ARANYANI PAVILION 2026

Priti Karediya is a specialist in meditation and pranayama from Rishikesh, blending classical yogic wisdom with contemporary approaches to wellbeing; certified in Aerial Yoga, 200 & 300-hour Yoga Teacher Training (Yoga Alliance), trained in Panchkarma therapy, and studied Marma Therapy in Rishikesh.

Sathnam Sanghera is an award-winning British journalist and author of The Boy With The Topknot, Marriage Material, and the bestselling Empireland and Empireworld. His work reshaped public understanding of empire and how it shaped the modern world.

Tara Lal is a conservation scientist, creative director, and the founder of Aranyani. Her practice spans land and marine restoration, ecological storytelling, and sustainable design. Tara brings a global perspective to conservation and craft and serves on the advisory boards of Sanctuary Asia and The Nature Conservancy India.

Conscious Collective, an initiative by Godrej Design Lab, convenes industry professionals to celebrate and shape a more sustainable future. Bringing together like-minded practitioners as ambassadors for change, it explores healthier, greener possibilities for coming generations. Design patrons from Mumbai and beyond engage through installations, concept designs, workshops, conversations, and other public-facing formats.

Nature inFocus is a media production house that specialises in natural world storytelling through films, documentaries, articles, and podcasts. It has one of India’s largest communities of wildlife photographers, filmmakers, researchers, conservationists, and nature enthusiasts. The organisation hosts its annual festival in Bangalore, and runs one of the world’s most prestigious nature photography contests.

Nyrika Holkar is the Executive Director of Godrej Enterprises Group. She leads brand, legal and M&A functions across Godrej Enterprises Group, driving customer-centric and sustainability-led initiatives. A solicitor in India and the UK, she serves on boards and councils focused on philanthropy, education and biodiversity conservation, including the Naoroji Godrej Centre for Plant Research.

Roshni Nadar Malhotra Roshni Nadar Malhotra is the Chairperson of HCLTech, a global technology company with $14.2 billion in revenue. She leads the company’s strategic growth, innovation, and CSR initiatives. She is also a Trustee of the Shiv Nadar Foundation and founder of The Habitats Trust. Her leadership has earned global acclaim, including the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur and consistent Forbes recognition.

Tara Lal is a conservation scientist, creative director, and the founder of Aranyani. She holds an MSc in Conservation Science from Imperial College London and an RIBA-accredited Diploma from the Architectural Association. Her practice spans land and marine restoration, ecological storytelling, and sustainable design, and brings a global perspective to conservation and craft. She also serves on the advisory boards of Sanctuary Asia and The Nature Conservancy India.

Simran Lal is the co-founder of Nicobar. She leads design, product, and retail vision. Educated in History and Art History, trained in Product Development from FIT New York, and an interest in etymology and archaeology, her work is shaped by global travel and an appreciation for craftsmanship.

Vikram Chandra is an Indian journalist and entrepreneur. He founded multilingual video news platform Editorji Technologies and hosts the The India Story podcast. Formerly CEO of the NDTV Group, built a reputation covering major events and anchoring programmes including The Big Fight and Gadget Guru.

Nabanita Bajaj is an urban farming consultant. She trained in permaculture and landscape design. She set up over 100 kitchen gardens across India, training women’s self-help groups and hill farmers. She runs Anahata, an experiential farm focused on sustainable living.

Aradhana Seth is an Indian art director, production designer, visual artist and filmmaker whose credits span Bollywood and Hollywood, including The Darjeeling Limited, London Has Fallen and The Bourne Supremacy. She produced the BBC’s A Suitable Boy, published Sadak, and exhibits internationally.

Pragya Singh is a founding member of Lifeyoga and a master sound healing practitioner from the institute of Sound Healing. Her practice extends beyond physical learning to mindful living, ahimsa and harmony. She is certified in Wellness, Yoga Science, Yoga Therapy from MDNIY and 200-hr TTC from Yoga Alliance.

Conscious Collective, an initiative by Godrej Design Lab, convenes industry professionals to celebrate and shape a more sustainable future. Bringing together like-minded practitioners as ambassadors for change, it explores healthier, greener possibilities for coming generations. Design patrons from Mumbai and beyond engage through installations, concept designs, workshops, conversations, and other public-facing formats.

