On Episode 5 of #LearningStories we chat with Janak Rathod. Janak is a photographer and photojournalist based out of Mumbai.   He was born and raised in Bahrain where he completed my schooling until 12th grade. He studied for a BFA with photography at Symbiosis University, Pune, and further ahead enrolled himself for a diploma course to study photojournalism at the Udaan School Of Photography in Mumbai. He then interned for 'The Indian Express', and is now currently working as a freelancer in Mumbai. As a photographer and photojournalist, he enjoys making observations that either become photographs or notes in his journal. He sees poetry hidden almost everywhere and tries his best to put that in a photograph. You can follow him on Instagram at _janak_rathod_.

On Episode 4 of #LearningStories we chat with Carissa D'Almeida. Carissa D’Almeida is a Lawyer by training and a Disc Jockey by passion. She grew up in the Middle East and then completed her Bachelor of Laws degree from Christ University in Bengaluru, India. She has been part of the legal team at Accenture for the last four years. But Carissa is a full-time disc jockey too. She is part of the awesome music crew at the Dynamite Disco Club. She has played live at venues around India like the Indiranagar Social, Sherlocks, Kitty Ko, Grub Arena, and the Dynamite Disco Club. She produces music on her Soundcloud Profile and her Mixcloud podcast titled, ‘Care Package’. As a disc jockey, she focuses on disco, house, and deep house music.

On Episode 2 of #LearningStories we chat with Vikramjeet Sinha.  Vikramjeet Sinha is an Arts-based therapist, an Arts based Educator and Dramatist.   He has 20 years of work experience in the social development sector and mainly uses the arts to create psycho-social change. He has directed over 25 plays in schools, colleges and in Festivals. Vikram holds an undergraduate degree in English Literature, a graduate degree in Social Anthropology. He is an ABT Practitioner from the World Center for Creative Learning. Vikramjeet has many other professional qualifications, which include his training in Clinical Hypnotherapy from Californian School of Hypnosis and training in Trauma healing. He also holds a five-year diploma on watercolor therapy from the art loft in the Margeret Haushcka school of art therapy, based on the principles of Rudolph Steiner. He is a founder of Building on Art Therapy or B.O.A.T (https://www.buildingonart.com/) which offers arts-based therapy training programs for schools and organizations.

On Episode 1 of #LearningStories we chat with Jatan Mehta. Jatan is a science writer passionate about humanity's future in space. He was the former science officer at TeamIndus Moon Mission. His writing portfolio can be found at jatan.space and you can find him on Twitter @uncertainquark. He writes the popular substack newsletters, 'Moon Monday' and 'Space Impact'. He is currently a contributing editor to Planetary Society.