Dhruba Jyoti Talukdar

Dhruba, a post graduate in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, is an educator and social activist who works among young adults to inculcate scientific temperament and enthusiasm in them. He had worked closely with Science Societies as a resource person. Apart from that, he likes to spend his leisure time as an amateur artist and poet.

Gaurav Barthakur

Gaurav has a professional experience in the development sector, with a focus on livelihood and entrepreneurship development. His work spans over the Northeastern regions, where he has developed expertise in strategic planning, project/ proposal design, partnerships, and stakeholder management. He also has significant field experience in community mobilization, training and capacity building, and resource mapping.

Gautam Baruah

An environmental enthusiast, Gautam leads the Rural Futures initiatives of Balipara Foundation. In a span of over 6 years, he has ardently executed many programs – from waste management initiative, establishing ecotourism model of conservation across 5 indigenous communities, assessing the potential of mushroom cultivation in NE India to leading the habitat restoration program in Balipara village of Assam’s Sonitpur district. Gautam has also co-founded the Eastern Himalayan Botanic Ark which preserves and propagates the endemic biodiversity of Eastern Himalayas. Recognized for his efforts in creating localized biodiversity inventories, engaging with local communities for conservation and awareness, Gautam has been nominated as Member of IUCN REDD+ Working Group for India and has been a key contributor to preserving the forest through the community-led habitat restoration programs.

Jiten Deka

Jiten is an Arts Graduate. His career started with VST Industries Ltd in the year 1990 as a Sales Administratative staff. After that he was working for a consulting firm and then in Govt. Liaison activities with Govt. of Assam. Similarly here at the Balipara Tract & Frontier Foundation he is looking after the Govt Liaison activities. His hobby is Football and Volley ball.

John Sona

John is responsible for the financial aspects of the Eastern Himalayan Botanic Ark and the Rural Futures operations programmes. His passion and dedication to his work and has helped lead easy finance structure and functioning of all the activities

Karishma Ahmed

Karishma Ahmed heads the Forums and Communications at the Balipara Foundation. Associated with the foundation for over four years now, Karishma’s efforts are centred around strengthening communications through digital platforms, managing branding objectives of the organisation and leading forums, dialogues regionally across Eastern Himalayan capitals. She has been engaged and passionate in bringing forward community stories from the grassroots, with a vision to recognise their conservation efforts and giving them a platform to share their green stories. A post graduate in social sciences, her prior experience and other interests include socio-economic research with a special focus on gender empowerment and Ecofeminism.

Dr. Lina Gogoi

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Nayanika Dutta

Nayanika is a research enthusiast who is keen on developing career path and expanding work experience in the field of climate diplomacy and sustainability. A recent post-graduate in Geopolitics and International Relations, she enjoys reading about transnational environmental issues and cooperation between countries. Born and brought up in Guwahati, she wishes to contribute towards creating awareness about environmental ethics. When not working, she is found chasing sunsets and meeting new people.

Nibedan Kurmi

Nibedan Kurmi works as an associate at the Eastern Himalayan Botanic Ark. He joined the Foundation in 2007. He looks after the medicinal & aromatic garden, orchidarium sections at the Ark. He has always been interested and passionate about farming which led to him investing in organic farming

Nikita Kumari Verma

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Nilakantha Deka

Nilakantha is a graduated in Political Science from Gauhati University. He has been working with the Balipara Foundation from last 2 years in the Accounts Department. He enjoys his work and is happy to be working with the foundation.

Nripen Mili

Born and brought up in a community which worships nature, Nripen is driven to bring in change in the environment through Rural Futures programme. He believes in engaging the youth in the restoration activities as he has been able to lead the programme being a youth of his village. Involved with the Balipara Foundation from 2016 as a community supervisor, Nripen now as a Forester aims to lead different regions of Assam.

Phulen Das

Another self taught Taxonomist, Phulen knows the name about each and every native tree species. He is also in the Science team and does the Biodiversity Assessment of each site of Rural Futures. Phulen believes that with his indigenious knowledge on trees he can mobilise community towards their culture and tradition

Prabir Banerjea

Associated with multinationals for over two decades, Prabir embarked on a new journey in 2005 to work on conservation and social restoration projects and co-founded the Balipara Foundation headquartered in Assam and co-created the term Naturenomics™. As Managing Member of the Balipara Foundation, he broadly oversees the Balipara Foundation’s programmes in habitat restoration, livelihoods and research and the leadership and nurturing of the teams involved in implementing these programmes. Through his leadership, the Balipara Foundation now manages over 5 million natural assets across 4000 hectares of land, positively impacting the lives of more than 10,000 people across seven indigenous communities in Assam. These programmes, along with mindful tourism initiatives in rural homestays and Wild Mahseer, the heritage homestay social restoration project for the tea tribe community founded alongside his senior partner Ranjit Barthakur, have played a vital role in showcasing the rich biocultural heritage of the region.

