Sanjeev Sanyal is Principal Economic Advisor, Ministry of Finance

Ajay Bhushan Pandey is a former finance secretary and former CEO, UIDAI

Ruchika Soi is an art and travel writer and an art curator

AR Rahman is a music composer, singer and songwriter

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra is a filmmaker and has directed, among other films, Rang De Basanti

Beena Sarwar is a Pakistan-born and Boston-based journalist, peace activist and documentary filmmaker

The author is an award-winning novelist, essayist and short-story writer based in Moscow

The writer is Associate Professor and Head of the Department of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology, Post-Graduate Institute of Child Health, Noida. She serves as the honorary secretary of the Pediatric Hematology-Oncology Chapter of Indian Academy of Paediatrics, the largest body of medical care providers for children with blood diseases and cancers in the country. The views expressed by her are personal

Manish Nandy, a former US diplomat and World Bank official, is an international development advisor

Gautam Bhatia is a Delhi-based architect and the author of Delirious City, a satire on Indian urban life

Ram Gopal Varma is the director of ground-breaking films such as Satya and Company

The author is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Maitreyi College, University of Delhi

Kynpham Sing Nongkynrih is the author of Funeral Nights

DPK Pillay, a retired colonel of the Indian Army, is a research fellow at the Manohar Parrikar Institute of Defence Studies and Analyses. A recipient of the Shaurya Chakra, he served in the Northeast