Tejaswini Yarlagadda is a historian and heritage enthusiast. She leads Pleach India Foundation, which works to preserve and promote India’s cultural heritage through research, education, and public engagement. Her leadership focuses on bridging academic scholarship with community participation to make history accessible and relevant. A UGC Fellow and Gold Medalist from the University of Hyderabad, she holds a PhD in History and is the author of Social History of the Deccan (2004). She was Chairperson of Indian Women Network, and currently serves as Convenor of the Culture and Tourism Panel at CII, Telangana.