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Dr Arjan de Haan
Senior Program Specialist, International Development Research Centre (IDRC)
Theodore Pang
Associate Director, Temasek Foundation
Pascal De Petrini
Founder & President, Co-Future Pte. Ltd.
Chew Sutat
Chief Executive Officer, WWF-Singapore
Dr. Janvi Gandhi Kanakia
Regional Coordinator, HomeNet South Asia
Kenny Kesar
Global Chief Information Officer , Wipro Limited
Stefano Savi
Chief Executive Officer, Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR)
Yeoh Boon Heng
Deputy Director, Malaysia, Singapore & Indonesia (Market Transformation), RSPO
Dr. Simon JD Schillebeeckx
Assistant Professor of Strategy & Entrepreneurship, Lee Kong Chian School of Business, Singapore Management University
Dr. Sonja Stuchtey
Founder and CEO, The Landbanking Group
Sabastien Cross
Founder and CIO, BeZero, UK
Naveen Sainani
Hon.Gen.Secretary & ESG Sub Committee The Clothing Manufacturers Association of India
Parvinder Kadyan
Founder - GATS, Chief Executive Officer - Aadi Sustainability Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Ryan Carvalho
Economic Affairs Officer, Office of Trade, Investment & Innovation Division UN-ESCAP
Tatheer Zaidi
Asia Head, Pollution Management in MSMEs, Solidaridad Asia
Dr Amit Jain
Asia Board Member Solidaridad
Kim Wolf
Founder & Principal Consultant, Vector 10
Rashyid Redza Anwarudin
Chief Sustainability Officer, SD Guthrie Berhad
Dr. Henry Chan
Senior Director of Strategic Conservation Partnerships, WWF
Tajeshwar Goyal
Market Engagement Lead (APAC) | Secretariat,Taskforce on Nature‑related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)
Pallavi Kalita
Asia Lead for Business for Nature, Conservation International APAC
Dr. Allinnettes Adigue
Head, ASEAN Regional Hub, Global Reporting Initiative
Joanna Tan
Head of Fundraising (Asia), New Forests
Sadaf Hosseini
Global Head of Partnerships & Philanthropic Engagement, World Economic Forum
Ting Ting Zhang
Chief Executive Officer, Singapore Fashion Council
Devyani Hari
Senior Director, Centre for Responsible Business
Mei Tan
Chief Executive Officer, Asia Green Group
Daphne Laan
Founding Partner, Planetir
Nicole Rycroft
Executive Director, Canopy Planet
Sunil Shankar
Chief Procurement Officer, Loreal
Nikita Asthana
Global Head, Sustainability Finance (Vice President), Olam Agri
Nirnita Talukdar
Asia Pacific Lead, UNEP - FI
Ellis Savva
Sustainable Finance and Transition for Singapore, HSBC
Frederique Glazener
Regional Lead, Programs, GrowAsia
Dr. Allinnettes Adigue
Director, ASEAN, GRI
Piya Kerdlap
Founder and Managing Director, PXP Sustainability
Asif Ibrahim
Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Olivia Oo
Managing Director, Asia, CIRC
Christian Offermanns
APAC Public Affairs and Market Activation Lead, The Ocean Cleanup
Esther An
Chief Sustainability Officer, City Developments Limited
Neha Tomar
Assistant Director, Centre for Responsible Business
Siya Chopra
Director, Centre for Responsible Business
Shylaja Devi Vasudevan Nair
Head of Group Sustainability Compliance & Upstream Malaysia, SD Guthrie Berhad
Renukaprasad B
Associate Director- Ventures, GBL
Cecilia Hough
Lead, Impact Management & Community Engagement, B Lab Singapore
Kim Wolf
Founder & Principal Consultant, Vector 10
Prof. Sanchita B Saxena
Lecturer University of California, Berkeley,Legal Studies Program
Elaine Mitchel-Hill
Senior Advisor, International Affairs, Centre for Responsible Business
Katia Daude Goncalves
Country Manager for Singapore, Malaysia & Brunei, IFC
Vasanthi Srinivasan
Co-Chairperson, Centre for Responsible Business, Professor, IIM Bangalore
Khushboo Oswal
Global Head of Carbon Management, TÜV SÜD
Prof. Dr. Martin R. Stuchtey
Founder and Co-CEO, The Landbanking group
Rueban Manokara
Director, Carbon Finance and Global Lead of the Carbon Finance and Markets Taskforce, WWF
Cherie Tan
Head of Venture & Development, Venture Dairy
Bratin Roy
Chief Operating Officer Sustainability Business Unit, TÜV SÜD
Tamara Singh
