Shantanu Anand is a lifelong student of storytelling. In 2016, he co-curated India's first ever National Youth Poetry Slam. He has been part of the core curation team of Spoken Fest in 2020, 2022, and 2024. He was included in the Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 list in 2019 for his contributions to the performance arts. He is currently working on his debut novel.