An MSc in Organic Chemistry and Diploma in Higher Education and Diploma in French. As a junior college teacher, he taught theory and practical in chemistry, to students in 11th and 12th standard at Patkar College from July 1980 to May 2012. After his retirement in May 2012, he started providing guidance to people on several issues. It includes, career guidance, Cooperative Housing Societies’ legal paper works, Right to Information (RTI), Lokayukta, Ombudsman complaints, Marriage Registration, Complaints to Telephone, Electricity and Transport services, Lokshahi Din Complaints to District Collector and Chief Minister, etc. Mr Shanbhag knows six languages – Marathi, Hindi, Konkani, Kannada, English and French.

Jamshed Mistry is a BCom, LLB, DLL & LW. He appears as Counsel in the Supreme Court and in various High Courts all over India. His clients have included several corporate companies as well as public sector corporations and institutions eg. the Reserve Bank of India and the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport Undertaking. He also works actively for social causes like the rights of disabled persons, beach safety (Goa Action Plan), the setting up of distinct hawking and non-hawking zones in Mumbai, Spastics Society of India, etc. Mr Mistry was a member of the Legal Committee of the Goa Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the sub-committee of the Planning Commission which is reviewing the legislation for disabled persons in India. He has had vast experience in dealing with the media and entertainment industry and has been a consultant to several corporate agencies as well as high profile individual celebrity clients . He was invited to assist the Goa Law Commission for setting up the first institutional International Arbitration Centre in Goa. He is a member of the Media Information and Communication Centre of India. He has helped establish -Entertainment, Media and Information Lawyers Association (E.M.I.L.A) in India. He is an Associate member of the Canadian Bar Association and is on the board of directors of the Indo Canadian Business Chamber in Mumbai. He is on the advisory board of SAFF Canada ( South Asian Film festival, Vancouver, Canada ) and several International Fashion weeks held in various cities within India. He was the legal consultant in Canada to the Times of India film Awards that took place in Vancouver in April 2013 .He is a member of the World Zorastrian Chambers of Commerce and on the advisory committee of the US – India Investors Forum.

AV Shenoy hold degrees in both Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from VJTI, University of Bombay and a Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Management from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies. Worked as a Design Engineer in Electrical Business Group of Larsen & Toubro Ltd. at Powai from October 1969 to September 2001 and retired as Dy. General Manager. Also worked as a Facilitator/Trainer for implementation of Total Quality Management (TQM) and ISO 9000 in the organization. Since retirement have been working as a consumer activist in the field of Electricity and Telecom and has represented as consumer representative on both TRAI and MERC.Also a Civic activist working in the areas of Mumbai Development issues, especially Transport and Housing,and have represented on various committees of MCGM and Traffic Police. Presently working with Mumbai Vikas Samiti in area of Mumbai Development, Urja Prabodhan Kendra in area of Electricity issues for Maharashtra and Rashtriya Matadata Manch for Electoral Reforms. Also a member of core group of Mumbai Transport Forum.

Dr SD Israni is an Advocate & Partner of SD Israni Law Chambers and has over 37 years of experience in the field of Corporate, Commercial and Securities Laws. He has simply written the book on Indian securities laws, copies of which he kindly donated to Moneylife Foundation library. Dr Israni’s professional achievements are formidable. He was a member of the Naresh Chandra Committee for simplification of Company Law relating to private and small companies. He has been on SEBI’s committee on disclosures (called the Malegam Committee) and the one on buy-back of shares. Dr Israni has been a member of the Legal Affairs Committee of the Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Indian Merchants’ Chamber and Indian Council of Arbitration. He is an active member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India. He was on its Central Council for four terms and headed the Capital Markets Committee of the ICSI. He was a Director of Disha Counselling of ICICI Bank. Dr Israni is not just an accomplished professional, but is ever willing to share his knowledge and has
written for The Economic Times, Financial Express and is also a columnist with Moneylife.

Ashok Ravat is a qualified metallurgical engineer from UK in Systems and Operation Research. Being a passionate activist he has dedicated himself to consumer, environment and civic causes all his life. His consumer protection interests include being the Hon. Secretary of the All-India Bank Depositors’ Association and he was nominated to the Damodaran Committee appointed by the RBI to deal with Customer Services issues of Banks.He is a trustee and was a chairman of one of the oldest consumer body—the Mumbai Grahak Panchayat. On the environment front, he is a Trustee of WECOM dedicated to the cause of maintaining ecological balance in the environs of Shivaji Park. He is also the Founder-Convenor of the Shivaji Park Advanced Locality Movement. He was instrumental in getting Bombay High Court to declare Shivaji Park a noise and pollution-free zone. He was also a founding Trustee of the Kridangan Sangopan Samiti dedicated to the cause of saving, protecting
and maintaining a reserved public recreation ground on the Mahim seafront, the only Urban Heritage Award winning Garden. He is a Founder-Convenor of the Citizens’ Forum of G/North Ward of Mumbai. He has helped many people file applications under the Right to Information Act. He is also a member of Citispace and managing council of Forum of Free Enterprises and a Trustee of MR Pai Foundation.

Sandeep Jalan is a B Com and a LLB and is on the rolls of the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa since March 2010. He has under the guidance of the former Central Information Commissioner Shailesh Gandhi, has provided assistance to the State Information Commission, Mumbai, in strategizing expeditious disposal of 2nd appeals filed there. He is associated with many groups such as Advocates at Supreme Court of India, CSR India (IRDS), Corporate & Legal Professionals of India, Lawyersclubindia, Leadership for Lawyers, Legal Industry Professionals India, Legal Managers in India, Legally India – News for Lawyers, Solicitors Association of Higher Court Advocates, e-LEGAL, eMarketing Association Network and legal_job.

Advocate Sachin Gupta is a BCom, LLB and LLM and also has a diploma in International Law from the London School of Economics. He is currently a partner at Negandhi Shah and Himayutullah, which is one of the leading law firms of India associated with a vast range of commercial transactions involving corporate and civil law issues and provided guidance on legal issues to various privatization projects to major Indian and overseas corporates and to the State’s Governments. Mr Gupta has over 20 years experience as Group Legal Counsel to IL&FS, one of the Pioneers and country leaders in the privatisation and PPP sector. IL&FS was jointly promoted by the Government of India and the private sector to develop and finance infrastructure project in India under the PPP model. As General Counsel to the group, Mr Gupta has contributed to the financing and implementation of a wide spectrum of projects, including health care and education, roads, power – conventional and non-conventional, rural and urban infrastructure development and international projects in the PPP sector working with the Government of Kazakhistan, Philippines, Indonesia and others. In addition to his role as General Counsel IL&FS, Mr Gupta was for 10 years, also the CEO IL&FS Trust Company (ITCL) which is a SEBI regulated entity. ITCL deals with offering Corporate Trusteeship functions to individual and corporate initiatives.