Christopher Lun

Goodwill Foundation, Mizoram

gfoundation97@gmail.com

India

Neema Pathak Broome

Coordinator- Conservation and Livelihoods Programme, Kalpavriksh

kalpavriksh.info@gmail.com

India

Sentila T. Yanger

State Director- Nagaland, INTACH, and Founder Director of Tribal Weave

sentilayanger@gmail.com

India

Namrata Tiwari

Founder, Itsallfolk

namratat24@gmail.com

India

Tripti Shukla

"Artist, Photographer, Wildlife Researcher, Founder of Vanwasi-Aadiwasi Foundation"

triptis249@gmail.com

India

Mitul Baruah

Associate Professor of Sociology/Anthropology and Environmental Studies at Ashoka University, Head of the Department, Environmental Studies.

mitul.baruah@ashoka.edu.in

India

Harshita Borah

Creative Director & Communications Consultant - It's Wild Out Here

harshita@itswildouthere.com

India

Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty

Journalist and Writer

sangeetabarooah@gmail.com

India

Ambika Aiyadurai

Associate Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Gandhinagar

a.ambika@iitgn.ac.in

India

Barkha Subba

Conservation Scientist I 2026 Whitley Award Winner

barkhasubba@gmail.com

India

Dr. Yash Veer Bhatnagar

Country Representative, IUCN, India

yash.bhatnagar@iucn.org

India

Neha Panchamiya

Founder & President, RESQ

neha@resqct.org

India

Neha Singh

Founder – FORREST

neha@forrest-india.org

India

Aparajita Datta

Senior Scientist, Nature Conservation Foundation

aparajita@ncf-india.org

India

Amit Sharma

Senior Coordinator-Rhino Conservation, WWF-India Brahmaputra Landscape

amitsharma@wwfindia.net

India

Usha Lachungpa

Retd. Prin. Chief Research Officer, Dept. of Forest & Env., Govt. of Sikkim

India

Jigme Tshering

Chief of The Species Conservation Division, Royal Society for Protection of Nature, Bhutan

Bhutan

Prof. Jianchu Xu

"Global Lead in Bioeconomy and China Country Director, CIFOR-ICRAF Professor, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences China"

China

Dr. Umesh Srinivasan

Assistant Professor, Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), Indian Institute of Science

umeshs@iisc.ac.in

India

Dr. Nakul Chettri

Regional Director, Eastern Himalaya Programme, ATREE

India

Asmita Kabra

Associate Researcher, CSH Delhi

asmita.kabra@gmail.com

India

Nilesh Prakash Rajadhyaksha

Country Programme Manager for UN Habitat, India

nilesh.rajadhyaksha@un.org

India

Prof. Joyashree Roy

Distinguished Professor and Director, SMARTs Center (South and South-East Asia Multidisciplinary Applied Research Network for Transforming Societies of Global South), Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand

joyashree@ait.asia

Thailand

Divya Datt

Senior Programme Manager, UNEP, Nairobi

divya.datt@un.org

Kenya

Ambika Vishwanath

Co-Founder and Director, Kubernein Initiative

director@kuberneininitiative.com

Australia

Helen Watts

Executive Director, Student Energy

helen@studentenergy.org

Austria

Netra Walawalkar

Vice President, Net Zero Energy Transition Association (NETRA)

netra@walawalkar.com

India

Nirnita Talukdar

Asia Pacific Lead, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)

nirnita.talukdar@un.org

India

Rajesh Thadani

Senior Advisor, Tata Trusts

India

Dr. Sunayana Sarkar

Assistant Professor, Mukesh Patel School of Technology Management and Engineering, NMIMS University

India

Deepak Sharma

Zone President - Greater India, MD & CEO, Schneider Electric India Private Limited

India

Dr. Shailesh Nayak

Director, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore

India

Sabyasachi Dutta

Executive Director Asian Confluence

director@asianconfluence.org

India

Nitin Bassi

Fellow and Lead - Sustainable Water, CEEW

nitin.bassi@ceew.in

India

Deep Jyoti Sonu Brahma

Co-founder and Director, Farm2Food Foundation

farm2food@gmail.com

India

Parmita Sarma

COO and Founding Trustee, Akshar Foundation

parmita@aksharfoundation.org

India

Vasant Saberwala

Director, Centre for Pastoralism

vasant@centreforpastoralism.org

India

Dr. Anchal Dass

Principal Scientist, Division of Agronomy, ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute

anchal.dass@iari.res.in

India

Gratia Dkhar

NESFAS

gratia.nesfas@gmail.com

India

Ms. Prachi Shevgaonkar

Founder & CEO, Cool The Globe

prachi@cooltheglobe.org

India

Rituraj Phukan

Founder, Indigenous People’s Climate Justice Forum

rrajphukan@gmail.com

India

Aarti Khosla

Director- Climate Trends, India

aartikhosla@gmail.com

India

Kanika Verma

Group Head - Sustainable Enterprise Group, Development Alternatives

kverma@devalt.org

India

Dr. Vibha Dhawan

Director General, TERI

vibhad@teri.res.in

India

Kamesh Salam

Founder and Executive Director, South Asia Bamboo Foundation

kameshsalam@gmail.com

India

Nise Meruno

Yamaha Artist, AKG Brand Ambassador

India

Bambi Kevichusa

Designer, Entrepreneur, Cultural Ambassador

India

Anuj Sharma

Founder, Alsisar Impact

India

Babita Baruah

CEO, VML India

India

Sashidhar Vempala

Chief Sustainability Officer, Hindustan Unilever Limited

India

Dr. Monish Tourangbam

Fellow, Chintan Research Foundation

monish.tourangbam@crfindia.org

India

Naseeruddin Shah

Actor

India

Dia Mirza

Actress, Environmentalist

India

Lindy Cameron

British High Commissioner to India

UK

Bittu Sahgal

Founder, Sanctuary Nature Foundation

India

Arun Pandhi

Founder & Managing Director, P-Green Solutions

India

Sanjay Singh

Executive Director, CML

India

Amb. Kesang Wangdi (Chairperson)

Bhutan Trust Fund For Environmental Conservation

Bhutan