Dhananjay Kumar is currently teaching at the Department of Anthropology, Kalahandi University, Odisha, India. Earlier he worked as an Assistant Professor at the Centre for Culture and Development, Vadodara, Gujarat, India. He did his post-graduation in Anthropology from the University of Delhi and has a doctorate in Social Anthropology from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha, India.

Lancy Lobo has been Professor and Director at the Centre for Social Studies, Surat, India. He holds a master's degree in Anthropology and a doctoral degree in Sociology from the Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, India. He is also the Founder-Director at the Centre for Culture and Development, Vadodara, India. Currently, he is a research scholar at the Indian Social Institute, Delhi, India.