Dr. Madhura Niphadkar-Bandekar has a deep love for nature and the wild, instilled in her since her childhood in the lovely city of Pune, surrounded by hills and famous for being the ‘Oxford of the East’. After getting a Masters in Geography, she worked as an environmental work facilitator at a boarding school in the …
Dr. Bhawana Pathak is working as Associate Professor in School of Environment and Sustainable Development, Central University of Gujarat. Earlier she has worked as a Pool Officer in University Department of Life Sciences, University of Mumbai. She was awarded CSIR -Research Associateship and worked on Plant behaviour Ecology and Biodiversity conservation at GBPHIED Kosi, Katarmal, …
Bhavik completed his bachelors from The M. S. University of Baroda and Masters from renowned Bharti Vidhyapeeth Institute for Environment Education and Research, Pune, in 2005. He completed PhD from The M.S. University of Baroda in 2014, on “Eco Environment and Socio-Economic Assessment of Mangrove Ecosystem in Mahi and Dhadhar River Estuaries”. Bhavik attended his …
Col Soumendra Pandey is a serving army officer with 28 years of service. He is currently the Commanding Officer of a National Cadet Corps Girls Battalion at Delhi. He is responsible for leadership training and empowerment of 1600 girl cadets. His battalion organizes Social Service activities and they have adopted slums and villages near respective …
Ankita Sharma is a young Sustainability Leader and a Global Shaper of the World Economic Forum, carrying rich and diverse experience of anchoring Sustainability practices across various sectors for reputed global organizations. She is currently driving “Post-Consumer Plastic Recycling” project in Marico Limited to promote circular economy and “No Printout Day” to bring a conscious …
Abhishek, a very warm and collaborative sought-after finance professional, handles high pressure situations with ease. His out of the box thinking, far sightedness and excellent decision quotient enables him to take tough strategic decisions quickly and the lead the team to success. He has made some game changing innovations in the rural consumer banking industry …
Waseem Iqbal is a founder member of AAS NGO working in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Presently he works as a secretary and is responsible for the overall implementation of various projects of the organization. He has more than 12 years of experience in development sector especially in urban slums on various slum improvement projects i.e. MPUIIP, …
Vidya Nair, has over fifteen years of work experience in India and outside. Having worked with corporate, consulting, civil society organization and school, she brings with her an experience and appreciation for multiple perspectives and sensitivity towards working in a multicultural environment. She draws her strength from continuing to be a keen learner throughout her …
Upasana Choudhry is the South Asia head for Sustainability and Product Compliance at HP (one of the leading information technology companies). With an academic background in Social Work and in Development Studies, she has a cross sectoral work experience of nearly 20 years. Upasana started her professional career with not-for-profit organisations where she was engaged …
Shubha Khadke works at Aga Khan rural Support Programme (India) as an Area Manager. She is based at Dang district of south Gujarat and is responsible for organizational activities in four districts Dang, Navsari, Surat and Tapi. She started her journey with AKRSP in 2013 when the organization was expanding its work in Dang district. …
