Prof K.K. Sharma

Ph.D. IIM Ahmedabad Prof. Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management, Ahmedabad Director general at Taxila business school, Jaipur. Vice Chancellor (A), Dean & Professor at Sushant University, Gurgaon Advising/Visiting/Guest Faculty IIM-A, IIM-K, IIM-I, EDI, CEPT, MICA, IHM, SGVU & IRITM-Lucknow

Dr. Kamal Kishore Sharma is an MBA and Fellow (Ph.D.) of IIM Ahmedabad. In a rich corporate career span, he has worked with a PSU (SAIL), Indian Civil Services (IRTS), MNC subsidiary (ArcelorMittal Subsidiary), University & Start-ups. He started as a Management Trainee and rose in corporate career to an MD & CEO at an MNC. In the education space he taught (Professor) & then led (Dean, Vice Chancellor, Director) educational institutions. As a freelancer and an entrepreneur, he consulted, advised, co-founded and held directorships in multiple Start-ups. During his IIM Ahmedabad days, Dr. Sharma has worked with Stanford University, United Nations Environment Program & Government of India across several consulting & training projects. He was a member of the founding team at the Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management where he also set up the International Centre for Excellence in Surface & Air Transport. His interest areas lie in Strategy, Corporate Governance, Leadership and Entrepreneurship. He has taught at Executive Education at various IIMs and reputed National Institutions and is fond of using Simulations (experiential learning). He actively contributes to the start-up ecosystem in the social impact domains of education, water and agriculture. As a prolific and impactful motivational speaker, one could often find him delivering webinars, talks & keynote speeches. He also founded an NGO “Saksham” to work with rural education.

Dr. Kamal Kishore Sharma is an MBA and Fellow (Ph.D.) of IIM Ahmedabad. In a rich corporate career span, he has worked with a PSU (SAIL), Indian Civil Services (IRTS), MNC subsidiary (ArcelorMittal Subsidiary), University & Start-ups. He started as a Management Trainee and rose in corporate career to an MD & CEO at an MNC. In the education space he taught (Professor) & then led (Dean, Vice Chancellor, Director) educational institutions. As a freelancer and an entrepreneur, he consulted, advised, co-founded and held directorships in multiple Start-ups. During his IIM Ahmedabad days, Dr. Sharma has worked with Stanford University, United Nations Environment Program & Government of India across several consulting & training projects. He was a member of the founding team at the Adani Institute of Infrastructure Management where he also set up the International Centre for Excellence in Surface & Air Transport. His interest areas lie in Strategy, Corporate Governance, Leadership and Entrepreneurship. He has taught at Executive Education at various IIMs and reputed National Institutions and is fond of using Simulations (experiential learning). He actively contributes to the start-up ecosystem in the social impact domains of education, water and agriculture. As a prolific and impactful motivational speaker, one could often find him delivering webinars, talks & keynote speeches. He also founded an NGO “Saksham” to work with rural education.

Dr. U.K. Shrivastava

Former Professor of IIM, Ahmedabad. (Accomplished Management Consultant with over 40 years of experience in India and around the world.) Currently Director of P.S. Management Consultants (specializes in agro/food processing, agri Infrastructure projects, Market research, and monitoring and control of development Projects.)

Dr. U.K. Srivastava obtained his PhD degree in Economics and did post-doctoral work at Iowa State University, USA. After working at Iowa State University for about 2 years he joined Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIMA). where he worked for about 20 years (1973-93). After leaving IIMA, Dr. Srivastava started his own consultancy firm in the name of P.S. Management Consultants at Ahmedabad. He is a Certified Management Consultant (CMC). Dr. Srivastava has been made the fellow of Institute of Management Consultants of India in 2014.

