K P Krishnan has worked for over 37 years in the IAS in the Union Govt, Govt of Karnataka and the World Bank. In parallel he has been a strong researcher and academic. He held the Bok Visiting Professorship of Regulation at University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2012-13, served as IEPF Chair Professor of Economics at the National Council of Applied Economic Research and as Honorary Research Professor at the Centre for Policy Research.

He is at present a Distinguished Fellow at the Isaac Centre for Public Policy Ashoka University. Besides, he is also an independent Director on the Boards of Shriram Capital Private Limited, Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Limited, Tata Consumer Product Limited and a few not-for-profit institutions working in the areas of education and public health.

Dr. Krishnan was educated in Economics at St. Stephens College and Law at the Campus Law Centre University of Delhi. He holds academic degrees in Economics & Law.

Arbind Modi is an internationally respected tax policy expert with over 40 years of experience in tax reform, revenue strategy, and institutional development. He has advised numerous countries in Asia and Africa as a short-term expert for the IMF and World Bank. In India, he served as Member (Legislation), CBDT; Convener of the Task Force to Rewrite the Income Tax Act (2017–18); and Chairman of the GST Task Force (2007–09). He played a key role in designing the Direct Taxes Code (2009) and India’s GST. A former Senior Economist in the IMF’s Fiscal Affairs Department, he brings deep technical, legislative, and international reform expertise.

Dr. Bimal Patel is an architect, urbanist and academic who has crisscrossed disciplinary, professional and institutional boundaries to explore how architecture, urban design and urban planning can enrich the lives of people in India’s cities. He received his PhD and Masters in City Planning, and Masters in Architecture from University of California, Berkeley in 1995 and his Diploma in Architecture from the School of Architecture, CEPT, Ahmedabad in 1984. He is Chairman and Managing Director, HCP Design, Planning and management Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad and President, CEPT University, Ahmedabad. Dr. Patel's work has won numerous awards. In 2019 he was awarded the Padma Shri.