Ajit Menon has a diverse experience for over 25 years in various sectors such as capital equipment, consumables, filtration systems, microbiological media - water testing, lab-water, medical devices, stem cells therapy and regenerative medicine, laboratory benchtop equipment, industrial wipers & safety work wear (PPE) incl. gloves, eyewear, apparel and masks. Currently working as a Cluster Leader, South Asia - Business Transformation & Strategic Project Newton, after being the Sales Head of the Workplace Division at Kimberly-Clark Professional, leading the business successfully for the company's industrial and scientific products, expanding business across South Asia, through several strategic initiatives, strong execution with an impressive growth rate (doubling the business in 2.5 years) and delivering profits and a strong bottom line. Ajit has competency in Business and Sales Leadership, Business Transformation, P&L Management, Infrastructure Development, Recruiting, Coaching, Direct & Channel Sales. Technical expertise in filtration, separations, scientific and industrial products in pharma, biopharma, bio-technology and manufacturing . He also has expertise in dealing with Govt. tenders and Institutional Selling.

Devyani Rajya Laxmi Rana is Vice President, Public Affairs, Communications and Sustainability for India and Southwest Asia. Devyani has over 25 years of work experience in government and corporate affairs, strategic business advocacy, risk management, communication excellence, corporate social responsibility and sustainability. Her key focus areas include advocating for policies, legislation, trade agreements and regulations, corporate relations, and investment initiatives in India and the Asian subcontinent. She joined Caterpillar Inc. in 2014 and was the Government and Corporate Affairs Director for India and the Asian subcontinent. During her time at Caterpillar, she mitigated business risks by serving as an ambassador and advocating against policies and legislation that could negatively impact the organization, while focusing on generating maximum business value and enhancing corporate reputation. She successfully developed effective strategies, focused on resources to maximize impact in the region on infrastructure, sustainability, and trade, which achieved business profitability, increased footprint, and successfully expanded manufacturing operations for domestic and export markets. Devyani was a crucial stakeholder in the corporate strategy and business growth teams. She led organizational advocacy related to international trade policy and legislation, including tariffs, customs, export controls, sanctions, and other regulatory issues that impacted the flow of goods, services, data, and investment. She led internal, external, and brand communications initiatives that delivered positive business outcomes and contributed to the organization. She creates the vision and leads change by setting challenging targets and prioritizing to achieve results with integrity and strong core values. Devyani managed a diverse CSR portfolio to improve workforce readiness, focus on STEM education, restore natural infrastructure, and provide access to essential services for India and the Asian subcontinent. She set strategic goals and objectives to accelerate the CSR mandate and grow various programs and partnership portfolios year over year. She collaborated with multiple ministries and multi-sector stakeholders and engaged in thought leadership sessions to establish sustainable programs. Devyani represented the organization’s interests and priorities with various trade associations such as ASSOCHAM, FICCI, AMCHAM, USISPF & ICEMA, etc. She successfully led the Construction and Mining industry’s advocacy for multiple policies in India. Before joining Caterpillar Inc, Devyani worked with the United Nations, World Economic Forum, non-profit organizations, and the private sector. A native of Nepal, Devyani has a Master’s degree in Sciences (Development Economics & Development Management DESTIN) from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE); Master’s degree in Arts (International Relations & Political Science) from Tribhuvan University, Nepal; Bachelor of Arts Honours degree (Political Science) from Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University, India. She has one son, Adidev, and lives in New Delhi. She enjoys spending quality time with her family, is a voracious reader, relishes cooking, loves trekking and travelling.

Ms. Bhavisha Buddhadeo ( भाविशाबुद्धदेव) is founder of Rootskills, Shashakt and Rootsaps, social enterprises have been actively promoting SDGs for the years in partnership with several leading Industries, Schools/Collages, Institutions, Govt. Departments and Ministries with a key objective to empower women and Youth, important initiatives include Tree plantation drive, launching of eco-friendly products and promotion of organic products giving substantial income to farmers, women's self-help groups; International workshops to educate youth about circular economy, organic wayĺ to strengthen Agribusiness, Menstrual hygiene, waste management, environmental issues; Solar Energy initiatives and awareness & promotion of multiple Intelligence skills, digital marketing strategies and others, to name a few. So far more than 5 Lakhs students are benefited by her green skills workshops.