Managing Director, Singapore and Senior Advisor, Regional Programs, The Nature Conservancy
Spencer Low
Head of Regional Sustainability, APAC, Google
Carsten Mueller
Director for Manufacturing, Agribusiness and Services, Asia and Pacific Region, International Finance Corporation
Dr. Céline Bilolo
Chief Sustainability Officer, TÜV SÜD
Rijit Sengupta
Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Responsible Business
Shombi Sharp
Deputy Executive Secretary, United Nations ESCAP
Richard Buck
Head Of Strategy & Operations, Devices & Services (APAC), Google
Joshua Wickerham
Senior Advisor, Outreach and Engagement, ISEAL
Aarti Kapoor
Founder and Managing Director, Embode
Kamal Seth
Director, Global Palm Oil, WWF
Joseph Wozniak
Head, Trade for Sustainable Development, ITC
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
Dr. KM Jayahari
India Country Coordinator, Food and Land use Coalition
Madhu Verma
Senior Economic Advisor & Chief Environmental Economist, IORA
Sushil Saigal
Executive Director, The Nature Conservancy Centre
Dr. M.P. Singh
Director General, FIPPI
Vasudevan Suresh
Chairman Policy & Advocacy Committee, Indian Green Building Council - CII
Ashwini Kumar
Regional Lead (North) and EHS - Asset Management, Embassy REIT
Ankur Bisen
Senior Partner, The Knowledge Company
Mukesh Gulati
Executive Director, Foundation for MSME Clusters (FMC)
Nirmal Chudgar
Founding Contributor, Bevolve AI
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
Dr Tina Kuriakose
Consultant, IJM
Jhumki Dutta
Programme Lead, Partners in Change
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.
Asim Prasad
Executive Director, GAIL India
Amar Nath
IAS (retd.) IIT, Kanpur, Former Joint Secretary, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
Deepak Arora
Head of Public Affairs, Arcelor Mittal
Bartosz Przywara
Counsellor for Energy, Environment and Climate, Delegation of the European Union to India
Subrata Chakrabarty
Assistant Programme Director, WRI
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
Aakriti Tomar
Communications Manager, FSC India
Maiprae Loyen
Managing Director, Agriac
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
Mikael Garellick
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. 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.
Payal Jain
Principal Designer & Sustainability Crusader A Design Indi Pvt. Ltd.
David Joseph Menezes
Director, People+ai, EkStep Foundation
Padmakar Pandey
Vice President - Corporate Sustainability, Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail Ltd.
Parvinder Kadyan
Founder GATS, Chief Executive Officer - Aadi Sustainability Solutions Pvt. Ltd
Rohit Kumar
Secretary General - Carbon Markets Association of India
Anubhav Srivastava
Asia Lead & Director South Asia & Sub-Sahara, AAK
Ashwin Selvaraj
Market Transformation Liaison India- RSPO
Emily Fripp
Director - Efeca
Murli Dhar
Director Sustainable Agriculture Program, - WWF-India
Siraj Hussain
Advisor, Food Processing, FICCI & Ex-Secretary- Ministry of Agriculture
Elaine Mitchel-Hill
International Lead,- Design for Freedom
Bhaskar Venugopal
Consultant, - International Justice Mission
Dr. Sanjeevan Bajaj
Former Chief Executive Officer, FICCI Quality Forum
Preeti Shroff-Mehta
Founder- Director, - NAO International
Srikanth Chandrasekaran
Senior Director, - IEEE Standards
Alok Agrawal
Co-Founder, - AI4India
Anshu Sharma
Co-Founder, - SEEDS
Prof. Vasanthi Srinivasan
Professor, Organisational Behavior & Human Resources Management and Chairperson, Digital Learning, IIM Bangalore; Co-Chair, CRB Governing Body
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)
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
Karl Yen Quek
Regional Director, Earthworm Foundation
Pratibha Baveja
Senior Expert-Commodities and Sustainable Supply Chain, WWF-India
Dr Suresh Gairola
India Country Director,Forest Stewardship Council
Sanket Bondre
Programme Manager, Earthworm Foundation
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
Farhad Vania
Honorary Member, CRB; Portfolio Management Advisor to the Country Director, GIZ
