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Dr. K. Warikoo, Professor of Central Asian Studies, is Chairperson, Centre for South, Central and South East Asian Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He is the Secretary General (Hon’y) of Himalayan Research and Cultural Foundation, and Founder Editor, Himalayan and Central Asian Studies, a quarterly journal published since 1997. His major publications include Central Asia and Kashmir: A Study in the Context of Anglo-Russian Rivalry (New Delhi, 1989); Ethnicity and Politics in Central Asia (Co-Editor) (New Delhi, 1992); Central Asia: Emerging New Order (Editor) (New Delhi, 1995); Society and Culture in the Himalayas (Editor) (New Delhi 1995); Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh: Linguistic Predicament (Co-Editor) (New Delhi 1996); Gujjars of Jammu and Kashmir (Editor) (Bhopal, 2001). He has traveled extensively in Central Asian Republics, Xinjiang and Tibet regions of China.

Dawa Norbu, born in Tibet and educated at St. Stephen's College, Delhi, received his doctorate at the University of California (Berkeley) and also taught at the San Francisco State University. Presently he is Associate Professor of Central Asian Studies at the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and Fellow of East Asian Studies, University of Durham, UK. Widely regarded as an expert in his field, Dawa Norbu has many published works to his credit, amongst which the renowned.