SCCS-Bng is organised and hosted by the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), the National Centre for Biological Sciences (NCBS), the Foundation for Ecological Security (FES), and the Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF). The core responsibilities are handled by the Organising Committee, with support from the Advisory and Welfare Council and the Administrative and& Support Team. A huge number of volunteers also dedicate their time and effort to ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of the conference.


Organising Committee

  • Alissa Barnes ()
  • Anubhab Khan
  • Asmita Sengupta
  • Budhaditya Das
  • Ishika Ramakrishna (Doctoral Fellow, Centre for Wildlife Studies)
  • Jignasa Patel
  • Kritika Balaji

Conference Administrator

  • Sruthy Boopathy

Administrative & Support Team

  • Alpcord Network Events & Conferences Management Company Pvt. Ltd.
  • Smita Prabhakar, Vinay Hegde, Sunil V (NCF, Mysuru)
  • Basavaraj, Raghavendra Rao, Jagadeesha H (Centre for Ecological Sciences, IISc, Bengaluru)
  • PP Ranjith, Satish (NCBS, Bengaluru)

Advisory and Welfare Council

  • Jayshree Ratnam
  • Kavita Isvaran
  • Suhel Quader
  • Marianne Manuel
  • Madhusudan M D

Advisory Committee

  • Advait Edgaonkar (Indian Institute of Forest Management)
  • Asmita Kabra (Visiting Professor, Ashoka University)
  • Deepak Apte (Srushti Conservation Foundation)
  • Firoz Ahmed (Aaranyak)
  • Ghazala Shahabuddin (Ashoka University)
  • Gopi Sundar (Senior Scientist at Seva Mandir and Co-chair, IUCN Stork, Ibis and Spoonbill Specialist Group)
  • Kamal Bawa (University of Massachusetts & Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment)
  • Krithi Karanth (Centre for Wildlife Studies CWS)
  • K.V. Devi Prasad (Dept. of Ecology and Environmental Sciences, Pondicherry University)
  • Mewa Singh (Biopsychology Department, University of Mysore)
  • Nitin Rai (Independent scholar)
  • Ravi Bhalla (Foundation for Ecological Research, Advocacy and Learning)
  • Rhys Green (Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge and SCCS - Cambridge)
  • Sejal Worah (WWF-India)
  • Shomita Mukherjee (Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History, Coimbatore)
  • Uma Ramakrishnan (National Centre for Biological Sciences)
  • V.B. Mathur (Retired Chairman, National Biodiversity Board)