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)

Navin Chawla is a former Chief Election Commissioner of India

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

Pulasta Dhar is a football writer and television commentator

Prema Jayakumar is an author and translator based in Kochi

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

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

Siddhanth Aney is a freelance sports journalist

Osama Manzar is founder-director of Digital Empowerment Foundation