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Prarthana Borah
Vice President-Sustainability, Momentum India
Franco Costantini
Chief Executive Officer, Regenagri
Dr. Sandeep Pai
Director for Research & Strategy, Climate and Energy Policy, Swaniti Global
Shubhashis Dey
Executive Director, Solutions for Sustainable Living (SoSul)
Romit Sen
Senior Vice President, Sustainability, HSBC India
Dr. Sonali Ghosh
(IFS) Chief Executive Officer, Assam Agroforestry Development Board
Nimit Singh
Founder, Madhumakhiwala
Shivi Sheoran
Country Liaison Manager (India), IKEA Foundation
Shashi Anand
Senior Manager, ACCESS Development Services
Dr. Balakrishna Pisupati
Head UNEP India
Rakesh Ch Saha
PhD Scholar, Department of Life Sciences, NYCC Climate Champion Of Young India
Radhica Kanniganti
Head ESG, WIPRO
Cmde Rajiv Ashok (Retd)
Managing Director, North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Ltd. (NERAMAC)
Dr. Raghavan P
Scientist -C/Deputy Director, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change of India, Govt. of India
Katheresan Kandasamy
Honorary Professor, Annamalai University, India
Ashish Chaturvedi
Head of the Environment, Energy, and Resilience, United Nations Devlopment Program India
Apoorve Khandelwal
Senior Programme Lead, Sustainable Food Systems, Council on Energy, Environment and Water
Azhar Tambuwala
Director, Sahyadri Farmers Post Harvest Care Ltd
Sanjay Sethi
Food Sustainability Expert, Sustainability Alliance
Sarbjit Sahota
Disaster Risk Reduction Specialist (Risk Informed Programming specialist) UNICEF India
Anshu Sharma
Co-Founder, SEEDS and Partner STS Global
Anshika Gupta
Specialist - Urban Development, NITI Aayog
Ankur Bisen
Senior Partner, Technopak Advisors
Vishal Dev
Directer, Sustainable Business, WWF India
Sanket Bondre
Program Manager, Earthworm Foundation
Julia Christian
Forest and Agriculture Campaigner, FERN
Aadarsh Mohandas
Regional Director, South Asia, Rice Commodity Lead, Preferred by Nature
Shivnayan Aggarwal
Market Transformation - India, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)
Dheeraj Talreja
President- India, South Asia & Sub Saharan Africa, AAK
Nitin Kaushal
Director, Rivers, Wetlands & Water Policy, WWF India
Murli Dhar
Director - Sustainable Agriculture Program, WWF
Niyati Sareen
Project Director- Water and Education, Hinduja Group
Madhulika Sharma
Chief Sustainability Officer, ITC Limited
Ashish Bhardwaj
Programme Lead, Alliance for Water Stewardship (AWS)
Upendra Prasad Singh
Former Secretary Jalshakti and Ministry of Textiles, Government of India
Dr. Antti Herlevi
Trade Counselor, Water, Forest and Circular Economy, Embassy of Finland in India
Pritha Dutt
Chairperson, CGEIL (Centre for Gender Equality & Inclusive Leadership), XLRI
Rohit Kansal
Additional Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India
Anushree Rai
Director, Mayurbhanj Grand Private Limited (MGPL)
Dr. Vidya Tikoo
Senior Vice President, Sustainability, Aditya Birla Group
Aditya Petwal
Assistant Director, Centre for Responsible Business (CRB)
Unmesh Brahme
Director Markets, IDH - The Sustainable Trade Initiative
Archana Chatterjee
Programme Manager, IUCN-India Country Office
Monika Srivastava
Head - Sustainability, JSW Cement
Harpreet Kaur Ghai
Senior Director, Knowledge Development, Aspire Impact
Pratyush Kumar Panda
Chief Executive Officer OneStage Adviser Sustainable Green Initiative
Smt. Kranti E. Khobragade
Deputy Secretary (Administration and Policy Division-II), Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India
Shri Mrityunjay Pratap Singh
Principal Executive Director (Works) and Nodal Officer, CSR, Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL)
Swami Vyaptananda
Secretary, Ramakrishna Mission (RKM), Narainpur, Chhatisgarh
Shri Giresh Mohan
General Manager - Social Investments, ITC Limited
Nikhil Pant
Chairman, REACHA and Founder, Lakshyaa
Smt. Ayushi Sudan
IAS, District Collector, Kupwara District, Kashmir
Shri. Minga Sherpa
IAS, District Collector, Baramulla District, Kashmir
Swami Sarvalokananda
