Madhukar started his professional career with ICICI Securities in Mumbai and has held senior positions in Pratham and Azim Premji Foundation. He was recently with the World Bank in Washington DC. He holds an MPA from the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, an MBA from the University of Houston and a BE degree from Bangalore University. Madhukar is an Echoing Green Fellow and Ashoka Fellow.

Madhavan was until recently Principal and Senior Strategist for the Asia region for Bank of America in Singapore. He started his professional career with ICICI Securities in Mumbai. He is a Fellow (doctorate) from IIM Calcutta, MBA from IIM Calcutta and holds a B.Tech degree from IIT Madras.

Kaushiki was with Capital IQ (a subsidiary of Standard and Poors), Inc. and with NDTV.com as a website reporter. She earned her PhD in International Relations and M.Phil and MA degrees in Political Science from Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Avinash has worked as a financial journalist for Business World for five years, where he covered banking and macroeconomics. He holds a Master's degree in Economic History from London School of Economics and a Master’s degree from Delhi School of Economics.

Chakshu holds Bachelor's degrees in Commerce and Law. He has worked on real estate laws and commercial agreements before joining PRS. He has also volunteered with CRY during his college days.

Sarita worked as an Indicorps Fellow with Hyderabad-based NGO, Lok Satta, and focussed on education reform and various outreach programmes. Prior to that, she served as Policy Assistant to the Director of Policy Development in the Illinois Governor’s Office in Chicago, USA . She received her B.A. magna cum laude in Political Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2005.