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Community Highlights

Scholar Highlight: Vena Kapoor

Vena Kapoor, a 2010 Inlaks Ravi Sankaran Scholar, is currently a freelance consultant and founder of Nature Classrooms, a programme to enhance nature learning for primary school children.

Scholar Highlight: Tillotama Shome

Tillotama Shome, a 2004 Inlaks Scholar, got her MA in Educational Theatre at The Steinhardt School of Education, USA. She won the Best Actor (Critics) at the 66th Filmfare Awards.

Scholar Highlight: Pratap Bose

Pratap Bose, a 2001 Inlaks Scholar, attended the Royal College of Art for an MA in Vehicle Design. He is now working with Mahindra & Mahindra as the Executive Vice President and Chief Design Officer.

Scholar Highlight: Dr. Joyeeta Gupta

Dr. Joyeeta Gupta is a 1987 Inlaks Scholar who studied Law at Harvard University. She was recently awarded the Spinoza Prize, the highest award in Dutch academia.

Awardees 2025: Bharathi A., Meghna Roy Choudhury and Aakash Kumar

Meet Bharathi A., Meghna Roy Choudhury and Aakash Kumar, the Inlaks Theatre Awardees for 2025.

Grantee 2025: Aravind Chedayan

Aravind Chedayan is the Inlaks – Asia Art Archive Art Grantee for 2025. His project seeks to document Nadanpattu (folk songs) in Kerala, which reflect the collective aspirations of the caste-subaltern communities.

Grantees 2024-25: Aiswarya Sreenivasan and Ilina Ghose

We are delighted to welcome Aiswarya Sreenivasan and Ilina Ghose, the Inlaks-Attakkalari Dance Studentship Grantees for 2024-25.

Scholar Update: Mooshir Vahanvati

Mooshir Vahanvati is a 2007 Inlaks Scholar. He is the founder of Rayden Interactive and Rayden Design Studio in Pune.

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