Pawan Budhwar
Honorary Member, CRB; Professor of International HRM, Head of School, Aston Business School, UK
Rijit Sengupta
Chief Executive Officer, CRB
Devyani Hari
Senior Director, CRB
Nandini Sharma
Director, CRB
Dr. Vidya Tikoo
Senior Vice President, Sustainability, Aditya Birla Group
Dr. Sonali Ghosh
(IFS) Chief Executive Officer, Assam Agroforestry Development Board
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
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)
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
Anil Bhardwaj
Secretary General, Federation of Indian Micro and Small & Medium Enterprises (FISME)
Payal Kanwar
Director General, Indo-French Chamber of Commerce & Industry (IFCCI)
Sonia Parashar
Secretary General, Federation of European Business in India (FEBI)
Richard Howitt
Former Member of European Parliament
Ajay Vir Jakhar
Chairperson, Bharat Krishak Samaj
Arun Maira
Former Member, Planning Commission, Government of India
Allan Jorgensen
Head, OECD Centre for Responsible Business Conduct
Allan Jorgensen
Head of the OECD Centre for Responsible Business Conduct
Franck Viault
Minister Counsellor, Head of Cooperation, EU Delegation to India and Bhutan
Franck Viault
Minister Counsellor, Head of Cooperation, EU Delegation to India and Bhutan
Aloka Majumdar
Managing Director, Global Head of Philanthropy & Head of Sustainability, HSBC India
Dr. Bhaskar Chatterjee
Former Secretary, Government of India and Senior Adviser, Centre for Responsible Business
Ambassador Hervé Delphin
Delegation of the European Union to India and Bhutan
Devyani Hari
Senior Director, Centre for Responsible Business
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
Mukesh Gulati
Executive Director, Foundation for MSME Clusters
Dr. Megha Joshi
VP, Q&Q Research Insights
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
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)
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.
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
Sashidhar Vempala
Chief Sustainability Officer, Hindustan Unilever Limited
Karin Kreider
Executive Director, ISEAL Alliance
Lara Wolters
Member of European Union (Rapporteur of the EU CSDDD)
Devyani Hari
Director, CRB
Farhad Vania
Portfolio Management Advisor to the Country Director, GIZ India
Rijit Sengupta
Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Responsible Business
Vidya Rangan
Director, Policy and Engagement ISEAL Alliance
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
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
Cristina Larrea
Director, Agriculture, Food and Sustainability Initiatives International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
Shombi Sharp
UN Resident Coordinator in India
Prof. Vasanthi Srinivasan
Co-Chairperson, CRB; Professor, IIM Bangalore
R. C. Kesar
Chairperson, , Centre for Responsible Business
Nandini Sharma
Director, Centre for Responsible Business
Karin Kreider
Executive Director, ISEAL Alliance
Jahnavi Andharia
Director & Research Fellow, Institute of Social Studies Trust
Dr. M.J. Khan
Chairman, ICFA
Arjan De Haan
Senior Program Specialist, Climate Resilience & Resilience, IDRC
Saurav Roy
Chief-Corporate Social Responsibility, Tata Steel
Dr. Meghajit Sharma Shijagurumayum
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Gender Equality & Social Inclusion, CGIAR
Suranjali Tandon
Associate Professor at National Institute of Public Finance and Policy
George Thomas
CEO, Partner & Head of Asset Management
Divya Verma
Senior Program Officer, ILO Decent Work Team South Asia and India
Urmi Goswami
Economic Times
Dr. Binay Kumar Choudhury
Chairman, Control Union Certifications
Dr. Michael Bucki
Counsellor, Head of Section, Delegation of the European Union to India
Chris West
Deputy Director , Stockholm Environment Institute, University of York
Vishal Dev
Director, Sustainable Business, WWF-India
Dr. Nidhi Kaicker
Assistant Professor,School of Business, Public Policy and Social Entrepreneurship, Dr BR Ambedkar University Delhi
