For Publishing Next Industry Awards 2015: Aashti Mudnani Proprietor, Lightroom Bookstore, Bangalore Aravinda Anantharaman Librarian and author based in Bangalore Asif Husain Arastu Fourth-generation owner of Hyderabad’s iconic erstwhile bookshop, AA Husain & Co Badri Seshadri Managing Director, New Horizon Media Private Limited, Chennai Bipin Shah Publisher and Managing Director, Mapin Publishing, Ahmedabad Dileep Raj Assistant Professor, Government Brennen College, Thalassery (Kerala); publisher of books in Malayalam for a decade before turning to teaching Frederick Noronha Journalist and Managing Editor of the Goa-based publishing house, Goa, 1556 Hemant Divate Poet and Editor And Publisher at Paperwall Media & Publishing Pvt Ltd Indu Chandrasekhar Publisher and Managing Editor, Tulika Books, New Delhi Naresh Khanna Principal Consultant at IPP Services, Research and Training PL (IppStar); Editor, Indian Printer and Publisher magazine Padmini Ray Murray Faculty, Centre of Public History, Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology; research focus on potential of the relationship between digital technologies and public history Paulomi Shah Ahmedabad-based graphic designer and art director, specialising in illustrated books; formerly, Art Director at Mapin Publishing, Ahmedabad Praba Ram Children’s writer, reading specialist and an early literacy advocate R. Sriram Entrepreneur, mentor, retail consultant; co-founder of Crossword Bookstores in 1992 Rakesh Khanna Co-founder of Chennai-based Blaft Publications and Chief Content Officer at Edugame Digital Ramu Ramanathan Editor, PrintWeek India magazine Sugata Srinivasaraju Editorial Director of Asianet News Network Tom Mangatt CEO and co-founder, Indulekha.com (www.indulekha.com), Kerala’s No.1 online bookstore Vivek Menezes Co-founder and Festival Curator of the Goa Arts and Literary Festival; also, a widely published writer and photographer