Speaker: BIJAL VACHHARAJANI
Children's Book Editor and Write, Commissioning Editor, Pratham Books.

Bio: Bijal Vachharajani is an award-winning writer and editor. A former journalist with close to two decades of experience, she has a 360 degree understanding of the media industry as the editor of publications such as Time Out Bengaluru, a media strategist at organisations such as Humane Society International-India and Fairtrade India, and as a South Asia climate campaigner at 350.org . She has been responsible for driving wildlife conservation and environment-related projects at organisations such as Sanctuary Asia. She has helmed the children’s section at Time Out Mumbai and written a column on children's literature for The Hindu-Mumbai. She's the author of multiple children's books including A Cloud Called Bhura, which won the AutHer Award, So You Want to Know About the Environment and Kitten Trouble. In her current role as commissioning editor at Pratham Books, she commissions and edits books for children. She also contributes to leading news websites such as Scroll.in. In her own words, "She is a certified climate worrier".

Host: PROF. LALITHA SUHASINI
Faculty of Journalism, FLAME UNIVERSITY

Bio: Prof. Lalitha Suhasini is a Faculty of Journalism at FLAME University, Pune. With her prodigious experience of working for publishers like The Indian Express and Rolling Stone India, her journalism career has spanned more than 2 years. She also carries the experience of being a magazine editor, music journalist & curator, news reporter, and digital media expert. She has written extensively on Indian art, culture, science and has constantly chased human stories that resonate with her readers.

To attend, please visit: https://flameuniversity.zoom.us/j/93375450698.