Madhyanchal Fest

Who’s Speaking

We are honored to anticipate the presence of the following distinguished
guests, scholars and artists at the festival

Shri Mohan Yadav

Chief Minister, Madhya Pradesh

Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat

Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Culture, Government of India

Shri Jyotiraditya Scindia

Cabinet Minister, Ministry of Communications

Shri Suresh Gopi

Minister of States, Ministry of Tourism & Petroleum and Natural Gas, GoI

Shri Narendra Tomar

- Chairman, Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly

Shri Dharmendra Lodhi

Minister of Culture and Tourism, Madhya Pradesh

Smt. Sudha Murthy

Padma Bhushan Awardee, Member of Rajya Sabha, and Co-Founder of Infosys

Shri Vishnu Dutt Sharma

Economist and Historian, Member of the Economic Advisory Council to the PM

Dr. Sacchidanand Joshi

Author and Member Secretary,IGNCA

Shri Rajesh Mehra

Chairman, Public Service Commission, Madhya Pradesh

Dr. Vikash Dave

Chairman, Sahitya Akademi, Madhya Pradesh

Prof. Ismita Sahastrabuddhe

Vice Chancellor, Raja Maan Singh Tomar Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya

Prof. Waseem Bareilvi

Renowned Urdu Poet, Former MLC (U.P.), and Former President, NCPUL

Prof. Kapil Kapoor

Padma Bhushan Awardee and Former Pro-Vice Chancellor, JNU

Dr. Kapil Tiwari

Padma Shri Awardee and Former Director, Aadivaasi Lokkalaa Academy

Shri Prahlaad Tipaniya

Padma Shri Awardee, Folk Singer(Malwa Style)

Shri Vijaydatta Shridhar

Padma Shri Awardee Founder of Sapre Patrakarita Sansthan, Bhopal

Shri K.K. Mohammad

Padma Shri Awardee, Former Regional Director, ASI

Shri Chandraprakash Dwivedi

Padma Shri Awardee, Director, and Actor

Shri Ashutosh Rana

Actor and Author

Shri Piyush Mishra

Actor and Author

Shri Raghuveer Yadav

Actor & Theater Artist

Shri Amit Sial

Actor and Theater Artist

Shri Faisal Malik

Director,Actor, and Theater Artist

Shri Pawan Kumar

Poet and IAS Officer, Director of Rural Development, Government of India

Shri Manish Shukla

Poet and Joint CEO,U.P.

Shri Manoj Shrivastava

Ret. IAS Officer, Former ACS, M.P.Government,Historian, andArchaeologist

Shri Farhat Ehsaas

Urdu Poet and Critic

Shri Madan Mohan 'Danish'

Poet and Former IIS Officer, State Akademi Awardee

Dr. Shriram Parihar

Language Expert and Author

Dr.Dharmendra Paare

Regional Language Expert

Dr.Narmada Prasad Upadhyay

Artist

Dr.Vijay Manohar Tiwari

Historian

Dr.Madhu Chaturvedi

Poet, andLanguage Expert

Shri Shakeel Azmi

Urdu Poet, Lyricist, and State Akademi Awardee

Dr. Rahul Awasthi

Poet, Author, Script-Dialogue Writer, Critic, and Language Expert

Shri Gyan Chaturvedi

Renowned Stair Writer and Author

Prof. Girish Nath Jha

Dean, School of Sanskrit and Indic Studies, JNU and Chairman, CSTT, Ministry of • Education,Government ofIndia

Shri Shiv Darshan Dubey

Dhrupad Singer

Shri Manjeet Thakur

Journalist and Author

Dr. Mamta Tripathi

Associate Professor of Sanskrit Language, Gargi College, Delhi University

Dr. Vineet Goswami

Musician and Associate Professor,Delhi University