Our Community

Abrona Lee Pandi Aden is an Assistant Professor at the Department of English, Sikkim University, India where she teaches courses on Literature from India’s Northeast, Literature and Gender, Creative Writing and Translation.

Vrinda Jariwala is a research associate at the National Center for Preservation Technology and Training which is part of the National Park Service, in Louisiana, USA.

Hetal Varia is a world-renowned Mumbai-based Voice, Accent & Dialect coach. Hetal is co-founder of ‘Ekalavya’, the experiential online theatre training programmes.

Rahul Kumar is a Fulbright Scholar with a Masters in Arts from the USA and a CWIT fellow. A recipient of scholarships from the India Foundation for the Arts and the Ministry of Culture (Government of India).

Ekta Kaul is an award winning artist based in London. Her artistic practice is focused on creating narrative maps that explore places, history and belonging through stitch.

Joyoti Roy heads Strategy and Marketing at the CSMVS Museum, Mumbai. She is interested in the social and civic role of cultural organisations and believes that arts institutions have the key responsibility to shape and reflect people's futures.

Abhishek Majumdar is a playwright, scenographer and theatre director based in Bangalore, India, he is currently the artistic director of Bangalore’s Bhasha Centre of Performing Arts.

Anupama Chandrasekhar is a Chennai-based playwright and screenwriter. Her plays have been staged at leading venues in India, Europe and the US.

Ruhi Jhunjhunwala is a cultural manager with extensive experience in the performing arts sector and expertise in festival management, programme design and international collaborations.

Shitanshu Gupt Maurya designed his own modular training programme and spent five months working with two UK mentors.

Dr Oindrila Ghosh was awarded a short research grant by CWIT in 2019 to pursue post-doctoral research in the UK.

Suman Bhandary is a typeface designer and font developer who graduated with a MA in Typeface Design from the University of Reading, UK.

Karen D’Mello is a theatre maker and educator from Bangalore. She is a co-founder of KathaSiyah and Same Same.

Shantanu Subramaniam is an Architect and Archaeologist with a specialisation in heritage conservation and architectural history.

Amitesh Grover is one of India’s leading theatre makers and as an undergraduate he studied Live & Digital Arts at the University of Arts, London.