Dr. Seyed E Hasnain is the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hyderabad. He is a Padmasri awardee, and Chairman of the Biotech Advisory Council (Government of Andhra Pradesh), and has made extraordinary contributions to molecular infection biology and epidemiology of the TB bacterium.

B P Acharya (IAS) is the Chairman & Managing Director of A P Industrial Infrastructure Corporation (APIIC) Ltd. He was responsible for spearheading several successful initiatives in diverse areas, including exports, industry and commerce, research and tourism.

Prof. B P Sanjay has been associated with various national and international bodies that chalk out policies on media education and research. He was the Director of the IIMC, Delhi, and was recently appointed Vice-Chancellor of Tamil Nadu Central University.

Mr. S B Krishnan, IA&AS (Retd.), served the Government of India in various capacities, for more than 35 years. He was the first Chief Executive Officer of TDB when he was appointed by the Government of India as its first Member-Secretary in 1996, and continued to hold that post till December 2000.