He was born in 1946 at Village Bihang, Ghaziabad in the family of Police Inspector Shri G S Tyagi. As a student of the Final Years of B E (Civil), Sh T P Tyagi won the best All Rounder Award for Standing First in order of Merit, excelling as a Gymnast and also getting Elected As General Secretary of the Student’s Union of Visvesvaraya Regional College of Engineering, Nagpur,

Lieutenant T P Tyagi was decorated with the National Gallantry Award of “ Vir Chakra“ during 1971 Indo Pakistan war for displaying exceptional courage in making temporary tank crossing on UBDC and bringing back his five dangerously wounded soldiers from the enemy territory in the face of bullets, enemy and death.

He did M Tech (Marine Structures) from Mysore University on deputation from Army and established a new Record. Col Tejandra Pal Tyagi revived the sick Project of R & R Hospital , Delhi Cantt, as Commander Works Engineer. This prestigious project was lying sick since last 4 years; compared to Apollo Hospital in Delhi, R & R Hospital was constructed at almost one tenth cost in spite of catering for more Beds and more Super Specialties. He also revived a sick project called “West Wall Jetty” at Visakhapatnam and constructed a “Degaussing Basin”, first in India, at Vizag Port.

Col Tejandra Pal Tyagi was honoured with Er. Hari Memorial Award by the Institution of Engineers (India) for bringing out the relationship between the Magnetic field of the Earth and Cosmic Energy. He was also elected as Development Chairman of the Institution of Vastu Science (India). His Book “Vaastu with Science and Logic” has been accepted by the Govt. for 128 reputed Libraries.

After retirement in March 2001, Col Tejandra Pal Tyagi founded “ Rashtriya Sainik Sanstha ( An organization of Patriotic Civilians and the Ex-servicemen (www.sainiksanstha.com) which has already moved to twenty two States of the Country with the Weapon and Slogan of “ Jai Hind “. And, the move is unabated. He has also authored a Book titled as “Aaz Mere Desh Ko Subash Chahiye”.

Mr Bhupender Yadav (born 30 June 1969) is an Indian politician who serves as the Union Cabinet Minister of Labour and Employment, Environment, Forest and Climate Change in the Government of India He is the national general secretary of the BharatiyaJanata Party He is a Member of Parliament in the RajyaSabha, representing the state of Rajasthan, a position he has held since 2012 He was reelected in April 2018

Yadav's reputation as an expert on parliamentary select committees has earned him the title of "Committee Man"He was the Chairman of the Joint Committee on Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2015.At present, he is the chairman of RajyaSabha Select Committee on Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2019. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 ("IBC"), which came into effect on May 28, 2016, is considered as an important legislation for early detection of financial sickness of any corporate debtor and to deal with such sickness in a time bound manner by allowing the implementation of the effective resolution plan, if the same is viable.IBC sought to address the lacuna in the existing banking regime and provide a consolidated framework for the insolvency of companies, limited and unlimited liability partnerships, and individuals. In January 2019, the Supreme Court of India upheld the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 in its entirety, tossing out a batch of petitions that had challenged the constitutional validity of several provisions, including the one that has barred the promoters of defaulting companies and “connected persons” from bidding for stressed assets.The Code is being hailed for providing a mechanism for time-bound recovery of dues from insolvent debtors in India and for contributing to the ease of doing business in India.In the World Bank's latest Doing Business Report (DBR, 2019), India has recorded a jump of 23 positions against its rank of 100 in 2017 to be placed now at 77th rank among 190 countries assessed.In 2014, India had dropped to a dismal 142nd rank in DBR The IBC Parliamentary Panel also pitched for faster and enhanced payment of workmen dues and employee wages in the corporate insolvency process

Dr. Ashish Sharma is a Founding Director and CEO of an environmental sustainability consulting firm, Sustainability Alternatives registered in England and Wales (UK). He holds a PhD in civil and environmental engineering of The University of Surrey. His PhD thesis is titled as, “Quantification and mitigation of particulate matter exposure to young children”. He has been working for last 4+ years with the Global Centre of Clean Air Research (GCARE). His PhD research project, Mitigating Air Pollution Exposure Assessment of Young Children (MAPE) aims to develop novel exposure control methods for in-pram babies by creating a 'clean air zone' around them. Through laboratory and field investigations for both regulated (e.g., PM2.5, PM10) and unregulated (ultrafine particles) pollutants, he has developed a hitherto missing knowledge base for a low-energy, miniature, clean air system for removing gaseous pollutants and particles of varying size. During his PhD, he has produced 6 research articles in very high impact peer-reviewed scientific journals (e.g., Journal of Hazardous Materials, Impact Factor = 11). The outcomes of his research work have made a profound impact across air pollution in urban environments academic research, industry, and local communities in terms of the industrial application of the knowledgebase he has created for young children exposure and associated respiratory health effects. His research interest lies in broader themes related to environmental sustainability, air pollution management in urban environments, economic and health impact exposure studies. While my specific research expertise lies in development of measuring protocols in urban environments, meta-analyses, filtration facemask testing, exposure/risk assessment, economic and health impact assessment, and life cycle sustainability assessment.

