William Gould is Professor of Indian History at the University of Leeds, where he teaches and
publishes on the history and politics of South Asia.
Santosh Dass MBE , a former civil servant, is a human rights and equality campaigner, fighting for
caste-based discrimination to be outlawed in the UK. She is Chair of the Anti-Caste Discrimination
Alliance, and President of the Federation of Ambedkarite and Buddhist Organisations (2013–23) UK.
Dr. Christophe Jaffrelot is Research Director at CERI-Sciences Po/CNRS, Professor of Indian Politics
and Sociology at King’s College London, President of the French Political Science Association and
Chair of the British Association for South Asian Studies. He works as a Non-Resident Fellow at
the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and as a Permanent Consultant at the Centre
for Policy Planning Staff of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. His most recent publication is
Gujarat under Modi: Laboratory of Today’s India (2024).