Dr. Jyotsna Tiwari, HOD Education in Art and Aesthetics, NCERT, Delhi

Professor Dr. Jyotsna Tiwari is Head of the Department of Arts and Aesthetics, National Council of Educational Research & Training (NCERT). She has taught at top Universities and written more than 100 articles for leading newspapers. She earned a Phd in Art history and has decades of experience in art education.

Mayur ⁠Vayeda, Artist and Educator, Mumbai

Mayur ⁠Vayeda, is a renowned Warli artist inspired by the patterns of Nature. He and his brother Tushar painted a seascape at The Sassoon Docks for the Mumbai Urban Arts Festival, and the facade of India Art Fair. They have presented a solo exhibition at the prestigious  Tsomoriri Bunko, Tokyo and a Group show at Modesti Perdriolle Gallery, Belgium and many important Indian Museums and Galleries have shown their work. They have worked with children on their mural projects as well as in other contexts.

Alka Hingorani, Professor at IDC, IIT – Mumbai, Educator LeTS foundation

Alka Hingorani is faculty at IDC School of Design, IIT Bombay. Her interests include issues of art and identity and storytelling as academic practice. Her work at LeTS Foundation enables students to learn through content that they helped produce. She has a Phd in History of Art, from the University of California, Berkeley where she also did several Masters degrees.

Melissa Nolas, Founder Children‘s Photography Archive, London

Melissa is the co-curator of the Children’s Submissions of the Chennai Photo Biennale. She led the Childhood Publics Research Programme and co-founded the Children’s Photography Archive in the UK. Melissa authored Let’s Talk About…’ toolkit, a child-led approach to personal, social, health and economic education, part of the school curriculum in England . She is a Visiting Research Fellow at UCL’s Institute of Advanced Studies.

Gayatri Nair, Founding Trustee, Chennai Photo Biennale, Chennai

Gayatri leads CPB Prism, the educational division of the Chennai Photo Biennale, which aims to integrate art-based learning in education. She develops curricula, trains teachers, publishes children’s literature, and organizes hands-on workshops for students and educators. She manages fellowships and grants to support women artists and was an Art Think South Asia fellow herself.

Sunder Ramu, Commercial Photographer and Fine Artist, Chennai

Sunder Ramu is a Chennai based photographer. His clients include, Taj hotels, Hyatt hotels, Intercontinental group of hotels. His photographs have been featured on the cover of magazines like Arts Illustrated, The Week, Elle India and others. His works have been shown in several solo shows, group shows and books over the past 30 years.

Lina Vincent, Curator and Educator, Goa

Lina Vincent is an art historian and curator. Lina directs the Goa Familia archival photography project for Serendipity Arts Foundation and leads the Sunaparanta Art Initiator Lab (S.A.I.L.) mentorship program in Goa. She recently concluded a virtual project for India Foundation for the Arts, and curated a collaborative exhibition with Goethe Institute. Art education and climate initiatives are important to her.