Praba Ram
Praba is a children's writer, storytime specialist and an early literacy advocate. She is the founder of the kid-lit blog, Saffron Tree - an award winning site dedicated to recommending and reviewing children's books from India and the US. Praba thoroughly believes in the power of books and its positive impact on children, especially when introduced in the early years of childhood. While in the US, she got involved as an Early Literacy Facilitator for the Ready-to-Read Program in Virginia. During those two years, Praba planned several fun read-aloud programs incorporating an array of themes and books, which never failed to delight children.Praba has co-authored two books for children. Praba has an undergraduate degree in Management Studies from BITS, Pilani and a Masters in Public Policy from University of California at Los Angeles. Having recently moved back with her family from the East Coast of the US to the East Coast of India, this chai & travel-loving mother is happy to be raising her two daughters in the culturally rich, but known near and far for its forever-hot-and-humid weather that is the city of Chennai.
Pallavi Madhok
Pallavi is a management professional; and has over 14 years of experience across various managerial fields like Business Strategy, Internet, Product Management & Marketing. She has successfully worked with large multi-national brands in India; Nestle (Fast Moving Consumer Goods); AT Kearney (Management Consulting) and Citibank (Retail Banking). With this experience under her belt; Pallavi is giving up her corporate job to pursue her vision of taking delightful books to children in a fun-based manner. She believes in the “power of books” to open & engage little minds; and intends to bring a reading program that does just that in India.Pallavi has travelled extensively as a child (thanks to her father’s job) both in India & overseas; has graduated in Economics (H) from Delhi University; and went on to do an MBA from Indian Institute of Management (Bangalore). She is currently based in Mumbai. She has two book loving kids (who cannot read themselves); but delight in assisted reading sessions at home with mom.