Winner of the Sahitya Akademi Award for children’s literature, Paro Anand has been described as a fearless writer with a big heart. She has worked with children in difficult circumstances, using stories to empower them through her program, Literature in Action. She headed the National Centre for Children’s Literature. She has represented the country in many parts of the world, speaking on children’s literature, including Sweden, Singapore, the UK, USA, Germany, Bangladesh, Bhutan, France, among other. She was invited to the Harvard India Conference.
Delegate | 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 | NLF
Speaker | 2021 | NLF Reading Challenge
Kashmir Stories | 2019
What in the World Do Children Care About | 2019
Stories Told/Suppressed Part 1 | 2019
Should We Fear The Dark | 2017
Author Talk | 2017
The Many Lives of Young Adults in the Past, the Present, and Beyond | 2021
Author Interaction | NLF Reading Challenge 2021
Book Reading: Being Gandhi | 2020
The Reading of Young Adult Books in India | 2020
Meeting of Minds
Narratives of Conflict