Rabijeeta Lahkar

Rabijeeta Lahkar is a passionate development professional with over eight years of experience in environmental conservation and child rights. She has extensive expertise in program management, donor engagement, and strategic partnership building, contributing to the successful implementation of impactful initiatives. With a postgraduate degree in sociology, she combines her academic insights with grassroots experience to drive community-led solutions. Her work focuses on empowering communities, fostering sustainable development, and designing programs that address their evolving needs, ensuring long-term positive change.

Rajen Kurmi

A forest retired person, who joined Balipara Foundation in 2012, is one of the oldest members of the Foundation family. Rajen Kurmi, fondly known as “Kurmi Da” has always loved plants and wanted to create a space which is organic. His knowledge has helped create this space at the Ark, and he currently looks after the saplings and its maintenance along with his team in the nurseries of EHBA.

Ranjit Barthakur

Ranjit Barthakur is the Founder Forester. He is a visionary social entrepreneur whose passion for trailblazing ideas, promoting ecological neutrality and effecting impact-driven action is unparalleled. Together with his wife, Radhika Barthakur, he established the Balipara Foundation, an organization committed to community-based conservation and livelihoods in the Eastern Himalayas, with the invaluable collaboration of Prabir Banerjea and his team.

The architect and strategist behind several pioneering concepts such as Naturenomics™ and Rural Futures, and the creator of the Eastern Himalayan Naturenomics™ Forum, a multidisciplinary platform fostering global collaboration for conservation actions and solutions in the Eastern Himalayas, Ranjit Barthakur has emerged as a thought leader in his field. He has also authored a series of enlightening publications under the banner of Naturenomics™, addressing diverse pressing ecological and socioeconomic issues that deeply impact the Eastern Himalayas.

A fervent admirer of cricket, he holds the esteemed position of chairperson at both Rajasthan Royals and Royal Rajasthan Foundation. He currently chairs The Eastern Himalayan Botanic Ark and is a member of the governing board for ATREE, and on the Advisory Council of the British Asian Trust, among other notable board memberships. Throughout his illustrious career, he has worked in numerous sectors, both public and private. He has collaborated with governments and agencies to achieve exemplary results. His expertise in diverse fields such as FMCGs, hospitality, IT, Telecom, sustainability practices, and sports is an invaluable asset to all his endeavours. He is dedicated towards promoting a better quality of life through initiatives that address employment, education, healthcare, and the environment. He has contributed significantly to the indigenous communities of the Eastern Himalayas through projects aimed at strengthening ecological civilizations and boosting social mobility via natural capital through the Balipara Foundation.

He leads the Balipara Foundation with a team of dedicated Board Members and Executives. He brings his diverse skills to each project, ensuring its fullest potential is achieved. Additionally, Saurav Malhotra is the Lead Resource and Rural Futures Designer, supported by Karishma Ahmed, Joanna Dawson, Gautam Baruah, Ashok Kumar Gupta, Trecy Gomes, and their respective teams.

Rohit Chauhan

Rohit is a graduate from University of Delhi with over 3 years of professional experience. Previously worked on Aspirational District Transformation Program launched by NITI Aayog. Successfully executed various projects with special focus on policy research, conducting capacity building workshops and M&E. He strongly believes in the power of collaboration and is an avid reader of self-help books.

Dr. Subham Chandra Mondal

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Susil Ngate

A bird watcher and a taxonomist, Susil is a self-taught expert on both. Susil’s heart lies in the forests and everything around it. He has a tremendous knowledge of every species of bird that is there in the forests and has knowledge about the different types of trees and its valuable uses.

Trecy Gomes

Trecy heads the Human Resource and Administration at the Foundation. A Commerce graduate from Gujarat University, she has diverse experience of over 5 years in administration, co-ordination, recruitment, compensation, payroll, performance management, research, and development. Besides handling HR & Admin responsibilities, she also functions as the Executive Assistant to the Co-Founders of the organization. Trecy is passionate about her work and believes with teamwork, motivation, proper planning, and guidance, we can contribute to building a sustainable future. In her free time, she likes to spend time with her son.

Tsuseki Y

Tsuseki from Fakim Village, Nagaland have been working in wildlife conservation works for more than7 years. He has been working with the local communities in his village and surrounding with Youths and Children in wildlife conservation as Master Educator. He has done lots of documentation on biodiversity, like Moths, Butterflies, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles, and Plants etc. He got training from Green Hub Fellowship on video documentation for one year. He understands the fine balance between the imperative of wildlife and the needs of the people. He determined to revive back wildlife, lost land and improved our own water regime.