OVER A CUP OF TEA is the name of our occassional lecture series, where journalists and scholars come over and share their experiences and scholarship with the students.

These lectures often extend to more than two or three hours and provide a unique insight into the area of expertise of the invited speaker.

We have decided to call it OVER A CUP OF TEA for two reasons. It is a tribute to legendary journalist Pothan Joseph who wrote a daily column called "Over a cup of tea". Also, the name gives the manner in which these talks are conducted with students listening in and also participating with their questions and remarks. The best conversations, or at least so we believe, are had over a cup of tea.

Those who have discussed, lectured, spoken, and shared over a cup of tea include: (in alphabetical order)

Zubair Ahmed
Mumbai Bureau Chief
BBC

Sujata Anandan
Political Editor
Hindustan Times

Manish Awasthi
Bureau Chief
Aaj Tak

Sudhir Badami
Environmentalist

Ranjona Banerji
Deputy Editor
DNA

Kimi Dangor
Fashion Editor
People

Nikhil Dixit
Deputy Bureau Chief
DNA

Anurag Chaturvedi
Senior Journalist

Nilu Damle
Senior Journalist

Nitin Gokhale
Senior Editor
NDTV

Vishwas Kulkarni
Art Editor
Mumbai Mirror

Shahid Latif
Editor
Inquilab

Pradyuman Maheshwari
Editor-in-chief
Exchange For Media

Usha Mehta
Director
Gandhi Bhavan

Ayaz Memon
Senior Journalist
Sports Commentator

Vinay Nayudu
Special Correspondent
Times of India

Cyriac Mathew
Publisher
MiD Day

Ramesh Narayan
Former President,
Ad Club

Mukesh Parpiani
Former Photo Editor, Indian Express
Curator, NCPA

Sumana Ramanan
Readers Editor
Hindustan Times

Anant Rangaswami
Editor
Campaign India

Krishna Raj Rao
RTI Activist

Satish Sahney
Director, Nehru Centre
Former Commissioner of Police, Mumbai

P Sainath
Rural Affairs Editor
Hindu

Vinay Tewari
Managing Editor
CNN IBN

Anil Thakraney
Columnist