Dr. Annette SchmiedchenErhard HauboldChristian HirteProf. Dr. Boike Rehbein

Dr. Annette Schmiedchen is an indologist and sanskrit scholar at the Humboldt University in Berlin. Dr. Annette Schmiedchen is an honorary Research Fellow of the International Association of Sanskrit Studies and is associated with Jawaharlal Nehru University and the Indian Council for Cultural Relations. The Government of India included her in the 66th Republic Day…

Erhard Haubold is a German journalist and the former Asia correspondent of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. He was based in Sydney, Singapore and Delhi. Erhard Haubold is also one of the initiators of the "Deutsch-Indisches Forum Berlin" - a bi-lateral initiative between Germany and India.

Christian Hirte was born in Bad Salzungen on 23 May 1976. He is married and has two daughters and one son. After his Abitur in 1994, he studied law at the University of Fulda with a scholarship awarded by the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation and has been a lawyer since 2004. His political career began in 1993, when…

Prof. Dr. Boike Rehbein is Professor of Society and Transformation in Asia and Africa at the Humboldt University in Berlin. Previously, Professor Rehbein was Lecturer in sociology at the universities of Göttingen and Freiburg, Acting Chair of Sociology at the University of Freiburg, Visiting Professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in Delhi, and was associated with the…