Dr. Kirit Patel began teaching International Development Studies at Menno Simons College in Fall 2007. As an academic, policy analyst, and development professional, Dr. Patel teaching and research strive to seek a balance between theory and practice. Dr Patel doctoral research examined how indigenous communities in Western India manage their crop biodiversity under a neoliberal …
Dr. Milind Bokil is a writer and sociologist from Pune. He was the Country Director for Oxfam-Australia till June 2009 and prior to that has been associated with civil society organizations for more than 25 years. He was involved into the students and youth movement led by Jayprakash Narayan in the 70s. Taking inspiration from …
Dr. Sujatha Byravan’s interests are in the areas of climate change policy, development, science & technology and are grounded in her technical background and education in the biological sciences. Her recent projects and publications have been on climate policy for India sea level rise, climate migrants and exiles, biotechnology policy, innovation, and science for sustainable …
Dr. Kumar has a Master’s degree in Physics and a PhD in Forestry from the University Of Melbourne, Australia. Ajai Kumar joined the Indian Forest Service in 1986 and till 1992, he worked with Forest Department in Manipur State in India. From 1993 to 1997 he worked with the National Afforestation and Eco-Development Board, which …
Ravindra is working on the issues of rain-fed agriculture covering the aspects of science-practice and policy. He is working with WASSAN, a support organisation working in the areas of watershed development across several states in India. Ravindra is presently coordinating various initiatives of the Revitalizing Rain-fed Agriculture Network, its policy related initiatives and is actively …
Mr. Sarmah is the Executive Director at North Eastern Electric Power Corporation, a public sector undertaking under Ministry of Power, Govt of India. Mr Sarmah has vast experience in planning, execution, testing, commissioning and operation and maintenance of Hydro Power Stations; and planning and execution of Gas based thermal Power plants. He is presently engaged …
Ms. Sahoo is the Educational Programme Coordinator of Gram Vikas, a grassroots NGO whose mission is to empower various impoverished and underdeveloped rural communities in the Orissa region by teaching them about sustainable development. The education program with which she is directly involved by organizing, planning and managing, aims to develop and expand an education …
Ms. Gadhok is a former senior fellow at the Human Settlement Management Institute (HSMI) in New Delhi, where she researches and develops course material for training programs. At HSMI, she has conducted many training programmes on sustainable urban development and urban environment management as well as on disaster mitigation deriving linkage between environment degradation and …
Krishnendu Bose is the founder of Earthcare Films which makes films on wildlife and conservation and has produced many award winning documentaries in wildlife conservation. His film ‘Tiger- the Death Chronicle’ got the coveted Wildlife Conservation Award at the 4th Vatavaran Film Festival 2007 and Conservation Award at the International Wildlife Film Festival at Missoula, …
Dr. Asolekar is the Professor and Head of Environmental Engineering at the Center for Environmental Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. He combines his teaching and industrial consultation activities with research projects funded by various national and international agencies. Dr. Asolekar received his Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering from the University …
