•The late Kernial Singh Sandhu (1929–92) received his university education at the Universities of Malaya, British Columbia and London. He taught at the Universities of Malaya, Singapore and British Columbia before becoming Director of the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies in 1972.
•A. Mani is Professor of Asia Pacific Studies at Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan and also Visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore.