ILDC 2021 Speakers on 23rd Nov 2021
Amba Jamir Director, Sustainable Development Forum, Nagaland and vice president of Integrated Mountain initiative, Nagaland |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-01″ text-color=”#f5f300″] Amba Jamir is a development consulting expert with over two decades of multidisciplinary and multi- team experience from policy formulation to project development, implementation and review, Amba is professionally trained as an environmental lawyer and development communicator. He is a grassroots convenor, trainer, and facilitator with experience in the Asia Pacific region in areas of education, rural development, community institutions and resource management, livelihood, policy advocacy and envisioning. Amba works directly with policy makers, NGOs, community leaders, farmers and the poorest of the poor in mountain regions, particularly the Eastern Himalayas. He has extensive experience working in local, national and international NGOs, the government and with advanced regional policy and research think tanks such as the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan. He is a founding member of the Sustainable Development Forum Nagaland (SDFN) and the Integrated Mountain Initiative (IMI). [/expand] |
Joanna Dawson Balipara Foundation |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-03″ ] Joanna Dawson love planning and executing projects with teams, researching topics, and developing thought leader content. She like to get behind things and push them to completion. She has found ethnographic analysis as useful as conventional analysis tools. She worked on a number of projects with autonomous responsibility and leading small teams; that’s the great part about working in start-ups. Much of my work has been in project management and developing marcom, including for social media. She ike to use Design Thinking and the TOC (Theory of Constraints) methodologies in my work. [/expand] |
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[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-05a” ] Jayahari (Hari) is the India Country Coordinator of the Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU) co-led by WRI India. His primary responsibility is to coordinate the FOLU India activities working closely with the FOLU India Core partners and collaborations. He is also the Associate Director of the Sustainable Landscape Restoration Programme India. Prior to joining WRI, Hari worked in different capacities in institutions like Kerala Forest Research Institute, WWF India, Winrock International India till 2015, focusing on Natural Resource Management and Biodiversity Conservation. He has initiated and implemented many conservation programs primarily in Western Ghats and Eastern Himalayas. Between 2015-17 he led an NGO working in pastoral and dry-land agriculture sectors-Sahjeevan-as its Executive Director. He has also played an instrumental role in building several spatial databases in India, like India Observatory (www.indiaobservatory.org.in) at the Foundation of Ecological Security, and Restoration Opportunity Atlas of India (india.restorationatlas.org) at WRI India. He also provided consultancy services to national and international organizations like Tetra Tech, ICLEI South Asia, etc. Jayahari holds a PhD in Forestry (Wildlife Biology) from Forest Research Institute, Dehradun. [/expand] |
Bhavana Prasad Assam Landscapes |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-02″ text-color=”#f5f300″] Bhavna Prasad leads WWF-India’s sustainable corporate engagement across priority programmes, including climate change, forestry, agriculture and finance sector. She has about 14 years of diverse experience ranging from banking, environmental consulting to working with environmental NGOs. Prior to WWF, Bhavna was a Vice President with JPMorgan Chase in New York. She covered a range of responsibilities, from implementing global environmental and social risk management policies to developing green business opportunities across various lines of businesses. She helped JPMorgan set up its carbon trading desk and also developed the greenhouse gas reduction and accounting strategies for the bank. Prior to JPMorgan Chase, Ms. Prasad held various positions at American Express and Standard Chartered Bank in their retail operations. Additionally, she took on short term assignments with Environmental Resources Management, the United Nations Development Program, and Centre for Science and Environment (India). Bhavna holds a Master’s in Public Administration in Environmental Policy from Columbia University. [/expand] |
Kamal Prakash Seth |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-04″ text-color=”#f5f300″] Kamal joined RSPO as the India Representative in October 2017. Based in New Delhi, he is responsible for outreach and engagement activities to members and stakeholders in India, as well as formalizing the RSPO’s presence in this important market. Prior to joining RSPO, Kamal was the Founder & Chief Happiness Officer of Human Circle, located in New Delhi, where he worked to create experiential programs like Young India Challenge, for the youth in India to connect their career with the idea of #DoWhatYouLove and ‘Sustainable Development Goals’. He was also responsible for content development, communications and public relations. He has been a regular public speaker at forums like TEDx and Startup Weekend. Previously, Kamal was a finance recruitment specialist for Michel Page in a consultative sales role. He was a part of the initial team in India, responsible for building the portfolio of ‘Fortune 500’ clients like Nestle and Philips. He has also been a youth influencer for Microsoft and Dainik Jagran – an Indian media house. In the last 10 years, Kamal has delivered entrepreneurship & leadership development programs and talks across Europe and Asia in more than 20 countries so far. [/expand] |
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Yumnam Jiten |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”T1S21″ text-color=”#f5f300″] Jiten Yumnam is a journalist, human rights advocate and environmental activist in the state of Manipur. He is a deep understanding about the economics and its effects. He is from the indigenous population of Manipur. He is a part of the group, Center for Research and Advocacy Manipur (CRAM) along with many other human rights groups have been involved in protesting against the exploitation of natural resources and human right violations in the Manipuri state. They have been working towards promoting sustainable development in the region. Shri Jiten has been giving a strong opposition against AFPSA and its enforcement to justify extra judicial killings of many in Manipur. He had been arrested in 2009 for continuously raising voices against the act but was finally released after human rights groups’ pressure. He is one of those people who has deep understanding of the issues in NE India on human rights and environmental awareness. [/expand] |
Mayalmit Lepcha |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”T1S23″ ] Ms. Mayalmit Lepcha is a strong flag bearer of Lepcha culture and traditions and has been working to protect Dzongu, the homeland of Lepchas (Indigenous Sikkimese Tribe) for as long as she can remember. She and her organization have been fighting for over 14 years against onslaught of large run of the rivers to build dams in Dzongu and other parts of Sikkim. She has also dedicated a lot of efforts to keep Lepcha culture and traditions alive and passing them onto the future generations of young Lepchas. She is the President of the Sikkim Indigenous Lepcha Tribal Association and regularly organizes events and programs for young Lepchas. She is a believer of gender equality and regularly encourages young Lepcha women to take a more active role in leadership. [/expand] |
Tirtha Saikia |
