Yoginder K. Alagh is the chancellor of Nagaland University, the president of the Human Development Institute, and the former Minister of Power and Planning of India. Ganesh Pangare is the technical director of the World Water Institute and the author of "Springs of Life: India's Water Resources," Biksham Gujja is the policy advisor of the Living Waters Program at the World Wildlife Federation International and the special project scientist at the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).