Ram Mohan Dayasagar began his professional career as an entrepreneur before joining the voluntary sector in 1969. After visiting tribal villages in Santhal, Parganas, and Janta Colony in Mumbai, Ram realised his desire to combat poverty, marginalization, and exploitation. Ram has worked with national and international civil society organisations and people’s movements, such as Service Civil International and ActionAid, in order to achieve social justice. He particularly enjoys working with Indian youth to inform them about societal exploitation, such as class and caste, in order to raise awareness of human rights violations in India and abroad.

Subhash Mendhapurkar is the Founder and Director of 'SUTRA'. He grew up in the slums of Pune in an asset-less family. He later studied at university where he obtained a Postgraduate certificate in Community Development. After working as a free-lance journalist and lecturer in undergraduate colleges, he founded SUTRA with the support of other NGOs in 1977.

Rajagopal P.V., a Gandhian activist, is Vice Chairman of the Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi, and the president and founding member of Ekta Parishad, a grassroots right-based organization which organized the massive non-violent landless march Janadesh 2007. Rajagopal grew up in Kerala, a state in southwestern India and then pursued agricultural studies at Seva Gram. In the early 70s he worked in the violence-ridden area of Chambal in Madhya Pradesh to help rehabilitate dacoits. Rajagopal decided to use only his first name in order not to be associated with a caste.