Secretary, Ramakrishna Mission (RKM), Delhi Chapter
Soumi Dutta
Secretary, South Vihar Welfare Society for Tribal Ashray, Ranchi
Rohan Sarma
Professor of Practice IILM University & Senior Fellow, Centre for Responsible Business (CRB)
Pallavi Bhati
Senior Programme Co-ordinator, Better Cotton Initiative
Shubham Trivedi
Program Officer, Centre for Responsible Business (CRB)
Sahiti Kachroo
Manager- Social Compliance and Risk Management, Fairtrade India
Dr. Subhasis Ray
Professor Marketing, Xavier School of Management (XLRI), Jamshedpur
Dr. Divya Rajput
Chief Executive Officer of JSS Science & Technology Entrepreneurs Park (STEP) and Convenor of Kakul Eco
Dr. Anirban Ghosh
Professor and Head, Centre for Sustainability Mahindra University
Prof. (Dr) Padmakali Banerjee
Vice Chancellor, IILM University, Gurugram
Dr. Ramesh Mittal
Senior Advisor, Centre for Responsible Business
Geeta Dhangar
Woman Farmer Representative, Thikri Block, Barwani District, Madhya Pradesh
Vinod Kumar Bafana
Representative, Ginners Association
Rajesh Kumar S
Assistant Director Gr II (Technical), Regional Office of the Textile Commissioner, Amritsar
Ankur Khanna
Managing Director, Khanna Industries, Ludhiana
Padmakar Pandey
AVP Sustainability, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited
Sucharita Kamath
Regional Director, Asia, Aspen Network for Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE)
Dr. Navneet Kour
Co-Founder and Director, Technisch Kaizen Services Pvt.Ltd
Jayant Prasad
Executive Director, cKers Finance
Lt Col Monish Ahuja (Retd)
Chairman & Managing Director, Punjab Renewable Energy Systems Pvt. Ltd. (PRESPL)
Dr. Bharat Jain
Member Secretary, Gujarat Cleaner Production Centre
Col S Kapoor
Director General, Okhla Garment Textile Cluster
Rob Hardison
Clean Energy Project Manager, Allotrope Partners
Mathsy Kutty
APAC Lead, The Climate Pledge
Dr. Saurabh Kumar
General Manager, Apparel Export Promotion Council
Amitabh Kant
G20 Sherpa of India
Farhad Vania
Portfolio Management Advisor to the Country Director, GIZ India and Board Member, Centre for Responsible Business
Sanyukta Samaddar
Principal Secretary, Government of Uttar Pradesh
Neelam Chhiber
Founder & Director, Industree Crafts Pvt. Ltd
Uma Reddy
Senior Vice President, The Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FKCCI)
Sudhanwa Kopardekar
Director, Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture (MCCI&A)
Petros Sourmelis
Head of Trade and Economic Section Delegation of the European Union to India and Bhutan
Swapna Patil
Manager - India, SME Climate Hub, We Mean Business Coalition
Tushar Jani
Senior Program Director, Centre for Environment Education
Rachna Arora
Team Leader, GIZ, Marine Litter and EU-REI
Manisha Kapoor
CEO & Secretary General, The Advertising Standards Council of India
Rajeev Kher
Senior Advisor, Soft Commodities, WWF-India and Former Commerce Secretary, Government of India
Kanta Singh
Deputy Country Representative, UN Women
Dr. Divya Rajput
CEO of JSS Science & Technology Entrepreneurs Park (STEP) and Convenor of Kakul Eco
Yogesh Dwivedi
Chief Executive Officer, Madhyabharat Consortium of Farmers Producer Company Limited
Anchal Srivastava
Senior Manager, Sustainability, ENEN Green Services
Soumi Dutta
Secretary, South Vihar Welfare Society for Tribal Ashray, Ranchi
Chandra Bhushan
President and CEO, International Forum for Environment, Sustainability and Technology (IFOREST)
Jugal Borah
Director (Technical), Mahanadi Coalfields Limited (MCL)
Vinay Ranjan
Director, Personnel and Industrial Relations, Coal India Limited (CIL)
Deepak Arora
Vice President, NAYARA Energy, Governing Body Member, Centre for Responsible Business
Aboli Sunil Naravane
IAS, District Collector and District Magistrate, Jharsuguda, Odisha
Dr. Satish Agnihotri
IAS (Retd.) Former Independent Board Member, CIL and Former Professor, IIT Bombay
Renu Chaturvedi
General Manager, CSR, Coal India Limited (CIL)
Dr. Naresh Tyagi
Chief Sustainability Officer, Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Ltd.