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Anthony Debbarma |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”T1S22″ text-color=”#f5f300″] Anthony Debbarma is the Secretary General of the Borok Peoples’ Human Rights Organization (BPHRO) , a human rights NGO based in Agartala, Tripura, North-east India, that works on the promotion of human rights in the region with a special focus on the rights of the indigenous Borok people. He is also the convener of the Joint Action Committee of Civil Society (JACCS), a platform that brings together indigenous civil society organisations in Tripura. [/expand] |
Lalremruata Chhakchuak |
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Gunrei Kamei |
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Deo Shankar Tripathy Managing Director & Chief Executive, Aadhar Housing Finance Ltd. Officer |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-01A” text-color=”#f5f300″] Mr. Deo Shankar Tripathi has over 39 years of commercial banking experience. He joined the Union Bank of India in 1977 as Probationary Officer and held diverse positions, managing varied assignments till his superannuation as General Manager. He holds the distinction of heading premier zones of the bank, namely Mumbai and New Delhi. His wealth of experience spans several locations across the heartland of India as well. His last over 8 years stint has been in the housing finance industry in leadership roles. As the Managing Director and CEO of Aadhar Housing Finance Ltd, Mr. Tripathi has spearheaded the policies and processes to make housing loan accessible to low income and informal segments. Under his leadership, Aadhar Housing Finance has grown to become one of the largest affordable housing finance companies in India. On functional expertise, Mr. Tripathi has managed varied roles in bank covering Corporate Finance & Credit Management, Retail Banking, Collection Management, Rural Banking, Transaction Banking, Resource Mobilisation, Customer Relationship Management, Branch Network Expansion and Human Resource Management. A postgraduate in Chemistry from Lucknow University Diploma in public administration, and a certified Associate of Institute of Bankers, he has attended various management, leadership and other training programmes in leading institutions across India and overseas. He is a Guest Speaker at various forums, having spent valuable time coaching young minds on management expertise. [/expand] |
Lara Shankar Chandra Director- Strategy, Advocacy & Partnerships |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-03A” ] Lara Shankar Chandra has over 16 years of experience as a social development professional in India. She is a published author with Penguin India. She is on the Board of Trustees of Kriti Team – a communications praxis organization and is a Founder and Advisory Board member of Citizen’s Association for Child Rights (CACR) – an NGO working in education and WASH in Maharashtra. In the affordable housing and sanitation sector in India, Lara has led strategy, initiated and managed coalitions, and forged multiple partnerships with Governments and bi-lateral and multi-lateral organizations for policy implementation, fund raising and intervention. She comes from a strong background in child protection, child rights, advocacy and gender programming. She has valuable experience in strategic and program planning on inclusive development, land rights for housing and housing finance. [/expand] |
Diya Uday Research Lead, xKDR Forum |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-02A” text-color=”#f5f300″] Diya Uday is Research Lead at xKDR Forum. Her work focuses on land markets, state capacity and access to finance. She has previously worked on research projects with the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, the Department of Economic Affairs at the Ministry of Finance and the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development and is currently working as consultant with the National Council for Applied Economic Research to measure land tenure security in India. She is also visiting faculty at the Tata Institute of Social Science in Mumbai. Prior to joining the field of public policy, she was an associate at leading law firms in India including Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and worked in the areas of land and property law, project finance and structured debt. [/expand] |
Sudha Narayanan |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-04A” text-color=”#f5f300″] Sudha Narayanan joined IFPRI’s South Asia Regional Office in December 2020 as a research fellow. Sudha’s research interests straddle agriculture, food and nutrition policy, and human development. She is particularly interested in survey-based research using micro econometric approaches to understand broader questions of agrarian change and state delivery systems for nutrition security. Her research focuses on contract farming, agrifood value chains, technology adoption in agriculture, public policies for food security and employment and agriculture-nutrition linkages. She was previously an Associate Professor at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai. She obtained a PhD from Cornell University in 2011, specialising in agricultural economics. She earlier obtained M.A. and M.Phil. degrees in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, India. Prior to studying for a doctoral degree, Sudha worked with the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, the Right to Food Campaign in India and Cornell University, among others [/expand] |
Omokolade Akinsomi |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”T6S5A” text-color=”#f5f300″] Dr. Omokolade Akinsomi is an Associate Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. He holds a PhD in Real Estate Finance from the National University of Singapore and his research interests includes real estate investment trust (REITS), real estate portfolio management, real estate capital markets, Emerging Real Estate Markets and Housing Economics. Omokolade has published articles in journals such as Empirical Economics, Journal of Property Research, International Review of Economics and Finance specifically in Real Estate Finance and Investments. Omokolade sits on the editorial board of international real estate journals such as the Journal of Property Investment and Finance, Journal of Real Estate Literature and on the editorial board of five other built environment journals. He has won the best paper award at the African real estate society conference in real estate finance and investments in 2017. He is the recipient of the Young Researcher Rating Award by the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa, an award conferred to researchers under 40 based on their research impact and potential. Omokolade is the President of the African Real Estate Society. In addition, Omokolade is an advisory member of the South African Council for Property Valuers Profession (SACPVP) and member of the SA REIT Research Committee. [/expand] |
Anil Kashyap |
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Aparna Soni |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”T6S5G” text-color=”#f5f300″] Ms. Aparna Soni is an architect- Urban Planner by discipline, presently working as an Assistant professor, in the department of planning, at the School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal. Having nearly ten years of experience in academia, her subject areas include urban governance, land management and real estate development. She is presently perusing her doctoral studies from the Jindal Global University (JGU) where she is studying and exploring the various land assembly models across states in India. [/expand] |
Prasant Das |
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Ratoola Kundu |
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Reema Bali |
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Triveni Prasad Nanda |
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Charl-Thom Bayer |
