Padmashree awardee G. N. Devy taught at the Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, till 1996. He left the university to set up the Bhasha Research Centre in Baroda and the Adivasi Academy at Tejgadh where he worked towards conserving and promoting the languages and culture of indigenous and nomadic communities. Devy is the chief editor of the Peoples’ Linguistic Survey of India (PLSI) series, and is an Honorary Professor at Centre for Multi-disciplinary Development Research (CMDR), Dharwad, Karnataka.
Sankar Prasad Sinha is Professor in the department of English, Vidyasagar University.
Dr Indranil Acharya is Associate Professor, Department of English, Vidyasagar University.