Prof. Kapil Kapoor is an Indian scholar of linguistics and literature and an authority on Indian intellectual traditions.He is former Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) and served as professor at the Centre for Linguistics and English, and Concurrent Professor at the Centre for Sanskrit Studies there before retiring in 2005. He is Editor-in-Chief of the 11-Volume Encyclopedia of Hinduism published by Rupa& Co. in 2012. Prof. Kapil Kapoor is a prolific writer on Indian Knowledge Systems. Currently he is Chancellor of Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalalya.

Shri Gauri Shankar Gupta with an outstanding academic record is a member of Indian Diplomatic Service since 1981. He has served as India’s Ambassador in Mongolia, Hungary and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Presently he is India’s High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada and Montserrat.  He is an author and and a poet. His fourth book ‘Unraveling Mysteries of Life – Modern Science and Ancient Wisdom’ has been published in 6 languages and has received very good reviews. Some of his talks and speeches are available at You Tube – gaurishankargupta100.’

Prof. Ved P. Nanda, M.A., LL.B, LL.M is a John Evans University Professor and Thompson G. Marsh Professor of Law at the Sturm College of Law, University of Denver. In 2006 Professor Nanda was honored with the founding of the Nanda Center for International Law. He was also Vice Provost at the University of Denver from 1994-2008. He holds or has held numerous official posts in international, regional, and national professional and civil society organizations. He is widely published, having authored or co-authored 24 books in various fields of international law.

Rajiv Malhotra is an Indian–American researcher, writer, speaker and public intellectual on current affairs, cross-cultural encounters, religion and science. He did both his Post Graduate in Physics and then Computer Science in the US. He was a successful entrepreneur in the IT and media industries. At the peak of his career when he owned 20 companies in several countries, he took early retirement at age 44 to pursue philanthropy, research and public service and established Infinity Foundation for this purpose in 1994. He has authored several game changing books, namely: Invading the Sacred, Breaking India, Being Different, Indra’s Net and his latest Book released in January 2016 — “The Battle For Sanskrit” is a bold book, daring to take up some of the basic but unexamined assumptions of modern Western Indology.

Shri Niranjan Shah is the founder, Chairman, CEO of Globetrotters Eng Corp. He served as an Illinois State Regent of Northern Illinois University and Illinois State University, and was the 1st Asian American to serve as the Board Chair for the University of Illinois system. He has won the Ellis Island Medal of Honor, the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman Award and Swami Vivekananda Leadership Award conferred by ISOL Foundation in ISOL 2015. President, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, said, “Shri Niranjan Shah has made the country proud of his achievements and increased the prestige of India and Indians in America and the entire world.  President Bill Clinton, said, “During my administration, Mr. Shah was often a source of counsel on Indo-U.S. relations.  He has a BS and MS in eng and an Exec Management program from Harvard Business School.

Shri  Mafat Bhai Patel hails from Bhandu village of Gujarat. He did his MBA from Indiana University, USA. He started his career as a Quality Control Manager in Jefferson Electric Company.  The feel of Gujarat soon inspired him to start the first grocery stores in the name of Patel Brothers which has now become 52 in number – the largest chain of grocery shops in USA.  Shri Mafat Bhai Patel  is a social philanthropist and contributes a lot to the wellbeing of slum children and women in India.