The country editors for Indian identity are Amit Julka (Assistant Professor, Department of International Relations, Ashoka University, India) and Manali Kumar (Senior Program Manager, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland). Amit Julka’s research lies at the intersection of Gramscian IR and foreign policy analysis, with a conceptual focus on the idea of mass common-sense. Manali Kumar works on the idea of prudence in foreign policy decision making, along with issues of climate governance.

Medha and Kalathmika Natarajan are contributing a chapter on Indian identity during 1950. Medha is an Assistant Professor at Shiv Nadar University, India. Her research interests encompass the historical constitution of international relations, postcolonial and de-colonial studies, global/ non-Western international relations, and discourse theory. Kalathmika Natarajan is a Lecturer at the University of Exeter. Her latest book, Coolie Migrants, Indian Diplomacy explores the intersection of race, caste and class in defining the limits of citizenship and postcolonial mobility that shaped British-Indian diplomatic relations after Empire (1947-68). Prof. Shivaji Kumar (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi) has written a chapter on Indian national identity in 2010. His work focuses on the role of domestic factors in foreign policy of Asian states.