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Adity Srivastava is Chief Sub-Editor with Governance Now
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Ashish Sharma
Ashish Sharma worked with Governance Now as Deputy Editor between September 2009 and August 2011. His areas of interest...
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Ashish is a deputy editor with Governance Now.
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Is the editor of Governance Now.
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Kapil Bajaj
Kapil has worked for over 10 years as journalist for PTI, Business Today and other organizations. He also worked as a...
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Prasanna Mohanty
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Rohan was a correspondent with Governance Now.
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Samir Sachdeva
Samir has over twelve years of experience in e-governance with organizations like TCS, GOI, HCL, NISG , EY. He is...
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Shantanu Datta
Shantanu is a senior editor with Governance Now.
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Shivangi Gupta was the Assistant Marketing Manager of Governance Now. A pass out of MDI, Gurgaon, she has specialized...
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Srishti Pandey
Correspondent with Governance Now

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Adnan Bhat
Sports is my passion but politics intrigues me.
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Anurag Batra
Anurag Batra is the CEO of exchange4media.com
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Photographer At Governance Now
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Biraj Swain
Biraj Swain works on the inter-sectionality of food, nutrition and social protection policies and state-citizen...
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Brajesh Kumar
Brajesh is Special Correspondent with Governance Now
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Chinky Shukla
Photojournalist at Governance Now
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Danish Raza
I covered issues related to the Right to Information act for Governance Now.
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Deevakar Anand
Deevakar Anand covered law and corporate governance.
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Geetanjali Minhas
Geetanjali is Mumbai-based principal correspondent of Governance Now.
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Harshita Yalamarty
Harshita is doing her M.A. in political science from Jawaharlal Nehru University.
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Jasleen Kaur
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Naresh Kumar
Naresh Kumar is a Hyderabad-based communications teacher
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Neha Sethi
Neha Sethi reported on issues related to environment and renewable energy for Governance Now.
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Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay
Mukhopadhyay, a veteran journalist, has authored a just-published biography of Narendra Modi.
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Pankaj Kumar
Pankaj Kumar is a principal correspondent with Governance Now
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Pratap Vikram Singh
is Principal Correspondent with Governance Now
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Puja Bhattacharjee
Bhattacharjee is a Correspondent with Governance Now.
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Ravi Choudhary
Choudhary was a photojournalist with Governance Now.
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Sana N Ghazi
Sana N Ghazi is Fellow, Observer Research Foundation Mumbai.
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Shivangi Narayan
Shivangi is a correspondent with Governance Now.
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Shivani Chaturvedi
Shivani covered tourism, railways and Delhi transport for Governance Now.
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Shubham Batra
Batra was a correspondent covering e-governance
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Smita Deshmukh
Deshmukh is a senior journalist based in Mumbai.
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Sonal Matharu
Sonal reported on health issues for Governance Now.
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Sonam Saigal
Saigal was a correspondent with Governance Now.
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Sonum Gayatri Malhotra
Sonum Gayatri Malhotra is a researcher at Centre for Policy Research and a research intern with Teen Murti.
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Srishti Pandey
Correspondent with Governance Now
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Sweta Ranjan
Sweta was the Chief of Bureau - Special Features at Governance Now
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Tanvi Nalin
Tanvi is a reporter with Governance Now and currently covers the e-governance beat.
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Tara Kaushal
Tara Kaushal is a Mumbai-based writer
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Trithesh Nandan
Trithesh Nandan is Special Correspondent with Governance Now
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TSR Subramanian
Sana N Ghazi is Fellow, Observer Research Foundation Mumbai.
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Venkataraghavan Rajagopalan
An engineer by qualification. An account executive by profession. An amateur photographer by passion. A writer by...
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Vikas Bajpai
Vikas Bajpai works on the inter-sectionality of food, nutrition and social protection policies and state-citizen...
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Yash Vardhan Shukla

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Abhay K.
Abhay K is an author and diplomat. Currently he handles digital diplomacy at the Public Diplomacy Division of MEA.
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Ajay Suri
Ajay Suri is a veteran journalist and a conservation enthusiast.
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Alam Srinivas
Srinivas is a business journalist with several books to his credit.
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Ananthapriya Subramanian
is Media and Communications Manager with Save The Children.
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Anil K Gupta
Gupta is a professor at IIM, Ahmedabad.
