Ms. Radhika Singh, India

Radhika has a postgraduate degree in Public Administration and has had a long and productive career in the cultural relations sector. She enjoys mentoring young adults and supporting their career aspirations. Radhika is passionate about protecting stray animals and about looking after the homeless elderly. She is an honorary advisor to several civil society organisations and has recently set up a foundation to help underprivileged students access funding for higher education. She lives in Kolkata with her husband NK, her father and two rescued dogs. Her home serves as a transit space for injured strays, and the hosts keep falling madly in love with the guests, resulting in periodic heartbreak and tears. Radhika is a prolific writer whose stories are based on real-life experiences and incidents. She is a regular contributor to the SHE series of short stories.

Ms. Sujatha Murthy, India

A storyteller of another sort, Sujatha tells the stories India’s best brands want to tell. With a Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communications and a Masters in Psychological Counselling, she is a Creative Director and copywriter with more than two decades of experience in advertising. Having worked across geographies, cultures and mindsets, she has a nuanced understanding of communication and human behaviours. She currently lives in Bangalore, where apart from work, she likes to write fiction unrestricted by genre, is a contemporary artist and a cool plant parent. Sujatha is also an avid hiker and traveller, almost always on the move across the length and breadth of the country. She likes to observe life up close and apply its myriad shades to her various forms of creative expression.