Argha Manna, a cancer researcher turned comics artist, combines his artistic and research skills to explore historical perspectives of scientific development and social issues. He bridges the gap between academic research and visual storytelling. Notable projects include 'Famine Tales from India and Britain' and a comic book on Ant Network Theory. Argha collaborates with institutions like the University of Exeter, the British Library, and MIT to translate complex scientific concepts into comics, particularly focusing on infectious disease research. His storytelling philosophy emphasizes a blend of text, images, and comics, featured in Nature India.

Shantala Hegde is a neuropsychologist and a musician. Her lab is India’s first to study music perception and cognition. She is an Adjunct Faculty at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Visiting Associate Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School and a Visiting Scientist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. She is trained in Hindustani classical music and is featured on the ‘Uma Sahasram’ CD. She continues to learn under the tutelage of Smt Bharathi Prathap, a leading musician of the Agra Atrauli Gharana in the country.

Dyutiman Mukhopadhyay is a cognitive scientist, photographer, filmmaker and writer. He works at the confluence of the arts and sciences and is a practitioner of fine arts. He is a former British Academy Newton International Fellow at University College London (Experimental Psychology, Faculty of Brain Sciences, School of Life Sciences) as well as an Honourary Adjunct Professor at NIAS (Consciousness Studies). As a researcher, he studies human emotions using art as an investigative tool and develops multi-modal communication strategies for the betterment of mental health.

Kohinoor Darda, a Cognitive Neuroscientist and professional Indian classical dancer, is the Founder and Director of ARISA (Advancement and Research in the Sciences and Arts) Foundation. She did her Postdoctoral Research at the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Glasgow, and her PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience at Bangor University. Her research interests lie at the intersection of social and cognitive neuroscience, vision sciences, and arts and empirical aesthetics.

Roshan Sahi is a visual artist. He did his training in Fine Art from Kala Bhavan, Visva-Bharati University, Shantiniketan. He uses art and gardening as a medium to make people aware of their relationship with nature and the environment. Roshan has traveled across Europe and India professionally working in different contexts such as woodwork, ceramics, mural work, working in organic farms, and being a consultant in Arts Pedagogy.

Gayatri Nerpagar is a Sabarmati Bridge Research Fellow at the Department of Cognitive and Brain Sciences at IIT Gandhinagar and a trained Bharatnatyam dancer. She received her Master's degree in Cognitive Science from IIT Gandhinagar. Her research interests are emotion perception from body movements, Navarasa, Neuroaesthetics, and the Neural and Biomechanical basis of dance movements.

Jaison Manjaly is Jasubhai Memorial Chair Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science at IIT Gandhinagar. His research interests include curiosity, education, and exclusion. He is the Principal Investigator of the Curiosity Lab and Founder of Art@IITGN.

Vinod Goel is a professor of cognitive neuroscience at York University, Toronto, Canada. He completed his PhD in cognitive science at UC Berkeley and received postdoctoral training in neuroscience at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke and the Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology, Institute of Neurology. He has spent 20+ years studying the cognitive and neural basis of human reasoning and problem-solving. His book "Reason and Less: Pursuing Food, Sex, and Politics" (The MIT Press, 2022) reconstructs the role of rationality in human behaviour.

Andrea Kantrowitz, an artist and educator, is the Director of the Art Education Program at the State University of New York. She is internationally prominent in the field of Art and Cognition and has twice served as Singapore’s Outstanding Educator in Residence. She holds an MFA in Painting from Yale and a BA in Art and Cognition from Harvard University. Her book "Drawing Thought" (The MIT Press, 2022) explores how drawing helps us observe, discover, and invent.

Dawn Hunter, a renowned visual artist and Fulbright Scholar, is an Associate Professor and a distinguished member of the faculty at the University of South Carolina's School of Visual Art and Design. She is best known for her artistic work on Santiago Cajal, the father of modern Neuroscience. She holds an MFA from the University of California and a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute. She has participated in numerous solo and multiple artist exhibitions throughout the United States and Europe. In 2021, she held a solo exhibition on "Aesthetic Instincts: The Intersection of Art and Science in the Life of Santiago Ramón y Cajal."

Frederick Coolidge is an Adjunct Faculty at IIT Gandhinagar and a Professor of Psychology at the University of Colorado, USA. He received his BA, MA, and PhD from the University of Florida and completed a two-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychology at Shands Teaching Hospital, University of Florida. He joined UCCS in 1979 and served as the Chair of the Department from 1986 to 1989 and as the Clinical Director from 1981 to 1984. Frederick is a three-time Fulbright Fellowship Award recipient (India, 1987, 1992, 2005). His research interests are Behavior Genetics, Cognitive Archaeology, and Personality Statistics.

Dr. Arindam Das has over 33 years of experience in academics. He holds a Master's in Fashion Management & Ph.D. from NIFT Delhi. He has previously held senior management positions with Pearl Academy of Fashion (PAF) and with the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT) as the Director of the Delhi, Gandhinagar, and Shillong campuses.