Speakers-2025

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Meet Our Speakers

Rasmus Wendt

Energy Counsellor, Royal Danish Embassy in India

Cecilia Tall

Counsellor/Head of Section, Office of Science and Innovation, Embassy of Sweden in India

Madhu Verma

Senior Economic Advisor & Chief Environmental Economist, IORA

Sushil Saigal

Executive Director, The Nature Conservancy Centre

Vasudevan Suresh

Chairman Policy & Advocacy Committee, Indian Green Building Council - CII

Ashwini Kumar

Regional Lead (North) and EHS - Asset Management, Embassy REIT

Mukesh Gulati

Executive Director, Foundation for MSME Clusters (FMC)

Manjari Nirula

Advisor & Honorary Member of World Crafts Council Asia-Pacific Region

P Gopalakrishnan

President, Karur Textile Manufacturer Exporters' Association (KTMEA)

Chandrima Chatterjee

Secretary General, Confederation of Indian Textile Industry

Dr. Saurabh Kumar

General Manager, Apparel Export Promotion Council

Aarti Nain

Advisor for Urban Cooling & Heat Risk Mitigation, UN Environment Programme,UNEP

Sauvik Dey

Technical Advisor- Climate & Disaster risk finance, GIZ

Shri Rutuparna Dole

(Chairman) Indian Oilseeds and Produce Export Promotion Council (IOPEPC)

Prof. Shiny Pradeep

Assistant Professor Centre for Trade and Investment Law (CTIL), IIFT New Delhi

PS Ravi Director

Federation of Indian Petroleum Industry (FIPI)

Sukla Mistry

Former Director (Refineries), Indian Oil Corporation Ltd.

Amar Nath

IAS (retd.) IIT, Kanpur, Former Joint Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

Bartosz Przywara

Counsellor for Energy, Environment and Climate, Delegation of the European Union to India

Dr. Ashish Rawat

General Manager & Head – Environment, Social & Sustainability Services, TÜV SÜD South Asia Pvt. Ltd.

Uma Reddy

President, Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI)

Dr. Sapna Narula

Director, CCS National Institute of Agricultural Marketing, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare

Dr. Muneer Ahmad Magry

Teaching Fellow, School of Management Studies, Nalanda University

Smt. Shaik Yasmeen Basha

I.A.S, Director of Horticulture & SericultureDepartment of Horticulture, Govt. Telangana

Jayesh Ullatil

Deputy General Manager, Parry Agro, Murugappa Group

Anjali Taneja

Regulatory Affairs Leader, Inter IKEA Group

Rene van Berkel

International Faculty, Thammasat University; Co-convenor ASEAN Circular Economy Business Alliance; Panel Member, International Resource Panel

Senior Expert - Textile, Clothing, Leather and Footwear, Unit F3 – Textiles, Food and Retail Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs (DG GROW), European Commission

Joseph George

Senior Research Assistant, Sub-regional officer for South and South-West Asia, UNESCAP

Arjan de Haan

Senior Programme Specialist, IDRC

Rupal Verma

Policy Analyst, International Institute for Sustainable Development

Sukriti Sekhri

Assistant Professor (Marketing), SPJIMR

Dinesh Chand Sharma

Director, Standardization, Policy and Regulation, Seconded European Standardization Expert in India (SESEI)

Janhavi Raut

Principal Research Scientist, Unilever

Maëlys Courtat

Environmental Sustainability Scientist, Unilever Safety, Environmental and Regulatory Science (SERS)

Dr. KM Jayahari

India Country Coordinator, Food and Land use Coalition

Dr. Ruchika Singh

Executive Director, Food, Land and Water, WRI India

Maarico Baruah

Policy Manager India, Climate Group

Aleen Mukherjee

Director, Farm Sector, ACCESSs Development Service

Manasi Diwan

TGI, Secretariat

Angana Guha Roy Chowdhury

Assistant Director General, Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCC&I)

Keerthan Kumar

Director & Member of the Board; Chairman: CSR Committee – Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FKCCI)

Priyangshu Dutta

Head Public Affairs - India, Grundfos India

Deepak Sharma

Country President & Managing Director, Schneider Electric India Pvt. Ltd.