In relation to his professional expertise, prior to joining the University of Surrey, he worked for 5 years as an environmental sustainability researcher with some prestigious research groups overseas at GIST (South Korea), The University of Toledo (USA), Macquarie University (Australia), and IIT Delhi (India). He has published several peer-reviewed journal articles and presented his research work internationally at international conferences, summits and seminars. An indicative listing of his international presentations includes the United States, Australia, United Kingdom, Egypt and Brazil. In 2017, he delivered a talk on “Sustainable Transportation” at one of the biggest Smart Cities Conference held at New Delhi and "Quantification of air pollution exposure to in-pram babies and mitigation strategies" at Cambridge Particle Meeting 2019 hosted by the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering. His most recent presentations include Indoor Air Quality Management (IAQM) webinar at the Institution of Environmental Sciences (IES) UK and air quality and particle technology research group of Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich (Switzerland).

At the University of Surrey he has published some very high impact scientific research articles which got wider international media dissemination such as, BBC, Telegraph, UK Daily mail, Forbes and Huffington Post to name a few out of several other international media outlets. Particularly, his research articles titled, “A review of factors surrounding the air pollution exposure to in-pram babies and mitigation strategies” and “Quantification of air pollution exposure to in-pram babies and mitigation strategies” had a huge impact and globally covered by numerous prestigious media outlets. His most recent article published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials (Impact actor=11) titled, “Quantifying efficacy of facemasks”, is the most downloaded article as of January 2022. In context of COVID-19, he co-authored a peer-reviewed scientific journal titled "Temporary reduction in fine particulate matter due to ‘anthropogenic emissions switch-off’ during COVID-19 lockdown in Indian cities", which got wide media publicity. For this study, he led the economic and health impact evaluation of COVID19-lock down related air quality improvements in Indian mega cities.

Apart from his routine engagements in engineering research projects, he is an enthusiast of Entrepreneurship, Management and Global Leadership programs. He is also a graduate of Global Leadership Programs at Macquarie University, Australia and the University of Toledo, USA.

Ayyan Karmakar is an experienced professional in the field of environmental technologies. With an experience of around 10 years, he has developed solutions with novel technologies to benefit the environment. He was involved in executing large scale Wastewater treatment plants in the steel & textile industries. He is also an ISO14001 EMS lead auditor and improves environmental management systems for organizations. Currently, Ayyan is involved with Oizom in promoting IoT driven Smart & Affordable air quality monitors to almost 50 countries across the globe. He has led the development of these sensor-based systems, a calibration laboratory, and mass deployment in Smart cities.

As a founding member of the GRIHA Rating system, for more than a decade, Gaurav is a zealous promoter for the cause of sustainability in the built environment in India, both at academic and industry levels. He is on the Technical Advisory Committee of GRIHA, SVA-GRIHA and GRIHA-LD. He is a GRIHA trainer and Visiting Faculty at School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi. Currently he is supporting BEE, Government of India, in a countrywide capacity building for energy conservation as an ECBC Master Trainer.

Lieutenant General Gurmit Singh PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, VSM is a former Deputy Chief of Indian Army who is currently serving as the Governor of Uttrakhand. The oath of office was administered to Singh by the Chief Justice of the Uttarakhand High Court, Justice Raghvendra Singh Chauhan at the Raj Bhavan in Dehradun.

A highly-decorated General Officer, Lt Gen Singh superannuated from the Army on 31st January 2016 after nearly four decades of service. Apart from being the deputy chief of Army Staff, he has held prestigious appointments of adjutant general and corps commander of strategic XV Corps that overlooks the Line of Control in Kashmir. He has also handled China's operational and military-strategic issues as Additional Director General of Military Operations. He has participated in numerous talks regarding border issues with China and visited Beijing, Shanghai and other cities of China for various talks.

He has visited Pakistan and Myanmar twice to discuss defence-related issues with a specific focus on the Siachen dispute. He had an extensive tenure of counter-terrorism in Jammu Kashmir and the North East as well.

Besides seven exposures to China and two to Pakistan, he has been a member of delegations to Vietnam, Maldives, Greece and Australia to discuss defence-related issues.

