Dr. Sohail is Executive Director of Social Policy Resource Centre (SPRC). He is also the Director of SPRC initiative for Studies in Globalization and Development (SIGAD). He served as Special Secretary to Cabinet Division, GOP (June 2019 – May 2020) dealing with matters of accountability, parliamentary affairs and development. Belonging to the Commerce and Trade Services, he has supported and contributed policy formulation and research while also leading diplomatic efforts in trade. He volunteers his time for the joint initiative of Ministries of Health and Human Rights to make Islamabad Capital Territory a better place to live for the persons with disabilities and elderly.

Andrew Percy is Co-Chair of the Social Prosperity Network at the UCL Institute for Global Prosperity (IGP). His research is focused on alternative and sustainable social security systems for the twenty-first century and on Universal Basic Services as a model. He is the co-author, with Anna Coote, of The Case for Universal Basic Services (Polity, 2020).

Dipa is a development economist interested in issues related to economic and social policy in India. She has an MA and PhD in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi and MSc in Development Studies from School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), London. Her areas of expertise include social policy, food and nutrition rights, public health and gender. She has taught at Ambedkar University Delhi (AUD) for almost ten years. 

Dipa has worked on several field studies evaluating programmes such as the Public Distribution System, child-related nutrition programmes and maternity entitlement schemes. Earlier, she worked with the Office of Commissioners to the Supreme Court (on the Right to Food) as senior researcher and later, as an adviser. In this capacity, she has engaged with state and union governments on the design and evaluation of various welfare schemes. She is also part of civil society networks such as the Right to Food Campaign India.