Communalism Combat is edited by husband wife team of Javed Anand and Teesta Setalvad.
Teesta Setalvad—a human and social rights worker based in Bombay
Other recipients are civil society activists Teesta Setalvad and Harsh Mander (jointly), S N Subbarao, Swami Agnivesh and Madari Moideen (jointly), former President K R Narayanan, Nirmala Deshpande, Hem Dutta (2007), N Radhakrishnan and Gautam Bhai.