Professor (Dr.) K.V.S. Sarma is the Vice-Chancellor of Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad.  Earlier, he was the Professor of Law at NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. Prof. Sharma has been the Consumer Law Chair Professor at Ministry of Consumer Affairs, New Delhi. Prof. Sharma is awarded the “Best Teacher’s Award” from State Government of Telangana on 5th September, 2018.  Prof. Sharma has been associated with Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in different capacities, New Delhi.

Ambassador J.K. Tripathi is retired officer of Indian Foreign Service with 33 years of experience in Diplomacy.  Ambassador Tripathi has vast experience of Africa, Europe, Middle East and Latin America. He had served in various capacities in Indian missions in Zambia, Maldives, Hungary, Sweden, Venezuela and Oman.  He worked as a Consul General of India in Sao Paulo (Brazil) as well as the Ambassador of India to Zimbabwe. Mr. Tripathi is a member of “Association of Indian Diplomats”, “Research Information System”, a think tank of non-aligned Nations and “Ambassadors’ Club”.  He frequently appears on various National Media outlets for a panel discussion on foreign policy and diplomacy related issues.

Thomas Winfried Menko Pogge is a German philosopher and is the Director of the Global Justice Program and Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs at Yale University, USA. Having received his Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard, Thomas Pogge writes and teaches on moral and political philosophy and Kant.  He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science as well as co-founder of Academics Stand Against Poverty (ASAP). His recent publications include Designing in Ethics, co-edited, Cambridge 2017; Global Tax Fairness, co-edited, Oxford 2016; Politics as Usual, Polity 2010; World Poverty and Human Rights, 2nd edition, Polity 2008; Global Justice and Global Ethics, co-edited, Paragon House 2008; John Rawls: His Life and Theory of Justice, Oxford 2007; and Freedom from Poverty as a Human Right, edited, Oxford & UNESCO 2007.  Prof. Pogge’s current work is focused on a team effort toward developing the Health Impact Fund, a complement to the pharmaceutical patent regime that would improve access to advanced medicines for poor people worldwide.

Prof. Anupam Sharma is working as a Prof & Head, Department of Political Science & Human Rights I.G. National Tribal University (A Central University), MP, India. Prof. Sharma is awarded “Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant National Award” for 2013 for the Book titled “Women Police and Expectations” by the ‘Bureau of Police Research and Development’ Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi. She is also awarded “IPSA National Young Political Scientist Award” for the year 2013 given by Indian Political Science Association in 55th All India Annual Conference at Hyderabad. Prof. Sharma has been Awardee of UNESCO fellowship carried out in International University of Japan, Japan 2013.

Professor Jakub Zajączkowski, Ph.D. D.Litt. is a Head of Department at the Department of Regional and Global Studies, Faculty of Political Science and International Studies, University of Warsaw, Poland. He is editor in chief of “Stosunki Międzynarodowe – International Relations” research journal published by the Institute of International Relations UW. He is the former Deputy-Director of the Institute for Research and International Cooperation (2012-2016), a former chairperson of the Centre for Contemporary India Research and Studies, and a chairperson of the Section of Asia-Pacific in the Institute.  He is co-editor of: India in the Contemporary World (Routledge 2014), Asia-Pacific Region in International Relations (2016), East Asia and South Asia in International Relations (Warsaw 2011); and author of the books: India in International Relations (Warsaw 2008).

Kirill Sablin is Research Fellow at Russian State Institute of Performing Arts, Saint-Petersburg, Russia. He is diplomaed specialist in International Relations (Kemerovo State University, 2007). In 2011 he received a PhD in Economics. An area of his scientific interests includes the economic development of countries with emerging markets, new political economy, Schumpeterian innovations, rent-seeking behaviour, political connections. Dr. Sablin has extensively presented research papers on Energy and Geopolitics at International Conferences. In addition, He has demonstrated his work on Russian energy specially Coal and Gas as a power projection in Russian Foreign Policy.

Dr. Om Prakash Dwivedi is the Head of Department at School of Liberal Arts, Bennett University (Times of India Group), Greater Noida. He is an Associate Professor of English in the School of Management (Liberal Arts Dept). His areas of interest lie in the field of Indian Writing in English, Postcolonial theory, and Literature and Cultural Studies. He sits on the Advisory board of the internationally renowned journal, Journal of Postcolonial Writing (Routledge, UK). He is also the Vice-Chair of the international research network, “Challenging Precarity: A Global Network”. His major publications include Re Orientalism and Indian Writing in English (Palgrave, UK); Human Rights and the Postcolonial India (Routledge: India & UK); Indian Writing in English and the Global Literary Market (Palgrave: UK).

Dr. Amna Mirza is a Honorary member of Advisory Board at Forum for Global Studies, New Delhi. She is an alumnus of St. Stephens College (Bachelors Degree- BA Program), Hindu College (Masters Degree in Political Science), M.Phil. & PhD from University of Delhi. She has also pursued additional coursework from Harvard, United Business Institutes (Belgium). Dr Amna Mirza is an Associate Professor, Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women’s Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia University. She is the recipient of the ‘Godfrey Philips Golden Ovary Award’, Awardee of ‘Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan best faculty Award in International Relations. An avid traveler, voracious reader & vegan, her academic initiatives took her to the University of Duisburg Essen (Germany), University of Fribourg (Switzerland) amongst others.

Dr Rahul Mishra is Director, Centre for ASEAN Regionalism Universiti Malaya (CARUM), and Coordinator, European Studies (MES) programme, at the Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya. He is also the Managing Editor, AEI Insights journal. Prior to this, he was a Consultant with the Foreign Service Institute (FSI), Ministry of External Affairs, and Government of India. Before joining the FSI, Dr. Mishra worked with the Indian Council of World Affairs (ICWA), a Delhi-based think-tank as a Research Fellow. Dr. Mishra was a Visiting Research Fellow at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (Singapore).

Patrick C. R. Terry is the Dean of the Faculty of Law and a Professor of Law at the University of Public Administration in Kehl, Germany. His main research interest is public international law where he has published articles on a variety of topics (use of force, state recognition, espionage, sanctions, election meddling) in high-quality journals (either peer-reviewed or otherwise well-regarded) in many different jurisdictions (North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, New Zealand). Currently, his research focus is on cyber espionage and secondary sanctions and he is at this moment working on various book chapters he has been invited to contribute. He also functions as a peer-reviewer for reputable journals, sits on three international editorial boards, and has been invited as a guest speaker by various Indian universities. Patrick Terry holds four law degrees, including a Ph.D. in public international law. Previous to becoming a professor of law, he served as a judge in Southern Germany for a number of years.

Maj Gen Sanjay Soi is retired Indian Army Officer as a Major General.  After superannuation, he is President of the Advisory Committee of EXSTEMPLAR Education Linkers Foundation and a Member of the Advisory Board of the International Institute of Influencers, Oman.  His also part of the defence expert team with media groups and regularly comes on TV Channels for international relations and defence-related matters. In the past, he has been CEO of SSSDC and Honorary CEO of CAPSI, Senior Fellow in the Centre for Land Warfare Studies (CLAWS), and Chairman of ICISSM a common forum for practicing Security and Safety Professionals. He was awarded the Chief of the Army Staff Commendation Card for exemplary and distinguished service.