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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

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