Dr. Aijaz Ilmi, New Delhi

Aijaz is the chairman of editorial board of Daily Siyasat Jadid, one of the oldest Urdu news daily of India, founded in 1953. He is a well known political analyst, and also writes a regular column for The Indian Express. He is also a senior political analyst for News X, a prominent English news channel. Aijaz has represented India at various international meets, including to the European Union parliament, UK, Germany, US, Russia, Iran, and Vietnam, on range of issues. Since 1994 he is often also a member of the media delegation accompanying the Indian Prime Minister on foreign trips. Aijaz holds a MBBS degree in internal medicine from Bangalore University, and has set up two K-12 schools with one of India's prominent educational groups.