Chairman of the Screening Committee for Review of Manuscripts, Professor SarDesai is Professor Emeritus of History, UCLA. He is an eminent historian and scholar of international repute and author of a number of well-acclaimed books published in the United States, India, and Europe. He has homes both in Mumbai and Los Angeles.

Pakistan's leading activist-poet well known for her feminist writings. She writes in Sindhi, Urdu and English and lives in Karachi, Pakistan.

Formerly Program Manager, Public Affairs Office, American Center, Mumbai; former Chief, Acquisitions, U.S. Library of Congress Office, New Delhi. Well known Gujarati writer and literary critic. Lives in Mumbai.

Emeritus Professor and Librarian, Ames Library of South Asia, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Well known scholar, bibliographer and author of several well-acclaimed bibliographies, reference works, and novels.

Professor & Director, Centre for Communication Studies, Pune; also Consultant to the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing. Renowned sociolinguist, scholar and writer.

Founder Editor, MANUSHI, New Delhi, internationally renowned activist, editor, and writer.

Formerly Professor and Head of the Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi. Well known bilingual fictionist and poet, Dr. Sunita Jain has been the recipient of several awards and honors. She has several published works to her credit both in English and Hindi.

A product of the prestigious Delhi School of Economics, she is an acclaimed Indian dancer, musician, choreographer, broadcaster, and painter. She has deep interest in art and architecture of South India and has done considerable research on the forgotten dance sculpture of Indian temples. She has been contributing articles and features for the All India Radio and for the media. She has homes both in New Delhi and Norwalk, Connecticut.