Martha Chen is a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and Senior Advisor of the global network Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing. An experienced development practitioner and scholar, her area of specialisation is the working poor in the informal economy.
Dr. Chen received a PhD in South Asia Regional Studies from the University of Pennsylvania; and was awarded a Padma Shri by the Government of India.
Roy Wadia is a Regional Communications Chief at WHO/Europe. His key area of work is Public Health and Development Communications and Advocacy.
Avijit Mukul Kishore is a cinematographer and filmmaker based in Mumbai. Kishore studied history at Delhi University (1987-92) and worked as a broadcaster on state television Doordarshan (1987-91) and All India Radio (1990-92). He studied cinematography at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune (1995) and works primarily in documentary films and interdisciplinary moving-image practices. His films as director include An Election Diary, Nostalgia for the Future, Squeeze Lime in Your Eye, Vertical City, Certified Universal and Snapshots from a Family Album. He is also involved in cinema pedagogy as a lecturer and curates film programmes for prominent national cultural institutions. He is one of the 4 mentors for the Nagari short film competition 2023.
Nondita Correa Mehrotra is an architect working in India and the United States. Correa Mehrotra is principal of RMA Architects, which has offices in Mumbai and Boston. She is also Director of the Charles Correa Foundation, based in Panaji, India, and had worked for over two decades with Charles Correa from 1990 to when he closed his office in 2012.