Achievements
| 2018 | Co-anchor, Uru Boats of Beypore, webseries Secret Ingredient by BBC TopGear India, in asso ciation with Michelin Tyres |
India |
| TEDxMumbai Talk “The Secret Ingredient of Creativity” | Mumbai | |
| Awarded citation at Woman of Worth, by Rotary Club of Madras Midtown | Chennai | |
| 2017 | Featured at “Poetry with Prakriti Festival”;Read poetry alongside Jayanta Mahapatra | Chennai |
| Speaker,”Environmental Consciousness in Current Indian Art”, international seminar | Chennai | |
| Moderator at literary festival “Lit for Life” | Chennai | |
| Speaker,‘Mapping’ A Creative, Justice Basheer Ahmed Sayeed College for Women | Chennai | |
| Panelist, Seminar on ‘Regional Modernity’, National Gallery of Modern Art | Bengaluru | |
| Good Girl Art Project Workshop on art, technology&gender with Deepti Zachariah at the Govt School Trustpuram, for Women’s Day, supported by the US Consulate, Chennai |
Chennai | |
| Interviewed for V-IDEO:Ideas Worth Sharing by Mohile Parikh Centre | Mumbai | |
| “Travel Like an Artist”, featured in National Geographic Traveller | India | |
| Panelist, “AK Ramanujam:Found in Translation” moderated by Sadanand Menon | Chennai | |
| Delivered Endowment Lecture at Stella Maris College titled “Athena’s Tree” | Chennai | |
| “Whispering Pictures, Drawing Words”,talk for Madras Day, Madras Literary Society | Chennai | |
| 2016 | TEDxChennai, Speaker, “The World Through Different Lenses” | Chennai |
| Speaker, “Artistic Collaboration” with French-Cuban artist Cristina Escobar as part of residency, Alliance Francaise, India |
Chennai | |
| Speaker, Chennai Water Forum Oct 6-8, by the Goethe Institut, at Kalakshetra | Chennai | |
| Mentor, Art; Vital Voices Global Mentoring Walk supported by the US ConsulGeneral | Chennai | |
| Speaker on Contemporary Art, Indian Youth Conclave | Chennai | |
| Member, Visitor Programme organised by Goethe Institute on water & public art | Germany | |
| Speaker, Forum on Art & Entrepreneurship organised by British High Commission | Chennai | |
| Speaker, “Spatial Enquiries of Drawing” at Chennai Architecture Foundation | Chennai | |
| Interviewed as one of the “Champions of Champions” in the Radio One show | Chennai | |
| 2015 | Fluid Conversations; with Prajakta Potnis; talk at the Mohile Parikh Centre | Mumbai |
| In Conversation with Eleanor Catton, Lit For Life Literary Festival | Chennai | |
| In Conversation with David Davidar, Lit For Life Literary Festival | Chennai | |
| Art of the Biennale, Illustrated talk for IWA(International Women’s Association) | Chennai | |
| Speaker at BNP Paribas’ L Quest The Learning Festival | Chennai | |
| Speaker along with celebrity photographer G Venket Ram,The Bliss Catchers talks | Chennai | |
| Invited to write a guest column “Art of the Now”, India Today magazine | Chennai | |
| Featured in Luxe Royale by designer Vivek Karunakaran and Mercedes Benz | Chennai | |
| Interviewed on Radio One, Chennai | Chennai | |
| Guest speaker, Urban Art in Chennai, by Georg Zolchow and Goethe Institut | Chennai | |
| Speaker, Voices of Change: Women, Art and Understanding, Lalit Kala Akademi, organised by the US Consulate General | Chennai | |
| 2014 | Speaker, BMW art talk “Contemporary Indian Art at Home and Abroad: Making a Difference”, opening panel of Kochi Muziris Biennale | Kochi |
| In Conversation with Parvathi Nayar, Institute of South Asian Studies, National University of Singapore | Singapore | |
| Moderator session with Taiye Selasi and Xiaolu Guo, Lit For Life Literary Festival | Chennai | |
| Nominee, L’Oreal Paris Femina Women Award, Design and Arts | Mumbai | |
| Recipient of Inspiring Change Award in connection with Women’s Day | Chennai | |
| Winner, Penn Shakti Award, Femina | Chennai | |
| 2013 | Taught course in Film Appreciation, Chennai Mathematical Institute | Chennai |
| In Conversation with author Krishna Shastri at his book launch | Chennai | |
| Presenter Granta Best of British authors at the British Council | Chennai | |
| Panelist on Gender violence with Eve Ensler, Asian College of Journalism | Chennai | |
| 2012 | Guest of Honour, Canadian Film Festival, Alliance Francaise | Chennai |
| Video interview of Timeri Murari for Aleph Book Company | New Delhi | |
| In Conversation with Manu Joseph at his book launch | Chennai | |
| 2011 | Moderator, authors conversation Lit for Life Literary Festival | Chennai |
| Moderator, Seminar on artists’ art practices, ArtChennai | Chennai | |
| 2010 | Judge, The Hindu Literary Prize | Chennai |
| 2009 | Arts Interlocuter appointed by the India Foundation for the Arts, for Beautiful Things I by Padmini Chettur | Pondicherry/Chennai |
| 2007 | Jury, Singapore International Film Festival | Singapore |
| 2006 | UOB Painting of the year competition 2006, Distinguished Mention category | Singapore |
| Guest of Honour, Magnolia milk + words art competition | Singapore | |
| Presenter, “An Evening of Indian Poetry”, Asian Civilisations Museum | Singapore | |
| Essayist, Vision-Path-Destiny brochure, Spanish art exhibition | Singapore | |
| 2005 | Judge, UOB Painting competition, the premier art competition | Singapore |
| Member, the 2-year grants committee, the National Arts Council | Singapore | |
| 2004 | Winner, Bi-Annual Cecile Collins Drawing Award | London |
| Editor, The Daily Martin, Graduate Show newspaper, Central Saint Martins | London | |
| 2003 | Speaker at forum on Identity, Singapore Art Museum | Singapore |
| Profiled as artist on ArtNation, Arts Central TV | Singapore | |
| Guest of Honour, the Month of Photography Exhibition, Alliance Francaise | Singapore | |
| Short story published in creative anthology Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover | Singapore | |
| 2002 | Moderator, author readings “Other Journeys” at library@esplanade, India Fest | Singapore |
| 2001 | Speaker, “Asian art”, International Women Federation | Singapore |
| Chaired Arts Debate on Arts Central TV | Singapore | |
| Guest of Honour, art exhibition, The Substation | Singapore | |
| 2000 | Only Singapore-based journalist sent to the Olympics Arts Festival | Sydney |
| Singapore Press Holdings newscom award, for work on Singapore Arts Fest | Singapore | |
| Participated in Arts Debate on Arts Central TV | Singapore | |
| 1998 | Speaker, “Indian Art—A Historical Perspective”, Rotary Club | Jakarta |
| 1997 | Speaker, “The Art Process”, Jakarta International School | Jakarta |
| 1996 | Award from Jakarta Media Communications for Journalism | Jakarta |
| 1995 | Grant from Action Theatre, Singapore, to write a full length Singaporean play | Singapore |
| Speaker, National Museum of Singapore, on Asian/Indian arts | Singapore | |
| Member, The Writers’ Lab, TheatreWorks | Singapore | |
| 1994 | Authored the plays “Cards” performed at The Black Box (1995) & as part of Lab Report 6 (1994) |
