Amitabha Pande is Graduate in English literature from St. Stephens College, University of Delhi. He joined Indian Administrative Services in 1970s. His passion towards survey and maps have contributed a lot to initiate policy reforms and brought user focus. He has been instrumental in creating awareness about maps and development of National Spatial Data Infrastructure in India.

N Vijayaditya, a Ph.D. in Information Systems from University of North Carolina, is a member of several Advisory and Executive Committees. He has also been instrumental in setting up Satellite based data communication network NICNET of National Informatics Center (NIC) and Telematics Development & Promotion Program.