Dhiraj Nayyar is Officer on Special Duty and Head, Economics, Finance & Commerce, NITI Aayog. The views are personal and do not reflect the views of NITI Aayog

Gilles Kepel is a professor of political science at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris

Rishad Saam Mehta is a travel writer based in Mumbai and the author of Fast Cars & Fidgety Feet

Gilles Verniers is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Ashoka University

Manu Sanan is a lawyer currently based in Oxford

Ketan Reddy is with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Rajesh Raj S N is at the Sikkim University

Subash S is with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras