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RAGHURAM G. RAJAN is a world-renowned Indian economist who is currently a distinguished service professor at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. His past policy positions include governor of the Reserve Bank of India and chief economist at the International Monetary Fund. His bestselling books include Fault Lines (winner of the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award), I Do What I Do, The Third Pillar and Saving Capitalism from the Capitalists (with Luigi Zingales). His widely cited research focuses on the underpinnings of economic growth. His numerous awards include the Fischer Black Prize and the Deutsche Bank Prize for financial economics, Euromoney’s Central Banker of the Year award and the Banker’s Global Central Banker Award.

ROHIT LAMBA is an assistant professor of economics at Pennsylvania State University and a visiting assistant professor of economics at New York University Abu Dhabi. He received a PhD in economics from Princeton University and was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Cambridge. He publishes regularly in leading academic journals and newspapers. He has also worked as an economist at the office of the chief economic adviser to the Government of India.

A.R. Venkatachalapathy (1967) was born in Gudiyattam, in the Vellore district of Tamil Nadu and was educated in Chennai and New Delhi. A historian and Tamil writer, he is a professor at the Madras Institute of Development Studies, Chennai. Chalapathy has taught at universities in Tirunelveli, Chennai, Singapore and Chicago, and has held research assignments in Paris, Cambridge, London, and Harvard. He is the winner of the V.K.R.V. Rao Prize; Vilakku Virudhu and Iyal Virudhu (both for lifetime contribution to Tamil literature) and the Mahakavi Bharati Award. Chalapathy has published widely on the social, cultural and intellectual history of colonial Tamil Nadu. Apart from his writings in English, he has written or edited over thirty books in Tamil.

Mmhonlümo Kikon was born in Kohima and studied literature at the University of Delhi. He is the author of three book of poems, namely, The Penmi Poems, 2018, The Village Empire, 2019, and Slingstones, 2021.
Mmhonlümo was a legislator in the Nagaland Legislative Assembly for two terms from 2013-2023.

Pratinav Anil is a lecturer in History at St Edmund Hall, University of Oxford, whose writings have appeared in The Times, the Guardian, Spectator, and History Today. He is the co-author, with Christophe Jaffrelot, of India’s First Dictatorship.

Michelle Mendonça Bambawale is a professional educator, an amateur photographer and a passionate environmentalist.

ABHISHEK ANICCA is a bilingual (English and Hindi) writer, poet and spoken word artist. He identifies as a person with locomotor disability and chronic illness, which shapes his creative endeavours. He is the founder of Dislang, a digital magazine that publishes narratives by disabled people, a mentor for the South Asian Speaks Fellowship and has guest-edited for Agents of Ishq. His non-fiction work has appeared in the Times of India, DNA, Outlook, the Equator Line, the Third Eye, The Quint, Unbias the News, Devex, IndiaSpend, Agents of Ishq, In Plainspeak and Kitaab among other print and digital publications. His poetry has appeared in Nether Quarterly, Gulmohur Quarterly, Alipore Post, Rhetorica Quarterly (Lucknow), Sunflower Collective, Indian Cultural Forum, RHiME, Posham Pa, Jankipul, Samalochan, Prabhat Khabar, Apni Maati, Antrang (collection), Battling for India (anthology) and The Yearbook of English Poetry 2021 (anthology). Abhishek tweets at X and posts on Instagram @abhishekanicca.

Tabinda Jalil-Burney is a writer, translator and doctor, working in the National Health Service in the UK. She is the author of a cookbook called How to Feed your Child (and Enjoy it!) and the winner of Gourmand award for best writing for childcare, also published in Hindi. She has also translated numerous Urdu short stories into English as part of various published anthologies. Her keen interest in Urdu poetry, her nostalgia for her family’s food and culture and a desire to delve into the family’s history have inspired her to write this book.

Shikha Puri Arora is a rehab and movement coach. She has written articles on posture and pain-free living for the Free Press Journal, and is certified in various levels of rehab training (Australia), therapeutic yoga, Pilates and rolfing. Shikha has experience for over a decade in treating individuals with various musculoskeletal issues—fibromyalgia, scoliosis, kyphosis, ankylosing spondylitis, arthritis, herniated and slipped discs, frozen shoulders, and knee and hip replacements. Her expertise also extends to individuals who suffer from cancer, asthma and other respiratory ailments. She is the founder of Move Better Wellness which is the first online and offline rehab fitness platform in India that offers one-on-one rehab fitness sessions, myofascial release massages, performance nutrition services, wellness courses and corporate wellness programmes all under one roof.

Tony Saldanha is cofounder and CEO of Inixia, an organization dedicated to professionalizing and transforming business services. During a 27-year career at Procter & Gamble, Tony ran IT and GBS (Global Business Services) in every region of the world, helping create a multi-billion dollar best-in-class operation. He was named to Computerworld’s Premier 100 IT Professionals list in 2013. He is a sought-after thought leader and speaker on GBS and IT. His other activities include angel investing, advising non-profits and venture capitalists and start-up companies, and starting up technology companies of his own.

Filippo Passerini is cofounder and President of Inixia. He started and led one of the world’s first shared service organizations at Procter & Gamble. He has served as an advisor, board member, and operating executive at several companies, including The Carlyle Group, Mars Company, United Rentals, McKinsey & Company, and the Estée Lauder Company. He also has served as adjunct professor at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, is a visiting Professor for the Politecnico di Milano School of Management, and a Professor in Residence at Columbia University. He is a member of the CIO Hall of Fame.