Dr. Ganesh N Devy taught English at the Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda; a renowned literary critic and activist; founder and director of the Tribal Academy at Tejgadh,Gujarat; and director of the Sahitya Akademi’s Project on Literature in Tribal Languages and Oral Folk Traditions. He is an active participant in the functioning of Bhasha Academy. He was awarded the Padmashri in 2014. He is Chair, People’s Linguistic Survey of India, 37, Bhasha Research and Publication Center, Baroda.
Dr. Omkar N Koul, former director, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore has had a distinguished career spanning over 40 years. Author of over 50 books, his main areas of academic interest are linguistics, language education, communication and comparative literature. He was associated among others, with several UNESCO programme related to endangered languages and mother tongue education.
Dr. Roop Krishen Bhat, Former professor, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore and Director, Government of India is author of more than thirty five books. He writes in Kashmiri, Urdu, Hindi and English. His main areas of academic interest are language, literature, culture and media. A Sahitya Akademi translation awardee and a prominent short story writer in Kashmiri, Bhat has been a Senior Research Fellow of the Ministry of Culture, Government of India.
Dr. Ravi Bhushan and Dr. Daisy Nehra are the Hindi translators for PLSI : The Languages of Haryana. Dr. Ravi Bhushan is Associate Professor of English in the Department of English at Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, Khnapur Kalan (Sonepat), Haryana. Dr. Daisy Nehra is Associate Professor of English at B.P.S. Institute of Higher Learning under Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, Sonepat, Haryana.