He was the Vice President of Institute of Management Consultants of India. He became the founder Hon. Director of the National Institute of Cooperative Management, Gandhinagar (1996-2000). He worked with the World Bank Regional office in New Delhi in UPDASP project. (1994-1996). He has published 28 books and more that 50 Journal articles in refereed professional journals. He has handled more than 90 major consultancy assignments between 1975 and 2012. His list of consultancy clients includes World Bank, Asian Development Bank, NORAD, Commonwealth Secretariat, Several Ministries of Government of India, Government of Gujarat, Government of Madhya Pradesh, Government of Uttar Pradesh and large number of reputed Indian Companies and organizations,

Besides India, he has undertaken consultancy assignments at Bhutan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Burma, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda on behalf of the World Bank and Asian Development Bank. He was involved with World Bank consultancy assignment as Team Leader, Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E), NAIP Project (2007-2011). He was Sr. Consultant in International Finance Corporation Project for `Scanning of Agri business opportunities in Odisha in 2012-13. From 2013-2018, Dr. Srivastava completed project plans and execution for 36 agri-cultural markets, cold storage supply chains around the country.

Prof. Asit k. Vishwas

Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Glasgow Distinguished Visiting Professor (School of Engineering) Distinguished Visiting Professor (School of Geographical & Earth Sciences)

Prof Asit K. Biswas is universally acknowledged as one of the world's leading authorities on water, environment and development-related issues. He has had a very distinguished career as an academic; a senior public official in Canada; advisor and/or confidant to Presidents, Prime Ministers and Ministers in 19 countries, six Heads of United Nations Agencies, two Secretary-Generals of OECD, several Heads of bilateral aid agencies, and four CEOs or Chairmen of major MNCs. He was a member of the World Commission on Water and co-founder of International Water Resources Association and World Water Council. He was a member of the Global Agenda Council of the World Economic Forum and is currently member of the International Advisory Board, Pictet Asset Management, Geneva; member of the Advisory Board, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur; and Strategic Advisor, Singapore International Water Week. Among his numerous awards are Stockholm Water Prize, considered to be the Nobel Prize for water; Crystal Drop and Millennium Prizes of the International Water Resources Association; Walter Huber Prize of the American Society of Civil Engineering; “Person of the Year” award of Canada; and Aragon Environment Prize of Spain. He has received seven Honorary Doctorates from leading global universities. He is the author of 88 books and over 500 papers, which have been translated into 41 languages. He is the founder of the International Journal of Water Resources Development and was its Editor-in-Chief for the first 29 years. He is a member of Russian Engineering Academy and European Academy of Sciences. In 2019, Prof Biswas established a new company, in Singapore, in 2019: WATER MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL PTE LTD, to advise governments, private sector and international organizations on policy issues on different aspects of water management. The Company also runs tailor-made Executive Education Programmes for countries and organizations.

Prof. Cecilia Tartojada

Professor in Practice-Environmental Innovation (Interdisciplinary Studies)

Dr. Cecilia Tartojada is an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Water Policy, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore. The main focus of her work at present is on the future of the world's water, especially in terms of water, food, energy and environmental securities through coordinated policies.

She has been an advisor to major international institutions like FAO, UNDP, JICA, ADB, OECD and IDRC, and has worked in countries in Africa, Asia, North and South America and Europe on water and environment-related policies. She is a member of the OECD Initiative in Water Governance.

She is a past President of the International Water Resources Association (2007-2009) and an honorary member of the IWRA. Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Water Resources Development, Associate Editor of Water International, member of the Editorial Boards of the Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research, International Journal of Water Governance, Urban Planning and Transport Research Journal, Frontiers in Environmental Science and IWRA (India) Journal, and editor of book series on Water Resources Development and Management of Springer. She is also editor of Springer Briefs on Case Studies on Sustainable Development and on Water Science and Technology; and member of series Advisory Board of Springer Briefs in Earth Sciences, Geography & Earth System Sciences. She is the author and editor of more than 30 books by major international publishers. Her work has been translated into Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Japanese and Spanish languages.

