5th Green Literature Festival
Schedule
Mon Dec 29 2025 at 10:00 am to 06:00 pm
UTC+05:30Location
Century Club | Bangalore, KA
Wadiar Hall
Panels Fireside Chats Book Launches GLF Honour Book Awards
Tribute to Valmik Thapar, renowned Indian Naturalist, Conservationist and Writer
The Great Nicobar Betrayal: Pushing a Vulnerable Island Knowingly Into Disaster
Pankaj Sekhsaria, Prolific Author, Academic
Reflections from My Travels to Leh and Ladakh
Sujatha Padmanaban, Prolific Author, Member, Kalpavriksh
Fiction That Sparks Climate Action
Gigi Ganguly, Author, Biopeculiar: Stories of an Uncertain World and One Arm Shorter Than the Other
Sonali Prasad, Journalist and Author, Glass Bottom
Moderated by Joya John, Assistant Professor of Literature, Krea University
The Making and Unmaking of Green Bengaluru
Roopa Pai, Author, Becoming Bangalore – Stories That Shaped A Home Town
Tongue in Cheek with Cartoons and Conservation Communication
Rohan Chakravarthy, Cartoonist, Artist, Author, the Green Humour Series
How AI Can Drive Climate Action
Swaroop Madhavan, Founder, Parentof
In the Frontline File – Stories from the Field
Shailesh Srivastava, Senior Editor, Mongabay India
Priti David, Journalist, Teacher, Executive Editor, PARI Network
Deepa Padmanaban, Author, Rewilding India and Invisible Housemates and Science Journalist
Moderated by Chintan Girish Modi, Literary Critic and Journalist
Green Ventures Shaping Bengaluru’s Ecosystem
Film on Mangrove produced by Nature in Focus. Narrated by Shabana Azmi
Presented by Rohit Varma, Co-founder, Nature in Focus, Brand Strategist, Filmmaker, Podcast Host
Award-Winning Film Screening and Discussion
Rapid Book Launches
GLF Honour Book Awards
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Sampige Village
Children’s Green Literature Festival
Session 1: Ages 8 to 11 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Whispers Of The Mangroves
Radhika Suri, Prolific Author and Environmentalist
Film, Quiz, Workshop on Andaman Ecosystems by WWF India
Nature Journaling Workshop
Session 2: Ages 12+, 2:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Environmental Comics from Scratch
Rohan Chakravarthy, Cartoonist, Artist, Author, the Green Humour Series
Trees of Bengaluru – Discussion and Quiz
Roopa Pai, Author, Let’s Talk About Trees
Team Event/Competition
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Mysore Hall
Workshops and Special Sessions
Climate Education Workshop for Teachers
Inaugural Green Poetry
Green Ventures – Stories of Entrepreneurs
Where is it happening?
Century Club, 1, Seshadri Rd, Nunegundlapalli, Ambedkar Veedhi, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001, India, BangaloreINR 0.00
