The document summarizes biographies of three professionals: Dr. Usha Raman teaches mass communication at the University of Hyderabad and blogs about the impact of new technologies on communication. Dr Surinder Batra is Dean of the School of Management Studies at Ansal University and blogs on the university site, having previously taught information technology management. Mr. Madhan Muthu works for the Knowledge Sharing and Innovation department at ICRISAT, dealing with open science and has authored a report on open access to scholarly literature in India.

1. Dr. Usha Raman
teaches at the Department of Communication of the
University of Hyderabad.
She holds a master in Journalism and a Ph.D in Mass
Communication from University of Georgia.
A main field of her research focuses on the impact of
new technologies on communication within and
between different communities.
She also maintains her own blog “What are word
worth?”
http://mayanotes.blogspot.in/

2. Dr Surinder Batra
is Dean-School of Management Studies at Ansal
University.
Before, he has been professor for Information
Technology Management at the Institute of Management
Technology (IMT) Ghaziabad. Moreover, Mr. Batra was
working as a consultant in the industry for about 34.
He has been teaching elective courses such as Business
& IT Consulting, Strategic Information
Systems, Knowledge Management and Managing
Change.
He also regularly blogs at the university blog.
http://blog.ansaluniversity.edu.in/p/management.html

3. Mr. Madhan Muthu
is member of the International Crops Research Institute
for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT) an agricultural
research organization.
Within ICRISAT, he working for the Knowledge Sharing
and Innovation department, where he deals with scientific
blogging and studies the phenomenon of cloud sourcing
and open science.
Since 2000 he is engaged in the open access movement
in India.
Recently Mr Muthu has authored a report on “Open
Access to Scholarly Literature in India” commissioned by
Center for Internet and Society, Bangalore.
http://www.icrisat.org/Icrisat-aboutus.htm
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