He has been a participant in TV Media on Nation First focus, as Jai Hind General and as a defence expert. He has done extensive media interaction initially as the Brigadier General staff and later as the Corps Commander of the most operationally active Corps of Indian Army headquartered at Srinagar. His personality and thinking are based on the path laid down by Guru Nanak Dev Ji and Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s ‘SachKhand Vase Nirankar and ‘NishchiyaKarApniJeetKaron‘.

Lieutenant General Gurmit Singh, who is known for his military deftness and proficiency in the Indian Army, is presently bedecking the designation of Governor of Uttarakhand. Shri Singh’s personality is a combination of bravery, courage, kindness, compassion, simplicity and honesty. A wonderful amalgamation of simplicity and popularity in his personality. An expert in taking tough decisions in his military career, Shri Singh is broad-minded, soft in spirit, heart and thoughts. He has compassion, love and affection for all.

Forgetting caste, religion and class, he has the attitude to see only soul and Almighty in a person. Shri Gurmit Singh Ji, who has entirely imbibed the three virtues of Sikhism; kindness, simplicity and honesty, in his personal life, has a unique combination of military aptitude and pleasing persona. He touches everyone’s heart closely. After becoming the Governor of Uttarakhand, the spirit of Patriotism and his Vision of serving the State have already been felt in his first message.

Forgetting caste, religion and class, he has the attitude to see only soul and Almighty in a person. Shri Gurmit Singh Ji, who has entirely imbibed the three virtues of Sikhism; kindness, simplicity and honesty, in his personal life, has a unique combination of military aptitude and pleasing persona. He touches everyone’s heart closely. After becoming the Governor of Uttarakhand, the spirit of Patriotism and his Vision of serving the State have already been felt in his first message.

Mr.Shwetal Shah is the Technical Advisor – Climate Change for the Government of Gujarat, India. Climate Policy, Climate Actions, adaptation and mitigation strategies, climate finance are his areas of work and interest. He is spearheading activities of Climate Change Department viz. renewable energy policies, State Action Plan on Climate Change, Covenant of Mayors of Gujarat, Promotion of Electric Vehicles in Gujarat, National and International Collaborations and state-wide climate change awareness campaign.

He has obtained M. Tech. (Energy Management) and M. Sc. (Environment Management) from Forest Research Institute University (FRI), Dehradun. He has worked as the Chief Minister’s Fellow during the year 2010-11 with the then Chief Minister of Gujarat and now Prime Minister of India Mr. Narendra Modi and worked on crucial issues of Resource Conservation, Solid and Liquid Waste Management, Renewable Energy, Marine Debris and Green Buildings.

He is visiting faculty at School of Liberal Studies (SLS), PanditDeendayal Energy University (PDEU). He has delivered more than 200 talks and presentations on various subjects of climate change, environment management, disaster management in UN, Universities, Conferences, Seminars both at National and International levels. He has also written papers on carbon neutral town concept, vision for Sustainable Development Goal 2030, District Adaptation framework, Climate Change Action Plan etc. He has been trained as Climate Leader by former US Vice-President Mr. Al Gore in Los Angeles during 2018. He has travelled in four continents to deliberate on environmental issues.

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SwatantraDev Singh is an Indian politician and Cabinet Minister in the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of Uttar Pradesh& former Minister of State with Independent Charge for Transport & Protocol and Minister of State for Power in the Government of Uttar Pradesh. He was appointed as president of Uttar Pradesh BJP on 16 July 2019.

Born in Ori village of Jamalpur Block in Mirzapur district of UP.

SwatantraDev Singh, who comes from a family with no political background, was the first person in his family to join politics and subsequently join BJP.He comes from Kurmi Caste and is one of the most prominent face of OBCs in Uttar Pradesh.

The journey of SwatantraDev Singh started in 1988–99, Singh went on to become a member of AkhilBhartiyaVidharthiParishad (ABVP) and was made the General Secretary (Organisation) of the same. Due to his utmost diligence and continuous efforts he became a known face within the organisation. In 1991 he was made In-charge of the kanpur's unit of BharatiyaJanataYuvaMorcha (BJYM) which is the youth wing of the BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP).

In 1994, Singh was made in-charge of BundelkhandYuvaMorcha and remained in the post until he was selected General Secretary of the YuvaMorcha 1996. Observing his great organisational skills he was again rewarded with the same duty. Later, he was appointed as State President of BJP YuvaMorcha in 2001.

In the year 2004, he was elected as a Member of Legislative Council (MLC) in Uttar Pradesh and in the same year he was made the General Secretary of the BJP. Between the period of 2004 and 2017, he was made the General Secretary thrice and Vice-President once. Him continuously having some responsibility or other in the party's organisation reflects his dedication and hard work.