Nature inFocus is a media production house that specialises in natural world storytelling through films, documentaries, articles, and podcasts. It has one of India’s largest communities of wildlife photographers, filmmakers, researchers, conservationists, and nature enthusiasts. The organisation hosts its annual festival in Bangalore, and runs one of the world’s most prestigious nature photography contests.

Ansh Kumar and Raghav Kumar are founders of Tiny Farm Lab, an interdisciplinary rural studio in Rishikesh. Working across indigenous wisdom, art, design, technology and science, they explore food, clothing and shelter to revive ancient practices and shape future-focused, bioregional ways of living.

Ritwik Khanna is a fashion designer and founder of Rkive City, a zero-waste label upcycling post-consumer textiles into modern menswear. An alumnus of FIT New York, he developed his practice through textile-waste work in Gujarat and won the 2024 R|Elan Circular Design Challenge.

Nidhi Saxena is an Indian filmmaker exploring vulnerability and existential themes through poetic visuals. A Fine Art and FTII alumna, her debut feature Sad Letters of an Imaginary Woman premiered at Busan 2024, while Secret of a Mountain Serpent premiered at Venice 2025, winning New Director–New Voices at Bangkok International Film Festival.

Martand Khosla is an architect and artist inspired by urban continuity and human churn of industrialisation. He founded and led the award-winning Romi Khosla Design Studios for over 15 years, exhibiting solo shows. Inspired by construction processes, Khosla has earned the India Today Art Award and international recognition.

Shonan Purie Trehan is the founder and principal architect of Language.Architecture.Body. (L.A.B.); a multidisciplinary architecture practice. Her work is grounded in the construction of relationships between narrative, environment, and habitation. With over forty architects and designers, Shonan leads a team that combines inventive design, rigorous execution; crafting architecture that endures with relevance, intelligence, and meaning.

Rahul Bhushan is an eco-architect, artist, author, and founder of NORTH – an integrated Himalayan design ecosystem shaping the future of architecture, hospitality, education, and craftsmanship. His work has sparked a global craft-revival movement for climate action, inspiring regions across India to reclaim their ancestral knowledge and build more conscious, regenerative futures.

Conscious Collective, an initiative by Godrej Design Lab, convenes industry professionals to celebrate and shape a more sustainable future. Bringing together like-minded practitioners as ambassadors for change, it explores healthier, greener possibilities for coming generations. Design patrons from Mumbai and beyond engage through installations, concept designs, workshops, conversations, and other public-facing formats.

Nature inFocus is a media production house that specialises in natural world storytelling through films, documentaries, articles, and podcasts. It has one of India’s largest communities of wildlife photographers, filmmakers, researchers, conservationists, and nature enthusiasts. The organisation hosts its annual festival in Bangalore, and runs one of the world’s most prestigious nature photography contests.

Anita Lal is the Creative Director and Founder of Good Earth. Since the launch in 1996, she works to bridge indigenous artisans with customers seeking contemporary design rooted in Indian sensibility. Guided by reverence for nature and culture, she steers every collection and brand experience, including curation of fragrances and music.

Simran Lal is the co-founder of Nicobar. She is leading design, product, and retail. Educated in Art History, trained in Product Development from FIT New York with interest in etymology and archaeology, her work is shaped by global travel and an appreciation for craftsmanship.

Vivek Sahni, founder of Kama Ayurveda, rediscovered medicinal formulations from Vedic texts under an Ayurvedic guru’s guidance in Kerala. This experience inspired his mission to revive ancestral Ayurvedic wisdom and integrate it into modern life through plant-based skincare and haircare rooted in traditional healing philosophies.

Chiki Sarkar is an influential Indian book publisher of Juggernaut Books, a publishing house and reading platform. Former head of Penguin Random House, she shaped contemporary Indian publishing through accessible storytelling. A World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, and featured among Fortune India’s Most Powerful Women and Forbes’ W-Power Trailblazers.

Dr. Vandana Shiva is a global environmental activist and feminist whose work has shaped movements for ecological justice, seed sovereignty, and food democracy. She founded Navdanya and Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology, earning honours including Right Livelihood Award and Sydney Peace Prize.

Shreya Jani is a peace educator and cultural practitioner, working with Dr. Vandana Shiva since the age of 15. Her practice spans peace education, ecology, and social-emotional learning across Kashmir, Manipur, and Afghanistan. She founded Sunshine Masala Witch, a venture rooted in care, ritual, and women-led livelihoods.