Hema Subramanian

Hema Subramanian calls herself an expressionist. She loves to express herself through poetry, art, music and stories.

She has been in the field of education for more than  20 years. She  loves to curate training workshops on pedagogy, Instructional design, assessment strategies and teaching of the English Language. Her  8 level after school creative writing curriculum called’ Pentalk – The Orange Wedges Inc’  for children from 7 -14 years was a hit with parents and children and has been her pet project for the last 15 years. Apart from the classes she has been conducting individual workshops on poetry writing , script writing and theatre workshop as well as language through art workshops. She has been  on the International panel of ESOL examiners for Trinity College London. She offers her services as a freelance educational consultant  to different organizations, many of them being NGO’s. Her Stanford certification in Design thinking has helped her create modules and solutions for many of these organizations.

Her love for writing stories and narrating them led her to be a passionate storyteller. Her blog “ Poesy “ is well appreciated and she is penning some stories that she would like to publish soon. In the meanwhile she has published here first book of poems called “ Reflections “
Her passion for storytelling led her to Co founded the Mumbai Storytellers Society , where she volunteered her services as a Treasurer  and also with the day to day running of the society. She has been a core member in the Festival committee for  Mumbai Storytellers Society’s International Storytelling festivals – MIST @ Panchgani, Igniting hope  and  Gaatha International Storytelling festival 2023 and 2024.

Her love for Indian Classical Music inspired her to Co founded – Arghya Indian Classical Music and Fine Art Foundation , an organisation  that strives to uphold the tradition of pure Indian Classical music and fine arts through their quality of presentation .  She has been a part of organizing events for the same for the past 2 years.

Stay tuned!

The 2026 MIST Featured Teller lineup will be released in June 2026.