Arvind Krishna Mehrotra (born 1947) is a noted Indian poet, anthologist, literary critic and translator.

Arvind Krishna Mehrotra was born in Lahore 1947. He has published four collections of poetry in English and one of translation (a volume of Prakrit love poems recently reissued in Penguin Classics). His Oxford India Anthology of Twelve Modern Indian Poets (1992) is very influential. He has edited several books of translation and criticism, including An Illustrated History of Indian Literature in English (2003). Presently, he is Head of the Department of English and Modern European Languages,University of Allahabad, Allahabad. He teaches Twentieth Century English poetry and creative writing. He was nominated for the chair of Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford in 2009.

Arvind Mehrotra stood for this temporary academic position at the University of Oxford. He came second behind Ruth Padel who later resigned over allegations of smearing Derek Walcott (who had himself earlier withdrawn from the election process). An active campaign to encourage his assumption of the position is being led by British author Toby Litt, and supported by Australian and Indian poets Bridget Khursheed and Shaik Zakeer Hussain and Neil Astley, the Editor of Bloodaxe Books. Mehrotra himself remains undecided.

Arvind Krishna is an Indian cinematographer, who has worked in the Tamil (Kollywood) and the Hindi film industries (Bollywood).

Arvind Krishna, always passionate about photography and studied Visual communication at the Loyola College in Chennai, after which he joined ace cinematographer P. C. Sreeram and worked as an assistant to him for nearly five years. It was music composer Yuvan Shankar Raja, who later introduced him to film director Selvaraghavan and the duo debuted together in the film Kaadhal Kondein (2003). Soon the trio composed of Arvind Krishna himself, Selvaraghavan and Yuvan Shankar Raja went on to become one of the most successful teams in the following years (with the Tamil films 7G Rainbow Colony (2005) and Pudhupettai (2006)) and even founded a production company called "White Elephant". But suddenly Arvind Krishna and Yuvan Shankar Raja decided to split with Selvaraghavan and their joint company was given up without having produced any films.

After the break-up with Selvaraghavan, Arvind Krishna got to work with other noted directors as well. He teamed up with Gautham Menon for his film Pachaikili Muthucharam and with P. Vasu for the Rajinikanth-starrer Kuselan. His recent release was Vaamanan and he has been assigned to handle the camera for the Vishal-starrer Theeradha Velaiyattu Pillai releasing in January 2010.

Krishna (Sanskrit: कृष्ण) (kṛṣṇa in IAST, pronounced [ˈkr̩ʂɳə] literally "dark, black") is a central figure of Hinduism. He is known as the eighth and "complete" avatar of Lord Vishnu, come to restore Dharma to the earth in a time of great dharmic imbalance. Krishna is identified as a historical individual who participated in the events of the Mahabharata.

Krishna is often described as an infant or young boy playing a flute as in the Bhagavata Purana, or as a youthful prince giving direction and guidance as in the Bhagavad Gita. The stories of Krishna appear across a broad spectrum of Hindu philosophical and theological traditions. They portray him in various perspectives: a god-child, a prankster, a model lover, a divine hero and the Supreme Being. The principal scriptures discussing Krishna's story are the Mahabharata, the Harivamsa, the Bhagavata Purana and the Vishnu Purana.

Worship of a deity of Krishna, in the form of Vasudeva, Bala Krishna or Gopala, can be traced to as early as 4th century BC. Worship of Krishna as svayam bhagavan, or the Supreme Being, known as Krishnaism, arose in the Middle Ages in the context of the bhakti movement. From the 10th century AD, Krishna became a favorite subject in performing arts and regional traditions of devotion developed for forms of Krishna such as Jagannatha in Orissa, Vithoba in Maharashtra and Shrinathji in Rajasthan. Since the 1960s the worship of Krishna has also spread in the West, largely due to the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.

Anup Jalota (Hindi: अनुप जलोटा}{Urdu: انوپ جلوٹا) (born 29 July 1953) is an Indian singer/musician, best known for his performances in the Indian musical form, the bhajan and the Urdu form of poetry: ghazal.

He is popularly known as the Bhajan Samraat (Emperor of Bhajans). Padmashree for 2012 has been conferred upon him in the field of Art-Indian Classical Music- Vocal

Anup Jalota was born in Nainital, Uttarakhand to Purushottam Das Jalota, a renowned exponent of bhajan and hails from the Sham Chowrasi Gharana of Punjab. He was educated in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Anup's brother, Ajay Jalota, currently lives in California. He has one older brother Anil Jalota and two sisters Anjali Dhir and Anita Mehra.

Jalota started his musical career as a chorus singer in All India Radio. He is usually backed by a santoor player, a dholak player, a sarod player, a sarangi player, a violinist, a sitar player, a tabla player and a guitarist. Some of his popular bhajans include: Aisi Lagi Lagan, Main Nahi Makhan Khayo, Rang De Chunariya, Jag Me Sundar Hai Do Naam, and Chadariya Jhini Re Jhini.

Dr. Jaijit Bhattacharya is an e-Governance expert and is Director, Government Affairs, Hewlett Packard India. Dr. Bhattacharya is also Adjunct Professor at IIT Delhi, and Vice President of Institute of Open Technology and Applications (IOTA), Government of West Bengal. He has been responsible for the creation of the next generation of solutions for governments, based on open standards. Dr. Bhattacharya advises governments on e-governance strategies. He is an e-Governance advisor to Government of Sri Lanka and has been conducting training for ADB institute in Tokyo on Public Expenditure Management and has helped World Bank develop curriculum for their e-Leadership program. Dr Bhattacharya was also part of the Army IT Advisory Committee constituted by the then Chief of Army Staff. He also delivers invited lectures at INSEAD Singapore campus, IIT Roorkee and at IIM Calcutta.

Dr. Bhattacharya did his PhD from Department of Computer Science and Engineering IIT Delhi, MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta and B.,Tech in Electrical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.