DR. CHIDATMIKA KHATUA-

She is an educationist, an entrepreneur, a promoter of art, a culturalambassador and a passionate campaigner for tribal empowerment. She is also the founder of Aryabhatta Trust.Of all her varied activities, however, the one initiative that has earned her the maximum praise is ‘Adi Rani’ (Tribal Queen), the first-of-its-kind event in the country to showcase the innate beauty of tribal girlsand their ancient tradition. Above all her other activities, Chidatmika is passionate aboutpromoting cultural exchanges. She is the convenor of the Odishachapter of Kalinga Bali Sangham, an initiative in collaboration withthe Bali government to revive the deep and ancient cultural tiesbetween Kalinga and Indonesia.