Pramod Kumar is Director, Institute for Development and Communication (IDC), Chandigarh, India. He Chaired Commissions on Governance Reforms for the States of Punjab and Haryana, India. His latest book is The Idea of New India: Essays in Defence of Critical Thought.

Kumool Abbi is Professor at the Department of Sociology while he also serves as Director at the Population Research Centre, Punjab University, Chandigarh, India.

Amit Kumar is Research Officer, Institute for Development and Communication (IDC), Chandigarh, India.