Dr. Neelam Patel

Senior Advisor, NITI Aayog

Dr. (Ms.) Neelam Patel is currently working as in charge, Centre for Protected Cultivation Technology and Principal Scientist, Water Technology Centre, Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi after graduating in Agricultural Engineering from Allahabad Agricultural Institute in 1994 and doing her Master's degree from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, West Bengal in 1996 and Doctoral degree from Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi in 2007. Dr. Neelam Patel has contributed significantly in the field of precision farming particularly in protected cultivation and micro irrigation. Working as member FAD -17 in BIS for formulating the different standards of irrigation system. Developed guidelines and designs of micro irrigation systems and protected structures and field implementation in climate-challenged areas; Recipient of Dr. Ram Nath Singh Award of IARI, New Delhi during 2002; Dr. Rajendra Prasad Award of Indian Council of Agricultural Research 2004 and prestigious WATSAVE ANNUAL AWARD 2006 for Young Professional International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage (ICID-CIID) for outstanding contribution to Water Savings and Water Conservation in Agriculture thereby enhancing the beneficial and sustainable use of the critical resource i.e. water; Best paper award of International Commission on Irrigation & Drainage (ICID-CIID) 2006 in recognition of the outstanding paper contributed to Irrigation and Drainage-the Journal of ICID; Agricultural Engineering Division Prize of Institution of Engineers (India) 2006; Golden Jubilee Award of Fertilizer Association of India 2007 for doctoral research in fertilizer usage; Dr. Ramnath Singh Award, IARI, New Delhi in 2007 for the best book authored in Hindi during year 2007; Special Award of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineers 2011 for contribution in the field of Agricultural Engineering; Outstanding book award -2014 of Indian Society of Agricultural Engineering for the book entitled “Drip Irrigation” published by ICAR, Leadership Award-2014 by the Soil Conservation Society of India for the contribution in the field of Soil and Water Conservation Engineering and Gold medal -2016 by the Soil Conservation Society of India for the contribution in the field of Soil and Water Conservation Engineering. Recently, she received prestigious Panjab Rao Deshmukh Outstanding Woman Scientist Award-2015 of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, DARE, Government of India. Dr. Neelam Patel is an accomplished researched Dr. Patel has also conducted a large number of training programs for state government officials and farmers for popularizing precision farming technologies including, those developed by her.

Dr. Moyra Boland

Professor of Creative Pedagogy (Pedagogy, Praxis & Faith) Dean for Global Engagement (External Relations)

Dr. Virendra Singh

Chief Administrator, Pidilite Manar Centre for Agri-Hort Development (Pidilite Industries)

Dr. Balkrishen Pandit

Hydrogeologist at Water Supply Department, Govt. of Gujarat Water Supply Department, Govt. of Gujarat higher secondary school Gandhinagar

Dr R N Shukla

Professional Experience: More than 50+ Years in water sector, irrigation and water supply (Govt. of Gujarat), including 10 years’ experience as a Senior Training Officer (Geo-hydrology) at Gujarat Jaleesa Training Institute (GJTI), one of the recognized Training Institute in the Country. - Last served as Superintending Geohydrologist (Head of Hydro geological Department) from Jan1999 to Aug- 2006, in Gujarat Water Supply & Sewerage Board (GWSSB), Gandhinagar - Advisor to Water and Sanitation Management Organisation (WASMO) from September 2006 to December 2016, which has been awarded thrice Nationally and Internationally for its efforts and accomplishments in WRM with involvement of community

Academic Experiences: Appointed as external examiner for Dissertation work of research scholars, Geology Department, Maharaja Sayaji Rao University, Vadodara - Functioned as a jury member for Environmental Planning Institute, Ahmedabad - Worked as Joint Secretary, Indian Society of Remote Sensing, and (Ahmedabad chapter) at Space Application Centre Ahmedabad - Worked as a member of Executive council, Indian Society of Remote Sensing, (Ahmedabad chapter) - Established Remote Sensing Cell at GJTI, GWSSB, Gandhinagar