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Apar Gupta |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-T7S23″ text-color=”#f5f300″] Mr. Apar Gupta is a lawyer and the Executive Director of the Internet Freedom Foundation (IFF). The IFF is an Indian digital liberties organisation that seeks to ensure that technology respects fundamental rights. He has completed his post-graduate studies from the Columbia University School of Law, have worked as a commercial litigator in top law firms such as Karanjawala & Co. and was a partner at Advani & Co.. He has been working extensively on public interest issues which include strategic litigation and organisation of campaigns and collectives. His work focusses on key digital rights cases on privacy and censorship and setting up of digital campaigns such as those on Net Neutrality (SaveTheInternet.in), fight against defamation laws (SpeechBill.in) and safeguard privacy (SaveOurPrivacy.in). He is committed to advancing values of the Constitution of India in a digital, technology mediated society. [/expand] |
Kumar Sambhav |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-T7S23″ text-color=”#f5f300″] Kumar Sambhav is a journalist and the Founding Partner of Land Conflict Watch, a data research agency that maps and tracks land and natural-resources conflicts in India. He is also a member of The Reporters’ Collective, a journalism collaborative that produces deep-dive reportage in multiple languages and formats. Sambhav has reported for India’s prime news outlets, including Business Standard, Scroll.in, Hindustan Times, Down To Earth and The Times of India on governance, business and social justice. For his reporting, he has received the Press Council of India National Award for Excellence in Journalism, Shriram Award for Excellence in Financial Journalism, Global Investigative Journalism Network’s Global Shining Light Award and the Thomson Foundation Young Journalist from the Developing World Award. [/expand] |
Malarvizhi Veerappan |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-T7S22″ text-color=”#f5f300″] Ms.Malarvizhi Veerappan is a Senior Data Scientist and Program Manager for the Data Management & Services at the World Bank. She oversees data management and technology implementations for many development data initiatives, provides technical assistance to countries and other organizations and supports the institution’s Open data strategy and its execution. As part of the World Bank’s Open Data Initiative in 2010, she helped in creating the World Bank’s first comprehensive data APIs. [/expand] |
Christine Richter |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-T7S24″ text-color=”#f5f300″] Dr. Christine Richter has been working as a research fellow in the Innovation Acceptance group at the Fraunhofer IMW in Leipzig, Germany, since December 2019. The group’s projects enable the transfer and adaptation of various technologies and associated practices to new user and use contexts in support of the energy transition, cultural heritage management, and urban transformation. In her research, Christine combines insights from Science and Technology Studies (STS) and Human Geography. Past research specifically analyzed the (potential) use of geo-data infrastructures and related digitalization processes in urban transformation and land rights governance. From 2008 until 2019 Christine worked in research and education at the University of Twente and the University of Amsterdam (the Netherlands), within projects in Europe, India, and West African countries, and before that as geodata analyst in government and private industry in Colorado, U.S.A. [/expand] |
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[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-Tyur7S21″ text-color=”#f5f300″] Sh. Vivek Kumar Singh is a 1989 batch IAS officer of the Bihar Cadre. During his tenure as an Indian Civil Servant, he has served the State in various capacities. He served as the Principal Secretary to the Governor, Principal Secretary of Environment and Forest, Chairman of Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB), Principal Secretary of State Agriculture Department and Secretary, Information and Public Relations (Bihar).
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[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-T7zxaS23″ text-color=”#f5f300″] Sh. Aman Mittal received his degree in B.Tech and M.Tech (Electrical and Electronics Engineering) from IIT, Delhi. In 2015, he joined the Indian Administrative Services and was allocated to the Maharashtra cadre.
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[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-T7zfffxaS23″ text-color=”#f5f300″] Raveesh Gupta studied Mechanical Engineering from College of Technology, Pantnagar (UK), and followed up with an MBA from IIT Delhi. After serving in Indian Railways for 2 and a half years through Engineering Services Examination, he joined Indian Administrative Service in 2012. Before joining as DM Sultanpur, he has served as DM Sant Kabir Nagar, Special Secretary MSME, Chief Development Officer of Ayodhya (then Faizabad) and Balrampur Districts, and as Joint Magistrate, Meerut. Besides being a practitioner in Land Revenue Laws and Procedures, he is an avid blogger and has written extensively on the practical and legal aspects of Land Disputes. [/expand] |
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[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-T7zxeraS23″ text-color=”#f5f300″] Yugank is Associate Professor – Public Policy at FLAME University. In 2009, he joined O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) as one of its founding faculty member, steering a range of institution building efforts, in particular its research infrastructure and international collaborations. Prior to JGU, he worked with a major private bank, consulting its rural infrastructure projects in eastern India. He pursued his Master’s and Ph.D. in law and economics, both as Erasmus Mundus Fellow from Europe. His doctoral thesis was titled, Essays in Informal Institutions. After his doctorate, he re-joined JGU, helping build its School of Liberal Arts & Humanities. Yugank publishes in reputed journals, and also contributes to national dailies and other popular fora. His research interests include regulation, law and development, institutional economics, knowledge structure and psephology. He enjoys teaching interdisciplinary subjects, including institutions, futures studies and ethics. He is a visiting faculty in several institutions including IIMA and IIMK. He sits on the board of the Indian School of Public Policy, which he helped establish. He routinely engages with the government on public policy issues. Yugank is however, most passionate about small towns and education in India. Recently, he cofounded a philanthropic, crowdfunded school in rural, western UP. [/expand] |
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[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-Tedfg7S22″ text-color=”#f5f300″] Sh. Shekhar Gaikwad is a 2002 batch IAS officer of the Maharashtra cadre. Currently posted as the Commissioner of Sugar, Maharashtra, his previous postings include – Municipal Commissioner, Pune, Director, Ground Water Survey and Development Agency (Maharashtra), Collector and District Magistrate of Sangli.
Some of his notable achievements include the rejuvenation of Agrani River (2016) and Tilganga River (2016) in Sangli district, “Gramin Mahila Handa Mukti Yojana” Simple water supply Scheme based on Solar energy.(2014), “SwajalKumbh” Scheme developed on Rainwater harvesting (2014), launching of web portal for online access to decisions on Land Disputes (2005-2009), Road Widening in Baramati – The Gandhiyan Way (1996-1997) and Strategic Resettlement System of Project Affected Persons in Kolhapur District (1987-1991). [/expand] |
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[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-T7vcS24″ text-color=”#f5f300″] Sh. Kaustubh Diwegaonkar, is an IAS officer of the 2013 batch, Maharashtra cadre. Former positions held by him, include – Commissioner of Latur Muncipal Corporation, CEO, Zila Parishad, Jalgaon and Director of Ground Survey and Development Agency (GSDA).
