Venkatesh Hariharan is the India representative for the Open Invention Network, an organization that protects the open-source community from patent litigation.

RADM Shrikhande retired in 2016 after 36 years in the Indian Navy. In flag rank he headed Naval Intelligence; was Chief of Staff/ SNC; served in HQIDS & Strategic Forces Command among others.

Ashish teaches courses in economics and statistics at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune. He blogs daily at econforeverybody.com.

Madhavan co-founded PRS and is currently its President. Prior to starting PRS, Madhavan was based in Singapore covering currency and interest rate markets as Principal and Senior Strategist for the Asia region for Bank of America.

Surya Prakash B S a Chartered Accountant and law graduate, is Fellow and Programme Director at DAKSH, Bengaluru, a civil society organisation working on judicial reforms.

Ethan Mills is an Associate Professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. His academic specialisation is in Indian philosophy, Buddhist philosophy, and ancient and modern skepticism (including skepticism in classical India). He is also interested in ancient Greek philosophy, Hellenistic philosophy, contemporary epistemology, philosophy of religion, early modern European philosophy, ethics, and Chinese philosophy. He is an Adjunct Professor at Takshashila Institution.

Ganesh is a writer and an editor. He is passionate about literature, public policy, and science fiction.