Christine Lutringer is a researcher and teaching assistant at the Centre for Asian Studies of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies in Geneva (Switzerland).

Claudio Cecchi (PhD in City and Regional Planning, Cardiff University) is Professor of Rural Development at the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’.

Elisabetta Basile is Professor of Development Studies at the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’.

Fabio Sabatini (PhD in Economics, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’) is research and teaching assistant at the University of Siena (Italy).

Ishita Mukhopadhyay is a faculty in Department of Economics, University of Calcutta. She specializes in Economic methodology, Labour economics, Gender and development economics.

Luca Molinas (PhD in South Asian Studies, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’) is a research fellow at SPES – Development Studies Research Centre at the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’.

Marco Cavalcante (PhD in South Asian Studies, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’) is works at the Policy, Strategy and Planning Division of the United Nations World Food Programme.

Mario Prayer (PhD in South Asian Studies, University of Cagliari) is Associate Professor of Modern Indian History at the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’.

Rabindranath Mukhopadhyay is a faculty in Department of Economics in University of Calcutta. His area of specialization is Economics of education and human rights.

Raj Sekhar Basu is a faculty in Department of Modern History in University of Calcutta.