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Anuam is a senior journalist and People's Editor of Governance Now
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Oza is chief executive officer at Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (India)
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Arun Jaitley
Jaitley is the leader of the Opposition in Rajya Sabha.
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Arvind Kejriwal
Kejriwal runs PCRF, an NGO and is generating support for more citizen participation in Panchayat and municipal...
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Arvind Mohan
Dr Mohan, an eminent economist, teaches at the Lucknow University
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Atul K Thakur
Thakur works on policy issues.
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Badri Narayan
Narayan teaches at the G B Pant Social Sciences Institute.
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Badri Narayan
Narayan is a professor with the GB Pant Social Science Institute, University of Allahabad.
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Bettina Snyder
Snyder is a German-American amateur writer splitting her time between Delhi and Berlin.
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Bharat Jhunjhunwala
Jhunjhunwala is a former professor of IIM-Bangalore.
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Bhaskar Parichha
Parichha is the editor of Orissa Bhaskar, an Oriya news daily.
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Bhavdeep Kang
Bhavdeep Kang has been a journalist for 25 years. She was a political commentator for magazines like Outlook and India...
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Vohra is a senior journalist.
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Binay Kumar Sinha
Sinha retired as university HoD (English) and dean of humanities, Ranchi University.
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Biraj Patnaik
Patnaik is principal advisor to the commissioners of the Supreme Court on the right to food case.
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C B P Srivastava
Srivastava is the director (academics) at Discovery Learning Solutions.
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C K Sharma
C K Sharma retired from the IAS after nearly four decades of service during which he held many high-profile posts in...
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David Brickey Bloomer
<p>The author is with 'Save the Children'.</p>
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david devadas
Devadas is a veteran political commentator on Jammu and Kashmir
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Deepshikha Kumari
Deepshikha Kumari is currently a DPhil (PhD) International Relations candidate at University of Oxford, UK. She also...
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Derek Scissors
is research fellow in Asia economic policy in the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation.
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dhaval desai
Dhaval is a programme coordinator at Oxford Research Foundation
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Dinesh Akula
Akula is an executive editor with tv9. A broadcast journalist with 18 years of experience in print and television, he...
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Divya Karnad
Karnad is an environmentalist.
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Dr Noeleen Heyzer
Dr. Noeleen Heyzer is undersecretary general of the United Nations and executive secretary of the Economic and Social...
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Dr Vandana Shiva
Dr. Vandana Shiva runs an NGO Navdanya. Shiva’s work highlights the fundamental connection between human rights and the...
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eas sarma
Former Secretary to GOI
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Faizi O Hashmi, IAS, is managing director of Goa Industrial Development Corporation
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G N Saibaba
<p>Saibaba teaches at the University of Delhi.</p>
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George Jacob
Educated at the Birla Institute of Technolo­gy & Science, University of Toronto and Yale, Jacob is an international...
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Girish Nikam
Nikam is an independent journalist.
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Gopal Krishna
Gopal Krishna is a civil society activist and convener of the Toxics Watch Alliance
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GVL Narasimha Rao
G V L Narasimha Rao is a leading election analyst and political commentator.
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Harsh Shrivastava
Shrivastava is a consultant (planning) with the planning commission.
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harsimran Kalra
Kalra is an analyst at PRS Legislative Research.
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Himanshu Jha
Jha is the National Coordinator of Social Watch India.
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Himanshu Upadhyaya
Upadhyaya, an independent researcher, writes on environmental issues.
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Imran Qureshi is a senior journalist based in Bangalore
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Inayat Sabhikhi
Sabhikhi works with the National Campaign for People’s Right to Information
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Jagdeep Chokkar
Chhokar is a former professor, dean, and director in-charge of IIM, Ahmedabad, and is associated with the Association...
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Jahnu Barua
Barua, an acclaimed filmmaker, is known for his Assamese and Hindi films dealing with social concerns, including ‘...
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Jai Mrug
Jai Mrug is a rail transport expert and political commentator.
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Jairam Ramesh
Jairam is the union minister for rural development
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Janaki Lenin
Janaki Lenin is a writer, conservationist and wildlife film-maker.
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Jitender Bhargava
Bhargava is the just-retired executive director of Air India.
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Joginder Singh
Singh is the former director of the CBI.
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Jyoti Sharma
Jyoti Sharma is President, Forum for Organised Resource Conservation & Enhancement and Ashoka Fellow.