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[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-T7vcS24″ text-color=”#f5f300″] Diyanshu Patel is an IAS officer of the 2017 batch. He is currently posted as CDO of Unnao city. He previously served as the SDM, Barabanki. [/expand] |
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[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-T7S41″ text-color=”#f5f300″] Vaishnavi Rathore is the Environment Lead at The Bastion. She has been covering stories of environmental justice and democracy, governance of commons and land, forest and land rights for more than two years. She was a Fellow under Women and Land Rights Reporting fellowship received by WGWLO and Behan Box in 2021, where she reported on ground from Gujarat’s Adivasi districts. She is also the recipient of the Prem Bhatia Award for Excellence in Environment and Development Reporting, 2021. Prior to full-time journalism, Vaishnavi was a policy and development practitioner with Foundation for Ecological Security, Gujarat in 2017 and Himdhara Environment Research and Action Collective, Himachal Pradesh in 2018 [/expand] |
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Prudhviraj Rupavath |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-T7S23″ text-color=”#f5f300″] Prudhviraj Rupavath is Researcher, Land and Forest Governance with the Land Conflict Watch. Previously, he worked as a reporter with news portal Newsclick covering social movements, government policies and politics in Telugu States among others. [/expand] |
Rina Chandran |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-T7S42″ text-color=”#f5f300″] Rina Chandran joined the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s editorial team in India in January 2016. She has covered land rights in Asia for about five years at the Thomson Reuters Foundation. Prior to that, Rina was a business journalist for more than a dozen years in India, Singapore and New York, with Reuters News, Bloomberg and the Financial Times. Rina has an MFA in Writing from the Johns Hopkins University and an MA in Business & Economics Reporting from New York University. [/expand] |
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[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-T5S11″ text-color=”#f5f300″] Sanjoy has been engaged in rights-based work on natural resource management for close to three decades with core competency on policy research and advocacy action on land and forests. Sanjoy specialized on innovative programme planning and design on rural livelihoods – productive land use, land to the landless, forest produce marketing including inclusive and decentralized planning exercise as key components of empowered local governance system. At present Sanjoy is engaged as Strategic Policy Advocacy Adviser in Foundation for Ecological Security, and provides strategic guidance to elevate the debate on Commons and Climate Change. Prior to that Sanjoy served as the India Country Director, Landesa and designed a range of land rights programmes with special focus on land to landless and women’s land rights. [/expand] |
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[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-T5S111″ text-color=”#f5f300″] Hagar ElDidi is a Research Analyst at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). She holds a BA in Economics from the American University in Cairo and an MSc in Interdisciplinary Studies in Sustainability, with a specialisation in Ecological Economics, from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. Her research interests and foci are on equitable and sustainable community governance of natural resources, environmental justice, rural development, food security for vulnerable communities. She has been writing many discussion papers in which her recent IFPRI discussion paper, in collaboration with other analysts and authors, was published titled Reducing vulnerability to forced labor and trafficking of short-term, low-skilled women migrant workers in the South Asia to Middle East corridor. She has also worked as Research Associate in Research Institute for a Sustainable Environment. [/expand] |
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Pooja Chandran |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-T5S13″ text-color=”#f5f300″] Pooja Chandran is an advocate and a law and policy researcher associated with the Foundation for Ecological Security as a Senior Project Manager. Her research interests are environmental justice, land use management and bio-cultural rights. She has practiced at the Delhi High Court and has also taught subjects related to environmental laws and human rights. [/expand] |
Kanchi Kohli |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-T5S12″ text-color=”#f5f300″] Kanchi Kohli is a senior researcher at Centre for Policy Research (CPR). She works on environment, forest and biodiversity governance in India. Her work explores the links between law, industrialization and environment justice. Her research interests also include the implementation of biodiversity regulations in India. She has authored various publications, research papers and popular articles. She co-edited the book Business Interests and the Environmental Crisis (SAGE-India). Since 2004, she co-coordinates an Information Dissemination Service on forest and wildlife cases in the Supreme Court of India. She co-edited The Case for the Commons, a six-part e-publication on the administrative follow up of the 2011 Supreme Court of India judgment on the protection of the commons. Kanchi regularly teaches at universities and law schools in India on subjects related to biodiversity, environment and community development. Some of her projects are India Infrastructures and Ecologies Program, Environment regulation of urban construction projects, Environmental justice program etc. [/expand] |
Mukta Joshi |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-T5S14″ text-color=”#f5f300″] Mukta Joshi is an advocate and Legal Associate at the Land Conflict Watch, a network of researchers tracking, studying and reporting land and natural resource conflicts across India. She has also worked as Legal Researcher in Citizens for Justice and Peace. She holds a degree of B.A., L.L.B. (Hons.) from National Law School of India University. Activities and Societies, she has been engaged in are Core Editor, Quirk Magazine (2018-19); Convener, Law and Society Committee (2017-18); Founder, NLS Feminist Alliance (2016). She was an Associate Student in Spring Semester Field of Study Law, Queen Mary University of London. [/expand] |
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[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-T7S31″ text-color=”#f5f300″] Mr. Malcolm Childress is a multi-disciplinary land resources specialist with 30 years of global experience, including urban and rural property rights, and strategy for managing critical global ecosystems. His focus areas include land policy and governance, land markets, land registration, property taxation, cadastral systems and spatial planning. [/expand] |
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Ward Anseeuw |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-T7S33″ text-color=”#f5f300″] Mr. Ward Anseeuw a development economist and policy analyst, is a research fellow at the Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD). He was seconded to the ILC in 2016 as a Senior Technical Specialist leading the team responsible for supporting Strategic Objective 02, Mobilise. Prior to this and for the last 12 years, he was seconded to the University of Pretoria, as a senior research fellow to the Post-Graduate School of Agriculture and Rural Development and as the co-director of the Center for the Study of Governance Innovations (GovInn) – which he founded in 2012. His work focuses mainly on issues of agricultural and land policies, agrarian and land reforms, large-scale land acquisitions as well as to participatory approaches of data generation, governance and advocacy regarding land. Ward holds a PhD in Development Economics and a Ms in Agricultural sciences. [/expand] |
