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Contributors: Kaustubh Dhavse, Chief Advisor to CM, Maharashtra; Dr. Praveen Gedam, Divisional Commissioner, Nashik; Shekhar Singh, Commissioner of Kumbh Mela, Nashik; Dr. Ramesh Raskar, MIT and Project Nanda; Dr. Rekha Singhal, Tata Consultancy Services; Mahesh Lambe, Project NANDA; Saurabh Sakalkar, Project NANDA; Ankur Shinde, Project NANDA; Gurusha Raskar, Project NANDA

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