Vikraman Arvind, called Arvind by friends and colleagues, graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India in 1988. His advisor was Somenath Biswas. He is currently professor at The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India. His research interests are broadly in computational complexity and algorithms, and especially in problems of an algebraic flavor. He likes reading; his favorite authors include G. K. Chesterton and Ray Bradbury, and he enjoys watching movies.

Pushkar Joglekar is currently an assistant professor at Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune, India. He received his Ph.D. in Theoretical Computer Science from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India in 2011 under the supervision of V. Arvind. Hobbies: reading, mathematical puzzle solving, gardening.

Partha Mukhopadhyay graduated from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India in 2009. His advisor was V. Arvind. Currently he is an associate professor at the Chennai Mathematical Institute, India. His research interests are mainly in algorithmic problems in the intersection of computational complexity and algebra. He enjoys reading, long-distance running, and playing table tennis.

S. Raja graduated from the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India in 2017. His advisor was V. Arvind. His current research interests lie in arithmetic circuit complexity. He is presently an assistant professor in the Computer Science and Engineering department at IIT Tirupati.