Anna Locke |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-T7S32″ text-color=”#f5f300″] Ms. Anna Locke is former Director of ODI’s Sustainable Environments and Societies programme. She joined ODI in July 2011 after having worked for 19 years in development, 12 of which were based in Mozambique. Anna has in-depth experience of working with market-led agriculture, analysing and advising on how to develop agriculture to promote sustainable growth and reduce poverty, based on principles of competitiveness, market access and inclusiveness. Her focus in recent years has been on land governance and large-scale investment, biofuels and food security. [/expand] |
Dalip Singh |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-T7S34″ text-color=”#f5f300″] Dr. Dalip Singh is a senior officer who joined Indian Administrative Service in 1982 and belonged to Haryana cadre. He served on senior positions in Government of India as well as in the State Govt. Of Haryana and retired from the service in the year 2016. As a member of the IAS, his contributions have been across departments, including Urban development, District administration, Health & Family welfare, Parliament affairs and Human resource development. Dr. Singh worked from 1980-82 as a Faculty Member at the Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi before joining the IAS. He has substantial experience of corporate would and has been Director in many Boards of Government companies including RINL, MOIL, ICVL, OMDC & MSTC. [/expand] |
Prerna Prabhakar Associate Fellow at NCAER |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-05″ ] Prerna Prabhakar is an Associate Fellow at NCAER. Her areas of research include international economics and urban/land policy issues. She has also worked on trade-related areas in Research and Information System for Developing Countries and Centre for WTO Studies, Indian Institute for Foreign Trade. Her assignments at NCAER include NCAER Land Records and Services Index (N-LRSI); pilot impact assessment exercise of the Digital India-Land Records Modernisation Programme ; NCAER State Investment Potential Index (NSIPI) ; providing inputs to 15th Finance Commission. She is currently involved in the integrated study of demand side NLRSI and Prindex India which is proposed to be a survey of 25 Indian States/UTs. She has also contributed papers and articles in various media. |
Dr K P Krishnan IEPF Chair Professor in Regulatory Economics |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-07″ ] Dr K P Krishnan is the IEPF Chair Professor in Regulatory Economics. The Chair has been established with the support of the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority of the Government of India. Dr Krishnan leads a group focused on research and policy outreach in the broad area of regulatory and public economics, including concerns about investor protection and financial sector reforms, land policy and records, public finance and public administration, and law, economics, and justice. Before his retirement from public service in December 2019, Dr Krishnan was the Union Secretary in the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. Prior to that he was Special & Additional Secretary, Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development; Additional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance; Principal Secretary, Department of Personnel & Administrative Reforms in the Government of Karnataka (his parent cadre); Secretary to the PM’s Economic Advisory Council in New Delhi; Joint Secretary, DEA; Secretary Finance in Karnataka; Advisor to the Indian ED at the World Bank, Dr Bimal Jalan; and a number of other positions after joining the Indian Administrative Service in the 1983 batch. Trained in economics, finance, and law, Dr Krishnan has chaired or served as a member of several Government of India committees, including the Krishnan Committee on Cross Border Insolvency Rules/Regulation Committee, the Krishnan Committee on Comprehensive Regulation of Credit Rating Agencies, the T K Viswanathan Committee on Reform of Bankruptcy Laws in India; the Rangarajan High-level Expert Committee on Efficient Management of Public Expenditure; High-level Coordination Committee on Financial Markets chaired by the RBI Governor; and the Rajan Committee on Financial Sector Reforms. Professor Krishnan has taught as a visiting professor at the Indian School of Business, at Ashoka University, as BOK Visiting International School Professor of Regulation at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and he regularly lectures at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration in Mussoorie. He has published on a range of public policy issues in books, journals, and the mainstream media. Dr Krishnan holds a B.A. (Hons) in Economics from St Stephen’s College and an LL.B. degree from the University of Delhi, an M.A. in Economics from the University of Mysore, and a FPM/Ph.D. in Economics & Finance from the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. [/expand] |
IAS (Retd.), Senior advisor to NCAER and IIHS and Senior Visiting Fellow at CPR |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-06″ ] Deepak Sanan retired from the Indian Administrative Service in 2017, where he was attached to the State of Himachal Pradesh. He held senior positions in public finance, land governance, and the water and sanitation sectors at both the State and national levels. He also had significant tenures in the health, urban development, and power sectors. Currently, he is an adviser for projects on water and sanitation and land governance at a number of institutions in India. He has been a Consultant with the World Bank, IFAD, DFID, IDS Sussex, and AusAid. He has also served as the India Country Team Leader in the Water and Sanitation Program (South Asia) at the World Bank. He writes regularly on Centre-State relations, and has published extensively and presented papers on these issues at a number of conferences across India. He received his MA in Politics (International Relations) from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and BCom (Hons) from Delhi University. [/expand] |
Anna Locke Director of ODI’s Sustainable Environments and Societies programme |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-09″ ] Anna Locke is former Director of ODI’s Sustainable Environments and Societies programme. She joined ODI in July 2011 after having worked for 19 years in development, 12 of which were based in Mozambique. Anna has in-depth experience of working with market-led agriculture, analysing and advising on how to develop agriculture to promote sustainable growth and reduce poverty, based on principles of competitiveness, market access and inclusiveness. Her focus in recent years has been on land governance and large-scale investment, biofuels and food security. [/expand] |
Annindya Banerjee |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-09b” ] Mr. Annindya Banerjee has a vintage of over two decades in the field of law and is the National Legal Head- Retail Lending at Housing Development Finance Corporation Limited. Mr. Banerjee has closely worked with various regulators and Government authorities on several significant issues pertaining to the BFSI and real estate sector. Mr. Banerjee’s swift ability in efficiently resolving various challenges has earned him a strong reputation in the BFSI industry. In addition to having immense expertise in the BFSI industry, he has been extremely perceptive towards the various challenges and development of data protection laws across the globe. Apart from firmly believing and practicing the mantra of “Once a lawyer always a learner” and being a great mentor to innumerable budding lawyers, Mr. Banerjee is an avid reader and passionate about music. [/expand] |
Council Dickson (CD) Langoya |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-10″ ] Mr. Council Dickson (CD) Langoya is a forestry resources, environmental and natural resources planning and management specialist with over 25 years of experience. He is a private plantation forest owner with 130 hectares in Northern Uganda. Mr. Langoya is interested in promoting enterprise based forest/tree resources management where public and community participation address social, economic and environmental concerns. He also manages a Government of Uganda certified tree seedling production nursery and is running high recovery small scale mobile saw mills that target small scale farmer/tree growers. Mr. Langoya worked with the Forestry Department from 1988 to 2004. He joined National Forestry Authority (NFA) as Coordinator and Partner from 2004 to 2007 and later as Consultant with FAO, UNDP, IUCN, USAID, AfDB/NDF, and other organizations. He holds a BSC in Forestry from Makerere University, Kampala and an MSc in Rural Environmental Management from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. Council Dickson (CD) Langoya [/expand] |
