Bina (Sarkar Ellias) is a poet, writer, art curator, and founder-editor-designer-publisher of International Gallerie, a bi-annual award-winning global arts and ideas journal since 1997. Her book of poems, Fuse, has been taught at Towson University, USA. Her seventh book of poems, Ukiyo-e Days… Haiku Moments, was recently released at several national and international venues. As a poet, she has participated in several Indian and global festivals. As an art curator, she is currently curating a 2025 show for the Pen and Brush Gallery, New York. She has delivered talks at various global art centres. She has received the Times Group Yami Women Achievers’ Award, 2008, and the FICCI/FLO 2013 Award for excellence in her work. She recently received the Women to Watch Award, 2024, for ‘her outstanding contribution to the industry’. While she lives in India, Bina believes she is a nomadic world citizen.