Subhash Khot is a Professor in the Computer Science Department at New York University. He has a Ph.D. from Princeton University, completed in 2003 under the supervision of Sanjeev Arora.

His teacher and mentor at Vyankatrao Highschool, Mr. Vaman G. Gogate played a decisive role in directing his attention to mathematics. If not for Mr. Gogate's guidance and some fortuitous turn of events, the chance of someone from the remote town of Ichalkaranji pursuing mathematical research was strictly nil. Subsequently, Mr. Gogate also mentored Amit Deshpande and Raghav Kulkarni (CS theorists) and Abhijit Gadde (string theorist). He is in touch with all his past students and continues to provide guidance on all aspects of life.

Muli Safra is a Professor of Computer Science at Tel Aviv University. He has a Ph.D. from the Weizmann Institute, completed in 1990 under the supervision of Amir Pnueli. He is one of the recipients of the 2001 G\”odel Prize.