Lennart Ackzell Senior Advisor for International Affairs , Federation of Swedish Farmers (LRF) |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-12″ ] Lennart Ackzell is a Senior Advisor for International Affairs for the Federation of Swedish Farmers (LRF) that promotes development of green industry and supports individuals and small enterprises. From 2011-2020, Mr. Ackzell served as the Vice President of the International Family Forest Alliance (IFFA) that advocates for privately owned and managed forests and exists to give family forestry a voice at the international level. He is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry. Lennart has a master in Forestry and a Ph.D. in Forest Genetics. Mr. Ackzell has worked in Sweden, Canada, Burkina Faso and Kenya, and has worked for smallholders and family forestry since 2008. [/expand] |
Safia Aggarwal |
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Jintao Xu |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-11″ ] Prof. Jintao Xu is a professor of economics and associate dean at the National School of Development at Peking University. He is the director of China Center for Environmental and Energy Economics, also at Peking University. His recent researches range from assessing forest tenure reform in China, industrial pollution control policy, economic policy toward a low carbon economy, to transportation management in Beijing. In particular, Prof. Xu has been doing extensive research on policies and practices supporting smallholder forestry in China using data collected in multiple provinces, analyzing the outcomes of the tenure reforms, and implications for farmer household income and investment in forests. Jintao Xu [/expand] |
Dr.Arunachalam Director |
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Ruchika Singh |
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Pranab R Choudhury |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-22″ ] Pranab is a passionate researcher and an empathetic soul, eager to serve the marginalised and the environment. He started his journey as a Scientist with India’s National Agriculture Research System, developing model watersheds to restore hill landscapes and tribal livelihoods that led to the prestigious National Team Award in 2002. To serve the development sector more flexibly, he left his job after a decade and since then, has expanded his engagements around water, livelihoods, forestry and land, building evidence and making recognizable impact at the national and international level. He has led and guided large scale bilateral and multi-country projects around climate change, food security, forestry and livelihoods and has accompanied and evaluated donor-funded projects around NRM, livelihoods and value chain projects across India and South Asia. He founded and leads the Center for Land Governance (CLG), which in a shot span of six years, has been acknowledged as a leading land think tank around land governance policy and research in India and globally. CLG’s work spans across rural, urban, forest and agriculture landscapes cross-cutting gender, technology, justice and sustainability. Apart from engaging on policy and action research with governments, the World Bank, donors and national and international universities, CLG also organises an annual India Land and Development Conference, and unique land convening in South Asia. Pranab is a nominated member of the executive committee of Green India Mission of Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change of Government of India since 2017. His work has been widely published in international peer reviewed journals and has presented papers in international conferences. He also writes in national media and takes land related courses in premier institutes like IIM Ahmedabad and Xavier’s University Bhubaneswar on invitation. [/expand] |
Ishan Agarwal |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-T5S21″ ] Ishan Agrawal works with Foundation for Ecological Security, an NGO working for restoring fragile ecosystems in India through rural community centered efforts. He deeply believes in Commons and community’s ability to act as stewards for conservation of natural resources. He worked for a decade around Kanha tiger reserve landscape especially on conservation aligned livelihoods for tribal communities. He is currently working with Commons Collaborative, an effort anchored in FES for building a coalition of actors in the country for realising the promise that commons hold for larger issues that country faces, like poverty, environmental degradation and gender disparities [/expand] |
Steven Lawry |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-T5S23″ ] Steven Lawry received a PhD in Land Resources from the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1988. The same year he joined the research staff of UW-Madison’s Land Tenure Center (LTC) and became LTC’s Associate Director in charge of Africa programs in 1990. Steven held senior positions in the Ford Foundation from 1992 to 2006, including Assistant Representative for the Foundation’s Office for South Africa and Namibia (1992-1997) and Regional Representative for the Foundation’s Office for the Middle East and North Africa in Cairo (1997-2001). He was Acting Representative of the Foundation’s South Asia office, in New Delhi, in 2003. He was president of Antioch College, in Yellow Springs, Ohio, in 2006 and 2007. He was a Senior Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School’s Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations from 2008 to 2013. On leave from the Kennedy School, he headed the USAID-funded Sudan Property Rights Program in 2010 and 2011, based in Juba, assisting the Government of South Sudan develop a national land policy. He went on to serve as Global Practice Leader for Land Tenure and Property Rights at DAI, a Washington-based consulting group, from 2011 to 2014. During this period, he was lead author of a major USAID-funded study on the potential of REDD+ and related PES programs to mitigate deforestation in 16 developing countries. From 2014 to 2019 Steven served as Director of Governance Research and Principal Scientist at the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR); first at CIFOR’s Indonesia headquarters and later in Washington, D.C., hosted by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). As a scholar, foundation executive, policy advisor and project manager Steven has carried out research and published scholarly articles on the social and ecological effects of forest rights devolution and many more. [/expand] |
Sanchyan Chakraborty |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-T5S22″ ] Sanchayan Chakraborty is a Partner at Aavishkaar Capital. He manages Aavishkaar’s South and South-east Asia focussed impact fund, and is currently spearheading Aavishkaar Capital’s climate platform efforts, including a specific focus on investments in nature-based solutions. Sanchayan has over two decades of experience in fund management and investment banking across Asia and Middle East. [/expand] |
