Dr. Devdas Menon is an Institute Chair Professor at IIT Madras, engaged in teaching, research, and consultancy in structural engineering. He adopts a holistic approach to education, placing emphasis on inner development and transformation. He was initiated into Advaita Vedanta in his youth by Swami Krishnananda (of Rishikesh) and other teachers. Ever since, his approach to spirituality has been to see the 'formless aware presence', the one Divine, in all manifestation, despite the seeming differences in various names, forms, and beliefs.

Dr. Sukumar Canada, based in Vancouver, is an engineer-writer interested in Indian philosophy and classical music. He is an award-winning professional engineer and project manager registered in Canada and the USA. He has published several books on spirituality including translations in Malayalam and English. His poems, articles, and stories appear regularly in periodicals in English and Malayalam. Active in social media, he has several blogs to his credit, including “bloggainvilla.blogspot.com”