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Chandra Bhan Prasad is a public intellectual and mentor, Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DICCI).

D. Shyam Babu is Senior Fellow, Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi.

Devesh Kapur is Director, Center for the Advanced Study of India at the University of Pennsylvania.

Sadruddin Hashwani is founder-chairman of the Hashoo Group, a leading Pakistani business conglomerate that runs the country’s largest hotel operations and has interests stretching from hospitality to oil and gas exploration and production, property development and real estate, industries and commodities trading. A self-made man from a humble, middle-class background, Hashwani is among Pakistan’s most eminent citizens and best-known philanthropists.
In 2014, the Award of Knight-Commander in the Order of Leopold II was conferred upon Sadruddin Hashwani by HH King Philippe of Belgium in recognition of his services to the kingdom of Belgium.
His success, Hashwani believes, has come against the odds, and is due to his strong faith and the blessings of the Almighty and his forefathers.

Ralph Lazar (Author)
Illustrators Lisa Swerling and Ralph Lazar established Last Lemon Productions in 1999, which originates, produces, and licenses cartoon properties.Lisa studied politics, philosophy, and economics at England’s OxfordUniversity.She formerly ran her own graphic design business in London.Ralph studied law and economics at South Africa’s University of Cape Town and the London School of Economics.He was formerly an investment strategist at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse First Boston.Their wacky and curious characters, the Brainwaves, appear in the DK books How Nearly Everything was Invented and How the Incredible Human Body Works.

Lisa Swerling (Author)
Illustrators Lisa Swerling and Ralph Lazar established Last Lemon Productions in 1999, which originates, produces, and licenses cartoon properties.Lisa studied politics, philosophy, and economics at England’s OxfordUniversity.She formerly ran her own graphic design business in London.Ralph studied law and economics at South Africa’s University of Cape Town and the London School of Economics.He was formerly an investment strategist at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse First Boston.Their wacky and curious characters, the Brainwaves, appear in the DK books How Nearly Everything was Invented and How the Incredible Human Body Works.

Illustrators Lisa Swerling and Ralph Lazar established Last Lemon Productions in 1999, which originates, produces, and licenses cartoon properties.Lisa studied politics, philosophy, and economics at England’s OxfordUniversity.She formerly ran her own graphic design business in London.Ralph studied law and economics at South Africa’s University of Cape Town and the London School of Economics.He was formerly an investment strategist at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse First Boston.Their wacky and curious characters, the Brainwaves, appear in the DK books How Nearly Everything was Invented and How the Incredible Human Body Works.

Lt Gen. (Retd) Prakash Menon is Military Adviser in the National Security Council Secretariat, and was earlier commandant of the National Defence College, New Delhi.

Dr Rajiv Kumar is a distinguished economist and policy expert, and former Vice Chairman of NITI Aayog (2017–2022), where he held Cabinet rank. He is the founder and Chairman of Pahle India Foundation, a policy think tank established in 2013. His career spans academia, government, corporate chambers, and multilateral institutions, including roles as Economic Advisor in the Ministry of Finance (1991–1995), Chief Economist at CII, and Secretary General of FICCI. Dr. Kumar holds a Ph.D. from Lucknow University and a D.Phil. from Oxford. In 2023, he was awarded Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun for strengthening India–Japan economic ties.

Amin has worked at various publications, namely Amrita Bazar Patrika, The Asian Age, The Pioneer, The Indian Express, Sahara TV, Zee Sports and, most recently, The Times of India in Delhi, where he served as Asst. Editor for six years before moving to Qatar. Now based in Doha, he focuses on interacting with the who’s who of World Football.

As a writer, his analysis of the game has gained him much appreciation from players, readers and critics, in India as well as abroad. He has published a book titled The World Cup 2002 on behalf of The Indian Express. He writes his column as Footballwallah for Sportskeeda. He also shares his views and thoughts about the game, along with his expert analysis of the growth of Indian football on his blog, http://footballwallah.blogspot.com

He has given a number of expert interviews: for instance, a BBC interview in London and another one for AFP. (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football and http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article)

Amin was voted the best Indian football columnist in 2012.