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Aaditya Thackeray

Climate Leader

Aaditya Thackeray has launched the nation's first program on climate change mitigation and adaptation, notified the state's new EV policy, launched the Mumbai Climate Action Plan by C40 Cities, and brought over 9,800 hectares of mangroves in the state under statutory protection.

Akshay Singhal

Climate Technologist

Dr. Akshay Singhal is the Founder & CEO of Log 9 Materials. He is a young and dynamic entrepreneur and a 2019 Forbes Under30 Asia awardee -- who stands to solve the pressing global issue of climate change with the power of nanotechnology and innovation. His start-up “nannovates” with the objective to pave a sustainable and better future for humankind by using the wonder material – ‘Graphene’.

Aman Sharma

Climate Activist

Aman is a wildlife conservationist and photographer from New Delhi. In 2019, he petitioned the Government of India to declare a national climate emergency on change.org, and asked them to carry out proposed climate policy reforms, collecting over 370,000 signatures on the petition. He then co-founded the ‘All In for Climate Action’ Initiative, a network of over 110 activists from across the globe who began climate emergency declaration petitions in over 70 countries, all asking for a worldwide Climate Emergency Declaration by global leaders. His campaign was selected to be presented by us at the UN’s first ever youth climate action summit, and now has a combined count of 1.7 million signatures.

Anastasia Volkova

Agricultural Innovator

Anastasia an Ukrainian agricultural innovator. She is the CEO and Co-founder of Regrow and has a passion for Earth observation, automation, and efficiency.

Andreas Binkert

Sustainable Urban Developer

Andreas Binkert is an architect and urban developer from Switzerland. He has a special interest in researching on how to develop public policies that make cities less susceptible to natural disasters and other social, environmental and economic challenges.

Anshuman Bapna

Climate Entrepreneur

Terra.do is an online school for climate change. Terra’s mission is to get 100 million people to work directly on solving climate change this decade. After his MBA at Stanford, Anshuman spent some time selling solar lights in Vietnam and working with an Indian Member of Parliament before returning to New York to work with Deloitte, then Google. Before Terra.do, Anshuman was the Chief Product Officer of Makemytrip and Goibibo (NASDAQ:MMYT) which he joined after the acquisition of his startup Mygola.com

Cyrill Gutsch

Designer and Brand Developer

Cyrill is a designer who is leveraging his skills to promote upcycled plastic products eventually moving consumers to a new economic model. His core pillars are based on collaboration, eco innovation and creativity. A singular belief underpins his work: Purpose is the new luxury.

Deepak Ramola

Poet

Deepak Ramola is the Founder and Artistic Director of Project FUEL, an organisation that documents and designs human wisdom. He also served as the Kindness Ambassador for UNESCO MGIEP. Through his methodology, recognised at world's top 100 innovations in education, he has worked with the women of Masai tribe to young girls in Afghanistan, sex workers of Kamathipura, earthquake survivors in Nepal to Syrian refugees in Europe and migration-affected villages of Uttarakhand, India. A celebrated lyricist in Hindi Cinema, he is also a published author of an award-winning collection of Hindi and English books.

Erik Solheim

Climate Advocate

An international climate advocate, Eric has served as a diplomat on bilateral and multilateral platforms. Working closely with Asia, his work enables a better understanding of what a green transition means in the Asian context.

Ermias Kebreab

Animal Scientist

Dr. Ermias Kebreab is Associate Dean of Global Engagement and Director of World Food Center at University of California, Davis. He also holds the Sesnon Endowed Chair in Sustainable Agriculture. He is contributing author to 2019 IPCC update, and chairs the methane committee of UN FAO.

Ido Sella

Marine Biologist

Dr. Ido Sella is the co-founder and CEO of ECOncrete, a trailblazing technology provider company for construction of resilient working waterfronts, capable of supporting thriving and diverse marine ecosystems. Ido specializes in ecological enhancement of urban marine habitats and is considered a world leading expert in ecological engineering and environmentally sensitive designs of coastal and marine infrastructure

Jennifer Holmgren

Clean Energy Innovator

Dr. Jennifer Holmgren is the Chief Executive Officer of LanzaTech. She has over 20 years of experience in the energy sector including a proven track record in the development and commercialization of fuels and chemicals technologies.

Karen Scrivener

Material Chemist

Karen Scrivener is known for her pioneering works in cementitious materials. She is the head of Laboratory of Construction Materials at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and served as the Editor-in Chief of the Cement and Concrete Research journal for 15 years.

Madhusudhan Rapole

Clean Energy Innovator

Mr. Madhusudhan Rapole is the Founder & MD of Oorja Energy His expertise is in cleantech heating, cooling and ventilation solutions. He is a pioneer in introducing many new technologies at a commercial scale in India. These technologies include Radiant Cooling, Geothermal Cooling, Solar and Waste Heat based Cooling.

Manu Gupta

Humanitarian Worker

Dr. Manu is building climate resilient communities across Asia Pacific. He is simultaneously enabling multiple stakeholders such as Governments, United Nation bodies, civil society organizations and professionals in the region to proactively and effectively adapt and mitigate impact of climate induced disasters.

N. Vasudevan

Forest Conservator

N. Vasudevan is an Indian Forest Service officer, who has been heading the Mangrove Cell of Maharashtra since its inception in 2012. He is a qualified Marine Biologist, whose childhood memories of the mangroves in his neighbourhood and his professional interest in mangrove ecology fueled his passion for mangrove conservation.

Parag Khanna

Geo-political Expert

Parag Khanna is a leading global strategy advisor, world traveler, and best-selling author. He is Founder & Managing Partner of FutureMap, a data and scenario based strategic advisory firm. He is author of a trilogy of books on the future of world order beginning with The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order (2008), followed by How to Run the World: Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance (2011), and concluding with Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization (2016). He is also the author of Technocracy in America: Rise of the Info-State (2017) and co-author of Hybrid Reality: Thriving in the Emerging Human-Technology Civilization (2012).

