David Gilmour is a British historian and a Fellow of the Royal Society for Literature

Madhavi Menon is professor of English and director of the Centre for Studies in Gender and Sexuality at Ashoka University

Kapka Kassabova participated in the Jaipur Literature Festival with the support of The British Academy. She is the author of Border: A Journey to the Edge of Europe (Granta)

Piyush Tewari, founder and CEO of SaveLIFE Foundation, best known for its work to get India a Good Samaritan Law

Navin Chawla is a former Chief Election Commissioner of India

Surjit S Bhalla, a former executive director at IMF, has served on the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister and is the author of, among other titles, Citizen Raj

Shonaleeka Kaul is associate professor at the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi