Speaker

Chetna Keer is a novelist, "H industan Times" columnist, social media satirist and TED Circles 20 20 panelist.

She is a former senior journalist and guest faculty at the prestigious Indian Institute of M ass Communication, N ew D elhi She has been invited to conduct "Creative W riting" M asterClass for global programs like D eepalaya's citizen media course in collaboration with M cCandlish Phillips Institute, N ew York, U SA , as also at the M ukand Lal N ational College, H aryana, and the Chandigarh Literary Society

She has authored three books, "Giddha O n M y Gulmohar?(Readomania, 20 22), "Trollitically Incorrect" (20 18), and

"Veggies Go O n A Beauty Parade (Rupa, 20 0 5)

She has been invited as Speaker to leading litfests, from the 20 22 Pune International Litfest and Khushwant Singh Litfest at Kasauli to the Chandigarh Litfest ?Literati?and Sanawar D odransbicentennial Litfest at The Lawrence School, H imachal Pradesh She was also a panelist at A nanke W LF 20 22, and the Khushwant Singh H umorFest, N ew D elhi, 20 20 , where she shared stage with global legends like BBC's M ark Tully

Causes close to her heart, environment and climate crisis, saw her invited as Speaker to the W hitmarsh Knight M emorial Lecture on "Climate Change", Bishop Cotton School, Shimla, 20 19

Chetna clocked a stint in the print media for over 25 years, as Lifestyle Editor with The Tribune, and later as Features Curator with 'Simply Punjabi' of India Today. H er writings have been published in D eccan H erald, H indu, Femina, The W eek, etc

Twenty-five years later (or late!), she rebooted into a full-time N ovelist and social media commentator-cum-satirist through her column "W ITerati".

She can be contacted at:

Twitter @chetna keer; Instagram: @witerati chetna keer