Shalini P Sawkar (Batch of 2008) is an author, columnist, software engineer, and TED Circles Speaker. An accomplished author, she was awarded the Coimbatore Literary Awards ‘20 for Most Promising Fiction, Sharing Stories Book Awards 2021, and has been a Finalist at many awards. She was announced Woman of the Month 2021 by Woman Times, and Womennovator’s 1000 Faces of Asia Award 2021 in the Author Category in association with the Consulate General of India, New York, and Ministry of Electronics and IT, Government of India. She hopes to inspire youngsters to embrace their creativity through her books.