Sandeep Roy Choudhury |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-T5S24″ ] Sandeep Roy Choudhury is a co-founder at VNV Advisory Services, a social enterprise working with communities & climate change in South and Southeast Asia. He heads VNV’s ownership on low carbon social development projects such as sustainable agriculture, social forestry, coastal resilience, clean cooking, clean air, drinking water, rural energy access and waste management. Sandeep’s work encompasses over 6 million rural households across 11+ countries in the region & over 100+ NGOs and implementation partners: currently working on over 1 million hectares of natural ecosystems through climate finance for rejuvenation, restoration, conservation of biodiversity ecosystems and climate smart agriculture for small holders with a big focus on the Himalayan countries and the Mekong basin regions. He has recently launched a climate change impact fund to invest in start-ups related to climate solutions. He also works as an advisor to the private sector in the region with issues related to corporate sustainability and its relation to community impacts and action. He is on the board of numerous non-profits working on climate related projects including Worldview International Foundation Myanmar, Planting on Demand, Bangladesh Bondhu Foundation & Environment Protection Centre Nepal. Sandeep has over 17 years of industry experience, has a degree in Electronics and is a Salzburg global fellow. He is also a director at “Carbon Initiative Forum”, a non-profit working on climate policy awareness for the youth and currently serves as the co-chair for the International Carbon reduction Alliance (ICROA). [/expand] |
Taruna Jakhar |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-T10″ ] Taruna Jakhar, Assistant Professor and Associate Head for Centre for IPR at Institute of Law, Nirma University and PhD Scholar at Gujarat National Law University [/expand] |
Soma K Parthsarathy |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-T12″ ] Soma K Parthsarathy, Policy analyst, Researcher & Advisor, Gender, Sustainable Development and Livelihoods A policy researcher and analyst, practitioner in the field of gender, development, livelihoods and environmental justice with almost 35 years of experience. I straddle the space between support to gender inclusive community initiatives for development and livelihoods, institutional and organization development and policy analysis from a feminist position. My research lens is feminist political ecology. I engage with several networks as a gender and development specialist for ecologically sustainable livelihoods solutions in India such as National Forum for Women Farmers Rights, CFR La (Community Forest Rights Learning Alliance) and seek to bring voices of marginalized and grassroots women to natural resource and developmental policy debates and platforms. [/expand] |
Varsha Ganguly |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-T14″ ] Varsha Bhagat-Ganguly, professor, Institute of Law, Nirma University (bio-note) Dr. Varsha Bhagat-Ganguly is a professor at Institute of Law, Nirma University. She has worked as a professor at Centre for Rural Studies, LBSNAA and as a fellow at Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. Studying land from the perspective of development sociology is one of her core areas of interests along with citizen’s rights, collective action, pastoralists and pastoralism, and Gujarat. Her recent publications on land are: Land rights in India: policies, movements and challenges (Routledge, 2016, 2018); Journey towards land titling in India (LBSNAA and Shipra, 2017); The land question in neoliberal India: socio-legal and judicial interpretations (Routledge, 2020). She has organized (conceived and moderating) a roundtable on ‘Shifts in development paradigm and changes in meanings of LAND: Expanding discourse on LAND and DEVELOPMENT in India’, taking place 23 November 2021, 3.30 to 5.00 pm. [/expand] |
Neema Pathak Broome |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-T11″ ] Neema Pathak Broome, Coordinator, Conservation and Livelihoods Programme at Kalpavriksh Environment Action Group [/expand] |
Chockalingam S |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-T13″ ] Chockalingam S, Director General, Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration (YASHADA), Pune [/expand] |
Pinaki Haldar National Director of Programs, Landesa – India |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-18″ ] Mr. Halder, currently National Director of Programs, Landesa India, is a social development executive with more than 32 years of experience, performing field work, implementing projects related to rural and urban development, and advising on policy at the state and national levels. Prior to joining Landesa 10 years before, he worked with the government and Unicef, and played an instrumental role in facilitating collaboration of Landesa with governments of several states. [/expand] |
Arshia Gupta |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-20″ ] Arshia Gupta is an Agriculture Analyst with the Food and Agriculture Global Practice of the World Bank, working in the South Asia Region. She has been associated with the Bank for over 5 years and is presently leading the rural enterprises component across World Bank’s portfolio of livelihoods project in India and is also working on agribusiness focused projects. Arshia plays a key role in providing technical support to the design and implementation of agriculture and rural development projects and as part of that has developed an interest in ensuring that the client governments take adequate account of opportunities to strengthen women’s land rights. [/expand] |
Pranab R Choudhury |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-22″ ] Pranab is a passionate researcher and an empathetic soul, eager to serve the marginalised and the environment. He started his journey as a Scientist with India’s National Agriculture Research System, developing model watersheds to restore hill landscapes and tribal livelihoods that led to the prestigious National Team Award in 2002. To serve the development sector more flexibly, he left his job after a decade and since then, has expanded his engagements around water, livelihoods, forestry and land, building evidence and making recognizable impact at the national and international level. He has led and guided large scale bilateral and multi-country projects around climate change, food security, forestry and livelihoods and has accompanied and evaluated donor-funded projects around NRM, livelihoods and value chain projects across India and South Asia. He founded and leads the Center for Land Governance (CLG), which in a shot span of six years, has been acknowledged as a leading land think tank around land governance policy and research in India and globally. CLG’s work spans across rural, urban, forest and agriculture landscapes cross-cutting gender, technology, justice and sustainability. Apart from engaging on policy and action research with governments, the World Bank, donors and national and international universities, CLG also organises an annual India Land and Development Conference, and unique land convening in South Asia. Pranab is a nominated member of the executive committee of Green India Mission of Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change of Government of India since 2017. His work has been widely published in international peer reviewed journals and has presented papers in international conferences. He also writes in national media and takes land related courses in premier institutes like IIM Ahmedabad and Xavier’s University Bhubaneswar on invitation. [/expand] |
Mr Girish Kandambeth |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-24″ ] Girish is the Co-Founder and heads of products at Landryt. His leads Landryt’s technology initiatives to democratize access to credible, curated land title information. Girish has more than thirteen years of experience working in various product management roles for Fortune 500 companies across US, UK, Middle East and Asia Pacific region. He is also passionate about Access to Justice and has worked closely with multiple Legal tech start-ups in US and UK in this space. [/expand] |
Akeina Gonmei Development Secretary |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-17″ ] Akeina Gonmei is a trained social worker from Nirmala Niketan, Mumbai. She has worked as a development secretary of Rongmei Baptist Association (RBA) for sixteen years. Akeina Gonmei was probably the first woman from the Rongmei Naga tribe to have completed the Master of social work (MSW) course from Nirmala Niketan. Ms. Gonmei has successfully initiated community development through the Church. She has closely worked with the tribal women in Nagaland and has introduced Wadi cultivation in place of Slash-and-Burn cultivation. Her development interventions include livelihood promotion, health, water and sanitation facilities. All her activities and intervention have an inclusive approach. [/expand] |
