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Translator/ Editor (kritya) / Director Poetry festivals-kritya
and vedic scholar. She has 9 collections of poetry in Hindi and
English and one each in Malayalam (translated), Irish,and
Italian, She has a travelogue in Hindi- “Cheenti ke par”, a
Memoire in English-“ Every thing is past tense “. a criticism on
famous Malayalam Poet Balamaniyamma’s work. Her research on the
Atharvaveda has been published as *The Seeds of the Mind--* a
fresh approach to the study of Atharvaveda, under the fellowship
of the Indira Gandhi National Center for Arts. She has
translated about 12 Malayalam works, both prose and poetry, into
Hindi and two from Norwagian languages. she has participated in
several national seminars and published articles in a number of
journals. She secured the Kendriya Sahitya Akademi award for
translation for the year 2000. She has been invited for poetry
reading in prestigious poetry festivals like "PoesiaPresente" in
Monza (Italy), Mediterranea Festival (Rome) and International
House of Stavanger (Norway), Struga Poetry Evening (Mecidonia) ,
and '3rd hofleiner donauweiten poesiefestival 2010, Vienna , the
prestigious poetry festival in Medellin (Colombia- two times),
She is the only indian participant in some imp poetry festivals
like - Iran’s Fajr Poetry Festival , International Istanbul
Poetry Festival (IIPF) Turkey, 4th international Eskisehir
Poetry Festival. Turkey And in China’s Moon Festival. She has
been invited to some Amerian Universities also to talk about
Vedic poetry and recite her own poetry like Mary Mount
University in Loss angles and University of Seattle ( USA) , She
is one of the three representatives from Asia for World Poetry
Movement, which has 37 foundation members around the world. She
is the only Indian whose poem has been chosen in popular book of
china – 110 modern poems of the world. 
is a Professor and former Dean of Faculty of Oriental Studies
and a former member of the Syndicate at the University of Kerala.
Dr. Mettaru knows several languages including Malayalam, Hindi,
Urdu and English. He also has practical knowledge of Sanskrit,
Arabic and Dutch. He has published more than 300 papers in
standard journals in Hindi, Malayalam and English. He has a
number of books to his credit, including Adhunik Hindi Ka Srot:
Naya Chintan (1986) Dakhini Hindi Ka Sufi Sahitya (1988) Masnavi
Kadam Rao Padam Rao, Arya Prakashan Mandal (1990), Dakhini Hindi
Bhasha Aur Sahitya (1994),Shantivahak Nabi (1994), Adhunik Hindi
Ka Srot; Nav Chintan (Revised and enlarged edition) (2002) and
Irshadnama (2002). Dr. Mettaru has received a number of awards
for his literary works, including the Rashtra Bhasha Parishad
Award(1982), the Hindi Writers Awards of Central Hindi
Directorate (1987), the Acharya Ramachandra Sukla Award (1996)
the Sammelan Samman (prize), the Hindi Sahitya Sammelan (2002)
and the Rajbhasha Gaurav Samman (2003 & 2004).
Jayasree Ramakrishnan Nair (Editor of English Kritya journal
and co-organizer of the annual festival) is a freelance editor
and translator. She is also a senior Associate Editor of
Samyukta, a Journal of Women's Studies. Dr. Nair is presently
working as a Senior Editor at Oregon Technologies, Nanthencode,
Thiruvananthapuram. She has co-ordinated a project on Women and
Health, focusing on the physical and mental health of women. Her
findings written in collaboration with Dr. Hema R. Nair were
published under the title of 'Engendering Health - A Brief
History of Women's Involvement in Health Issues'. In addition to
translation work, her creative pursuits include writing poetry
and painting. She has translated four plays of Shakespeare into
Malayalam, which were published by D.C. Books, Kottayam, 2000.
The short stories she has translated have appeared in Samakalika
Bharathiya Cherukathakal, an anthology of Contemporary Indian
Short Stories in translation (published by the Sahitya Akademi,
1995). She has also translated and published Walt Whitman's
poems into Malayalam. Her areas of interest are Translation
Studies, Folklore Studies, Shakespeare Studies and Women's
Studies. She is also the editor of Kritya 2012 festival book
“Dooreyanennal Oppam,” published by Kerala Sahitya Akademi.
Festival organization and technical help)
is a young artist, singer and sportsperson. She is an architect
and a master in advanced construction management. She is
creative, responsible and has good organization and leadership
skills. She has previously worked in Planning & Coordination-
Development Services of Commercial at the Cushman & Wakefield
Pvt Ltd (Mumbai). Her other Project Planning and coordination of
interior & coordinate services include Office Space for State
Bank Of India (Mumbai), re-development & hospital expansion for
the Asian Heart Hospital (Mumbai), commercial complex (shopping
Mall in Dadar) in Mumbai, Project Planning and coordination of
structure & services of Office Block 6, Nirlon (Knowledge Park,
Mumbai), project monitoring of Gigaplex project (Airoli, Mumbai)
for J P Morgan India, a property Mauritius Company, Synergy
Property Dev Services Pvt Ltd (Pune), Project Planning and
coordination of elements & services of Masterplan of an IT Park
and project planning and coordination of structure & services of
building blocks in an IT Park. Her work profile includes
planning of master schedule, preparation of the budget,
preparation of development strategy report, tracking the
progress, coordinating with the client, architects, services
consultants and the vendors to facilitate the design development
and the procurement team and site team. She has also worked at
E.I. DuPont, India Pvt Ltd (Gurgaon). As an Architect, she has
worked at Sankalpan Architects Pvt Ltd (Mumbai), Patell
Batliwala Manohar& Associates, Morphogenesis Architecture Studio
(Delhi) and NICMAR Pune. Ms. Shalbha has Bachelors of
Architecture from the National Institute of Technology (Calicut)
and a Post-Graduate Diploma in Advanced Construction Management
from NICMAR Pune. 
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has 37 years of teaching experience (6 years government colleges
of Kerala and 31 years in the University of Kerala). She was
previously a professor and Head of the Hindi Department at
University of Kerala. Dr. Amma was also previously the Dean of
Faculty of Oriental Studies at University of Kerala. She has
supervised nearly 30 PhD research students. A translator and
critic, Dr. Amma has published 8 books of translation and three
books of criticism. She has also edited a number of books. She
has published a number of articles and translations in various
Indian journals. Dr. Amma has received a number of awards
including the Chandra Hasan Award, Uttar Pradesh Hindi Sansthan
puraskar, Kendriya Hindi Nideshalaya award, Sahitya Shree,
Vishisht Hindi Seva Puraaskar, Vishva Hindi samman, Rahul
Sankratyayan Puraskar and the Sahitya Vachaspati. She is a
member of advisory boards in a number of prestigious institutes.