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Bringing the light of the literary and cultural world to children.

Lit Lantern Culture and Literature Society is a registered not-for-profit society that aims to expose the children of Visakhapatnam and other cities to the beautiful and enchanting world of various forms of literature and culture.

In the past, Lit Lantern has curated and hosted two highly appreciated editions of the Vizag Junior Literary Fest (VJLF) in 2018 and 2019. VJLF was featured as one of the top ten fest for children in India in 2018. In both years, the fest was very well received by both, citizens of Vizag as well as parents and children, who travelled from all across India to be a part of this event. As we move forward, Lit Lantern will always strive to enlighten and nurture young minds by bringing in new experiences to them.

The Team

Sandhya Godey

A scientific manager (B.Sc, MBA) Sandhya is the founder of “Speaking Chalk”, a 50 member voluntary effort to teach life skills and spoken English to underprivileged children. She is the winner of Eastern Bhoomika Iconic Woman’s award (2018)and has been the chairperson of the Waltair club ladies committee for two years. She is also the secretary for the Women’s wing of Visakhapatnam Chamber of Commerce.

Priya Uppalapati

A retailer by profession and a storyteller by passion, Priya has been trained in storytelling at Kathalaya International Academy of Storytelling, Bangalore. For more than two years now, she has been engaging children in various activities like storytelling, creative writing as well as educating on sensitive topics through Young Indians and Just Books.

Sonal Sarda

An engineer by profession (B.E./M.S.) Sonal has been a program manager at Microsoft, Seattle and a Project Manager at Persistent Systems, Nagpur. She is the proprietor for WhizB, VocaBOOM, a six-year old 9- month vocabulary development program for children. An avid reader and highly passionate about the written word, she is the charter President for the Visakhapatnam Women’s Wing of Chamber of Commerce.