Prof. Pratap Bhanu Mehta is a former head of the Center for Policy Research, a leading think tank in India. He was the Vice Chancellor of Ashoka University. He is a Professor at NYU School of Law and visiting Professor of Government/Harvard University.

His policy experience includes being Convenor of the Prime Minister of India’s Knowledge Commission (2005-2007) and member of India’s National Security Advisory Board. He is also an editorial consultant to the Indian Express. He is the author of The Burden of Democracy (Penguin 2003) and has produced several edited volumes. He is (most recently) co-editor with Madhav Khosla and Sujit Choudhary of The Oxford Handbook to the Indian Constitution.