Sidhartha Mallya is an American born, British raised actor of Indian descent. He trained at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, graduating with a Master of Arts in acting.
Besides acting, Sid’s main focus has been on the promotion of mental health amongst the youth. In 2020 he launched an online series called ‘conSIDerThis’ which talks about the mental issues he has struggled with over the years and offers advice to the public on how to deal with such challenges. With over five million views, the series was a global hit gaining mainstream media recognition and praise. This was followed up by his first book If I’m Honest: A Memoir of My Mental Health Journey (Penguin Random House) which was released in 2022 to similar acclaim.
Santosh Singh is a Patna-based senior assistant editor with The Indian Express since June 2008, covering the entire state of Bihar with a focus on politics, society, governance and investigative and explanatory stories. Overall, he has twenty-five years of experience in print journalism in Bihar, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka. His past works include Ruled Or Misruled: The Story and Destiny of Bihar (Bloomsbury, 2015), JP TO BJP (Vitasta Sage Select, 2021) Kitna Raaj Kitna Kaaj (Vani Prakashan, 2023).
Aditya Anmol studied at the University of Chicago. He completed his Master’s in Public Policy with Honors in June 2023, with specializations in Finance and Policy. He has a Bachelor of Arts in Quantitative Economics with Honors from New York University.
Robin Banerjee is the chairman of Nucleon Research Pvt Ltd, a global clinical research organization. Prior to this, he was the managing director of Caprihans India Ltd between 2012 and 2022. His earlier experiences spread across continents and industries, in senior management positions including Hindustan Unilever (as general manager), Arcelor Mittal Germany (as managing director), Thomas Cook (as executive director), Essar Steel (as executive director), and Suzlon Energy (as group CFO and member of the global boards).
He is a chartered accountant (FCA), cost and management accountant (FCMA), company secretary (FCS), and master of commerce (M Com).
He is the recipient of several business accolades including:‘Hall of Fame’ award from CFO India magazine, for “finance” in February 2023;‘Hall of Fame’ award from Manufacturing Today magazine for “manufacturing” in September 2023;‘Ethical Businessman’ award from Rotary International in 2019.
Raghu is an academic, author, corporate citizen, columnist and a hobbyist.
He was a Professor of Finance, IIM Ahmedabad for nearly two decades before moving to the corporate sector in senior roles. His corporate role as the CEO of a large Foundation included providing leadership to several educational institutions including schools as well higher education and professional institutions. In this role, he also brought Schulich School of Business, York University, Toronto to India and remained their director for seven years.
He has authored over 15 books and written over 600 papers and articles. His books include Games Indians Play – a national bestseller, Irrationally Rational, Return to Jammu, The Good Indian’s Guide to Queue Jumping, Beyond the Call of Duty, Duryodhana, Locks, Mahabharata and Mathematics, Ganesha on the Dashboard, The Corruption Conundrum, and Don’t Sprint the Marathon.
Raghu has probably the country’s most varied collection of old and ancient Indian locks.
Enhancing the quality of school education has been something that Meena Raghunathan has been concerned about and working towards for close to four decades: first as part of Centre for Environment Education, a pioneering NGO which has been at the forefront of innovative education; and then starting up and heading CSR for the GMR Group with a focus on education, health, skill training, and livelihoods.
She has developed textbooks for various levels, including the first textbook on the environment for the undergraduate level in India. She has worked on over a dozen teacher-manuals which help integrate sustainability-related concepts into the curriculum, as well as policy documents. She has authored Doing Good: Navigating the CSR Made in India. She also writes for children.
Salman Masood is a Pakistani journalist who has been working as a Pakistan correspondent for the New York Times since 2003. He is also the Editor of Pakistani newspaper the Nation since 2020. The focus of his reporting has been on politics, international relations, and terrorism. In 2009, he contributed to the New York Times reporting team that won the Pulitzer Prize for coverage of Pakistan and Afghanistan. His writings have also appeared in several other local and international news publications, notably Janes Terrorism & Insurgency Monitor, the Guardian, the News and the Express Tribune. In 2013-2014, he acted as the editor of Pique, a political and lifestyle magazine. He wrote for Abu Dhabi based the National from 2008-2011. He has appeared as an analyst/guest speaker on theNew York Times Public Radio, CNN and several Pakistani news TV networks. Salman Masood lives in Islamabad, Pakistan.