Kinjal Pillai WGWLO |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-19″ ] Kinjal Pillai, Coordinator at Working Group for Women and Land Rights, Gujarat state based network committed to sustained grassroots action and policy advocacy around the issue of women’s land rights, including access and ownership over Land and other productive resources. Initiated in 2002, WGWLO today has a diverse membership of more than 40 NGOs and CBO (community based organization) and individuals with varied expertise, across 17 out of total 33 districts of Gujarat. Kinjal Pillai is a Sustainable Development Specialist working in the field of Sustainable. She has done her Masters in Environmental Planning (MTech) from CEPT University, Ahmedabad and has experience of 14 years in the field of sustainable development. Her interest area is working for resolving gender issues in focusing on building their resilience. She also has experience of working with communities, training and them on various aspects of sustainable development and building resilience on climate change. Currently she coordinates WGWLO and the three thematic areas vis., women and land rights, sustainable agriculture and forest rights. Women having land ownership empowers her and gives her decision-making power enabling her to take decision to move towards sustainable agriculture thus leading towards sustainable development. Her experience includes working in the field of climate change through adaptation projects ranging from preparation of State Action Plan of Climate change for Gujarat State to evaluating community based adaptation projects for Earth Care awards, (a climate change award where CEE is Knowledge partner) as an evaluator. [/expand] |
Shivani Gupta |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-21″ ] Shivani Gupta leads Womanity Foundation’s work in India and brings more than 25 years of Consulting, Technology and Development sector experience. She spent more than two decades with global consulting organisations like Capgemini and has a wealth of experience conceptualised business solutions and successfully implemented large complex business and technology transformation programs. She transitioned over to the development sector a few years back and believes that these years have been a long immersive continued journey of understanding developmental challenges, different approaches, systemic issues and ‘passion’ of sector leaders of the Indian development sector. Prior to Womanity, she has also worked closely with adolescents centric issues, and helped in capacity building of non-profits focused on adolescent’s well-being, health, education and employability. Currently, Shivani is responsible for Womanity’s two India progams – Women Change Makers and Women Land Rights aimed at economic empowerment of women through increase awareness, demand and access to land rights by women. She and the India team have been instrumental in shaping and now launching the Women Land Rights in India. Shivani is a qualified Cost Accountant and holds an MBA from Mumbai University. [/expand] |
Ms Shraddha Joshi |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-23″ ] Smt. Shraddha Joshi Sharma is the Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Mahila Arthik Vikas Mahamandal (MAVIM), which is the women’s development corporation of Maharashtra where she leads MAVIM’s efforts in financial inclusion, livelihoods development, grass root institution building. MAVIM serves 1.7 million poor and socially backward families in Maharashtra by organizing them into Self Help Groups and federations. The corporation has successfully implemented an IFAD assisted Tejaswini Rural Women Empowerment Program and has started Nav Tejaswini in which women led federations will be set up. Apart from IFAD MAVIM has partnered with international organizations like UNDP, UNICEF, WORLD BANK, ADB etc. and also Govt. dept. like Minority dept., Urban Development dept., Rural Development dept. etc. MAVIM has a network of 1.47 lakh self-help groups (SHGs) and 17.17 lakh women members (Urban and Rural) distributed in 10,495 villages and 259 cities. It has demonstrated an effective financing model of SHGs through partnership with various banks. Through this partnership, 85% of total SHGs have been enabled to mobilize INR 4200 crore of loans having recovery rate of 99% while the Non-Performing Assets are less than 0.8%. Furthermore, 80% of federations have achieved financial sustainability. In addition to enterprise development MAVIM is strongly working for issues like Property Ownership of Women (Ghar doghanche abhiyan), Male Participation (MAVIM Mitra Mandal), Food and Nutrition etc. MAVIM is now assertively working towards enterprise development and is currently strongly fighting with the unprecedented COVID crisis. An MBA from JBIMS, Mumbai, she started her career with the civil services in the year 2005 as the Deputy Collector of Nainital where she worked on issues related to rural development, tourism, environment and women’s development. It is here that she developed a passion for women’s issues which ultimately motivated her decision to take stewardship of MAVIM in 2018. Prior to this she has work on tax regime implementation across several departments and cities, after getting selected for the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) in the year 2007. [/expand] |
Shri. B. K. Agarwal IAS |
[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23t6s7-18″ ] Shri Agrawal is a civil servant with an experience of 35 years at senior management positions in the Government of India and the Government of Himachal Pradesh. He is currently the Secretary, Lokpal , Government of India and has authored the book “Land Registration: Global Practices and Lessons for India”. During his career in Indian Administrative Service (IAS), he has been dealing with policy-making, regulation, and implementation of large scale government programs. He has acquired expertise in Land Governance, Urban Development, Rural Development, Food Security, and Tourism. His articles on various subjects have been published in the newspapers. He is frequently invited by the educational institutes to speak on the topics related to land administration and property law. [/expand] |
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[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23t6vads7-18″ ] Having completed his graduation in English Literature (NEHU), Dr. Mizinksa Daimari went on to pursue a postgraduate in Development Studies (IIT Guwahati) and thereafter, a Ph.D. He has an academic research paper published recently with Springer. He is currently working as a Consultant with CIMMYT. [/expand] |
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[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23wt6vads7-18″ ] I have worked in social work practice, communities in rural India, engaged in social movements on ecology, social justice, women’s rights and queer affirmative action through media, social work education and home based livelihoods. [/expand] |
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[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-t6s717″ ] Girija Godbole is affiliated to the Centre for Policy Studies at IIT Bombay. She is leading the study “Ground- eye view of existing agricultural tenancy in western Maharashtra in the times of increasing land sales” under the Nudge Foundation Research Innovation Grant. She is also a co-investigator of the study “Surviving violence: Everyday Resilience and Gender Justice in Rural- Urban India” funded by the British Academy.Trained in anthropology, Girija has worked in the environment and development sector for many years. [/expand] |
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[expand title=”Profile Details” swaptitle=”Close” id=”23-t6sfgd717″ ] Rachanadevi is doctoral student at School of Development Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai. Her research interests are about land use transfer for development projects and its impact on local communities. While documenting the impact of land use transfer on local communities, she is also focusing on how people are responding to land use transfer. She is using ethnographic methods to understand the resistance over land. [/expand] |
