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Sharmistha Mukherjee is daughter of India's 13th President Pranab Mukherjee. She is an Indian Kathak dancer, choreographer, former politician of the Indian National Congress and an author. Her book 'Pranab, My Father: A Daughter Remembers" is now out.

Swapan Dasgupta is a senior Indian journalist and politician. He is one of foremost Conservative writers, writing columns for leading English dailies espousing Indian nationalism. He is a former member of the Rajya Sabha.

In 2015, Dasgupta was conferred with the Padma Bhushan for his contribution to literature and education. He fought the 2021 West Bengal assembly election on BJP ticket from Tarakeshwar.

Dr MeenakshiJain is a historian interested in cultural and religious developments in ancient and medieval India. Her recent publications include Vasudeva Krishna and Mathura (2021); Flight of Deities and Rebirth of Temples (2019); The Battle for Rama: Case of the Temple at Ayodhya (2017); Sati: Evangelicals, Baptist Missionaries, and the Changing Colonial Discourse (2016); and Rama and Ayodhya (2013).

Neerja Chowdhury is an award-winning journalist, columnist, and political commentator. In the course of a distinguished career of over forty years, she was political editor of the Indian Express for ten years and covered the terms of eight prime ministers and ten Lok Sabha elections. She has won several prestigious awards for her journalism including the first Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Women Mediapersons (1981), the India Today–PUCL Journalism for Human Rights Award (1983), and the Prem Bhatia Award for Best Political Reporting (2009–10).

Sheba Ghosh is a creative filmmaker who combines her passion for storytelling with her diverse background in air traffic control and human resources management. She has been working as a filmmaker at Sheba Ghosh Productions since January 2022, where she writes, directs, and edits films and short format video stories on various topics, such as social issues, culture, and history. She has also completed an online certificate in copywriting which enhances her writing and communication skills. Her commitment to have a fair, inclusive and diverse workplace is reflected in her completion of an online course on PoSH. She has over 10 years of experience in the Indian Air Force, where she served as an air traffic controller and a senior human resources manager, handling complex operations, leading teams, and managing personnel.

Adarsh Pandit is a graduate from IIT Delhi. He is a political strategist.

Jay Vardhan Singh is currently doing his PhD in Ancient Indian History at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi. His area of interest includes the Ancient and early medieval history of the Indian subcontinent.

Anant Merathia is a practicing commercial litigation and disputes resolution lawyer with over 18 years’ experience in India and Singapore. Anant started off his career with practice in civil and commercial laws in Chennai, India in 2004 focusing on shareholder disputes & commercial documentation followed by pursuing an LLM at NUS, Singapore.

Sukhi Chahal was born in district Mansa of Punjab, India and migrated to USA in 1992. He has attended Guru Nanak Engineering College Ludhiana, Punjab from 1988 to 1992. He is computer engineer by profession; have attended Stanford and UC Berkeley for computer and management related executive courses. He has held senior management, engineering and consulting positions at various Silicon Valley based companies. He is founder & chairman of Punjab Foundation, a Silicon Valley, California based nonprofit organization since 2015. Punjab Foundation provides educational support for underprivileged kids. He has been working very closely with Government of India and U.S. businesses leaders on fostering a robust and dynamic relationship to strengthening the U.S.-India bilateral and strategic partnership. He is Founder and President of The Khalsa Today. He is socially very active in the local community and have played major role in building bridges among the Hindu, Sikh and Jewish communities.

Having set the benchmark in the 1990s for films on all the three services, Shiv Kunal Verma has had a unique ringside view of matters military. His coverage of the Kargil War and the films on the National Defence Academy (The Standard Bearers) and the Indian Military Academy (The Making of a Warrior) are considered classics. His illustrated books include Tamil Nadu and the highly acclaimed work—The Northeast Trilogy—which has also been published as a large format book. The Long Road to Siachen: The Question Why and 1962: The War That Wasn’t are considered among the most authoritative works in the Indian military history genre.