Prof. P. K. Iyengar (Chairman Kerala State Council of Science and Technology, Environment and former Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission)
Dr. K. N. Panikker, Vice chancellor, Sri Sankara Sanskrit University, Kalady on “Whither Indian Education”
Padmasree Dr. N. R. Madhava Menon, Vice-Chancellor, West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences on “Judiciary and Half a Century of Indian Democracy”
Dr. K. P. Kannan, Director, Centre for Development Studies, Trivandrum on “Kerala’s Development Challenges in a Globalising World”
Dr. Mohan Gopal, Member, State Planning Board on “Turning Away The Begging Bowl: Examining India continuing to receive development assistance”