He gained massive popularity when he was made main strategist and in-charge of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's political rallies in UP and Bihar during 2014 LokSabha elections. He managed huge political rallies with ease and the top leadership was always satisfied with his results.

SwatantraDev Singh was former Transport Minister with Independent Charge in Yogi Adityanath government after the BJP was elected with a huge margin in 2017 state assembly elections.[1] Singh made his presence felt during the 2019 LokSabha elections when he was made incharge of the party affairs in Madhya Pradesh. The party swept the polls winning 28 out of the 29 LokSabha seats.

SwatantraDev Singh was appointed as the BJP UP State President on 16 July 2019 by the top leadership.

Divya Sharma is the India Executive Director of Climate Group. In this capacity, she leads a team of professionals who work with businesses and governments around critical systems on climate action, ranging from industries, transport, energy and built environment.

Divya is an international climate and urban development expert, specialising in climate resilience and urban development planning with almost 20 years in India and internationally.

Divya has worked in various capacities - a thought leader, knowledge communicator, policy planning consultant, researcher and academician. She also mentors young professionals and colleagues. She has extensively worked with national and state governments, international development agencies, the research community and academia. Divya also advises on several forward-looking impact-oriented initiatives on sustainable development and climate change.

Before joining Climate Group, Divya led the Urban Policy and Planning Portfolio at Oxford Policy Management Limited (OPM) - a development consulting firm based in Oxford, UK. In this role, she set up and developed OPM’s new urban policy and planning portfolio and led international and national assignments within the urban climate space. Before OPM, she worked at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) - India’s premier think tank and research centre, on climate change, environment and sustainable development. At TERI, she led the Centre for Research in Urban Development and Transport Systems and set up a new vertical on climate resilience.

Divya constantly seeks to find meaning in this mundane world. She is studying Vedic literature to understand our spiritual existence.

Shabnam Bassi is a Fellow at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and Secretary & Area Convenor with the GRIHA Council which administers the Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment. Prior to joining TERI she has worked with the United Nations Development Programmefor nearly 5 years as Assistant Project Manager.

She has been engaged to implement strategies to overcome barriers related to energy efficiency in buildings sector in the country by co-ordinated with the Central, State and Municipal bodies to facilitate ECBC integration, developed a framework to strengthen enforcement of ECBC Implementation and compliance. She has been the key person in developing rules and regulation for ECBC implementation and demonstration projects for ECBC compliance.

She has worked with the Bureau of Energy Efficiency for 5 years. She was associated with the scheme related to promotion and implementation of energy efficiency in commercial buildings through adoption of the Energy Conservation Building Code in the built environment. She has worked in close cooperation with various international agencies / experts in developing programmes related to enhancement of government policies for promoting energy efficiency in buildings.

She was the lead person for scanning of the developments in the Indian construction sector, particularly those related with building energy/green building. (events, projects, policy and regulatory developments). Apart of this, she has been in the Indian PMU on the development of templates for public buildings in collaboration with state governments.

Shivani Mehta is the co-founder and Head of Designs at bioQ eco solutions pvt.ltd. She's an Industrial Designer from the National Institute of Design. In 2015, she co-founded a letter writing start-up called Battees, which works towards re-establishing the relevance of handwritten communication, and then in 2018, she co-founded bioQ to bring affordable sustainable stationery options in a plastic use-and-throw pen dominated industry.

bioQ is an attempt to fuse the everyday with the sustainable. Treading the area between eco friendly and utilitarian, and with the firm belief that 'today's waste is tomorrow's raw material', bioQ's products aim to help people make the switch to eco friendly alternatives without compromising on aesthetics or functionality, and being innovative and affordable at the same time.

AWARDS:

Woman Leader in Recycling, PRCA 2023

Emerging Woman Entrepreneur 2020, India SME Forum

Vaishnavi is an urban development practitioner with over 12 years of research, policy advocacy and capacity building experience in the areas of climate governance, disaster resilience, risk perception, nature based solutions, community resilience, socio-economic revitalization of heritage settlements, and upgradation of informal settlements. At C-Cube, Vaishnavi’s work focuses on strengthening local capacities for adopting climate measures. Besides, she also provides technical support to the thematic area of ‘urban planning, green cover and biodiversity’ and ‘water management’. Vaishnavi has earlier worked with Mahila Housing SEWA Trust, India Habitat Forum and the Centre for Conservation Studies, CEPT University. She is a Chevening Scholar and holds a Master's degree in 'Urbanization and Development' from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Bachelor degree in Architecture from the B.M.S College of Engineering, Bangalore.

