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Auto Akka and the Hot Seat

Book reading and workshop
Ujjvala Krishna
Books and Literature | Book Reading

 Bangalore is sizzling! And young Ravi’s favourite blue, sticker-covered water bottle is officially missing. Jump into the hot seat with Auto Akka, the city's coolest auto rickshaw driver, for an interactive story reading and creative workshop! Based on the children's storybook Auto Akka and the Hot Seat, this fun reading session will take us all on a fast-paced hunt through bustling streets while exploring the real-world realities of urban heat and climate resilience. After the book reading, children will get hands-on and creative, sketching, designing, and inventing their very own climate resilient, cool autos to beat the heat!

About the Facilitators: 

Ujjvala Krishna is a climate and urban researcher drawn to the intersections of people, policy, and the built environment. Believing that cities are simultaneously wonderful and disastrously ad-hoc, her work explores the friction and negotiations between the various systems that shape our urban spaces. As an architect by training, she is perpetually asking, "how did this really get built?" - seeking to bridge the gap between the chaotic, lived reality of the city, and what shapes it.

Radha Patkar is a visual communication designer from Mumbai, currently based in Bangalore. She works across illustration, comics, and visual storytelling, creating stories inspired by everyday life. Her work draws from the people, places, and small moments that often go unnoticed, turning them into visual narratives that feel familiar, observant, and human.

Nithya Gowda is an urban planner and community engagement specialist. She has worked at the intersection of mobility, climate resilience, urban ecology, and grassroots engagement. Her work consistently turns community knowledge into planning evidence: from leading walkability audits across 300 km of Bengaluru's footpaths to co-authoring a nationally replicable safe routes to school guidebook. Fluent in Kannada, she engages directly with communities that planning processes most often leave out.


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