Krishna Mohan Shrimali (b. 1947), Professor of History at the University of Delhi, is the author of A History of Pañcāla, 2 vols (1983, 1985); Agrarian Structure in Central India and the Northern
Utsa Patnaik and Prabhat Patnaik are Professors Emerita and Emeritus respectively at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, School of Social Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University. They a
Ajaya Kumar Naik is Associate Fellow, IIDS, New Delhi, and has had more than 10 years of research experience in the fields of informal sector, employment, and poverty.