M V SHREYAMS KUMAR
Festival Chairman
Managing Director
Mathrubhumi
M V Shreyams Kumar is a former Rajya Sabha MP and MLA, President of the Indian Newspaper Society, Vice-Chairman of the News Broadcasters Association, and the Managing Director of the Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Company Ltd., publishers of the Mathrubhumi Daily and nine other periodicals...
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P V CHANDRAN
FESTIVAL CHIEF PATRON
CHAIRMAN & MANAGING EDITOR
MATHRUBHUMI
Chairman and Managing Editor of Mathrubhumi. He joined as Director in 1977. He served as Director - Editorial Administration, before taking over as Managing Editor in 1989...
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DR. SHASHI THAROOR
FESTIVAL PATRON
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT
Dr Shashi Tharoor, fourth-term Member of Parliament for Thiruvananthapuram, is the bestselling author of twenty-five books, both fiction and non-fiction, besides being a former Under Secretary-General of the United Nations and a former Minister of State for Human Resource Development and for External Affairs in the Government of India...
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P V NIDHISH
FESTIVAL PATRON
JOINT MANAGING EDITOR
MATHRUBHUMI
Whole-time Director and Joint Managing Editor of Mathrubhumi, he is the son of the Chairman & Managing Editor, P V Chandran and Hemalatha Chandran, also a Director of Mathrubhumi...
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SABIN IQBAL
FESTIVAL CURATOR
Journalist-turned-novelist and literary curator, Sabin Iqbal is the author of critically acclaimed novels, ‘The Cliffhangers’, and ‘Shamal Days’. Former Editorial Director of Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Sabin has worked with Outlook, Tehelka, Business India, The Gulf Today, Sports Today, Emirates News, etc...
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P K RAJASEKHARAN
FESTIVAL CURATOR
Dr. P K Rajasekharan is a literary critic, scholar and cultural historian. He is one of the foremost postmodern literary critics in Malayalam...
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M S MAYURA
FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR - DIGITAL BUSINESS
MATHRUBHUMI
Mayura MS is a whole-time Director handling Digital Business at Mathrubhumi - one of South India’s leading media houses. She started her career in 2017 with radio. Now, she spearheads Mathrubhumi.com, Social Media, Kappa Digital, Mathrubhumi Books, Club FM and oversees branding for the company...
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M S DEVIKA
FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
DIRECTOR - OPERATIONS
MATHRUBHUMI
Devika is the whole-time Director of Operations at Mathrubhumi, one of South India’s leading media houses. Being the youngest member of the board who took the mantle of keeping the legacy alive, she has actively streamlined the internal systems to support the digital transition...
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MANOJ K DAS
FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
EDITOR - MATHRUBHUMI DAILY
& DIGITAL
Manoj K Das is the Editor at Mathrubhumi Daily & Digital, and a senior journalist who has occupied leadership positions in print and visual journalism...
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RAJEEV DEVARAJ
FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
EXECUTIVE EDITOR
MATHRUBHUMI NEWS
Rajeev Devaraj, Executive Editor of Mathrubhumi News Television, is one of the most seasoned Television journalists from Kerala...
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RENJINI MENON
FESTIVAL CREATIVE DIRECTOR
HEAD - KAPPA DIGITAL
Renjini Menon is a founding member and the Creative Director of the Mathrubhumi International Festival of Letters (MBIFL)...
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K R PRAMOD
FESTIVAL CHIEF COORDINATOR
GM - PR, MATHRUBHUMI
Born in Calicut, Kerala, he is the General Manager of Public Relations and the Head of Events at the Mathrubhumi Group...
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