Mohit Gupta is a passionate history and geography enthusiast. A management consultant with acumen across finance, business strategy, marketing and growth planning he is a voracious reader and has over two decades of photography as a social hobby. He utilizes his multiple skills in highly creative way to curate exhibitions and festivals. In the past he has curated group events – Pursuit of Happiness, JAL, Ras Se Bana Banaras and has participated in multiple such exhibitions. A public speaker on varied subjects his personal interest is in narrating stories related to Indian Independence and its correlation with World Energy shift, History of Banking in the world, Impact of 2 degrees climate change on various aspects of life on earth and many such interesting subjects that showcase his strength to connect the dots from the past to present and thus project future.
Mohit organizes the festivals with his other team members of the group, Silver Nitrate Art (fb.com/SNo3Art). All of them come from strong corporate and social backgrounds with a strong life passion of arts, culture, heritage and sustainability. He has worked with large corporations in the past and is an alumnus of IIFT, New Delhi.

Vijay Kiyawat commenced his painting career late in life. His inspiration comes from Delhi’s sprawling gardens, world-wide travels, literature of Kalidas, and Jain Scriptures. His paintings have a good blend of the right side and the left side of brain which is “Neat and Beautiful”. Viewers find his works soulful, peace giving, and happy.
Aifacs and Camlin have selected his works several times for exhibiting.
Vijay has had several solo and group shows in India and abroad. His works are in homes and offices of art lovers in Australia, Brazil, Dubai, Guyana, India, Germany, Japan, Singapore, Switzerland, and USA. Vijay also plays the piano and is an avid birder. He has been a corporate CEO and is an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur.

Aakanksha Kulkarni, with a AA in her name, is an Architect and a Product Designer by Qualification and runs her studio in New Delhi. As avid reader herself she is the soul behind one of the most talked about and engaging- Delhi Book Club which now has close to active 5000 members. The members of the club meet every month and discuss over books and thus spread the message of reading.
She has been deeply influenced by theatre in her life and gives utmost credit to her creativity to this genre of art.

Nitin and Loveleen Chawla came together at the College of art, Delhi. They established Blot studio in 2002, to provide solutions like 2D animations, animatics, story board Illustrations, caricatures, comic strips, digital wall designs, character/mascot designs and realistic illustrations. Nitin has a strong hand on sketching with bold and quick strokes and Loveleen has a strong hand on caricatures as well as a keen sense of designing and colouring. Together they add brilliance to whatever they do.

Historian Sohail Hashmi is a true ‘Dilliwalah.’ An academic, historian, academician and filmmaker, Hashmi is well-known for immersive heritage walks that he conducts around the capital.  Dressed in a refreshingly crisp Khadi shirt, he carries the air of old Delhi with him. Besides being a historian, Hashmi is a memory keeper- a narration of his lived experiences would leave you craving for more. In a conversation over a cup of lemon tea, he takes us on a historical trail. Interestingly, his history and the city’s history are inextricable.

Vinish is a Country Director for Maranatha India (A non profit building schools for the underprivileged children). An avid traveler, Photography is his calling and he believes this art to be a mantra for his life. His peculiar style of understanding the subject in depth complemented with his intrinsic knowledge of equipment makes him a real enthusiast. He tries to bring our the perfection of each moment in every click and gives respect to every shot. His photographs have been showcased across multiple exhibitions.

Vinamra Kumar is a camera hoodwink transforming daily monotonous life of the capital into energetic imagery. With a belief that the camera is the least important element in photography, he combines his simplicity with the creative acumen to attract organizations to know the real city that he has grown in and into. An active participant in every major city festival and event, Vinamra Kumar helps sponsors sell their true value than just the product. Working with some of the big names across industries like Matrix Cellular, Hindustan Mittal Energy, Standard Chartered Bank, HDFC Bank, Ansal API and the likes, he is the go-to man for group events. Just as he wrings out the perfection from every picture he shoots, he loves organizing events bringing people together for a cause. Coming together matters.

Aakshat Sinha is an artist, curator, writer and baker based in New Delhi, India. He holds an M.Tech. Degree (Mech. Engr.) from Russian People’s Friendship University, Moscow and a Diploma in Fine Arts from Delhi Collage of Arts. He has held 2 personal solo shows ‘Those Golden Years’ (2013-14) and participated in, curated and organized many National and International solo and group exhibitions and camps. Most recent one being ‘Indian Contemporaries’ – a curated show of 350 original art works by 44 Indian contemporary artists at Art Russia 2017 in Russia in September – October 2017. He has been involved with Street art, Comics/graphic novels, Poetry, Storytelling, Sketching/Illustration and many more creative projects. He is Director, Untitled Creations Private Limited - a company working towards unearthing and bringing forth creations that are yet to be discovered, yet to be titled. He can also whip up a killer apple pie.

