SPEAKERS
Sanjay Kumar
Publisher - Excel India Publishers &
COO - Group Excel India
Manish Purohit
Director
Authorsupfront Publishing Services
Dharmesh Patnaik
General Manager - Editorial Services
Aptara, Inc.
Anitha Kumaran
Program Management & Product Strategy Leader
iKomet Technology Solutions
Malobika Chakraborty
Manager, Portfolio Management
Pearson
Dola Basu Singh
Editor and Writer
Shiuli Editing Services
Chandni Mathur
Founder, Wordly Wise Publishers
and Tree of Words
Dr. Shalini Mullick
Author, Pathologist, 1st Winner of the IGF Archer Amish Award
Sreetilak Sambhanda
Director Publishing
Viva Books Private Limited
Renu Kaul Verma
Managing Director & Publisher
Vitasta Blackspine Publishing Group
Meru Gokhale
Founder & CEO
Editrix
Vivek Kumar
Founding Member
Indian Copyeditors Forum (ICF)
Supriya Thanawala
Production Editor
Westchester Publishing Services
Abha Thapalyal Gandhi
Sr Partner
The Legal Watch
Dipankar Mukherjee
Founder
Readomania
Program Snapshot
08.30-09.30 hrs Registration
09.30-10.15 hrs INAUGURAL SESSION
10.15-10.45 hrs Session 2 The Developmental Editor as Story Architect in the AI Era: Diagnosing Narrative Pressure in Fiction
10.45-11.15 hrs Tea Break
11.15-12.00 hrs Session 3 AI for Editors: What Works and Where to Start
12.00-12.45 hrs Session 4 Challenges and Opportunities in Publishing in the AI Era
12.45-13.15 hrs Session 5 How AI Is Changing the Editorial Profession
13.15-14.15 hrs Lunch Break
14.15-15.00 hrs Session 6 What Prospective Employers Look for in a Candidate When Hiring an Editor?
15.00-15.30 hrs Session 7 On the Production Desk: Sustainable Editing and the Business of Book Publishing
15.30-15.45 hrs Tea Break
15.45-16.15 hrs Session 8 Bridging the SME-Tech Divide: How Domain Expertise Drives AI Product Strategy
16.15-16.45 hrs Session 9 Essential Mind-shifts for an AI-Driven Editorial Future