A seasoned professional with over 23 years of experience in International business development, Finance and Waste Management Industry.

He is one of the few professionals working on the circular economy model.

An international MBA in Finance and a BE in Industrial Engineering, Mr. Saraf has a Six Sigma Green Belt and many other accomplishments to his credit.

Mr. Saraf has participated in various seminars and exhibitions in India as well as abroad where he has talked about Design and Development of alternate packing solutions and emerging technologies in the field of Packaging, Waste Management, Recycling, Sustainability, CSR etc.

Ms Sanchita Jindal is post graduate in Chemistry and an M.Tech. in Analytical Chemistry from IIT Delhi. She submitted her Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from IIT Delhi. After working for 28 years in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, she has retired from Govt. of India as Adviser (Scientist 'G'). She has a total work experience of 35 years in the field of environment conservation.

For more than 15 years, she was involved with management of Hazardous Chemicals and Wastes and was instrumental in notifying almost all the relevant rules mainlyon Management of Solid Waste, Plastic Waste, Bio- Medical Waste, C&D Waste, E-Waste, Utilisation of Fly Ash and Used Batteriesbesides, MSI Rules-1989, EPPR Rules-1996, HZW Rules-1989, PLI Act and Rules. She was the Member-Secretary of the Expert Groups constituted for finalizing all these Rules of 2016.She was the first one to introduce Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) in Battery Management Rules and then in the rules on E-waste and Plastic waste. She was instrumental in introducing the concept of Resource Recovery and Circular Economy, Extended Producer Responsibility, Co-processing and W2E,Zero Landfills, Polluter-pays-Principle, decentralised waste treatment, 6 Rs and many more into the waste management rules.

She has worked for more than 8 yrs in the field of Environment Impact Assessment and was Member Secretary of Expert Appraisal Committees (EACs) for River Valley and Hydro Power Projects and Thermal Power Projects for environment clearance.She assisted in notifying EIA Notification, 2006; has worked in Industries and Mining Sectors tooand has given more than 500 environment clearances.

She has been member of more than 60 Committees of various Ministries, including 8 committees constituted by NGT on waste management.

She has been abroad 18 times representing India for various meetings, including ISWA 2015(International Solid Waste Association) and presented Country Papers on Hazardous Chemicals and Waste and Solid Waste Management.

Presently, she is consultant to industries for Waste Management and Environment Impact Assessment and an empaneled NABET /QCI Assessor of environmental consultants.

Patricia A. Lacina, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, assumed the role of Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. on September 9, 2021.

From July 2018 until July 2021, she served as Consul General at the U.S. Consulate in Frankfurt, Germany. From 2015 to 2017, she served as Principal Deputy Executive Secretary in the Office of the Secretary of State. From 2013 to 2015, she served as Deputy Chief Information Officer for Business, Management and Planning and Chief Knowledge Officer. Patricia’s overseas assignments include Management Officer in Cairo, Deputy Director of Frankfurt’s Regional Support Center, and Director of Human Resources in both Vienna and Brussels. She has also completed tours in Buenos Aires, Nairobi, Moscow, Bogota, and Mexico City. Domestically, she also served in the Bureau of International Organizations Affairs as the Office Director of Global Systems.

Patricia holds a B.A. in Special Education and Spanish from the University of Northern Iowa and an M.A. in International Affairs from California State University at Sacramento. Originally from rural Iowa, Patricia is married to Carlos Zapata, who recently retired from the Foreign Service. Her daughter lives and works in New York City.

Reecha has 21+ years of experience across multiple dimensions of business and technology such as Sales, Strategy, Solutioning & Delivery, spread across industries and geographies. Transformational projects and Innovation have been the cornerstones of her success. She has performed multiple entrepreneurial and P&L roles during her career including setting up practices ground up, building teams, client relationship management, establishing and achieving business and sales targets, amongst others.

Reecha is a Thought Leader in Banking and Platinum Badge Holder in Insurance Industry. Alongside the Industry, she is a technology avid, shouldering to her credit multiple certifications in the new age technology platforms such as Data Sciences, Automation, Cloud Architect & Cognitive. The blend of Technology and Industry knowledge makes her stand in the Leadership position @IBM. ​

Reecha is also a building block of the newly established Global sustainability practice at IBM, wherein she leads this practice both from Sales and Delivery perspective. In her role, she works with the IBM Global Leadership teams to strategize and incubate sustainability offerings, build the practice, identify solutions and develop sustainability journey of the clients, and spearheads C-suite discussions with IBM clients. Besides, she also leads the discussions with the M&A team to build partnerships across the ecosystem of sustainability.

