Born in Kewzing, then West Sikkim, Prava spent her early years in Rabong. She was awarded a scholarship to study at Mt. Hermon School in Darjeeling in 1960. She completed her studies at Delhi University and Jawahar Lal Nehru University.

Prava edited The Book Review for four years, taught for two years at the Institute of Mass Communication in Delhi, and worked in PRADAN (an organization devoted to rural development) from 1986-1989.

In Goa, she edited the Goa Heritage Action Group’s journal, PARMAL. In 2015, she edited a special issue on Sikkim’s culture and art for Mumbai's MARG Publications, out of which the current Sikkim Project: The Land and its People grew.  

She is the founding director of DG Reading Room Resource and Education Foundation, at Dumigaon, South Sikkim.

Mona Chettri is a researcher from Gangtok, Sikkim. She received her PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London in 2014. She has worked extensively on urbanisation, ethnicity, environmental politics and development in the eastern Himalayan borderlands of Sikkim, Darjeeling and east Nepal. She is the author of Constructing Democracy: Ethnicity and Democracy in the eastern Himalaya (Amsterdam University Press, 2017) and co-editor of Development Zones in Asian Borderlands (Amsterdam University Press, 2021). She is also the series editor of the Eastern Himalaya Series, an academic publication platform for local research and researchers. Recently, she has initiated the Reading Himalaya an independent Research and Policy Consultancy.  Her current research focuses on the intersections between gender, labour, urbanisation and infrastructure in the Sikkim-Darjeeling Himalaya, India, and Himalayan immigrant labour in Australia.

Bibhusha Rai is a writer and researcher from Darjeeling. She holds a BA and MA in English Literature from the University of Delhi (Hindu College and Lady Shri Ram College). She was a research fellow for the Confluence Collective's project 'Darjeeling Himalayas-Stories from Within'. She worked on Darjeeling’s Ringtong tea estate in collaboration with a photographer, building a gendered narrative centering the overshadowed everyday mundane lives of women tea workers. She also illustrates and writes poetry on the intersection of food and identity. In 2022, she was the second prize recipient in the national Wingword Poetry Prize for the poem Darjeeling Tea.

Tika Bhai is a translator, poet, and actor. He pursued his primary school education in Kumrek Bustee and Government Secondary School, Pandem in East Sikkim. He completed his BA in History from Government College, Darjeeling, and his Master's from North Bengal University.

In 2014, he received the Sahitya Akademi Award for Youth, for his collection of poems   'पैतालातल्तिर' (Under the Soles). He has also acted in various regional films. Currently, he is engaged in the Indian Institute of Technology-Madras's translation project as a Project Associate. 

Anushka Kharel is from Tharpu, West Sikkim. She graduated in accounting and finance from Sikkim Manipal University in 2022. She was a recipient of a gold medal from her college. She has a computer degree (tally Erp.9 and an advanced diploma in computer application). In 2019, she was also the second state topper of Sikkim. As a motivated individual, she hopes her skills and experience will contribute to building a dynamic organization.

Reshma Thapa has been working in the field of education for more than 19 years. She worked as an elementary and middle school teacher, alongside being the head of the Kindergarten-Grade 8 division in an international school in Sikkim. Having attended many professional development workshops on teaching and learning in India, Singapore, and the United States, her expertise lies in teacher training and implementation of reading programs. She is one of the directors of DG Reading Room Resource and Education Foundation. She is also a published children’s book author.

Nisha Subba from Denchung, South Sikkim, joined the Reading Room Resource Centre as a Trainee in July 2022. She has completed her BA (Honours) in Education from Government College, Kamrang, Namchi. Currently, she is pursuing an MA in Education from IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University).

Amit Kumar is an experienced professional with a degree in Library and Information Science from Mahatma Gandhi Central University. This academic qualification equips him with the necessary skills and knowledge to effectively manage library resources and provide services to library patrons.

He has recently joined the Foundation and plays a crucial role in organizing, managing, and facilitating access to information within the library. As a qualified librarian, he is in charge of introducing the finer methods of navigating the information stored in the library and will mentor two trainee library assistants.

Jit Kumari Rai from Assangthang, Dumigoan, South Sikkim has a BA degree in Geography from Gyalshing Government College in West Sikkim. Inspired by the library in her village, she has enrolled for a Diploma course in Library Science and Information from IGNOU (Indira Gandhi Open University).

Phunchokla Bhutia from Upper Ghurpisey, Namchi is currently working as a Library Assistant at DG Reading Room Resource & Education Foundation. She received her Bachelor’s degree in English from Namchi Government College in 2022 and Bachelor’s degree in Library & Information Science from Sikkim Alpine University in 2023. She was inspired to pursue a career in Library Science after she visited the Dumigaon library back in 2019.