Lakshmi Pratury is an entrepreneur, curator and speaker who splits her time between Bengaluru and the Bay Area

Mathangi Subramanian is the author of Dear Mrs Naidu

Nandhu Sundaram is an Ooty-based freelance journalist

Pramod Kapoor is a publisher and the author of Gandhi: An Illustrated Biography

Simon Kuper is one of the world’s foremost writers on football and a columnist with The Financial Times. His books include, among others, Football Against the Enemy; Soccernomics; The Football Men; and Barça: The Inside Story of the World’s Greatest Football Club

Iqbal Malhotra is chairman and producer, AIM Television Pvt. Ltd.

Sasanka Perera is Professor of Sociology and Dean of Social Science at South Asian University, New Delhi

Pritish Nandy is a poet, journalist and filmmaker

Prerna Singh Bindra is a conservationist and the author of The Vanishing: India’s Wildlife Crisis