Asatha Chauhan

Artist & Curator, Interdisciplinary researcher, Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design, and Technology

Aastha Chauhan is an artist, curator, and educator who teaches Curating Public/Community Art Projects at the Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Bangalore.

Her practice is rooted in public, socially engaged, and site-specific art, often developed through long-term, collaborative engagements. Since 2007, she has been closely involved with Henvalvani 90.4 FM Community Radio in Chamba, Uttarakhand, where she also serves as a board member. Every semester, she leads postgraduate students from SMI to Chamba for immersive courses that bring together community media, ecology, and socially engaged art. These projects build on the region’s legacy of grassroots environmental movements, such as the Chipko and Beej Bachao Andolan, while creating new forms of dialogue between students and local communities.

Anand Pendharkar

Ecologist, Actionist, Author of multiple books, an International Teachers' Trainer, TEDx, Pecha Kucha and Motivational Speaker, and Youth Mentor

Anand Pendharkar is an Ecologist, Social Entrepreneur, Actionist, TEDx, Pecha Kucha and Motivational Speaker, Author of multiple books, an International Teachers' Trainer, and Youth Mentor.. He has designed the ICSE EVS curriculum, India's first MBA module in Environment Management (Aravalli Institute of Management, Jodhpur) and an MSc in Biodiversity, Wildlife Conservation, and Management (Mumbai University). Over a career spanning 36 years, Anand has meandered through various sectors from Wildlife Conservation, Ecotourism, Academia, Information Technology and the FMCG Retail Business.He has also scripted and directed a few short documentary films and plays in English and other Indian languages.

Shubhra Sotie

Environmental Lawyer and Specialist, Wildlife Policy & Research-Humane World for Animals India

Shubhra is an environmental lawyer and a wildlife policy and research specialist at Humane World for Animals where she is designing and conducting policy advocacy projects for exotic pet trade, human-elephant conflict and snakebite mitigation. She has over 5 years of experience in enviro-legal issues. As a professional, she has been taking a deep dive into conservation laws in India. She engages in interdisciplinary research into environmental policy gaps and possible interventions through advocacy and analyzing wildlife crime in India. She has also have been part of over 40+ capacity building workshops for the Forest Department, Judiciary, Public Prosecutors and other law enforcement agencies as a legal resource person.

Sunil Limaye

IFS (retd), former PCCF Maharashtra, currently Member of the Central Empowered Committee. TEDx speaker.

Devica Ranade

Science Communicator, Ecology Explained, Behavioural Ecologist and Collaborations, Nature Conservation Foundation

Kritika Balaji