We are collaboratively exploring the pathways for a better world. The initiators of this collaboration are introduced below.
Lalita Ramdas
Lalita Ramdas, born Feb 4, 1940, is a woman, citizen, feminist, daughter, wife, mother, lover. Who loves life, people, music, food, cooking, theatre, puzzles, and travel. Subversive educator at large and believes the personal is the political. Fights for gender rights, against caste, no nukes, end militarism, work for peace in our neighborhood, and a vision of a secular, socialist India
Radha Gopalan
Radha Gopalan is an Environmental Scientist with a Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering. After a 20 year career in environmental consulting, she began using her field experience to make learning more practical and meaningful for children and young people. Radha is actively engaged in exploring transformative education approaches towards strengthening ecological and social justice so that all life can flourish.
Anuradha Bhasin
Anuradha Bhasin is a journalist and Executive Editor of Kashmir Times. She has also written for various Indian and international newspapers, magazines, periodicals, and anthologies. She is a Commonwealth fellow 2016.
Admiral Ramdas
Born Sep 5 1933, Served 44 years in uniform, retired as Chief of the Naval Staff in Sept 1993. Journeyed from a ‘Man o’ War’ to a , ‘Peace Monger’! A Citizen, a Farmer, A Defender of the Constitution, and one seeks to speak Truth to Power.
Vickram Crishna
Vickram Crishna is a qualified engineer with a post-graduate degree in management. He has a string of technology innovations, discoveries, and implementations to his credit, accomplished wholly in India and accorded global recognition, and is an active civil rights campaigner for the appropriate use of technology in civil space.
Colonel Pavan Nair
Col Pavan Nair retired from the army corps of engineers in 1997. He participated in the Bangladesh war and served in Sri Lanka and Kashmir. He has been associated with a Pune-based NGO, Jagruti Seva Sanstha for twenty years.
Darab Farooqui
Darab Farooqui is a columnist and acclaimed screenwriter (Victory, Dedh Ishqiya, Tigers, Notebook). His writing, in both Hindi and English, appears in The Wire.
Maj Gen Sudhir Vombatkere
Maj Gen Sudhir Vombatkere retired from military service in 1996. He participated in the 1965 war against Pakistan, and served all over the country, including 5-years in Ladakh. He holds a Ph.D. in Civil Structural Dynamics from I.I.T, Madras. Since retirement, he has been engaged in activism with NAPM and PUCL, with an ideology based on the Constitution of India. He has over 800 published papers in the areas of human rights, development, and strategy. He is a Fellow of the Indian Social Science Academy.
TM. Krishna
TM Krishna is among India’s most renowned Carnatic musicians, with a large number of album releases to his credit, marked by his unique approach to the genre, which leads to his equally well-regarded reputation as a World Music performer. He is a social commentator and an author of note. Awarded the Magsaysay Award in 2016, his unswerving devotion to a future of hope and
fulfillment for all persons materializes through his dedication of numerous concerts and events to the cause of social upliftment.
Mihir Desai
Mihir Desai is a Senior Advocate in the Bombay High Court and the Supreme Court of India. His work has been dedicated to the development of Constitutional justice, in the defense of both causes and people. He is a regular author and speaker at public events concerning state overreach into civil rights.
Reyme Kaur
Reyme K is the Managing Director of One Voice Alberta, focusing on international students. She is a peace ambassador, feminist, social activist, motivational speaker, philanthropist, and a free lance journalist. She was awarded the title, the positive voice of the South Asian community award.
Omair Ahmad
Omair Ahmad is the South Asia editor of The Third Pole, which reports on the transboundary river basins of the Himalayan region, as well as the editor of the Environment of India newsletter. He writes extensively on social and political issues, which have also been the focus of his novels and non-fiction.
Prasanna S
Prasanna S. is a Delhi-based lawyer. Prior to commencing his law practice, he worked for nearly 10 years as an engineering professional writing, designing, and architecting software. His law practice has included being part of litigations in the Supreme Court such as the Aadhaar case (which upheld the right to privacy as a fundamental right of all Indians) and the pending challenge against Article 370 abrogation.
Sushant Singh
Sushant Singh’s acting career in film and television makes him a familiar figure to a wide range of people, and he is as well known for his devotion to social causes. His voice helps to bring together large numbers of people to both inform themselves on issues at hand, and to reach out to put resources within reach of others in need.
Nagarjuna (GN)
Nagarjuna (GN) is a STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) educationist with roots in biology and philosophy. Seeking freedom, truth, and justice in diverse, decentralized, and distributed structures in codified and real life. Former Professor at HBCSE, TIFR