Raghunath Mashelkar

Scientist

R.A Mashelkar was a member of the Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister and also of the Scientific Advisory Committee to the Cabinet set up by successive governments. He has chaired twelve high powered committees set up to look into diverse issues ranging from national auto fuel policy to overhauling the Indian drug regulatory system & dealing with the menace of spurious drugs.

Rajiv Kumar

Clean Tech Innovator

Rajiv Kumar is an Indian economist and is currently the vice-chairman of the NITI Aayog, in the rank and status of a Cabinet Minister. He also serves as the Chancellor of Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune. Kumar holds a Ph.D. from the Lucknow University, which he received in 1978 and a D.Phil. in Economics from Oxford University which he received in 1981.

Ramanan Laxminarayan

Epidemiologist

Since 1995, Laxminarayan has worked to improve the understanding of antibiotic resistance as a problem of managing a shared global resource. He is the is founder and director of the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) in Washington, D.C. and New Delhi, and a senior research scholar at Princeton University. He is an affiliate professor at the University of Washington and a visiting professor at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland and at the University of Kwazulu Natal in South Africa. Laxminarayan chairs the board of GARDP, a global product development partnership created by the World Health Organization, that aims to develop and deliver new treatments for bacterial infections. He is founder and board chair at HealthCubed, which works to improve access to healthcare and diagnostics worldwide.

Satya Tripathi

Economist and Changemaker

Satya S. Tripathi is Secretary-General of the Global Alliance for a Sustainable Planet. With over 40 years of varied experience, Mr. Tripathi is the Chancellor of Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences - the world's largest academic institution dedicated exclusively to indigenous people and cultures. He is also a Senior Distinguished Fellow on Innovative Finance at the World Agroforestry Centre.

Shashi Tharoor

Member of Parliament

A widely-published critic, commentator and columnist, Dr. Shashi Tharoor served the United Nations during a 29-year career in refugee work, peace-keeping, communications and public information and earnestly worked in the Secretary-General’s office. In 2006, he was India’s candidate to succeed Kofi Annan as UN Secretary-General. He has won India’s highest honour for Overseas Indians, the Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, and numerous literary awards, including the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize.

Shneel Malik

Bio-architect

Shneel Malik is a licensed Architect and an interdisciplinary Biodesign researcher. Currently pursuing her PhD Research as part of the Bio-Integrated Design (Bio-ID) Lab at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London. She investigates the design and fabrication of large-scale photosynthetic membranes for applications within Architecture.

Shrikumar Suryanarayan

Researcher and Innnovator

Mr. Suryanarayan is the Chairman and co-founder of Sea6 Energy Pvt. Ltd. His work is focused on the development of technology for offshore biomass production and conversion to a variety of bioproducts, including agricultural biostimulants , animal health supplements, food ingredients and renewable chemicals.

Shriti Pandey

Material Innovator

Shriti is the Founder of Strawcture Eco, the first company in India to make homes and schools using Compressed Agri-fiber panels which is a 100% green building material. She is a Forbes 30U30 Asia 2021 Honoree, Echoing Green & Acumen fellow.

Sibarani Sofian

Urban Designer

Sibarani Sofian is a passionate urban designer, planner and business leader with 20+ years experience in various urban projects in Asia, especially South East Asia and Indonesia. His focus is on executing sustainable urban development based on integrated multi-disciplinary approach.

Srishtaa Aparna Pallavi

Indigenous Food Researcher

Sristaa Aparna Pallavi has written extensively on ecological issues in India over two decades. She researches and writes about uncultivated foods available in India's forest, Indigenous people's knowledge and culture around them.

Stefano Funari

Upcycling Entreprenuer

Stefano Funari is an Italian entrepreneur and change-maker, who moved to Mumbai to prove that the triple bottom line can be the de facto way of running a business. He set up 2nd Innings Handicrafts as a social business and a platform for sustainable fashion brands that share social and environmental values.

Suki Dusanj-Lenz

Fashion Revolutionary

Suki Dusanj - Lenz is the Country Head & Co-Founder of Fashion Revolution India building a dynamic operation nationwide & inter-state. An advocate for sustainability, gender equality, and championing the need for a fair & transparent fashion industry, Suki has a passion for technology and also works with Kickstart Innovation bridging some of the world's best entrepreneurial minds into the Swiss market place placing sustainability at the core of their partnerships.

Sumant Sinha

Renewable Energy Expert

Sumant Sinha is a passionate advocate for solutions related to climate change through the intersection of business and public policy. He is an expert on economic policy and the Founder, Chairman and CEO, ReNew Power - India’s largest clean energy company.

Sunita Narain

Climate Advocate

Sunita Narain is a writer who uses knowledge for a change. She has been with the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) since and is currently the director general of the Centre and the treasurer of the Society for Environmental Communications and editor of the fortnightly magazine, Down To Earth

Tom Green

Clean Energy Innovator

Project Vesta led by Tom Green, is scientific research organization focused on bringing Coastal Carbon Capture to the world - to harness the power of the oceans to remove CO2 from the atmosphere.

Vanessa Haley Benjamin

Marine Biologist

Conservation has been at the heart of Vanessa’s work for the past 23 years. She’s held leadership positions within environmental non-profits, within academia, for governmental agencies, within the tourism sector, and as a marine scientist.

Vidyut Mohan

Clean-Tech Innovator

Vidyut Mohan, the co-founder of Takachar won the Earthshot Prize for the year 2021 and was also one of the “Young Champions of the Earth” winners by United Nations Environment Programme.