Prof. T. Nirmala Devi is Director of the Centre for SAARC Studies, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. She has been working on South Asian studies for over two decades. She was a Baden-Wurttemberg Fellow at the South Asia Institute, University of Hedelberg, Germany. She authored three books; edited one book,; and co-edited two books. She has six reports on South Asia and seventy research papers, covering issues of gender, demography and international economics.
Dr. Adluri Subramanyam Raju is Associate Professor of Political Science in the Centre for SAARC Studies, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. He was a Salzburg Seminar Fellow (2006) and the recipient of the Mahbub Ul Haq Award (RCSS, Colombo, 2003); Scholar of Peace Award (WISCOMP, New Delhi, 2002) and Kodikara Award (RCSS, Colombo, 1998). He authored three books; co-authored one book; and edited four books.