Debarshi Mukherjee: He is a professor in the Department of Commerce and Business Studies at Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. His research focuses on AI literacy, social intelligence, learning continuity, marketing psychology, and the future of education. He is the originator of the Theory of Learning Continuity and holds intellectual property rights to the Learner Matrix for Learning Continuity and related learning analytics frameworks. A prolific author, mentor, and academic leader, he has made extensive contributions to research, innovation, policy, and the development of higher education.

Gorky Chakraborty: He is a faculty member at the Institute of Development Studies Kolkata (IDSK), specialising in development, citizenship, borders, and indigenous communities in Northeast India. His scholarship explores questions of identity, sustainability, land, power, and frontier transformations. He has authored and edited several influential volumes, including works published by Routledge, Springer, Orient BlackSwan, Palgrave Macmillan, and Concept. Through his research, he has made significant contributions to contemporary debates on borderlands, development, and socio-political change in Northeast India.

Pooran Chandra Pandey: He is Director of the Climate Centre at South Asian University, a Chevening Fellow at LSE and holds an MPhil from Jawaharlal Nehru University. He has held senior positions with the UN, Times of India, DOC Research Institute, and Nippon Denro Ispat. A former board member of the World Food Programme Trust and leader of the ACC social audit, he currently chairs the BIS's ESG Committee. He advises governments on labour mobility, universal basic income, and development, and is a widely published author.