Experience As Trainer: Conducted Five International level training courses with the collaboration of Themes Water International (UK) at Gujarat Jalseva Training Institute, Gandhinagar - Conducted 10 National level training courses, sponsored by Water Resources Department, CPHEEO (GOI) and UNICEF - Arranged Workshops, Seminars and approximately 50 training courses related to Hydrology, Remote Sensing, Water management and Recharge. - Imparted speech on Indian ways of Water Resource Management and business opportunities associated with it for Change Co Ltd, Osaka, Japan in November 2011

Dr. Shakina Merchant

PhD in management titled “food processing industry in Gujarat Training rural people (BDSP) at Indian institute of sustainability, Gujrat university a project by GLPC, Government of Gujarat. Assistant professor, business management area, Som Lalit College of commerce, Gujarat university.

Dr. Shweta Singh

Ph.D. Environmental Science

She holds Ph.D. in Environmental Science from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad. Her area of interest for academics and research includes air pollution, water pollution, climate change. she has 4 publications till date with the highest impact factor of 9.6. Currently she aims to work towards the sustainability aspect of environment and related projects.

Contact details: [email protected]

Dr K. D. Bhatt

Member Secretary at GSFC Science Foundation Doctorate (Ph. D - Hydrogeology)-IIT Roorkee Master of Technology (MTech - Hydrogeology)-IIT Roorkee Bachelor of Science (Geology)-The M S University of Baroda

Dr. K.D Bhatt has working experience as a partner with PANAM Consultancy (2020 –contd.), He was Director & I/C Member Secretary GSFC Science Foundation, Vadodara (1995 – 2020, Scientific Officer in Paramount Pollution Control Limited, Vadodara (1995) Geologist Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee (1988 - 1990), Consulting Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi (1990-91)
Dr K.D Bhatt sir Membership with
Life Fellow "Indian Water Resources Society"
Life Member "Indian Association of Hydrologists"
Member "The Water Network"
Member "Water & Solution Exchange Network - United Nations"
Member "National Water Harvesters Network"

CA Ajay Biwal

CA Ajay Biwal is Fellow member of Institute of Chartered Accountant of India and associate member of Institute of Cost Accountant of India. CA Ajay Biwal is one of the Youngest Chartered Accountant in India. He attempted the CA Final Examination in the age of 19. He is also All India Rank Holder in Cost and Management Accountant (CMA) Examination of Institute of Cost Accountant of India and Medallist from Hon'ble Governor of West Bengal. He is Certified Concurrent Auditor of Bank (CCA) from ICAI. He is pursuing Chartered Financial Analyst from CFA Institute, USA. He is presently Guest Lecturer of MBA Students at Gujarat University. He is founder of Biwal & Co (Chartered Accountant Firm) and CompanySuggestion.com. He is Practicing Chartered Accountant at Ahmedabad. He is having over 8 years of experience and well versed with all the matters related to Accounting, Start-up, GST, Income Tax, Company Law and ROC matters and statutory reporting etc. He has Experienced in Government Telecom Industry. He can be reach at [email protected]

Omdev Chudasama

Omdevsinh L. Chudasama is a General Manager with 18 years of experience in various sectors such as HR, Administration, Livelihood Development Programs, CSR Projects, and Education. He has worked in both the NGO and Government sectors.

His most recent position is as General Manager (HR and Admin.) at Gujarat Livelihood Promotion Company Ltd. He has also worked as SHG and Enterprises Coordinator & Team Leader at Deepak Foundation in Vadodara and as a Professor at Marwadi University.

He has previously worked as Addi. Chief Prog. Executive - Management Executive in BAIF Development Research Foundation and BISLD, where he managed various programs in 4 states. Additionally, he has experience in teaching, administration, and capacity building.

Aditi Shah

MBA (IIM Trichy), B. Com (H.R College, Mumbai)

Aditi Shah is an entrepreneur. She has her own kids' clothing brand label. She was a Senior Product Analyst of Product Control Team at the NatWest Group till 2022. She is an MBA graduate from IIM Trichy (Batch of 2020), a public speaker, and a creative individual, awarded 'Outstanding lady student in the area of Entrepreneurship award' for undertaking various ventures within two academic years.

