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J. Sai Deepak is an engineer-turned-litigator, practising as an arguing counsel primarily before the Supreme Court of India and the High Court of Delhi. he has been part of several landmark matters, such as the ones relating to the Sabarimala Ayyappa Temple, the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple and Basmati Geographical Indications.  

India, That Is Bharat, his first book in a comprehensive trilogy, explores the influence of European 'colonial consciousness' (or 'coloniality'), in particular its religious and racial roots, on Bharat as the successor state to the Indic civilisation and the origins of the Indian Constitution.

Rohit Pathania is an author, analyst and observer with varied interests in politics, history and environment.

Nityānanda Miśra is an author based in Mumbai. He works in the investment banking industry. He has edited and authored eight books in Sanskrit, Hindi, and English. Born in Lucknow, Misra is an MBA from IIM Bangalore.

Abhijit Iyer Mitra is a senior research fellow at New Delhi based think tank ‘institute of Peace and Conflict Studies’ where he focuses on defence issues, specialising in defence economics, technology and procurement, nuclear dynamics, governance issues and non-traditional security threats.  

He has been a Visiting Fellow at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Stimson Center, Washington, DC.

Vivek Agnihotri is National Award winning filmmaker and bestselling author of ‘Urban Naxals’. His latest movie ‘The Kashmir Files’ releases on 11 March 2022.

Angad Singh is a Project Coordinator with ORF’s Strategic Studies Programme. His research focuses on defence and air power, with a focus on technology, operations and perspective planning in an air-centric defence paradigm.  

He has worked as a defence journalist and commentator for seven years, and has contributed to a number of books on military aviation. Angad is presently working on a project chronicling the MiG-27’s service with the Indian Air Force.

Rohit Jayaraman is a corporate lawyer who has also worked as a political consultant.

Arjun Singh Kadian is an academic and policy professional. A geologist by training, he graduated from Hansraj College, University of Delhi, and is a gold medalist in his master's degree. In addition to teaching, Arjun has worked at the chief minister's office, Haryana and travelled widely across the region to understand the nuances of the state.  

Arjun is an alumnus of the Observer Research Foundation and ZEIT-Stiftung. He is also a fellow at Konrad-Adenanar-Stiftung. Arjun is also involved with projects like Indic Academy, Rath Foundation and has initiated the Haryana Thinkers Forum.

Abhishek Asthana, popularly known as Gabbbar Singh on Twitter, is a former software engineer who went on to found his own advertisement agency Ginger Monkey in 2019 and has now co-founded a social media startup Zorro.

Abhijit Iyer Mitra is a senior research fellow at New Delhi based think tank ‘institute of Peace and Conflict Studies’ where he focuses on defence issues, specialising in defence economics, technology and procurement, nuclear dynamics, governance issues and non-traditional security threats.   He has been a Visiting Fellow at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Stimson Center, Washington, DC.