Kailash Satyarthi, the Founder-Chairperson of Bachpan Bachao Andolan/ South Asian Coalition on Child Servitude and chairperson of Global March against child labour is also the President of Global Campaign for Education and Chairman of International Center on Child Labor and Education' Washington, D.C. A member of the high level group by UNESCO on 'Education for All', he is actively involved in several boards and Committees of various national and International Organizations. He is a recipient of several prestigious international awards including the 'Raoul Wallenberg Human Rights Award', U.S.A. (2002), and the 'Aachener International Peace Prize', Germany (1994).
He has been honoured by the Former US President Bill Clinton in Washington in 1995 for featuring in Kerry Kennedy's Book 'Speak Truth to Power', where his life and work features among the top 50 human rights defenders in the world including Nobel Laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Elie Wessel, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and several others.
Bupinder Zutshi, Ph.D. is currently teaching at the Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal. Nehru University, New Delhi. With more than 25 years of teaching experience, he has widely published books and articles in national and international journals of repute. Among his publications the major ones include 'Education for Street Children' (UNESCO), India and 'Seeking to Bridge the Divide' (International Bureau of Education, Geneva). He has completed several research projects in the areas of trafficking, non-formal education, child labour and disabled population. Majority of his works have been sponsored by the international, national and non-governmental organizations.