Judges

Deepak Chaurasia, is one of the smartest political minds in Indian television who would often offer the most provocative take on the day's news from the campaign trail and beyond. A Deepak Chaurasia-report validates a story's importance. He's often given entry where other reporters are neither welcomed nor allowed. Feisty and outspoken- that's Deepak for you. He is the first and last word on Indian politics. Deepak knows the issues and analyzes both with a deep sense of history and razor-sharp political instincts. Deepak just KNOWS, and viewers know to believe him. Not because his pronouncement makes anything believable, but because he fully understands political realities better than anyone else. Deepak Chaurasia is a well known face of Indian electronic media. Currently he is editor, National affairs with STAR NEWS. Earlier he was associated with Aaj Tak and with DD NEWS. For the last two decades he has covered almost all the important events across the world and in every corner of our country. Whether it was Gulf war or post 9/11 coverage or Kargil war, he was there to present the ground report for Indian viewers. He has covered all of the recent conflicts, political crisis including terrorist attack on Mumbai.
You may follow him on twitter @chaurasiadeepak
Tisca Chopra, Kushwant Singh’s grand niece, is an actress who has worked in theater, television and movies.Tisca Chopra topped Hindu College, University of Delhi in English Literature. She made her film debut with “Platform” opposite Ajay Devgan. She polished her acting skills in theatre in Mumbai and soon her work was seen in plays like, Feroze Abbas Khan's Mahatma vs Gandhi, All The Best, Salesman Ramlal and Inshah Allah. She hosted a consumer grievances show on TV called Main Hoon Na. In 2007, she appeared in the much acclaimed Taare Zameen Par with Aamir Khan, which was India's official entry to the 2008 Academy Awards and won her many awards and much critical acclaim. Tisca works with several NGOs, supporting education and Women's rights. She also works with the National Knowledge Commission (NKC), a high level advisory body to the Prime Minister of India, working for educational reforms pan India. Tisca has hosted the National Bravery Awards 2009, the Rajiv Gandhi National Awards 2008 and also a Quiz show on National Geographic Channel for the TERI, called Terraquiz.
You may follow her on twitter @tisca_chopra
Chetan Bhagat, is the author of four blockbuster novels, Five Point Someone (2004), One Night @ the Call Center (2005), The 3 Mistakes of life (2008) and 2 states-the story of my marriage (2009). All his books have remained bestsellers since their release and have inspired major Bollywood films. The New York Times called Chetan the ‘the biggest selling English language novelist in India’s history.’ Seen more as a youth icon than just an author, this IIT D/ IIMA graduate is making India read like never before. Chetan also writes columns for leading English and Hindi newspapers, focusing on youth and national development based issues. Many of the issues raised by Chetan’s columns have been discussed in Parliament and among the top leadership of the country. Chetan quit his international investment banking career in 2009, to devote his entire time to writing and make change happen in the country
You may follow him on twitter @chetan_bhagat