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A.P.J. Abdul Kalam was one of India’s most distinguished scientists, responsible for the development of India’s first satellite launch vehicle and the operationalization of strategic missiles. He was also the President of India between 2002 and 2007.

Deepak Nayyar was educated at St. Stephen’s College, Delhi University and went on to study at Balliol College, Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes scholar. He was, for some time, in the Indian Administrative Service and later served as Economic Advisor in the Ministry of Commerce. More recently, he served as Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of India and Secretary in the Ministry of Finance. Currently professor of economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, he has taught economics at Oxford University, the University of Sussex and the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.
Deepak Nayyar’s previous books are India’s Exports and Export Policies, Economic Relations Between Socialist Countries and the Third World, Migration, Remittances and Capital Flows and Economic Liberalization in India. He has also published several articles in professional journals.

Kavery Nambisan was born in Coorg district, Karnataka. She went to school in Delhi and graduated from St John’s Medical College, Bangalore. She stood first in surgery and was sponsored by the University of Liverpool for higher training. She obtained the Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons when she was twenty-four.
Kavery Nambisan has written several award-winning books for children. She is also the author of two novels, The Truth (Almost) About Bharat and The Scent of Pepper, both published by Penguin.
Kavery Nambisan is married to journalist and poet Vijay Nambisan. She currently lives and works in Kerala.

Sumita Ghose is a development worker and activist, who has lived and worked for several years in rural Rajasthan, and for a while in Assam. Currently, she is involved with and is researching on issues of peace and development. She lives in Gurgaon, Haryana, with her children and parents-in-law.