6 - 8 December 2018 , Thu - Sat.
GALF 2018 : Speakers | Programme | Partners | Performances | Workshops | Exhibitions | Artwork | Press Release | Videos
Photo Gallery: Inaugural Day | Day 1 | Day 2
Abhay Sardesai
Abhay Sardesai has been the Editor of ART India, the premier art magazine of India, since November 2002. He has been a Visiting Faculty in Aesthetics at the Department of English, University of Mumbai; and the Chair of Humanities, Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute of Architecture, Mumbai. Abhay has also taught at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS); the Bhau Daji Lad Museum (BDLM); and Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey (SNDT) Women’s University. He writes in English and translates from Marathi, Konkani and Gujarati. Abhay has written widely on art and literature and read from his work at various places.
Sujata Noronha
Sujata Noronha is an educator who directs the work of Bookworm Trust, a library-based organisation in Goa. She actively supports ideas around reading and learning is happiest in dialogue around literacy and literature.
Hanuman Kambli
Hanuman Kambli teaches art at the Goa College of Art. He is one of India’s foremost print makers and widely regarded as an outstanding artist, painter, and teacher. His works address his personal experiences of Indian mythology and philosophy. Hanuman enjoys an international reputation, and his works have been exhibited in major centres in India and abroad. He is the recipient of several awards and honours. He was a Fulbright Scholar at Western Michigan University (1999); an Artist-in-Residence at the Wimbledon School of Art (1994-95); Lincoln University (2003); and the Central TAFE, Western Australia (2005); and an International Visiting Scholar at the Montclair State University (2009). In 2012, he was conferred with the Rashtriya Swasti Samman (Ujjain, M.P.) for his consistent contributions in the field of visual art form; the Goan Achievers Awards by Navhind Times and Viva Goa for his contributions in the field of art and culture; and in 2013, the Government of Goa conferred its highest award for cultural excellence in the field of fine art. He was a juror for the Seventh Bharat Bhavan International Print-Art Biennial (2006) at Bhopal; and for the 53rd National Exhibition of Art organised by Lalit Kala Academy. Hanuman prepared the original artwork for the eighth edition of the Goa Arts & Literature Festival (GALF).
Ramita Gurav
Ramita Gurav is an associate professor at Xavier's College, Mapusa, where she has been teaching Hindi for more than 20 years. She has a Ph.D. in Contemporary Hindi Theatre and presented papers on topics related to literature, theatre, and media studies at various state, national and international seminars. In addition, Ramita has done translations of Konkani poems, short stories and Marathi short stories in Hindi. She has also directed dramatizations of short stories of writer Premchand and poems by Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh.
Ravi Chellam
Ravi Chellam is Chief Executive Officer, Metastring Foundation. A wildlife biologist & conservation scientist, he has been involved with wildlife research, education, and conservation since the early 1980s. He has worked with the organisations such as the Wildlife Institute of India; United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment; and Greenpeace India.  He has played leadership roles in many of his assignments and is associated with several conservation NGOs - such as Nature Conservation Foundation and the Bangalore Environment Trust - in governance roles. Ravi has worked closely with the government on many conservation projects and is currently a member of a government-appointed expert committee to guide the translocation of Asiatic lions. Apart from his scientific publications, teaching and mentoring post-graduate students, he also writes in newspapers, magazines and websites and gives talks on wildlife and conservation. Ravi has a BSc in Botany, University of Madras; MSc in Wildlife Biology from A. V. C. College, Bharatidasan University; and a PhD from Saurashtra University based on his research work on the ecology of Asiatic lions through the Wildlife Institute of India. His current interests include conservation of large carnivores, conservation and management of wildlife and biodiversity outside Protected Areas, human-wildlife conflicts, restoration of wildlife habitats, and using information technology to enable public participation in research and conservation.
Anil Yadav
Anil Yadav is a traveller and Hindi prose writer with three books to his credit. Wah Bhi Koi Des Hai Maharaj (2013), a travelogue of India’s North-East, was translated in English as Is That Even a Country Sir! Journeys in Northeast India by Train, Bus and Tractor (2017) and in Punjabi. His collection of short stories Nagar Vadhuyen Akhbar Nahi Padhti (City Brides Don’t Read the Papers) was published in 2011 and is shortly to be translated and published in Italian. His collection of journalistic writings - Sonam Gupta Bewafa Nahin Hai (Sonam Gupta Is Not Unfaithful) – was published in 2017. Anil also writes political commentary and articles for websites including BBC Hindi, Newslaudry, Media Vigil and a few other selected newspapers. He lives in New Delhi.
Janeita (Jugneeta) Sudan
Janeita (Jugneeta) Sudan is an academician, literary critic, columnist, and a visiting faculty for English literature, at colleges in Goa. A consultant for schools, she mentors Cambridge students and develops workshop modules for book reading activity. In her journey with literary criticism - critic as an artist, she has focused on classical literature, art history and poetry. In Navhind Times, Goa her byline Booked and How featured books and authors for five years, and presently she contributes articles on art to international journals. She has curated talks on contemporary arts -  Raza Dialogue,with Raza Foundation, Delhi and Museum of Goa and an evening of poetry, art and music at the Goa pavilion - Serendipity Art Festival, 2017. She heads - PAG, poetry appreciation group at Bookworm, Goa and has been recently awarded Non-fiction award, 2018 by the Joao Roque Literary Journal.  Presently she is compiling multiple essays on the international Goan artist, FN Souza.
Namit Arora
Namit Arora is a writer, humanist, travel photographer, and former internet technologist. He grew up in Gwalior, studied at IIT-Kharagpur, worked in Silicon Valley for two decades, took courses of dubious practical value at Stanford, and visited scores of countries before moving to Delhi NCR with his partner. He writes essays, reviews, criticism, travelogues, fiction, memoir, and history, often merging many forms at once, and tackling subjects as diverse as identity politics, artificial intelligence, Indian-Americans, eating animals, and cryptocurrencies. He is the author of The Lottery of Birth: On Inherited Social Inequalities (2017) and two forthcoming books: a novel and another on travel and history. His home on the web is shunya.net.
Yudhishthir Raj Isar
Yudhishthir Raj Isar straddles the multiple worlds of cultural theory and practice. He is Professor of Cultural Policy Studies, The American University of Paris (2002- ); and was Eminent Research Visitor, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University (2011-2013). Since January 2017, he is also the Education Director at the Aga Khan Trust for Culture. Isar was the founding co-editor of the Cultures and Globalization Series (SAGE) and has authored many book chapters and journal articles. He has been president of the European arts and culture platform Culture Action Europe (2004-2008). Isar is a trustee of cultural organizations and a consultant to foundations and international organizations, notably UNESCO.
Supriya Nair
Supriya Nair is a Mumbai-based journalist and studied at St Xavier's College. She is a sports columnist for Mumbai Mirror and former associate editor at The Caravan magazine and staff writer at Mint Lounge, Mumbai. In 2016, she edited the anthology The Caravan Book of Profiles, a collection of award-winning political and cultural reportage from the magazine. Nair writes about books, sports and culture and her work has appeared in The Atlantic, The New Republic, Vogue and Wisden.
