Notable signatories include actors Naseeruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak Shah, writer Arundhati Roy, economists Jean Dreze and Jayati Ghosh, and academics Anuradha Chenoy, Tanika Sarkar and Nivedita Menon. Other prominent names appended to the letter include Radha Kumar, Madhu Bhushan, filmmaker Sanjay Kak, peace activist Lalita Ramdas, PUCL Rajasthan president Kavita Srivastava, scholar Aditya Nigam and cultural practitioner Arundhati Ghosh.