Dr. Sapna A Narula
Professor Sustainability & Founder Dean, School of Management Studies, Nalanda University, Rajgir
Dr Muneer Magry
Faculty Member, School of Management Studies, Nalanda University
Hyun Hee Ban
Chief, Social Policy, UNICEF India
Chandini Kamal
Global Lead – People and Culture, HCL Tech
Prajakta Kanaglekar
Vice President, Ekart HR, Flipkart
Pradeep Nerayanuri
Chief - Talent Management & HRM Delivery Services, Tata Steel
S.S. Aggarwal
General Manager (Operations), Chairman, Radiaant Management Team, Radiaant Expovision
Dinni Lingaraj
Wipro Foundation
Pia Barkataki
Partnership Coordinator, World Bank
Upendra Prasad Singh
Former Secretary, Jalshakti and Ministry of Textiles, Government of India
Anupama Kaul
Human Resource Leader , Cummins India
Ankit Gupta
GM – Sustainability, ITC Limited
Akash
Partner at Ashoka Globalizer
Yaswanth Tippireddy
Lead – Supply Chain Excellence and Special Projects, Oil Palm business, Godrej Industries Limited and Associate Companies
Archna Negi
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Stephia Latino
Project manager ACT Adaptation
Shubhashish Dey
Director, Climate Policy & Finance Programme, Shakti Sustainable Energy Foundation
Remi Bussac
Senior Climate Policy Advisor EDF Group
Paul Smith
Consultant Climate Change at United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)
Marcia Toledo Sotillo
Director Adaptation & Resilience Climate Champions – Race to Resilience
Malini Chakravarty
Research Manager at Climate Policy Initiative India
Supriya Kapoor
Director Social Enterprises, Women on Wings - Facilitating peer learning and action at scale
Sucharita Kamath
Chapter Head, India, Aspen Network of Development Entrepreneurs (ANDE)
Sakthi Vel
Managing Director, Punarbhavaa Sustainable Products
Sagarika Bose
Head, CSR, SAP India
Rajiv Kumar
General Manager - Green Climate & Energy Efficiency Centre, Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
Pamela Jouven
Director - SME Climate Hub, We Mean Business Coalition
Pallavi Ahuja
Manager, Systems Transformation, We Mean Business Coalition
Dr. Meera Mitra
Member, Governing Board, CRB
Yogesh Ghokhale
Senior Fellow and Area Convenor, Centre for Forest Management and Governance, and Nutritional Security, Land Resources Division, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
Dr. Manish Pande
Director & Head of Project Analysis and Documentation Division (PAD Division) at Quality Council of India (QCI)
Amit Vatsyanan
Partner, Business Consulting, E&Y India
Harsha Mukherjee
Managing Director, International Institute for Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility Core Committee Gender Equality - United Nations GCNI
Dr Amit Tuteja
Founder, Connecting Dreams Foundation
Shri Ashish Gupta
DGM (HSSE) Corporate, Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd.
Lakshmi Bhatia
Director, SustainAbility
Satinder Bhatia
Director (Additional Charge), Dean, Head(CDOE), Professor, IIFT
Rubina Pal
Expert, Global Value Chain, Independent
Indras Ghosh
Head, IGCC-SustainMarkets, IGCC
Dr Elisabeth Hoch
External senior advisor on forests, biodiversity, local development and international cooperation,Climate & Company
Sivaramakrishnan Ganapathi
Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, Gokaldas Exports Limited
Seppo Nurmi
Deputy Head of Delegation, Delegation of the European Union to India
Shri Amitabh Kant
G20 Sherpa India, Government of India
Shri Piyush Goyal
Hon’ble Union Minister of Commerce & Industry, Government of India
Shombi Sharp
UN Resident Coordinator in India
Myriam Ferran
Deputy Director General, Directorate General for International Partnerships, European Commission
Dr. K M Jayahari
India Country Coordinator, Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU)
Richard Howitt
Former CEO, International Integrated Reporting Council
Shalini Sheth Amin
Founder & Senior Partner
Lis J Suarez Visbal
PhD Candidate, Geosciences, Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Energy & Resources, Utrecht University
Dr. Periasamy S.
