R. Swaminathan is a Senior Fellow with the Observer Research Foundation. A Ph.D. from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, he has over 11 years of experience in journalism, academics and research. He has worked with several leading newspapers and websites, including The Indian Express and www.rediff.com. He is a winner of the South Asian Journalists Association (SAJA) award and a recipient of the University Grants Commission (UGC) fellowship. He has four books to his credit—Small Hands, Big Feet: New Forms of Labour Mobilisation; Mumbai Vision 2015: Agenda for Urban Renewal; Healthcare Issues in Large Federal Countries and Free Power to Farmers: Policy Implications for Maharashtra.

Raksha Alagh is an educationist and economist with special interest in health care issues. She has contributed her research expertise to multilateral institutions like the International Labour Organisation (ILO).

Dinesh N. Awasthi is Director of the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII). He is an economist with extensive experience in entrepreneurship training, teaching and research.

Somnath Bandhopadhyay is a visiting faculty member at the Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology.

Ravindra H. Dholakia is an economist at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, and has been a consultant to multilateral institutions like the 

Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the World Bank.

Indira Hirway is Director and Professor of Economics at the Centre for Development Alternatives.

Sudarshan Iyengar is Professor and Director, Gujarat Institute of Development Research, Ahmedabad.

S.P. Kashyap is former Director of Sardar Patel Institute of Social and Economic Research, Ahmedabad. He is currently visiting faculty at the Centre for Development Alternatives.

Darshini Mahadevia is Assistant Professor, Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology. She is a development studies researcher, specialising in policy research.

Sebastian Morris is an economist at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, specialising in energy and infrastructure management.

K. Mukundan is an urban management specialist associated with the World Bank.

Sunil R. Parekh is the Senior Director, Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), and is also their officer-in-charge of the CII Rehabilitation Initiative.

B.B. Patel is a well-known labour economist, and has authored several books and contributed extensively to peer-reviewed international academic journals.

Mahesh Pathak is an agricultural economist and Honorary Director, Agro-Economic Research Centre, Ahmedabad.

H.M. Shivanand Swamy is Director, Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology. His areas of specialisation are transportation and environmental and infrastructure planning.

H.S. Singh is an Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer and is the Conservator of Forests, Vadodara Circle.

P.K. Singh is Professor and Head, Department of Economics, Sardar Patel University, Vallabh Vidyanagar.

Rashu Vakil is a renowned educationist and Director, School of Architecture, Ahmedabad.