Nikesh Raj
Social and Environment Program Manager - Sustainability, H&M
Dr. Manish Pande
Director & Head of Project Analysis and Documentation Division (PAD Division), Quality Council of India (QCI)
Sudipto Dey
Senior Business Journalist, Outlook Business
Chandrima Chatterjee
Secretary General, Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI)
Manish Ranjan
ESG Practitioner, India Geo Sustainability SWAT Lead, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Aloka Majumdar
Managing Director, Global Head of Philanthropy & Head of Sustainability, HSBC India
Anil Bhardwaj
Secretary General, Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME)
Mukesh Gulati
Executive Director, Foundation for MSME Clusters
Dr. Aparna Dhawan
Head & Senior Counsellor - QMS, Confederation of Indian Industries (CII)
Dr. Nimish Shah
Director, Safety and Environmental Assurance Centre, Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL)
Dr. Megha Joshi
VP, Q&Q Research Insights
Rajnikant Prasad
Chief Executive Officer, UPPRO (State level Federation of FPOs of Uttar Pradesh )
Vishalakshi Padmanabhan
Executive Director, PGS Organic Council and Board Member, Buffalo Back Consumers Federation
Laurent le Danois
Team Leader, Cooperation Section, Delegation of the European Union to India & Bhutan
William Speller
Program Manager, UN Environment Program
Sarang Vaidya
Co-Founder, Go4Fresh
Dr. Subhasis Ray
Professor, Marketing, Xavier School of Management (XLRI), Jamshedpur
Anshuman Das
Lead Expert – Agroecology and Food Systems, Welthungerhilfe
Ranjeeb Sarma
Chief Executive Officer, Alliance of Cotton & Textile Stakeholders on Regenerative Agriculture
Prof. L S Shashidhara
Director and Professor, National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS)
Dr. Madhuri Nanda
Director – South Asia, Rainforest Alliance
Rajat Batra
Chief Executive Officer, Stenum Asia Sustainable Development Society
Parvinder Singh
Founder-Director of the Global Alliance for Textiles Sustainability Council (GATS) and Aadi Sustainability Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Sonia Parashar
Secretary General, Federation of European Business in India (FEBI)
Prof Pawan Budhwar
Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor International Aston University
Elaine Mitchell-Hill
International Lead Design for Freedom, Grace Farms Foundation
Jayahari KM
India Country Coordinator Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU), India
S Vijay Kumar
Distinguished Fellow TERI
Prof Ananthapadmanabhan K
University of Cincinnati
Dr.Suresh Motwani
Solidaridad
Ajanta Dey
Joint Secretary & Program Director Nature Environment and Wildlife Society
Payal Kanwar
Director General, Indo-French Chamber of Commerce & Industry (IFCCI)
Sashidhar Vempala
Chief Sustainability Officer, Hindustan Unilever Limited
Prof. Taruna Gautam
Vice Chancellor IILM University, Greater Noida
Dr. Sangeeta Mansur
Founder-catalyst Bhairavi Business & Consultancy
Dr. Meghajit Shijagurumayum
Post-doctoral Fellow, Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
Dr. Suresh Gairola
FSC India Director FSC Global Development GmbH
Manfred Max Bergman
Professor of Social Research and Methodology and Director of Social Transitions Research, University of Basel, Research Councilor, Swiss National Science Foundation, and International Advisor, CRB
Cristina Larrea
Director, Agriculture, Food and Sustainability Initiatives International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Richard Howitt
Former Member of European Parliament
Vidya Rangan
Director, Policy and Engagement ISEAL Alliance
Allan Jorgensen
Head, OECD Centre for Responsible Business Conduct
Karin Kreider
Executive Director, ISEAL Alliance
Shombi Sharp
UN Resident Coordinator in India
Ambassador Hervé Delphin
Delegation of the European Union to India and Bhutan
Lara Wolters
Member of European Union (Rapporteur of the EU CSDDD)
Prof. Vasanthi Srinivasan
Co-Chairperson, CRB; Professor, IIM Bangalore
R. C. Kesar
Chairperson, , Centre for Responsible Business
Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee
Former Secretary, Government of India and Senior Adviser, Centre for Responsible Business
Nandini Sharma
Director, Centre for Responsible Business
Devyani Hari
Senior Director, Centre for Responsible Business
Rijit Sengupta
Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Responsible Business
Ajay Vir Jakhar
Chairperson, Bharat Krishak Samaj
Franck Viault
Minister Counsellor, Head of Cooperation, EU Delegation to India and Bhutan
Arun Maira
Former Member, Planning Commission, Government of India