Dr. N. Gopi
He is an eminent Telugu Writer and has published 35 books and 70 papers, essays and articles in different literary journals/magazines. His works have been translated into different Indian languages. Dr. Gopi has presented papers in several national and international seminars. He is the recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award, Delhi Telugu Academy Award, Pratibha Vyjantika Puraskar, Sivananda Eminent Citizen Award, Life Time Achievement Award from Teja Art Creations, Kalaratna Award by Govt. of Andhra Pradesh etc.
Dr. Sri Satish Kumar Verma
He is an eminent Punjabi scholar and translator. He has more than 50 published works to his credit including edited and translated works. He has written the screenplay for many television serials and telefilms. He has made extensive efforts to promote children theatre and Nukkad theatre in Punjab by holding numerous theatre workshops. He is the recipient of many prestigious award and honours, which includes Sahitya Akademi Translation Prize, Doordarshan National Award, Best Director Award (twice) by Punjabi Akademi, Delhi, National Award by Sahitya Kala Parishad, Dr. Attar Singh Award etc. Presently, he is serving as Professor of Punjabi and Director of Youth Welfare Department at Punjabi University, Patiala.
Prof. Dr. H. S. Shiva Prakash
He is a well-known Indian poet, playwright and translator writing in Kannada. He has been translated into most Indian languages and several foreign languages like French, Spanish and Italian. He is the winner of two national awards: Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for Drama and Sahitya Akademi Award for Poetry. He is also the recipient of Rajyotsava award from Govt. of Karnataka. He is Professor in Theatre Studies in School of Arts and Aesthetics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, now on deputation as Director, Tagore Centre, Embassy of India, Berlin since 2011.
Dr. Angshuman Kar
He is a young Bengali poet. He has nine collections of poems, a novel and a memoir to his credit. Dr. Kar has participated and presented his poems in different poetry festivals held in Scotland, Bangladesh and several states of India. He also represented India in the SAARC Poetry Festival of Young Poets and in the Closing Ceremony of the 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, organized jointly by Ministry of Culture, Government of India and Bangladesh Government. He is the recipient of Australia-India Council Fellowship, Krittibas Award, Paschim Banga Bangla Akademi Puroskar, Bangiya Sahitya Parishad Puraskar etc. Presently, he is working as Associate Professor of English at the University of Burdwan, West Bengal. He was also served as the Regional Secretary of the Eastern Region of Sahitya Academy.
Dr. Chander Dutt Trikha
Dr. Chander Dutt Trikha writes in Hindi, English, Urdu, Punjabi and Sanskrit. As a journalist since 1962, he is a regular writer of columns for different newspapers and served Daily Hindi Milap, Daily Pratap, Navbharat Times, Dainik Jagran, The Tribune group, and Daily JanSandesh. He was an editor in chief-Daili Jan Sandesh 1990- 92 and remained a college lecturer during 1972- 74. At present he is a member of central Sahitya Academy.