Somasundara Rao, Professor (Retd.), obtained an M.A. (History and Archaeology), M.A. (Hons.) and Ph.D. from Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, and specialized in the ancient and medieval history of Andhra Pradesh with particular emphasis on epigraphy. He was initiated into epigraphical research by the noted epigraphist and historian, Mallampalli Somasekhara Sarma. He has presided over the medieval history section of the Andhra Pradesh History Congress, the political history section of the South Indian History Congress and the ancient history section of the Indian History Congress, and served as the President of the South Indian Numismatic Society.
Okbazghi Yohannes is Political Science Professor Emeritus at University of Louisville in Louisville, KY, and author of Eritrea: A Pawn in World Politics.
Jon Lee Anderson is an American biographer, author, investigative reporter, war correspondent and staff writer for The New Yorker, reporting from war zones such as Afghanistan,&
Sadhna Arya is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, Satyawati College (E), University of Delhi. She was Senior Fellow with the Centre for Women’s Development Studies (CWDS)
Samir Kumar Das is Vice-Chancellor of the University of North Bengal. A Professor of Political Science at the University of Calcutta, Kolkata (now on lien) he is a member and an Honorary Senior Resear
Gail Omvedt (born 2 August 1941) is an American-born Indian scholar who has written extensively on caste and Dalit politics. She is the author of Dalits and the Democratic Revolution (1994), Buddhi
T.M. Krishna is a Carnatic vocalist, activist, and author. Recipient of the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2016, he is the author, most recently, of Sebastian and Sons: A Brief History of Mrdangam Makers