Ashwin Selvaraj

Market Transformation Liaison India- RSPO

Murli Dhar

Director Sustainable Agriculture Program, - WWF-India

Siraj Hussain

Advisor, Food Processing, FICCI & Ex-Secretary- Ministry of Agriculture

Emily Fripp

Director - Efeca

Anubhav Srivastava

Asia Lead & Director South Asia & Sub-Sahara, AAK

Elaine Mitchel-Hill

International Lead,- Design for Freedom

Bhaskar Venugopal

Consultant, - International Justice Mission

Dr. Sanjeevan Bajaj

Former Chief Executive Officer, FICCI Quality Forum

Rohit Kumar

Secretary General - Carbon Markets Association of India

Parvinder Kadyan

Founder GATS, Chief Executive Officer - Aadi Sustainability Solutions Pvt. Ltd

Padmakar Pandey

Vice President - Corporate Sustainability, Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail Ltd.

Preeti Shroff-Mehta

Founder- Director, - NAO International

Srikanth Chandrasekaran

Senior Director, - IEEE Standards

Alok Agrawal

Co-Founder, - AI4India

David Joseph Menezes

Director, People+ai, EkStep Foundation

Anshu Sharma

Co-Founder, - SEEDS

Alpan Raval

Alpan Raval - Chief Scientist,- Wadhwani AI

Sandeep Rao

Chief Principal Consultant, Data Privacy and Responsible AI, - Persistent Systems

Dr. Sunita Purushottam

Chairperson of the Board,- Global Buildings Performance Network

Pratisha Laskar

Vice President - Design, - DLF Ltd

Shivnayan Aggarwal

Manager Market transformation, - RSPO

Dr Suresh Gairola

India Country Director, - Forest Stewardship Council

Col. S. Kapoor

Director General, - Okhla Garment & Textile Cluster (OGTC)

Payal Jain

Principal Designer & Sustainability Crusader A Design Indi Pvt. Ltd.

Deval Dayal

Textile Designer, - Dayal Silk Weaves

Hasina Kharbhih

Founder & Managing Director, - Impulse Social Enterprises / Brand Impulse Empower

Prof. Manfred Max Bergman

Chair of Social Research and Methodology, University of Basel

Anil Bharadwaj

Secretary General, Federation of India Micro and Small Medium Enterprises

Christina Larrea

Director International Institute for Sustainable Development

Aparna Swahney

Professor, Jawaharlal Nehru University

Sudipta Bhadra

Senior Programme Officer, International Labour Organisation

Venkat Kotamaraju

Partner and Director, Circular Economy and Climate Solutions, Intellecap

Shalini Goyal Bhalla

Managing Director, International Council for Circular Economy

Samantha Kumarasena

Chief Executive Officer, National Cleaner Production Centre, Sri Lanka

Nimish Shah

General Manager Regulatory Affairs South Asia, Hindustan Unilever

Anuj Sharma

Deputy Country Director, Forest Stewardship Council, India

Dr Devendra Gandhi

Manager Strategic Sourcing, Mahindra Group

Sean Nyquist

Acting Programme Manager, Value Chain Development, Forest Stewardship Council International

Ashish Bharadwaj

Programme Lead, Alliance for Water Stewardship

Amb Mikael Anzen

Ambassador for Sustainable Business & Innovation, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden

Lieske Van Santen

Global Network Director, FSC

Frank Viault

Minister Counsellor, Head of Cooperation, Delegation of the European Union to India and Bhutan

Adrian Sym

Chief Executive Officer, Alliance for Water Stewardship

Rajib Kumar Sen

Senior Advisor, Niti Ayog

Prof Pawan Budhwar

Associate Deputy Vice Chancellor (International), Aston University

Sonia Prasher

Secretary General, Federation of European Business in India

Richard Howitt

Former MEP, Strategic Advisor, Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability, Business and Human Rights

Aadarsh Mohandas

Regional Director, South Asia, Rice Commodity Lead, Preferred by Nature

Pratibha Baveja

Senior Expert-Commodities and Sustainable Supply Chain, WWF-India

Karl Yen Quek

Regional Director, Earthworm Foundation

Sanket Bondre

Programme Manager, Earthworm Foundation

Prof. Vasanthi Srinivasan

Professor, Organisational Behavior & Human Resources Management and Chairperson, Digital Learning, IIM Bangalore; Co-Chair, CRB Governing Body

Kathy Roussel

Director Public Affairs, Brussels Metropolitan Area

Patrick Neyts

CEO, Vectra International

Sh. Gyaneshwar Kumar Singh

Director General & CEO, IICA

Ankit Todi

Group Chief Sustainability Officer, Mahindra Group

Cmmd. Rajiv Ashok

Managing Director, National Handloom Development Corporation(Nhdc)

Dr Purnima Devi Barman

Champion of the Earth for Entrepreneurial Vision, UNEP (2022); Founder, Hargila Army; and Senior Project Manager of the Avifauna Research and Conservation Division, Aaranyak