Swarandeep oversees the strategic direction of the fund. His primary responsibilities include sourcing and screening investment opportunities, ensuring investments meet financial and operating objectives. Swarandeep oversees the fund's portfolio, including Lets Dress Up (LDU), Glip, Plume Beauty, TravClan, InnerFit, Intents Mobi, and Recur Club.

In addition, Swarandeep is a Venture Capital Scout with Saison Capital, the corporate arm of Credit Saison, a Tokyo-listed 30b AUM consumer finance company and one of the largest credit card issuers in Japan. He supports the corporate venture arm which does direct and fund-of-funds investments. ​

He received a B.E. in Information Technology from Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT). He is a member of the 2017 Class of UNLEASH Fellows, 2018 Class of StartingBloc Fellows, and Climate Reality Leaders. He has spoken at several conferences & panels: GSG Global Summit, and HBS Business Club.

Ashok has a 20 years of exciting journey with Coca-Cola, he started with the GET Program of year 2000 and progressed through various supply chain facets like HCCB plant operations, region technical, technical services and commercialization at BU. Providing solutions, add value and winning along with system Partners has been my Passion, which lead to successful commercialization of many new products, technologies, value engineering and QSE solution projects, including 40 + capacity expansion projects which enabled YOY business growth for last 12 years including 4 New futuristic greenfield plants.

MSH is the nodal agency of the Ministry of Electronics and IT to support and promote deep-tech startups across India. MSH is responsible for 51+ incubators, 26+ Centre of Excellence, multiple Accelerators, among other assets. Also, responsible for conceptualizing and implementing new schemes and programs to support more than 3000 startups that are associated with MeitY Startup Hub.

Jasmeet Kaur is an M.Tech in Biotechnology with keen interest in working for the environment and to uplift the underprivileged communities with socially impactful initiatives.

After gaining experience in different sectors including Healthcare and Academics, she finally started to pursue her dissertation project of post-graduation of 'Biodegradation of Plastics' as a full-time project and formed XAPER Waste Solutions Pvt Ltd with Mr. Ajay Palta and Govind Palta.

XAPER Waste Solutions is a technology-driven social enterprise building machines and solutions for managing the menace of solid waste to reduce the carbon footprint. She represented XAPER at GES 2019 in the Hague Netherlands.

XAPER Waste Solutions is a technology-driven social enterprise building machines and solutions for managing the menace of solid waste to reduce the carbon footprint. She represented XAPER at GES 2019 in the Hague Netherlands.

Dr. Dhiraj Kumar Singh (Managing Director): M.Sc, M.Phil & Ph.D in Environmental Sciences from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. He also holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Law (LLB). He combines a rare amalgamation of knowledge with powerful business acumen. He is the soul of the organisation & a visionary. He has pioneered the organisation to its present state achieving phenomenal growth of the company through dedication, leadership, meticulous planning and far-reaching strategic approach.

Ms Aafrin Kidwai is a journalist with nearly two decades of experience in the print, television, and online news industry.

Since November 2019, she has edited solidwasteindia.com which focuses on managing solid waste in cities across India. Ms Kidwai has written extensively on issues related to environment and sustainability and is passionate about creating awareness on the subject.

For nearly a decade, Ms Kidwai hosted prime-time news shows on leading channels including Times Now and ABP News. Ms Kidwai is a Chevening Scholar and studied journalism in the UK. She also has a Masters’ degree in International Development from American University, Washington DC, also works as a writing/editorial consultant at The World Bank.

Ravi Kaushik is a graduate of IIT Bombay. With years of research, 3 patents and a motivation to bring the change Mr. Kaushik has executed R&D with IIT Kanpur, IISc Bangalore & IIT Bombay to develop germ destroying filters using the immune power of plants to replace germ-growing filters being used today. His innovation has been deployed at esteemed organizations like RBI, DST, Stockholding Corporation of India and Schindler Elevators. His research promotes 'Think in India' & 'Make in India'.

Mr Vikash Singhal is working as Sr. DGM/Environment of Delhi Metro and is responsible for managing the environmental aspects of all its activities.

He is a Civil Engineer with post-graduation in Environmental Engineering from the Delhi Technological University and possesses more than two decades of experience in the field of environment management.

Mr Singhal has been associated with the Delhi Metro for the last four years. Before joining Delhi Metro, he was working with the Dedicated Freight Corridor for eight years and with the Indian Railways and RITES for over 17 years. He brings with himself a rich repository of knowledge and experience in the field of railway engineering, environmental management, land acquisition, resettlement & rehabilitation etc. He played an instrumental role in getting the environmental clearance for the Delhi Metro Phase-IV project from JICA.

