Lawrence Liang

Mike Nithavrianakis

Sitaram Yechury

Siddiq Wahid

A. R. Venkatachalapathy, Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies

A. Vaidyanathan, Emeritius Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies

Ahilan Kadirgamar, Writer — activist, Srilankan Democracy Forum

Anjali Kamat, Producer, Democracy Now! New York

Badri Seshdri, Co-founder, New Horizon Media, a Chennai based multi language, multiformat publisher

Balaji Sampath, Physicist, Tamil Nadu Science Forum and AID India

Baradwaj Rangan, Film Critic, The New Indian Express

Bhanu Kumar, 5th Pillar, Right to Information

C. P. Chandrasekar, Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, and newspaper columnist

Gaurav Mishra, Social Media Activist

J.A. Premkumar, Layout and design artist, The Hindu

Jan Parsiel, Multimedia Designer & New Media Trainer, Inwent, Berlin

Jayati Ghosh, Professor of Economics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi

K. Kalpana, Doctoral candidate, Madras Institute of Development Studies; Tamil Nadu Science Forum

K. Balaji, Director, The Hindu

Kancha Illaiah, Professor of Political Science, Osmania University, Hyderabad and author of several publications including ‘Why I am not a Hindu.’

Kavita Chandran, Professional Trainer, Reuters

Kiruba Shankar, Web Entrepreneur and Blogger

Lawrence Liang, Alternative Law Forum, Visiting Faculty, National Law School of India

M. S. Vijay Kumar, Senior Associate Dean & Director, Office of Education Innovative and Technology, M.I.T.

Mike Nithavrianakis, Deputy High Commissioner, UK

N.K. Jarshad, Senior Editor, Reuters, Chennai

N. Murali, Managing Director, The Hindu

N. Ravi, Editor, The Hindu

Narendra Pani, Professor and Dean, School of Social Studies, Bangalore

Navin Chawla, Chief Election Commissioner of India

Padma Venkataraman (‘Mangai’), Theatre Director and Professor of English, Stella Maris College

Peter Trzka, Online Journalist & New Media Trainer, Inwent, Berlin

R. Radhakrishnan, Chair of the Department of Asian American Studies, University of California, Irvine

Ramachandra Sundralingam, Interpol expert on Drug Trafficking, based in France

S. Anandhi, Assistant Professor, Madras Institute of Development Studies

Sanjib Baruah, Professor, Bard College, New York

Siddiq Wahid, Vice Chancellor, Kashmir Islamic University

Sitaram Yechury, Member, Polit Burearu of the CPI(M)

Sunil Nair, Resident Editor, Times of India, Chennai Edition