Theme and Sub-theme Authors by country and affiliation
Theme Reference       Name   Affiliation   Country
1.0 Building on and Accommodating Diversities Akhtar Majeed Professor, Hamdard University India  
  Jonah Isawa Elaigwu  Director, Institute of Governance and Social Research Nigeria  
  Mahendra Prasad Singh Professor, Delhi University India  
  Thomas Fleiner Professor, University of Fribourg Switzerland
1.1  Nation Building and Diversity      T.K Oomen  Professor, Jawharlal Nehru University  India  
1.2 Autonomy and Diversity Johanne Poirier Professor, Free University of Brussels Belgium  
1.3 Managing Conflicts of Diversity Richard Simeon Professor, University of Toronto/Harvard Canada  
                         
2.0 Emerging Issues in Fiscal Federalism    Anwar Shah Lead Economist, World Bank Institute IFI  
    Fernando Rezende  Director, Getúlio Vargas Foundation Brazil  
    Indira Rajaraman Professor, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy India  
            M.Govinda Rao Director, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy India  
2.1 Assignment System in Federations Ehtisham Ahmed International Monetary Fund Pakistan  
2.2 Resolving Fiscal Conflicts Paul Bernd Spahn Professor Emeritus, University of Frankfurt Germany  
2.3 Regional Equity Renuka Vishwanathan Secretary, Government of India India  
                         
3.0 Interaction in a federal system   Balveer Arora Professor, Jawharlal Nehru University  India  
  Beryl A.Radin Professor, American University United States
  Cheryl Saunders Professor, University of Melbourbe Australia  
            M.D. Rijhwani Advocate   India  
3.1 Anticipating and handling tension and conflict Rajeev Dhawan Director, Public Interest Legal Support and Research Centre India  
3.2 Techniques, structures and processes. Stefan Hammer Professor, University of Vienna Austria  
3.3 Accountability and transparency Bob Ebel/Serder Yilmaz Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center and World Bank United States
                         
4.0 Local Government and Federal Systems Caroline Andrew Professor, University of Ottawa Canada  
    Dalbir Singh Chairman, Dayal Singh College India  
    Horst Risse Secretary, Joint Commission of Bundestag and Bundesrat Germany  
            Suresh A Keswani Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities India  
4.1 Empowerment of disadvantaged groups   Nico Steytler Professor, University of the Western Cape South Africa
4.2 Functioning of local governments   George Mathew Director, Institute of Social Sciences India  
4.3 Governance of Megacities in federal orders.   Boris Graizbord Professor, El Colegio de México Mexico