Professor Suhas Palshikar has coordinated the Qualitative Assessment programme in association with Professor Imtiaz Ahmed (Bangla Desh), Professor Krishna Hacchetu (Nepal), Professor Mohammad Waseem (Pakistan) and Professor Jayadeva Uyangoda(Sri Lanka). Ms Ritu Rao was the Project Officer who assisted in the work. Suhas Palshikar and Yogendra Yadav developed the framework in consultation with Peter R. de Souza and Sakauntala Kadirgamar-Rajasingham and Leena Rikkilae (both of International IDEA) and the scholars listed above.