Mission
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To build a vibrant platform for raising the quality and intent of conversations about business and society in India.
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To nurture varied and deeper learning among business leaders, entrepreneurs and students so that Indian businesses become more competitive, innovative and responsible.
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To promote and support budding writers so that India could make a bigger and deeper contribution to the global intellectual capital.
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To provide a networking platform for readers and budding authors to meet renowned authors and leaders.
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To expose graduate students to new ideas and widen and deepen their understanding of what they have learnt.
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To play a key role in improving the sales of business books in India.
BizLitFest Logo
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The globe of colourful dots in the BizLitFest logo represents multitude of ideas that enrich conversations. The white background connotes clarity of thought needed to communicate these ideas.
The Genesis
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Benedict Paramanand conceived the idea of this fest in September 2015. A team of distinguished authors and editors joined to grow the festival to where it is today.
Dr. V. Raghunathan - Former Director, Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto (India Campus). Also, a former Professor at IIM Ahmedabad and former President, ING Vysya Bank, Columnist and Author of bestsellers like 'Games Indians Play', 'Locks Mahabharata & Mathematics', 'Ganesha on the Dashboard' and 'Irrationally Rational: Ten Nobel Laureat: Ten Nobel Laureates Script the Story of Behavioural Economics'.
Shankar P - Writer/editor at Knowledge at Wharton, Former Resident Editor, The Economic Times
Shinie Antony - Columnist with The Economic Times, Co-founder of the Bangalore Literature Festival and author of 'The Orphanage for Words', 'Eden Abandoned', 'Can't : A Novel' and others.
Sangeeth Varghese - Management thinker and author of 'Open Source Leader' and 'Decide to Lead'.
