Melting Pot

Preeti is 23 years old and a BA psychology graduate. She is an Akanksha alumni and has worked with Akanksha as an intern too. “I believe that everyone should have a safe space...

Chinmaya is a 2012 Teach for India fellow and a founding member of the first ever standalone Secondary school in Pune. She has Completed her Bachelors degree  from Fergus...

Currently studying in 9th grade at LAPMEMS school, Akanksha, Dhanashree is from Pune. Her journey until now is all about getting to know herself better and constantly learning new ...

Chitra leads the development and communications team and has been with Akanksha for over 10 years.She drives fundraising initiatives for all of Akanksha’s programs and works closel...

A sneak peak into the RISE a series featuring the people of the Akanksha Foundation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

Hailing from Jodhpur, Jai has been working in cinema for 17 years and worked as an assistant director on feature films with Wes Anderson, Zoya Akhtar, Rajkumar Hirani, Rakeysh Ompr...

Shreya Dev Dube studied photography in Melbourne and later went on to specialise in cinematography at Eicar, Paris.  BITTU her most recent short film won the student Academy A...

Ariadna Cabrol studied Drama at Meisner Technique with Javier Jalitó Cava in Barcelona and afterwards she moved to London in order to pursue her studies at "LISPA (London Internati...

Nebbou was born in Bayonne in France and started his career by appearing in the film My Sweet Home , directed by Filipos Tsitos .In 2004, the director Samir Nasr offered him the le...

Rachel Noll James is an award-winning screenwriter, producer and director. She is also a classically trained actor with a background in both theatre and film. Notable credits inclu...

Maaza Mengiste is a novelist and essayist. She is the author of the novel, The Shadow King, which is shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize, and was a 2020 LA Times Book Prize Ficti...

Mansi Zaveri of Kidsstoppress.com fame is a fab mommy on-the-go. A true believer in 'explore to learn', Mansi started her parenting blog leaving behind a plush corporate job to be ...