​                                        Kloud 9 along with KiiT International School is back with yet another feather on its hat!!

​The 9th Edition of NCLF is one of the biggest student’s literary festivals of Eastern India, National Children's Literary Festival (NCLF) 2023 hosted by Kloud9, is duly scheduled to be held on 25th and 26th of November, 2023 at KiiT International School, Bhubaneswar.
 
Kloud9 is among one of the most prominent Pan-Indian literary youth magazines of Eastern India with author Ruskin Bond as its Editor-in-Chief. The magazine since its inception has been on a mission to revive the written word and imbibe a culture of literature and art among the younger generation.

MISSION

Education is the basic right to every human being and thus, through this initiative we have decided few missions

• We intend to set up libraries in the rural areas of Odisha This would certainly help us in tapping literary talents from such remote places and help them to develop a connection with the industry in near future.

 

• We believe that through this two day long festival, we would be able to offer the right platform to connect the budding talents to the literary giants.

 

• We also wish to initiate several campaigns on girl's education and promote menstrual hygiene.

 

• We would 30000 students of tribal background from KISS attending the same.

VISION

"With the primary aim of reviving the dying word and creating a safe space for the younger generation, Kloud9 is thriving to furnish the youngsters with tools and the freedom to indulge in acts of self expression with out any restraint. In doing so, Kloud9 has ventured into the realms of various creative mediums-be it the written word, performance art or be it through community building.
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The process of curation of a Kloud9 issue entails inter active sessions with our bank of young writer sand thinkers from across the country-the to and forgives birth to relevant topics that are ventured into every issue, inter active   writing exercises, assignments and monthly performance art sessions. The aim is to provide an experience and a space for individual growth outside the confinements of academic quarters by engaging in alternative mediums for expression."

Our Chief Guests of 2023

Sir Ruskin Bond -
Chief Guest
​ An Indian Author & Philanthropist

Ruskin Bond is an eminent contemporary Indian writer of British descent. He prolifically authored inspiring children’s books and was awarded the Sahitya Academi Award to honor his work of literature.

Subsequently, he returned to India and worked as a journalist in Delhi and Dehradun for a few years. Later, he relocated to a town in the Himalayan foothills, Mussoorie, where he pursued freelance writing since 1963. His essays and articles were published in numerous magazines, such as The Pioneer, The Leader, The Tribune and The Telegraph. Till now he has written over three hundred short stories, essays and novels and over thirty children’s books.

To Know More: https://www.ruskinbond.in/about-us​

Mohammad Kaif 
Guest of Honour

Born on Dec 01, 1980 (42 years)
Birth Place: Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh

July 13th 2002, Lord's, London: A young batsman came in at number 6 after the loss of big guns like Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly in a chase of 326. Even the 21-year-old's parents, admittedly, changed channels after Tendulkar was dismissed and started watching Devdas on television. What would a rookie manage to do if the Little Master himself was back in the hut? In an Indian team that had made it a habit to lose big finals, a loss to England in the final in their den wouldn't have come as a big surprise. Little did they know, that the entire landscape of Indian cricket was about to change in the hour that followed, courtesy their rookie son.

To Know More: https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/players/247-mohammad-kaif-playerprofile​​

Anand Neelakantan 
(Author Session)

Anand Neelakantan is an Indian author, columnist, screenwriter, and public speaker. He is known for writing mythological fiction and has authored 12 books in English and one in Malayalam.

He was listed as one of the “100 top celebrities in India” in 2015 and 2017 by Forbes India.

His debut book Asura: Tale of the Vanquished was featured in the list of “100 books by Indian authors to read in a lifetime” by Amazon Books editors. The book has sold more than a million copies over the years. Three of his books have been shortlisted for  Crossword Book Award during the respective years.

Want to know more: ​https://www.anandneelakantan.com/

Sudeep Nagarkar
(Author Session)

Sudeep Nagarkar is a best selling Indian Author. He writes about college life, relationship and ambitions in life. Though the heights of those ambitions and their depth can be debated at length, they are best called youthful fancies. Though he writes English Novels, he often uses colloquial terms (and even sentences) in his works that make readers more comfortable. He writes in the same direction that other contemporary Indian English Fiction writers are writing. His debut novel ‘Few Things Left Unsaid’ became the best seller in no time! This success and a quick shot to fame gave him the impetus to further proceed in the career as an author for youths.

To Know More His Works: https://www.thriftbooks.com/a/sudeep-nagarkar/2424166/ 

Priya Malik
(Slam Poetry)

Priya Malik was born on Monday, 9 January 1989 (age 33 years; as of 2022) in Neshvilla Road, Dehradun, India. Her zodiac sign is Capricorn. Priya completed her schooling at Carman School, Dehradun and Convent Of Jesus & Mary High School Dehradun. Priya took arts as a major subject in her high school. She graduated in English Honors from Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University. In 2008, she went to Australia on a student visa to pursue her higher studies. Priya completed her post-graduation in applied linguistics, Master’s in teaching (middle and secondary) and Masters’s In Education by research at the University of South Australia.

Geeta Ramanujam  
An International Storyteller

Geeta Ramanujam is a master storyteller, trainer, founder and executive director of Kathalaya’s International Academy of Storytelling and Kathalaya Trust. She is also an academician and administrator with twenty-three years of experience in storytelling. A pioneer of the storytelling movement in India, Geeta has defined and evolved the ancient art of storytelling through workshops and certified courses, covering over 93,491 adults and 5,00,000 children so far. Geeta has travelled to forty-three countries and twenty-seven states in India to groom professional tellers, all the while sowing seeds of storytelling around the world for the last forty years.

To Know More: 

Prince Narula
Indian Star

Prince Narula (born 24 November 1990) is an Indian model, actor and a singer. Predominantly known for his performance in reality shows, he has also acted in fiction serials.[1] Narula has won the reality TV shows MTV Roadies 12 (2015), MTV Splitsvilla 8 (2015), Bigg Boss 9 (2015–2016) and Nach Baliye 9 (2019).[2][3][4] He also appeared as the wrestler Lakhan "Lucky" Singh Ahlawat in Badho Bahu (2016–2018) and as Shahnawaz "Shaan" Ali in Naagin 3 (2018).[5] He has participated in 4 reality shows till now and won all four of them thus making a win record of 100%.

Ankit Tiwari
(Musical Evening)

Ankit Tiwari is an Indian playback singer, live performer, music director, composer. His career began upon meeting Pradeep Sarkar where he got a chance to work on jingles and started composing background music for television programmes. Subsequently, he was offered to compose music for Do Dooni Chaar (2010) and Saheb, Biwi Aur Gangster (2011), where he started his singing career with the song he composed for the later.

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​Out of the Box Productions (Open Theatre)

Author's Books

For Senior(9-12) and Junior(6-8) Group

​For Senior(9-12) and Junior(6-8) Group

​For Senior(9-12) and Junior(6-8) Group

Fee is 1500 for local students (staying in Cuttack & Bhubaneshwar)

Fee is 2500 for students seeking accommodation. (staying outside Cuttack & Bhubaneshwar)

PAYMENT DETAILS

KIIT INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL,
BANK NAME: INDIAN BANK 
CURRENT ACCOUNT NUMBER 20139445150
IFSC CODE - IDIB000K717

To Know More About the Previous NCLF'S OF KiiT International School