1. Artwork may be photograph, painting, cartoon, caricature, illustration, sketch, porcelain, or anything that can be hung on wall.
2. Artwork must clearly depict Delhi.
3. The themes are: Imaratein, Bageechey, Riti-Rivaz, Khana-Peena, Khanabadosh-Log, Shahar ke Nazarein, Tyohar, Itihaas; or any other subject, but all visually identifiable with Delhi.
4. Maximum permitted size of art work is 4 ft. x 3 ft.
5. All art works would be for sale.
6. There is no fee to be paid while sending entries-any number per artist. Only if entries are selected by the curating team, there would be a hanging fee of Rs.1000 per selected (maximum of 3 per artist) work. This fee is non-refundable and will have to be paid on the confirmation of the selection by email by the co-curators, and as per the date deadline.
7. There would be no commission charged on sale of art work. The artist would retain the entire amount. The selling price is completely the prerogative of the artist although the co-curators may recommend pricing.
8. No watermarks to be placed on the final prints for display.
9. Framing, printing, lamination, logistics and other charges related to the artwork are to be borne by the artist. Organizers may recommend to have the framing and printing done through a common negotiated vendor for uniformity of display.
10. Organizers hold no responsibility of the copyright of any display. Any dispute arising out of the copyright issues will not be, in any condition, a part of the organizer’s liability.
11. Although all necessary efforts will be made to take care of the art works neither the organisers nor the co-curators can be held responsible for the art work.
12. The timely delivery of the selected works and the pickup of the art work after the exhibition has to be managed at their cost by the artists in consultation with the organizers.
13. The participating artists agree to allow their photographs, photographs of their artworks, and other promotional material about them and their selected artworks to be used by the organisers in the media and for promotional purposes.
14. The various datelines are:
    • On-line entries, April 9
    • Selection information, April 11
    • Payment for selected entries, April 15
    • Submission of ready to hang artwork, April 18

Sonia is a multifaceted personality with many arts formats that she practices and brings a new dimension to life with her capability. Learner, Thought Explorer, Blogger, Neologist, Aspiring Writer, Poet, Oniomaniac, Karmic & Conceptualiser. She is a known corporate trainer and supports many student initiatives.

Utsav is a Delhite through and through. Born and brought up in the city, he attended the prestigious Modern School at Barakhamba Road and later went on to major in Economics from Hindu College, University of Delhi. Presently, he’s an Analyst at The Boston Consulting Group. Utsav, a real people’s person, firmly believes in presenting the most complex things in the simplest manner possible. While he comes across as a carefree person on the face, his values lie deep-rooted in his principles. His aim is to build an organization that helps drive businesses by providing them a very lucid and focused driven approach. Utsav loves to play Lawn Tennis and is an ardent supporter of the Arsenal football club. He recently gave a TEDx talk on how to enhance one's success, joy and peace in life.

Veena Nagpal is an Indian writer known for her genre bending fiction featuring love, passion, intrigue and boldly etched characters exploring vital issues facing humankind.
Her fourth and latest novel RADIUS 200, launched at JLF 2018, is available on Amazon and leading book stores.
She has also written four books for children.
A passionate environmentalist, she has conducted more than five hundred environment awareness workshops for school children in the NCR region.

Tanu Shree is a Professor who also runs two libraries aimed at making reading inclusive. Surrounded by books all the time, she curates two online groups- Senior Reading Raccoons and The Reading Raccoons- Discovering Children’s Literature.

Pooja Arya

Shriti K Tyagi started as a theatre aficionado, and founded a theatre group called The Manna Makers, went on to write theatre reviews and translating stories, winning the Katha Translator of the Year Award in 2006. She, then, worked with The Gender & Space Project and Micro-Cultures of Mumbai, films and documentaries and went on to join the editing team of ART INDIA Magazine.
Her journey culminated into Beyond Bombay & Beyond Delhi - niche travel collectives that run concept-based walks, engaging people with the past& present of the cities they call home. Her walk, designed to trace the Outbreak of Plague in Bombay in 1896, was part of the Tabiyat :Medicine & healing exhibition by Wellcome Trust, London showcased at Chhatrapti Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sanghrahalaya, Mumbai.
She has been running literary tours in Mumbai for past 10 years, called Bookworming through which you can trail the protagonist/ author through a pocket of the city and see how the city lends itself to the book and vice versa. Bookworming Bombay includes Lin Baba's Colaba based on Gregory David Roberts' Shantaram& Babbanji Bihari Tour from Maximum City by Suketu Mehta. She has recently launched 'Spiraling in CP' in Delhi based on Sam Miller's Delhi: Adventures in a Megacity.

Purna is a student of political science with her interests across music, photography and cooking.

Karn Uday Singh is an ardent technology professional. He has been associated with large IT projects at senior levels. He has managed both domestic and international clients of varied sizes and from multi domains with their specific IT needs.