He has extensive experience with UNFCCC mandated CDM, The Gold Standard Foundation, relevant ISO Standards, International Environment Performance Standards, Green building, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy and Health Aspects.

Under his supervision, Delhi Metro has earned INR 19.5 Cr from the sale of carbon credits accrued from CDM projects under UNFCCC and Gold Standard projects in 2021.

His recent focus areas of work include health impacts from the transport sector, C&D management and green financing.

Dr Ajay Mathur is the Director General of the International Solar Alliance. He earlier headed The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), and the Indian Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), and was responsible for mainstreaming energy efficiency in houses, offices and industries through a number of innovative initiatives. He was a leading climate change negotiator, and was the Indian spokesperson at the Paris climate negotiations. He served as the interim Director of the Green Climate Fund during its foundational period.

At TERI, he has spearheaded the move to accelerate action towards a low-carbon and cleaner economy through the adoption of renewable energy in the Indian electricity sector, enhancing efficiency in buildings and industry, and promoting environmental quality through recycling of material wastes and biotechnology-based solutions. He also anchored the annual World Sustainable Development Summits during his tenure at TERI.

He was also member of Indian Prime Minister’s Council on Climate Change and co-chairs of the global Energy Transitions Commission.

Mr. Harsh Arya, is Mechanical Engineer from University of Delhi. He began his career with Larsen & Toubro Limited and joined Delhi Metro in 2010. He has multidisciplinary experience of over 12 years in Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.

Presently, working as a Manager / Electrical (Solar) and involved in Renewable Energy procurement for Delhi Metro from on-site and off-site renewable energy plants. These renewable energy plants include solar and waste to energy.

Mr Anil J Kurian is DGM/Environment of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and is responsible for managing the environmental impact of all its activities.

He is a civil engineer with post-graduation in Environmental Engineering, having more than a decade of experience in the field of environmental engineering. He has been associated with the Delhi Metro for more than nine years.

He has extensive experience in Greening building, implementation of CDM projects, Contract Management, EIA & SIA, C&D Waste Management etc. He was part of the team for the implementation of the Green Building rating system in DMRC as well as for the establishment of DMRC’s C&D waste recycling plant.

He also played a key role in drafting the new Conditions of Contract on Environment for Delhi Metro construction projects incorporating the best practices for managing environmental issues in the construction sector.

Right now, he is part of the team ideating changes in the green building rating system for metros.

Mr Anil J Kurian is DGM/Environment of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and is responsible for managing the environmental impact of all its activities.

He is a civil engineer with post-graduation in Environmental Engineering, having more than a decade of experience in the field of environmental engineering. He has been associated with the Delhi Metro for more than nine years.

He has extensive experience in Greening building, implementation of CDM projects, Contract Management, EIA & SIA, C&D Waste Management etc. He was part of the team for the implementation of the Green Building rating system in DMRC as well as for the establishment of DMRC’s C&D waste recycling plant.

He also played a key role in drafting the new Conditions of Contract on Environment for Delhi Metro construction projects incorporating the best practices for managing environmental issues in the construction sector.

Right now, he is part of the team ideating changes in the green building rating system for metros.

Mr. Varun Kumar Singh is Manager/Env of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and is responsible for managing the environmental impact of all its activities.

He is a civil engineer with post-graduation in Environmental Engineering and Management form the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, having more than eight years of experience in the field of environmental engineering. He has been associated with the Delhi Metro for more than eight years.

He has experience in Green Building, implementation of CDM projects, Contract Management, EIA & SIA, C&D Waste Management etc. He is part of the team for the implementation of the Green Building rating system in DMRC and CDM project.

He has assisted in drafting Conditions of Contract on Environment for DMRC Construction project.

Divya is an economist with over 20 years of professional experience in environmental policy research and advocacy.

She is currently Programme Management Officer in UNEP’s India Office, where she oversees a wide-ranging agenda- covering climate change, pollution, resource efficiency, ecosystems and biodiversity- of UNEP’s India programme. This includes working closely with the central and state governments as well as development agencies and implementing partners on policy, outreach, and capacity building initiatives. Prior to joining UNEP, she worked with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) as the Director of the Integrated Policy Analysis Programme.

She has published articles and co-edited books on issues related to energy, environment, and resource federalism. She is a member of several advisory committees, including the Scientific and Technical Advisory Group for Environment Accounting constituted by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of India.

Divya has a PhD in Economics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, and is a recipient of the Chevening Fellowship of the Government of UK.