1. Jayant Murthy – Senior Faculty, Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bangalore; PhD, Johns Hopkins University, USA; worked at the Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA), Maryland, USA, specialist in Space Astronomy with broad interests.

2. Dwarakanath K.S – Raman Research Institute (RRI), Bangalore; PhD from IISc, Main area of work Extragalactic astronomy using techniques of Radio-astronomy.

3. DCV Mallik – Retired Faculty, IIA; Main area of work Interstellar Matter and Planetary Nebulae. PhD, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, USA. Senior author of the biography of Sir KS Krishnan; edited books on astronomy, currently working in the field of History of Science.

4. Mousumi Das, Faculty at IIA; previously at RRI & Univ. of Maryland, USA; PhD, IISc. Focus of interest in galactic and extra-galactic astronomy. Gives numerous outreach and public lecture talks around the world, to professional and budding astronomers!

5. Proteep Mallik – School of Arts & Sciences (SAS), Azim Premji University (APU), Bangalore. Extensive experience in the field of optical engineering with firms such as Pacific Biosciences and KLA-Tencor in the USA. Graduate studies at Optical Sciences Center, Univ of Arizona, USA.

6. Sekhar Soorianarayanan, former teacher at The Valley School (TVS), KFI, Bangalore. Hands-on science teacher for kids of all ages. Previously at GE, Bangalore. Graduate Studies at Texas Tech. Vast experience and passionate interest in creating hands-on learning tools and modules for middle and high school students of science.

7. Srikanta Dani, Faculty at SAS, APU. PhD from Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. A plant biologist with a background in earth sciences and genetic engineering. Before joining APU, worked at the National Research Council of Italy (in Florence) for several years which included a Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship. Works mainly on volatile organic biochemistry, photosynthesis physiology, plant reproduction and senescence.

8. TN Avinash, Teacher at TVS; BSc (St. Joseph’s) and MSc (Madurai Kamraj) in Microbio and Biotech, respectively. PhD, East Tennessee State Uni, USA in Biochem. Teaches chemistry, EVS and biology at The Valley School, with a focus on hands-on experiential learning. Also has research experience in Neurobiology in Germany and industry experience in bioinformatics in Bangalore.

9. Kinjal Roy, final year PhD student in the Astronomy and Astrophysics group at the Raman Research Institute. Research topic is the reprocessing emission from X-Ray binary sources.

10. Anand Kurien, taught school children for 15 years before joining Azim Premji University. At the university he teaches Physics Pedagogy, Maths and Music. Anand’s greatest passions are conveying physics, maths and music to an uninitiated audience. He is an avid enthusiast of technology, maths, and astronomy and he is fascinated by history and aviation.

11. Kaustubh Rau, been a science teacher at the school and undergraduate level for the last 15 years. He is interested in understanding our relationship with the natural world and currently works on documenting lakes in Anekal taluk. Currently at School or Arts and Sciences, APU

12. Vibhor Goel, Vibhor is an experienced engineering leader with over 20 years at multinational companies like Cisco, IBM, and Siemens. Passionate about using technology for skill development and education, he worked with Thinktac and Anudip. He focuses on creating self-driven learners and bridging the digital divide. Vibhor holds an engineering degree from REC Calicut and an MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur.

13. T Sivarani, Dean of Faculty at IIA. Stellar astronomer, with 3 decades of experience. PhD from IIA as well, followed by post-doc stints in Montpelier and Trieste

14. Arun Thampan, Currently a teacher of Physics at the master’s level and researcher in Astrophysics at St Joseph’s University. Previously, entrepreneur: co-founder and CIO of a startup (Greenchimes). MSc (Physics) from Bombay IIT; PhD at IIA and post-docs at IUCAA and Trieste

15. Jayant Joshi, Solar Physicist and Assistant Professor at IIA. His research focuses on solar magnetism, spectropolarimetry, solar flares, magnetic reconnection, and chromospheric dynamics. PhD from the Max Planck Institute, Göttingen. Post-docs at Stockholm, Oslo and National Solar Observatory, USA.