For Publishing Next Industry Awards 2015:
Aashti Mudnani
Proprietor, Lightroom Bookstore, Bangalore
Aravinda Anantharaman
Librarian and author based in Bangalore
Asif Husain Arastu
Fourth-generation owner of Hyderabad’s iconic erstwhile bookshop, AA Husain & Co
Badri Seshadri
Managing Director, New Horizon Media Private Limited, Chennai
Bipin Shah
Publisher and Managing Director, Mapin Publishing, Ahmedabad
Dileep Raj
Assistant Professor, Government Brennen College, Thalassery (Kerala); publisher of books in Malayalam for a decade before turning to teaching
Frederick Noronha
Journalist and Managing Editor of the Goa-based publishing house, Goa, 1556
Hemant Divate
Poet and Editor And Publisher at Paperwall Media & Publishing Pvt Ltd
Indu Chandrasekhar
Publisher and Managing Editor, Tulika Books, New Delhi
Naresh Khanna
Principal Consultant at IPP Services, Research and Training PL (IppStar); Editor, Indian Printer and Publisher magazine
Padmini Ray Murray
Faculty, Centre of Public History, Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology; research focus on potential of the relationship between digital technologies and public history
Paulomi Shah
Ahmedabad-based graphic designer and art director, specialising in illustrated books; formerly, Art Director at Mapin Publishing, Ahmedabad
Praba Ram
Children’s writer, reading specialist and an early literacy advocate
R. Sriram
Entrepreneur, mentor, retail consultant; co-founder of Crossword Bookstores in 1992
Rakesh Khanna
Co-founder of Chennai-based Blaft Publications and Chief Content Officer at Edugame Digital
Ramu Ramanathan
Editor, PrintWeek India magazine
Sugata Srinivasaraju
Editorial Director of Asianet News Network
Tom Mangatt
CEO and co-founder, Indulekha.com (www.indulekha.com), Kerala’s No.1 online bookstore
Vivek Menezes
Co-founder and Festival Curator of the Goa Arts and Literary Festival; also, a widely published writer and photographer