Leonardo Stockler, born on September 9, 1989, in the countryside of São Paulo, Brazil, graduated in History from the Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP) in 2013. In his master's research, at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo, he studied the transplantation of Yoga from India do Brazil. Since then, he has published articles on Modern Yoga, ancient Indian and Greek philosophy, music and other aspects of the spiritual traditions of India and the world. During his PhD research, thanks to a partnership established between the Pontifical Catholic University and the International School for Jain Studies, he was able to dedicate himself to a field study on the Jain tradition and was also awarded a scholarship to study the Prakrit language in Pune during 9 months. At this moment, he is following an internship at the University of Birmingham, under the guidance of Dr. Marie-Hélène Gorisse.

Shivani Bothra is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Religious Studies at California State University, Long Beach. Before this, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at Rice University in Houston, USA, and taught as a lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She earned her doctorate from the Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. Her focus is South Asian traditions, Jainism, and Nonviolence. Shivani's primary research areas are transnational Jainism, emphasizing Contemporary Jains.