Poets and dignitaries include Sheen Kaaf Nizam, poet and literary scholar, who has edited many volumes of poets in Devanagari including Deewan-e-Ghalib and Deewan-e-Mir, Yatinder Mishra, Indian poet, editor, music and cinema scholar, belonging to Ayodhya Royal family and Krishna Kumar Gaur, National Coordinator for Prime Minister's vision Program, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna, Special Guests: Arun Maheshwari, Chairman of Vani Foundation-Delhi and Anil Sharma-Joshi, writer, critic and Director (Culture), Head of Chancery, High Commission of India, Suva..
Vatayan’s annual awards will also be presented on this occasion.
Compere: Dr Padmesh Gupta, poet, Founder of the UK Hindi Samiti and Director of Oxford Business College.