Be the Change

Lucy Hannah is founder and director of Untold Narratives. A social entrepreneur, editor, and author, she has worked with writers in the UK and worldwide to develop and promote their work. Other initiatives she has established include Commonwealth Writers, Out of the Gate and BBC Writers. She is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Visiting Research Fellow at King’s College, London and a director of the Bocas Lit Fest in Trinidad.

Nilanjana Dasgupta is provost professor of psychology and founding director of the Institute of Diversity Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She has a PhD in psychology from Yale University. She is a leader in research on implicit bias and science-driven interventions. Her passion is to translate science to advance social justice. Her research has won many awards. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, The Atlantic, London Times, International Herald Tribune, National Public Radio, Wired, Boston Globe, and Scientific American Mind. Her first book, Change the Wallpaper: Transforming Cultural Patterns to Build More Just Communities, was published by Yale University Press and recently nominated by Behavioral Scientist magazine as one of the Most Notable Books of 2025.

Swati Pandey, Vice Chairman & Managing Director of Maharashtra Airport Development Company, is a distinguished career bureaucrat with over 28 years of leadership in aviation, infrastructure development, public policy, financial inclusion and atomic energy. As Postmaster General of Mumbai, she helmed one of India Post’s most dynamic regions and earned international academic recognition for Project Kamathipura, a Harvard-published case study on socio-financial inclusion in one of India’s most marginalized communities. Her debut book, Invisible in Plain Sight, is a powerful examination of the lives of the sex workers of Kamathipura. She is also credited with initiating the renovation of the 115-year-old Mumbai General Post Office through deep research on its unique Indo-Saracenic architectural style. Beyond governance, she is a National Award-winning filmmaker for Elephants Do Remember and an evocative storyteller. A TEDx speaker and ISB alumna, she continues to inspire through her rare blend of administrative acumen, creative depth and unwavering dedication to social equity and cultural preservation.

Pratiti Ganatra works at the intersection of marketing, culture and storytelling. Based in Kolkata, she currently leads Hyype, a creative marketing and events agency where she is involved in shaping brand narratives and curating experiences across culture, sport, food and media. She is also associated with KindleCast, the audio-visual extension of Kindle Magazine, contributing to the marketing and production of its podcasts and long-form conversations, including The Soft Record and Dark Matter, Bright Minds. Her work is driven by an interest in how ideas travel – through conversations, communities and contemporary media.