Subir Shukla has made significant contributions to the field of education. He has served as the Former Educational Quality Advisor to the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India, where he played a pivotal role in developing the Quality Framework for the implementation of the Right to Education and Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, India's programme for achieving Education For All (EFA).

Currently, Subir Shukla holds the position of Principal Coordinator at Group Ignus, which comprises three entities: IgnusERG, a consulting company; Ignus-PAHAL, a non-profit organization; and Ignus-OUTREACH, focused on low-cost educational publishing. In this role, he is dedicated to bringing about large-scale systemic change in education. He provides advisory services to state and national governments in Asia, focusing on developing appropriate models for vulnerable population groups and enhancing the quality of both governmental and NGO educational programs.

Subir Shukla's work encompasses various aspects, including improving curricula, textbooks, teacher training, and capacity building at different levels. He also emphasizes reaching out to teachers and grassroots functionaries, supporting them in their efforts to bring about positive change and improvement in education.

Through his expertise and dedication, Subir Shukla strives to create a lasting impact on the education sector, working towards the goal of providing quality education to all, especially to marginalized and disadvantaged communities.

Snorre Westgaard: He is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Humana People to People India (HPPI). He has been associated with HPPI for the last 18 years, as Programme Director and then Chief Functionary.

He has spearheaded HPPI’s programs under the PPP (Public Private Partnership Model) in Education with the vision to empower the knowledge base of the public schools and teacher training institutes.

Apart from his work in India, he also has 24 years of experience working in Africa with Community Development and HIV/AIDS projects. He is currently the Chairman of the Board of the Federation of Associations connected to the Humana People Movement, a network of 29 Associations across the world of which HPP India is also a member.

He completed bachelors degree in psychology from University of Oslo in 1978.

Dr. Sara Varughese graduated from CMC Vellore, India and is a fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh. She has done her Masters in public eye health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). She started her career as an ophthalmologist with a focus on public and community health. She has experience of health systems in developed countries (UK), middle income (South Africa) and developing countries (India, Nepal, Bangladesh). She has served the World Health Organisation (WHO), South East Asia Regional Office as programme Manager in disability & rehabilitation for the 11 countries of SouthEast Asia. She also served as Medical Advisor for CBM South Asia Regional Office-North dealing with cross disability programs. She was the president of national vision2020 -the right to sight India, a forum of 150 national and international organisations working closely with the government of India on prevention of blindness & visual impairments programmes & policy.

Dr. Sara Varughese was selected by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India, as a member of the technical team to co-design a course on CBID with the University of Melbourne in April 2019. Dr. Varughese was conferred with the award for her contributions towards inclusive development and principally on the issues of people with disabilities.

Purvi Shah is currently serving as Sr. Director of StoryWeaver & Strategy at Pratham Books. Her seventeen years at Pratham Books has seen her manage several diverse portfolios. Her current role involves driving Pratham Books' mission of 'a book in every child's hand' through its digital platform, StoryWeaver. StoryWeaver is a recognized Digital Public Good and one of the largest OER’s for children’s storybooks in over 300 languages. She has espoused the open source philosophy and truly believes that in it lies the path to creating greater access and equity.