January 17 Schedule
January 17
Track 1
10:00
Sangam Literature as a Source for History:

Dr. R Balakrishnan, IAS (Retd), Indologist
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10:00
Country hours 4: France and Canada
Session coordination by Mr. Amutharasan Paulraj, Thadagam Publications

Ms. Maylis de Kerangal, award winning French author, France
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Ms. Julia Trouilloud, Attaché for Books, Debates & Ideas, French Institute in India – French Embassy in India
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Mr. Robert Morgan, General Manager, BookLand Press, Canada
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14:00
Language Publishing in India: Session 1
Session coordination by Mr. Karthikeyan Pugalendi, Vanavil Puthakalayam

Ms. Neeta Gupta, Publishing director, Tethys Books & Co-Founder Publishers’ Exchange
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Ms. Gita Ramaswamy, Hyderabad Book Trust
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Mr. Akhil Mehta, Mehta Publishing House, Pune
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Mr. Tridib Kr Chatterjee, Hony. General Secretary, Publishers and Booksellers Guild & Organiser, International Kolkata Book Fair
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15:30
Language Publishing in India: Session 2
Session coordination by Mr. N.A. Jayendhran, Karpagam Puthakalayam

Ms. Urvashi Butalia, Indian feminist writer, publisher and activist & founder Zubaan books
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Ms. Shweta Khurana, Editor, All About Book Publishing (AABP)
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Mr. Naresh Kumar Chutani, Joint Director, Capexil
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Mr. Ilangoven Chinnusamy, Ailaysa
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Mr. Kannan Sundaram, Publisher, Managing Director at Kalachuvadu Publications Pvt Ltd
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Mr. Abhijit Tiwari, Nielsen BookData
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Track 2
Special Session 1 (10 AM - 1 PM)
11:00
Session coordination by Ms. Subhasree Desikan
The Kural and its Music of Wisdom

Mr. Thomas Hitoshi Pruiksma, author and translator Online
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11:00
The Many Worlds of Translation

Ms. Sara Joseph, award winning novelist in Malayalam
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Mr. Jinoy Jose Palathingal, Senior Deputy Editor, The Hindu’s Frontline magazine
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Ms. Sangeetha Sreenivasan, Novelist and children’s writer
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11:00
International Scholarship

Ms. Persis Naumann, Editor & Founder | Kelir Books, USA (Chair person for the Online Session) (11 AM - 1 PM) Online
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11:00
Reclaiming Tamil literature to the diaspora

Ms. Peniel Prabakaran, Author & Co-Founder | Kelir Books, New Zealand (11 AM - 12 PM) Online
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Mr. Meyyappan, Founder | Aotearoatamil, New Zealand Online
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12:00
Language Revitalisation (Revitalisation of Te Reo Maori)

Mr. Scotty Morrisson, Adjunct Professor & Director | Māori Student and Community Engagement Auckland’s Unitec Institute of Technology, New Zealand Online
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Ms. Stacey Morrisson, Author | Māori Made Easy 2, Māori Made Fun, Māori at Home, Māori at work, New Zealand (12 - 1 PM) Online
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Special Session 2 (2 PM - 5 PM)
18:30
Session coordination by Ms. Subhasree Desikan
Discussions with author

Mr. M A Baby, Former Education and Culture Minister and Former Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)
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12:00
Taking Tamil to the world

Mr. V. S. Sridharan, Author
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Ms. Mini Krishnan, Author, translator and publisher
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Dr. Sankara Saravanan, Joint Director (Translation), Tamil Nadu Textbook and Educational Services Corporation
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18:30
Discussions with author

Mr. Vivek Shanbhag, Kannada writer & founding editor of the literary journal Desha Kaala
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20:30
Talk on Paulo Coelho

Dr. V. K. Karthika, Assistant Professor of English, NIT Trichy
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20:30
A talk from Ms. Martha Ann Selby

Ms. Martha Ann Selby, Chairperson, Sangam Chair, Harvard University
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