Also, she is a voracious reader and an amateur flutist

Mr. Satish Taak

MBA (IIM Calcutta), BA (Economics & Psychology)

Satish Kumar is an entrepreneur and Angel Investor. He worked with Meta(Facebook), Mahindra and Ola in the past.

He is an MBA graduate from IIM Calcutta (Batch of 2013-15), a public speaker, awarded Gujarat Chief Minister for contribution in the Education sector.

Dr. Sanjukta Rajhans

Dr. Sanjukta Rajhans is an accomplished academician with a meritorious educational background. She completed her Ph.D. in Botany in the year 2022 from the Department of Botany, Bioinformatics, and Climate Change Impacts Management at Gujarat University. She has also completed her M.Phil., M.Sc., and B.Sc. from the same University with distinction, demonstrating her excellent academic performance throughout her educational journey.

Dr. Sanjukta has been the recipient of several awards and accolades for her exceptional academic performance and research work. She has been recognized as a Gold Medalist in M.Sc. Botany in 2017-2018 and B.Sc. Botany in 2015-2016 at Gujarat University. She has received the Student of the Year Award in 2017-2018 from Gujarat University Botanicals Society. She has also been awarded the SHODH (Scheme of Developing High-Quality Research) scholarship from Education Department, Gujarat State, from 2019-2021 and had been provisionally short-listed for the award of INSPIRE Fellowship in 2018-2019.

She has also received a Young Scientist Award for the best poster presented on the topic "Healing Herbs" at a national webinar organized by Gujarat Medicinal Plant Board. She has secured the second position in the Research Scholar category in the International Science Symposium on "Recent Trends in Science and Technology" organized by Christ College Rajkot.

Dr. Sanjukta's accomplishments, awards, and educational qualifications demonstrate her dedication and commitment to her field of study and her outstanding performance throughout her academic career.

Madhubanti Dutta

Madhubanti Dutta works as a young professional in the Natural Resources, Environment & Climate Change, Water Resources, Tourism & Culture vertical at NITI Aayog, Government of India. She leads various projects on natural resources, environment & climate change, and water resources. She supervises the groups of interns appointed under the vertical for the Advisor and coordinates. She communicates with ministries, embassies, universities, think tanks, and companies for bi-weekly updates on ongoing projects.

Madhubanti is also part of the core research team of the Waste to Energy program, "Energy from Urban, Industrial and Agricultural wastes/residues", from 2021-22 to 2025-26. She is working on upcoming reports on "Compendium of Best Practices in Water Management - Emerging Technology Solutions in Water & Wastewater Management" and "Unpacking Pre-2020 Climate Commitments: Who Delivered, How Much, and How Will the Gaps." She is also involved in developing Behavioral Innovative Policy in collaboration with Boston Consultancy Group and Energy Vertical NITI Aayog. Madhubanti has identified and developed strategies for the impact of circularity on Decarbonization for India. She is part of the discussion on identifying the pathways to enable India's roadmap to Net Zero by 2050.

She is additionally a PhD student at the Institute of Advanced Research Gandhinagar, Gujarat, with a research focus on regenerative agriculture and its impact on the Indian economy. She has an MSc in Economics from Symbiosis School of Economics, Pune, and a BA in Economics (Honors) from Miranda House, University of Delhi. Madhubanti has eight years of work experience and is skilled in MS Office, STATA, data analysis, R-programming, communication, writing, presentation, project management, strategy building, and team leading.

Madhubanti also worked Project Manager at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, in (UN-SDSN) Food Agriculture Biodiversity Land and Energy (FABLE – Pathways), from September 2018 to June 2021. She raised funds from the IKEA Foundation and Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI) and handled quarterly financial reporting for the evaluation with SDSN Headquarters. In addition, she worked as a Research Consultant at Development Alternatives Group, New Delhi, India, from March 2021 to July 2021, in the Policy and Planning domain.

