Confirmed Speakers for GLF 2025
Pushpesh Pant
Indian Food Critic & Historian
Dr Ranjana Kumari
Renowned Social Activist & Director, Centre For Social Research
Aanjjan Srivastav
Veteran Actor
M K Raina
Legendary Theatre Personality
Anand Neelakantan
Renowned Author, Screenwriter (Popularly Known for Bahubali)
Anshu Gupta
Founder, GOONJ & Ramon Magsaysay Awardee
Prateek Trivedi
Renowned TV Anchor
Padma Shri Dr. Rajeshwar Acharya
Popular Hindustani Classical Vocalist
Dr. Neerja Madhav
Renowned Hindi Writer
Rati Saxena
Renowned Author & Founder, Kritya International Festival
Priyadarshan
Senior Journalist & Renowned Author
Dr. Ajit Chaturvedi
Vice Chancellor, BHU
Upendrra Rai
CMD, Bharat Express
Kumar Shailendra
Renowned Author & Academician
Amit Behl
Renowned TV actor
Dr. Ram Narayan Tiwari
Renowned Academician, Author & Poet
Aparna Dwivedi
Renowned Author & President, Acharya Hazari Prasad Dwivedi Memorial Trust
Yashwant Deshmukh
Founder Director, C-Voter
Sanjeev Paliwal
Renowned Author & Managing Editor, Aaj Tak
Azhar Iqbal
Renowned Shayar
Divya Prakash Dubey
Popular Bestseller Author
Satya Vyas
Popular Bestseller Author
Vyomesh Shukla
Renowned Author, Poet & Theatre Personality
Raj Mohan
Renowned Bhojpuri Singer, Netherlands
Chandan Tiwari
Renowned Folk Singer
Anu Shakti Singh
Popular Author
Sanjay Massoom
Renowned Screenwriter
Shalabh Mani Tripathi
MLA, Deoria Sadar & Ex- Media Advisor to CM
Kamila Junik
Hindi Scholar, Poland
Dr Sagar
Renowned Lyricist
Chander Prakash
Entrepreneur & Philanthropist
Vishwa Vijay Singh
Veteran Business Leader
Jitendra B Singh
Corporate Leader
Nomaan Shauque
Urdu/Hindi Poet & Broadcaster
Dr. Anand Pradhan
Renowned Journalist & Media Educator
Sudhir Misra
Resident Editor, Navbharat Times, Lucknow
Vijay Tripathi
Resident Editor, Amar Ujala, Lucknow
Pradeep Sharma
Renowned Voice Artist & IPL Commentator
Madhavi Kuckreja
Founder Sanatkada & Noted Social Activist
Manoj Rajan Tripathi
Renowned Journalist & Author
Veerendra Sarang
Renowned Author & Poet
Fouzia Dastango
Eminent Storyteller and India's First Female Dastango
Anjum Sharma
Renowned Poet, Writer & Journalist
Praveen K Jha
Renowned Bestseller Author, Norway
Nirala Bidesiya
Senior Journalist & Cultural Critic
Mrityunjay Kumar Singh
Renowned Poet, Author & Former DGP (Home Gaurds), WB
Kena Shree
Author, HR Leader & Corporate Storyteller
Shivendra Kumar Singh
Journalist & Founder, Raaggiri
Vibhuti Narain Chaturvedi
Senior Journalist & Author
Anurag Dwary
Renowned Journalist & Resident Editor - NDTV
Dilip Pandey
Renowned Author & Politician
Samir Chatterjee
Executive Editor, TV9
Gaurav Prakash
State Chairman, MSME Growth
Dr. M D Singh
Renowned Homeopathy Doctor, Author & Poet
Prof. Aanand Singh
Renowned Author & Academician
Sanjay Krishna
Author & Journalist
Sushant Jha
Managing Editor, Manjul Publishing House
Dr. Devendra Nath Tiwari
Journalist & Research Scholar
Dilip Giri
President, Girmitiya Foundation
Vandana Dubey
Renowned Painter
Neel Kamal Dogra
Renowned Heritage Scholar & Theatre Personality
Dr. Mandhata Rai
Renowned Author & Researcher
Madhav Krishna
Director, Presidium International School
Sruthi Krishnan
Author & Researcher
Abhay Mishra
Renowned Author & Journalist
Dr. Omkar Rai
Founder and Chairman, IDEA and STARTUP PURV
Abhinav Arun
Author & Poet
Bhavtosh Pandey
Author and Book Reviewer
Manoj Bhawuk
Renowned Bhojpuri Poet & Author
Himanshu Upadhyay
Renowned Poet & Journalist
Dr. Shraddha Singh
Academic, Writer & Researcher
Raghav Sharan Sharma
Renowned Author & Academician
Dr. Suman Singh
Bhojpuri Writer
Suman Singh
Poet
Achyout Pandey
MD, Nand Residency
Arvind Singh
Entrepreneur
Rakesh Srivastava
Author & Artist
Prof. Prabhakar Singh
Author & Academician
Sadanand Shahi
Renowned Poet & Critic
Dheerendra Rai
Academician
Manoj Tiger
Actor
Sneha Singh
Marketing, STAGE
Dr. Santosh Kumar Mishra
Academician
Dr. Aprajita Rai
Academician
Dr. Manoj Kumar Rai
Academician, Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya
Achyout Pandey
MD, Nand Residency
Performers
Kalpana Patowary
Eminent Classical Vocalist
Ananyaa Gaur
Hindustani Classical Vocalist
Remon Bhagwandin
Renowned Dutch–Surinamese Songwriter & Composer
Chandan Tiwari
Renowned Folk Singer
Raj Mohan
Renowned Bhojpuri Singer, Netherlands
Fouzia Dastango
Eminent Storyteller and India's First Female Dastango
Nupur Awasthi
Indian Classical Vocalist & Educator
