya Mopidevi

Writer and Curator of Exhibitions • Terrain.art

New Delhi, India

Titash Sen

Artist • @unzeroed • she/her

London, UK/India

Chitra Kalyani

Communication Manager • Pro Helvetia New Delhi • she/her

New Delhi, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam.

Vilasini

Krishna

Rekha

Aditi

Yuv

Abhilash

Shloka Vaidialingam

Urvashi Pawar

Karel Antonin

Dr. Nagraj Huilgol

Supriya Nair

Sean Blagsvedt

Founder & CEO • Gooey.AI • he/him

Seattle and Bangalore, USA & India

Moklesur Rahman

Shruti Tiwari

Syahrul Anuar

Jahnavi Phalkey

Founding Director • Science Gallery Bengaluru

India

Cheyenne Alexandria Phillips

Writer/Performer/Poet/Tour Guide • she/her

Jyoti Rai

Camilla Mongini

Aarushi K

Sahana Srikanth

Priya Bhattacharji

Ichchuk : Short Films For Schools / Thrivin' : street Art+Play

Delhi / Meerut, India

Aman Kaur

Vaishali Bisht

Artistic Director • Hyderabad Childrens Theatre Festival

India

Jamela Law

Rebecca Efstathiou

Tanima Maniktala Sachdev

Programme - India • Pro Helvetia New Delhi

New Delhi, India

Manu Raveendran

Cofounder & CTO • Hidden Pockets - Safe and non-judgemental sexual and reproductive health care for women • he/him

Bangalore, India

Agathyan B

Akanksha Vyas

Emiliano Gonzalez Marassa

Karen Haydock

visual artist, scientist, etc • freelance • (i would probably respond to any pronoun - but most use she)

Protyasha Pandey

Jens Ostergaard

Denise Mc Donagh

Patrick Sneep

Fongyee Ng

Ruam Mukherjee

Public Relations • The PRactice • independent arts facilitator & manager i communications & marketing professional

Ojasvi Gupta

Researcher • she/her

Gurgaon, India

Rachel Uwa

Founder • School of Machines, Germany

Germany

Sharwarid

Nicole Seiler

Artistic director, choreographer • Cie Nicole Seiler • she/her

Lausanne, Switzerland

Ayesha Hassanwalia

Dancer • Independent Performing Artist • she

New Delhi, India

Pallavi

Elsa

Samuel

Pratibha

Neeti Sivakumar

Bengaluru, India

Georgia

Kaku

Delhi, India

Darpan

Manu Sharma

Fmr Communications Lead • Dara • he/him

New Delhi, India

Kamya Ramachandranrgtfd sss RzdzNFC

Founder-Director, BeFantastic.in, Previously Director - Jaaga DNA, Faculty, Public Space Design - Srishti • BeFantastic.in • she/her

Singapore

Karthika Sakthivel

Community Enagagement Lead • BeFantastic • she/her

Bangalore, 🇮🇳 India

Archana Prasad

Founder & Chief Operations Officer • Gooey.AI / Dara.network • she/her

Bangalore & Seattle, 🇮🇳 & 🇺🇸

Mari Shankari

she/her

Chennai, India

Anju Soni

Delhi, India

Rita Das

Communications Coordinator • Dara.Network • she/her

Bangalore, India

Trishla Talera

Director • TIFA Working Studios • she/her

Pune, India

Dev Aggarwal

Technical founder • Dara.network • he/him

Kota, India

Mitesh Singh

Engineer • Dara.network • he work

Kanpur, India

Gaurav Singh Nijjer

General Manager • Kaivalya Plays • he/him

New Delhi, India

Anuja Ghosalkar

Founder and Artistic Director- Drama Queen • Drama Queen • female

Bangalore / Bombay, India

Marcellina Dwi kencana Putri

Jakarta, Indonesia

Junaid kader

Joke

Bangalore, India

Charles

he/him, they/them

Neety

Founder/Designer • Eunoia • she/her

Bangalore, India

Shreeparna Mitra

Partner Success Associate • Gooey.AI • they/them

Pune / Bangalore, India

Balu B

Product Manager (Backend) • Hoppscotch • he/him

Bangalore, India

Akshay Mahajan

Aruna Raman

Abhilash R G

Marketing Intern • IoTReady • he/him

Bengaluru, India

Mahima Grover

Assistant Project Manager • Art X Company • she/her

Arindam Manna

he/him

Suri, West Bengal, India

Anthony Michael

Engineer

California, Usa