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K Balakumar
balakumarkb@gmail.com http://www.newstodaynet.com/
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K N Govindacharya
Govindacharya is a leading ideologue of the Hindu right.
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Kajal Basu
Basu is contributing editor with Governance Now.
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kapil kaul
Kaul currently Advisor at the Election Commission of India and a social marketing practioner
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kenneth Nielsen
Nielsen is a social anthropologist and research fellow at the Centre for Development and the Environment, University of...
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Kumar Deep Banerjee
Banerjee is a senior financial journalist,having worked with Aaj tak, Bloomberg TV and Zee Business.
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Lisa Curtis
Curtis is senior research fellow for South Asia at the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation.
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Lokesh Mehra
Mehra is the regional manager, corporate responsibility, Cisco-South Asia.
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M R MADHAVAN
M R Madhavan is with PRS Legislative Research, New Delhi.
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Maansi Parpiani
Parpiani is a Fellow of the Observer Research Foundation.
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Madhu Kishwar
Kishwar is a senior fellow at Centre for Studies of Developing Societies.
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Manish Vaid
Vaid is a research assistant at Observer Research Foundation.
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Manisha Priyam
Priyam is a research scholar at the London School of Economics.
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Manjiri Gokhale Joshi
Manjiri Gokhale Joshiruns Maya CARE (www.mayacare.com )an organization providing services to senior citizens in India...
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Manoj Misra
Misra is the convenor of the Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan.
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Manoj Kumar
Kumar is a leading corporate law expert and managing partner of Hammurabi & Solomon. Kumar can be reached...
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He is a retd. IPS officer from Bihar cadre.
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Manoranjan Pegu
Pegu is project coordinator at Public Services International - a global trade union federation. A native of Assam and...
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Manuraj Shunmugasundaram
Shunmugasundaram works as a parliamentary associate providing legislative support to members of parliament.
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Mathew Idiculla
Mathew Prasad Idiculla is a student at the School of Law, Christ University, Bangalore. He has been associated with the...
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Meghnad Desai
Lord Meghnad Desai, a distinguished economist, is the founder of the Centre for the Study of the Global Governance at...
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Mukesh Kacker
Kacker is chairman and managing director of Kacker & Daughter Infrastructure Consultancy Services Limited.
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Naimur Rahman
Rahman is the chief operating officer at the Affiliated Network for Social Accounting, South Asia Region and Global...
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Nilesh Shukla
Shukla is the deputy director - information department of the Gujarat government.
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niranjan sahoo
Sahoo is a senior fellow at Observer Research Foundation
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Nirmala Ferrao
Ferrao is a journalist.
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P P Balachandran
Balachandran is a senior journalist based in New Delhi.
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Prabhat Shunglu
Prabhat Shunglu is a senior journalist.
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Pradeep Bhargava
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Pradeep Baisakh
Baisakh is an Odisha-based freelance journalist and National Foundation of India (NFI) media fellow of 2012.
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Prashant Bhushan
Bhushan is a senior lawyer at the supreme court and a civil rights activist. He is also a member of the joint committee...
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Pratik Kanjilal
Kanjilal is the publisher of the Little Magazine.
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Pratyaya Amrit
Amrit (IAS) is the secretary, road construction department, Bihar government.
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Praveen Paul
Paul is the founder and mentor of First Wing Aviation Consulting. He was associated with launch of Air Deccan and...
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Prerna Singh Bindra
Prerna Singh Bindra is senior consultant with Wildlife Conservation Society-India Programme and a member of the...
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Priyadarshi Dutta
Dutta writes in his capacity as an independent researcher. Views expressed here are personal.
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R Swaminathan
Swaminathan is a senior fellow at the Observer Research Foundation. He is the author of five books including Mumbai...
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Rahul Tewari
Tewari is a senior journalist.
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Rakesh Kumar Sharma
Sharma is an assistant professor (economic administration) with Himachal Pradesh Institute of Public Administration (...
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Ravi Dhar
Dhar is director of the New Delhi-based Jagannath International Management School.
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ravi khanna
Author Ravi M. Khanna is a longtime observer of the South Asia scene and has covered the region for Voice of America as...
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Reshma Khan
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rohit bansal
Bansal is CEO of India Strategy Group, Hammurabi & Solomon Consulting, an HBS alum, and a student of Indian...