CEO at AIC-NIFTTEA Incubation Centre for Textiles and Apparels (Supported by AIM,NITI Aayog,Govt.of India),Tirupur
Chandrima Chatterjee
Secretary General, CITI
Anurag Gupta
Managing Director, Usha Yarns
Vaishali Bahel
Sustainable Cotton Programme, Primark
Geetanjali Solanki
Country Manager, Cotton Connect
Rameez Alam
Co-anchor & Co-founder
Mathew Cherian
Chairperson
Jyotsna Sitling
Member of Advisory Committee, Social Stock Exchange
Deepa Menon
Senior Vice President CSR and Corporate Communication
Gyaneshwar Singh
Deputy Director General (DDG Finance & Administration), Department of Post, Ministry of Communication, Government of India
Suresh Babu
Director, River, Wetland and Water Policy, WWF
Navdeep Singh Mehram
Senior General Manager, Diageo
Ashish Bhardwaj
India Coordinator, Alliance for Water Stewardship
Prof. Sachin Chaturvedi
Director General RIS
Arun Maira
Former Member, Planning Commission, Government of India
K Rama Devi
President
Kamal Prakash Seth
Director, Global Palm Oil IWWF-Singapore
Kinjal Jani
Project Coordinator, Rudi Multi Trading Company Ltd
Shri Suresh Prabhu
Chancellor, Rishihood University & Former Commerce and Industries Minister, Government of India
Shri. Lalit Kumar Gupta
Chairman - Managing Director, The Cotton Corporation of India Limited
Franco Costantini
Managing Director, Control Union
Anukool Nagi
Assistant General Manager
Shri Sivasubramanian Ramann
Chairman and Managing Director, SIDBI
Sharad Sharma
Co- Founder, ISPIRT
Naresh Tyagi
Chief Sustainability Officer , Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail ltd.
Arundhati Kumar
Founder
Prof Pawan Budhwar
Associate Pro Vice Chancellor International (India), Aston University
Ashok Khosla
Chairman, Development Alternatives
R.C. Kesar
Chairperson, Centre for Responsible Business
Rijit Sengupta
Chief Executive Officer, Centre for Responsible Business
Smt. Prajakta L Verma
Joint Secretary, Ministry of Textiles, Government of India
Thangaperumal Ponpandi
Consultant Country Manager, India & Nepal
R. D. Chandra Shekar
General Secretary of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana State Branch of INTUC and Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Workers Trade Union Congress-Affiliated to INTUC
Fowzul Insaf Nizam
Specialist on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work (FPRW) for South Asia
Martine Van Weelden
Director
Dr. Indah Budiani
Executive Director
Carla Gehler
Technical Coordinator
Dr. Madhuri Nanda
Director – South Asia
Vidyun Rathore
MEL Coordinator
Shubha Sekhar
Regional-Director, Human Rights
Shankar Venkateswaran
Advisor, Sustainability and CSR
Shri Himanshu Arora
Manager, Sustainable Development
S Vijay Kumar
Distinguished Fellow,TERI
Rathish Balakrishnan
Co-founder and Managing Partner
Prarthana Borah
Director
Pranjal Goswami
Chief Sustainability Officer
Dr. Meghajit Shijagurumayum
Post-doctoral fellow
Laurent le Danois
Team Leader, Cooperation Section
Isabelle Tschan Harada
Deputy Resident Representative
Dr. Sangeeta Mansur
Founder-catalyst
Dr. R. Sujatha
Senior SDG Consultant
Dr Suneel Pandey
Director & Senior Fellow
Dr Gopal Sarangi
Associate Professor
Dr Ashish Aggarwal
Professor Sustainability, IIM Lucknow
Deb A Mukherjee
Former President, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Managing Director
Alay Barah
Executive Director
Arvind Rewal
Global Raw Material Leader Agriculture
Adrian Sym
Chief Executive Officer
Pavan Sukhdev
Founder and CEO
Shubhra Jain
Head - Sustainability
Maelys Nizan
Communication, Partnerships and Knowledge Management Analyst, Consumption and Production Unit
Rajat Panwar
Associate Professor, Forest Ecosystems & Society and Director of the SNR Certificate, Oregon State University and Senior Fellow, Centre for Responsible Business
Sachin Sharma
Vice President & Head- Agri & Dairy Operations
Vicky Sins
Decarbonization & Energy Transformation Lead
Richard Howit
Expert
Sarang Vaidya
Co founder
Elizabeth Petykowski
Program Manager, Sustainable Trade and Supply Chains, Systemiq
Atin Kumar Tyagi
Senior Manager (Head- ESG, Sustainability and Carbon Projects), Jain Irrigation Services Limited
Dr. Sudhanshu
Secretary, APEDA
Kamal Prakash Seth
Director, Global Palm Oil , WWF-Singapore
Dr. Arpita Mukherjee
Professor, ICRIER
Ashwin Selvaraj
Deputy Director Market Transformation(India & China), Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
Prof. Anil K. Gupta
CSIR Bhatnagar Fellow 2018-21
Froukje Boele
Head of Public Policy and Regional Programmes
Prof. Vasanthi Srinivasan
IIM Bangalore & Co-Chairperson, Centre for Responsible Business