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Speakers

Matthieu Ricard

Author, Humanitarian, Photographer and Buddhist Monk

Sandra Postel

Founding Director, Global Water Policy Project

Somi L Roy

Cultural Conservationist and Curator

Ashwin Sanghi

Entrepreneur and Author

Priya Kapoor

Editorial Director, Rolibooks

Avni Doshi

Author

Stan Lai

Theatre Director and Playwright

Namita Gokhale

Author

Kabir Bedi

Actor and Author

Ven Karma Lekshe Tsomo

Professor and Writer

Mita Kapur

Writer and Literary Agent

Megan Stack

Journalist and Author

Binod Kumar Chaudhary

Businessman, Philanthropist, Author and President of Chaudhary Group

Shivani Sibal

Author

Chimi Nangsel Dorji

Assistant Lecturer

Sapha Yumnam

Professor and Illustrator

Sadon Lhamo

Actress

Jhilam Chattaraj

Academic and Poet

Gopilal Acharya

Author, Journalist and Editor

Jigchen Lhazom Norbu

Civil Servant

Sangay Tshering

Managing Partner of an IT firm and President of the Loden Foundation

Dechen Rabgyal

Academic

Kezang Dechen Choden

Poet

Zina Yonten

Engineer

Kinley Wangchuk

Rapper

Thinley Jamtsho Tshering

Architect and Musician

Kunzang P.C. Tshering

Writer and Producer

Michael Rutland

UK Honorary Consul in Bhutan

Damcho Rinzin

Chief Marketing Officer, TCB

Yangday La

Advocate

Françoise Pommaret, PhD.

Cultural Anthropologist, French Honorary Consul in Bhutan

Rabsel Dorji

Entrepreneur and Consultant

Sonam Wangchuk

Chairman, Hotel and Restaurant Association of Bhutan

Pem Lama

Director of Operations and Strategy at the Bhutan Ecological Society (BES)

Sherab Dorji

Actor, Music Producer and Singer

Siok Sian Pek Dorji

Founder of Bhutan Center for Media and Democracy

Rinchen Yoezer

Translator, Researcher

Namgay Choden

Climate Solution Strategist

Utsav Khatiwara

Editor

Ujjwal Deep Dahal

Director of Innovation and Technology Department (DHI)

Sonam Dorji

Executive Director of ABTO

Kamer Singh

Music Guru

Jampel Yeshey Payldon

Actor, Student

Pema Yangsel

Student, Writer

Aanchal Malhotra

Oral Historian and Writer

Benjamin Flouw

Artist and Author Based in Marseille

Christopher Kloeble

Writer and Screenwriter

Vandana Bhandari

Educator and Author

Ekta Chaudhary

Teacher, a gardener and an entrepreneur

Erlend Loe

Novelist and Screenwriter

Geetanjali Shree

Author

Julia Trouilloud

Attachée for Books and Ideas at the French Institute

Karuna Ezara Parikh

Writer and Poet

Madhura Phatak

Founder and Director of Purnaa Arts

Radha Chakravarty

Writer, Critic and Translator

Raghav Chandra

Author & Director of the Bhopal Literature and Art Festival

Rolf Hermann

Author and Poet

Sheela Tomy

Novelist and Short-Story Writer

Shrayana Bhattacharya

Economist

Vikas Swarup

Diplomat and Writer

Pramod Kumar K.G

Entrepreneur and Literary Advocate

Toby Walsh

Scientist

Ugyen Dorji

Visual Storyteller

Nyema Zam

Founder and CEO of Samuh

Sonam Pem Tshoki

Poet, an Academic and a Feminist

Zina Choden Yonten

Associate Analyst at FabLab

Kinley Phyntso

Freelance Writer and Musician

Arun Bhattarai

Filmmaker

Tshering Cigay

Technology Consultant

Passang Tshering

Founder of Booknese

Carissa Nimah

Chief Marketing Officer for the Department of Tourism

John Wehrheim

Photographer and Filmmaker

Kimi Hnamte

Associate professor at the Royal Thimphu College

Tshering Denkar

Bhutanese Travel Blogger

Sangay Tshering

President of Loden Foundation

Namrata Dalela

Textile Conservator

Jigme Tshering

Chairman of the Hotel and Restaurant Association of Bhutan (HRAB)

Karma Toeb

Specialist at the National Center for Hydrology & Meteorology

Dolma Choden Roder

Associate Professor of Anthropology at the Royal Thimphu College

Tshering Lham Thaye

Filmmaker

Ugen Choden

Former Director of Bhutan Foundation

Thinley Choden

Social entrepreneur and Consultant

Kuenga Wangmo

Bhutan’s First Archaeologist

Sree Gaur

Poet

Khurshid Alam 

Deputy Resident Representative of UNDP Bhutan

Karma Phuntsho

Founder of Loden Foundation

Julia Booth

Lecturer, writer, researcher, and publisher

Jampel Yeshey Payldon

Youth Ambassador & Actress

Meru Gokhale

Publisher and Editor

Yeshey Choden

Satellite Engineer & Author

Tandin Sonam

Actor, Lawyer, & Film Director

Kesang Yuden

Program Officer

Anton Hur

Author and Literary Translator

Sara Rai

Author, Literary Translator, Editor

Simon Lamouret

Graphic novelist and illustrator

Will Schwalbe

Author, Journalist and Businessman

Jigme Tsarong

Philanthropist, Author and Sportsman

Ambassador Firat Sunel

International Lawyer, Diplomat and Author

Ambassador Thierry Mathou

Bhutan Scholar and Diplomat

Shefalee Vasudev

Editor-in-Chief of The Voice of Fashion, Journalist and Author

Bhutan Echoes, a year-round initiative of Drukyul’s Literature and Arts Festival, nurtures a literary culture in Bhutan through a range of digital and in-person programs and projects.

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