She presently has around 22 publications in the domain of environmental economics, climate change, water policy, sustainable development goals, food systems, and natural resource management, in several reputed National and International Journals, Newspapers and Magazines.

Vandana Chauhan

Ms. Vandana Chauhan has twenty two years of professional work experience in Disaster Risk Reduction, Gender, Children, Livelihood and Climate Change Adaptation. She has successfully coordinated joint projects with National Disaster Management Authority, State Disaster Management Authorities/Department of Disaster Management of (Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Odisha, Jammu & Kashmir, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Tamilnadu, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Telangana and Gujarat), National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Government of India, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) of Mussoorie, Ajmer Sharif Dargah Committee, All India Radio, ASSOCHAM, FICCI, UNICEF India and its seven state offices in India, Aga Khan Agency for Habitat India (AKAHI), Cordaid, Caritas India, Save the Children, Christian Aid, Islamic Relief Centre, AJJDC, JICA, UNISDR/UNDRR, UNDP, Afghanistan National Disaster Management Authority, Disaster Emergency Committee, Commonwealth Foundation, Concern Worldwide India, Brookings Institute, Overseas Development Institute(ODI) UK, USAID, Nagoya University of Japan, King’s College London, Birmingham University, Wageningen University, University of Indonesia, IIT Delhi, Ford Foundation, Oxfam Community Aid Abroad, Japan International Centre for the Rights of the Child, Indian Space Research Organisations (ISRO) and UN-Habitat.

Adv. Jayant Kumar

LL.M.

Mr. Jayant Kumar is a practicing lawyer in New Delhi. His core areas of practice includes Intellectual Property Laws, Arbitration Laws, IT Laws, Competition Laws, Property Laws and he handles civil and corporate litigation & arbitrations. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree from National Law University, Jodhpur and Masters Degree from George Washington University Law School.

Satyam Saxena

Satyam Saxena is an Environmental Economist and currently serves as a Visiting Faculty at the Indian Institute of Sustainability, Agribusiness Management and Sustainability, Gujarat University, India. He completed his Bachelor's in Commerce in 2015 from the University of Delhi and his MA in Environmental Economics in 2018 from the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun. Recently, he also attended the Spatial Economics Data Analysis training course from the University of Minnesota's College of Food, Agricultural, and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS) and MSI. Satyam possesses advanced technical skills in R and MS Excel, intermediate knowledge of STATA, and beginner skills in GAMS and QGIS. He is currently working as a Researcher at the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT-INDIA) on the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) project and has previously worked as a Research Officer at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.

Satyam has also been involved in the UN-SDSN United Nations - Sustainable Development Solution Network project of FABLE Pathways (Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land Use and Energy) and was part of the core research group from India. He has a total of 13 publications which include research papers, global and national reports, policy briefs, and more.

Dr. Yusuf Mobin Shaikh

Dr. Mobin Yusuf Shaikh is an Assistant Professor of Management at Gujarat National Law University (GNLU), with more than 22 years of teaching experience in Management, Accounting, Corporate Finance and Management courses. He is highly proficient and has been recognized as a Ph.D. Supervisor and a Member of Doctoral Research Committee at GNLU, guiding two doctoral research scholars. Dr. Shaikh has also worked with the Registrar of GNLU as the Convener of the procurement and asset committee, ensuring fair and transparent University procurement, tenders, negotiations and deal closures. He has completed a UGC-sponsored refresher course for teachers of the University and an orientation program for teachers of the

University at Gujarat University, both with excellent grades. Additionally, he has completed a one-month faculty training program at ICFAI National College (INC) headquarters, Hyderabad, India. Dr. Shaikh has also been empaneled as a Financial Education Resource Person by the Securities Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and has successfully conducted training programs for Gujarat State Assistant Public Prosecutors (APP) and dispute settlement for human resource managers of various organizations of the state. He has published various papers and participated in seminars on Human Rights in Education and Management Schools. Dr. Shaikh is highly experienced and skilled in teaching, academic and institutional administration, and research.