We are very happy that the following scholars have accepted our invitation to deliver the keynote
addresses of the symposium.

ANTHONY PYM: Distinguished Professor of Translation and Intercultural Studies at Rovira i Virgili University in Spain, Professor Extra-ordinary at Stellenbosch University in South Africa, and Honorary Professor at the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. He was Visiting Researcher at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey in California from 2008 to 2016 and President of the European Society for Translation Studies from 2010 to 2016. He has published more than 240 articles on translation and intercultural communication.

RAJESH RAMACHANDRAN: Senior lecturer at Monash University Malaysia and co-director at the chair of International and Development Politics, Universität Heidelberg (appointment by courtesy). He obtained his PhD from Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and previously held positions at Goethe-Universität and Universität Heidelberg. His research lies at the intersection of development economics and political economy. His primary research interests include political linguistics and language policy, economics of caste, and economics of education and health. His work has been published in journals such as the American Political Science Review, Journal of Development Economics and World Development, as well as appeared in policy documents such as the Global Education Monitoring Report of the UNESCO.