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RSPS Sinha
Sinha is a former chairman & managing director, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL).
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Ruchi Gupta
Ruchi Gupta is associated with MKSS and NCPRI. She writes on issues of development and state accountability. Her blog...
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S A Rashid
Rashid is a MLA from Langate, Jammu and Kashmir
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S K Jha
Jha, an advocate, is a former chief commissioner of income tax.
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Sandeep Pandey
<p>Pandey, a social activist, is a co-founder of Asha for Education. He is also a Ramon Magsaysay award winner....
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Sanjay Nirupam
Nirupam is a member of Lok Sabha from Maharashtra and a Congress leader
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Sanjay Pandey
Pandey is now a cyber-security expert.
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Sanjay Kaul
Sanjay Kaul is a spokesperson for the Bharatiya Janata Party. He can be contacted on sanjay.kaul@vsnl.net or http://...
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Satvik Varma
Varma is an advocate and corporate counsel based in New Delhi. He holds an Ll.M. from Harvard Law School, is admitted...
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Saurabh Kirpal
Kirpal is an advocate with the Supreme Court.
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Shailesh Pathak
Pathak has spent eight years in investment banking and infrastructure finance, and 16 years at senior levels in...
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Shailesh Gandhi
Gandhi is a former commissioner at the central information commission.
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Shakeeb Arsalan
Shakeeb is an engineering student in Kashmir.
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Shiv Visvanathan
Visvanathan is a social scientist at the Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology.
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Bharti is a student of corporate law and senior partner at Hammurabi & Solomon.
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Sonam Gulati
Gulati is a project coordinator at AFD-pratidhi, a Delhi-based NGO.
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sudhir aggarwal
Senior VP and head of Government Initiatives, Sify
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Sudhir Rao
Sudhir Rao is a graduate of the Institute of Rural Management, Anand (1985). He also completed a Master’s degree in...
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surajit mazumdar
Mazumdar is a professor with the Institute for Studies in Industrial Development
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Suresh Menon
Menon is a veteran sports journalist.
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Touseef Mehraj
Mehraj is a first-year student of a degree course in mass communications in Srinagar.
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TR jawahar
Is Editor of News Today group of publications and Talk Media group of publications. He is based in Chennai.
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tridip suhrud
Tridip Suhrud is an Ahmedabad-based social scientist.
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TV Rao
Dr. Rao is currently chairman, TVRLS, and founder president, National HRD Network. He has been associated with IIM...
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Valson Thampu
Thampu is the principal of St Stephen's College and a member of the National Integration Council.
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Veena S Rao
Rao is a retired Secretary, Government of India, and is presently Advisor, Karnataka Nutrition Mission
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Vidyottama Sharma
Senior Journalist. 20 years, to be precise. Bilingual. Has worked with Indian Express, Jansatta, Bombay Times, Vanita,...
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Vipul mudgal
Mudgal heads the Publics and Policies Programme and the Inclusive Media Project at the Centre for the Study of...
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Vishnu Anand
Anand is an advocate enrolled with the Bar Council of Delhi in 2009 and is currently working as an associate at a...
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Yamini Mishra
Mishra is a gender responsive budget specialist with UN Women.

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Arnab Mandal
Mandal is a student of the TERI University, pursuing a Master's in Sustainable Development Practice.
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Law student from Karnataka
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Himanshu Thakkar
Thakkar is affiliated with South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People.
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Kshitij Bansal
Bansal is specialising in Business Laws and Intellectual Property Rights at Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law,...
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Singla is a technical writer with UB Consultants.
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Nitin Baraiya
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Roopal has just appeared for her third year exams for BSc Honours (Statistics). She was studying at Lady Sri Ram...
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Sajith Gopi is an assistant engineer at Kerala Water Authority and a research scholar at NIT,Calicut. He has also...
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Sanjeev Sirohi
Sanjeev Sirohi is an advocate
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Shafiq Mir
The author is a working journalist in JK and convener, Jammu Kashmir Panchayat Conference . He can be reached at...
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Shanmuga Priya
The author is a Chennai-based researcher.
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Shubhang Arora
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Sudip Bhattacharyya
Am a retired banker, now in Kolkata, engaged in management education and writing as banking and governance commentator.
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Tanupriya Kaur
Tanupriya is a student of economics at Delhi University.
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