Our Trustees are-
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 Rati Saxena -is a poet, Translator, editor and Director poetry festival-kritya. She Is specialized in the study of the Vedas, especially the Atharva Veda, and secured a Ph.D. Degree in Sanskrit from the University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. She has published two collections of poetry in English, one in Malayalam (translated), four collections of her own poems in Hindi and a critical work in Hindi on the renowned Malayalam poet Balamani Amma. Her poems have been translated into most of the non-Indian languages also. One of her books has been published in Italian and another in Uzbeck language is under publication. Her work on the Atharvaveda has been published as *The Seeds of the Mind--* a fresh approach to the study of Atharvaveda, under the fellowship of the Indira Gandhi National Center for Arts. She has translated about 12 Malayalam works, both prose and poetry, into Hindi and has participated in several national seminars and published articles in a number of journals. She secured the Kendriya Sahitya Akedemy award for translation for the year 2000. She is Chief Editor of a bilingual web journal for poetry - www.kritya.in and managing trustee of a literary foundation called Kritya, under which she organized 6 poetry festivals (four international and two national). She has been invited for poetry reading in prestigious poetry festivals "PoesiaPresente" in Monza (Italy), Mediterranea Festival and International House of Stavanger ( Norway) , Struga Poetry Evening , Mecidonia and '3rd hofleiner donauweiten poesiefestival 2010, Vienna and Famous Poetry festival in Medillin, Colombia. She is Founder member and representative from Asia for World Poetry Movement – Medellin.

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DR. V.P. MOHAMMED KUNJU Mettaru is a Professor and Former Dean, Faculty of Oriental Studies, Former Member, Syndicate, University of Kerala knows several languages - Malayalam, Hindi, Urdu, English, Practical knowledge of Sanskrit, Arabic and Dutch. More than 300 papers in standard Journals in Hindi, Malayalam and English.. He has a number of books to his credit. Adhunik Hindi Ka Srot: Naya Chintan, Published by the Author, TVM, 1986. Dakhini Hindi Ka Sufi Sahitya, Lok Bharti Prakashan, Allahabad, 1988, Masnavi Kadam Rao Padam Rao, Arya Prakashan Mandal, Delhi-31, 1990..Dakhini Hindi Bhasha Aur Sahitya, Lok Bharti Prakashan, Allahabad, 1994,Shantivahak Nabi, Lok Bharti Prakashan, Allahabad, 1994.Adhunik Hindi Ka Srot; Nav Chintan (Revised and enlarged edition) Alekh Prakashan, Delhi 32, 2002.Irshadnama, Alekh Prakashan, Delhi-32, 2002.He got a number of awards for his literary works. some of them are-Rashtra Bhasha Parishad Award, Govt. of Bihar, Patna, 1982.Hindi Writers Awards, Central Hindi Directorate, Govt. of India, New Delhi, 1987.Acharya Ramachandra Sukla Award, U.P. Hindi Sansthan, Govt. of U.P. 1996.Sammelan Samman, Hindi Sahitya Sammelan, Prayag, 2002.Rajbhasha Gaurav Samman, Dehradun, 2003 & 2004.
Dr. Mohammaed Kunju Mettaru is General Secretary of Kritya foundation
 

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K. G. Balakrishna Pillai is a Gandhian cultural and educational activist, writer, translator and journalist. Actively associated with Gandhian thoughts especially with regards to illiteracy eradication and propagation of Hindi at national and international level .An author of several articles, features and books and booklets in Malayalam and also in Hindi /English. He has edited a literary journal in Hindi -Keraljyothi for about 30 years. He has severed in several Hindi advisory committees of government of India.

 

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Thomas Mathew is the technical adviser to Kritya. An engineer by profession, he is an expert in the I.T and I.T . Enabled Services. His professional responsibilities include managing three Software companies (Sanmath Technologies-Software Development, Righters-Support Systems and Solutions for Health care, Atticlabs-web based software applications development), Technical Consultant to I.T and I.T.E.S companies( Redwebsolutions,U.K, Insoft Websolutions, Quicktrans Solutions, Finesse technologies). He is one of the directors of CRUST (Centre for Rural and Urban Studies and Training), an NGO closely associated with central and state government projects, dedicated to the utilization and spread of IT services including GIS (Geographical Information Systems) in the rural and urban developments.

Shalbha s a young artist, singer and sportsperson. She is an architect and masters in advanced construction management. She is creative, responsible and has good organization and leadership skills

Dr Sanal Kumar - Retired college teacher from Kerala, and social activist.

Dr. Pradeep Kumar - Retired scientist currently working in the Aerospace Department, Karunya University, Coimbatore.

Board of Members

• Dr. Rati Saxena - Managing trustee and founder member of Kritya
• Prof. K Satchidanandan- former secretary, Sahitya Akademi, poet and writer.
• DR. V.P. Mohammed Kunju Mether - Professor and Former Dean, Faculty of Oriental Studies.
• K. G. Balakrishna Pillai - Gandhian cultural and educational activist, writer, translator and journalist.
• Dr. Jayasree Ramakrishnan Nair - Freelance editor, writer and translator. Senior Associate Editor, Samyukta - A Journal of Women's Studies. Sub-editor- Kritya