Rohit Prasad is a Professor of Economics and Public Policy at Management Development Institute, Gurgaon. He has a PhD in Economic Theory from the State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA. His research interests include the economics of information and communication technology, the markets for distressed debt, and sustainable development. His book, The Dynamics of Spectrum Management, co-authored with Dr. V. Sridhar was published by Oxford University Press in 2014. He has served on High Powered Committees of the Reserve Bank of India (on the comprehensive review of the working of the bankruptcy ecosystem) and the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India (to make recommendations on spectrum allocation and pricing in India), and on two Expert Panels for the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India to study the value of spectrum.
V. Sridhar is a Professor at the Centre for IT and Public Policy at the International Institute of Information Technology, Bangalore, India. He is the author of three books, two with Oxford University Press and one with Springer. With a PhD from the University of Iowa, USA, Dr. Sridhar has taught at many institutions in the USA, Finland, New Zealand, and India. He has been a member of Government of India committees on telecom and information technology and has received national and international funding for his research projects. His work can be accessed at: http://www.vsridhar.info