Tathagata Chatterji is a Professor of Urban Management and Governance at XIM University, Bhubaneswar, India. His research interest are urban policies and institutions, multilevel governance and urban economic development. His major publications include: Driving Urban Digitalisation through a National Mission- a multilevel governance perspective of India's data smart cities strategy (2024); Challenges of urban informality in Indian smart cities (2023); and Modes of Governance and Local Economic Development: An Integrated Framework for Comparative Analysis of the Globalizing Cities of India (2016).

Souvanic Roy is Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning at Indian Institute of Engineering, Science & Technology (IIEST) Shibpur, India. His research focuses on urban transformation, urban policy for inclusive growth and housing for the urban poor. His publications include Smart City Policy of India in the book Smart Cities in Asia (Ed. Yu-Min Joo and Teck-Boon Tan, 2020), and Gentrification and Post-industrial Spatial Restructuring in Calcutta in the book Gentrification around the World (Ed. Jerome Krase and Judith N. Desena, 2020).

Marco Kamiya is a senior UN economist and UNIDO Representative for Indonesia, Timor-Leste, and the Philippines. He has four decades of multilateral experience across Asia, Africa, and Latin America, with UNIDO, UN-Habitat, development banks, and as a development consultant. He specialises in industrial policy, digital transformation, and urban economy. He has edited books on innovation and competitiveness and is an Associate Senior Fellow at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute, Singapore, and Cambridge University's Institute for Manufacturing.