Professor of Supply Chain Management, Kesseler Family Endowed Faculty Fellowship in Supply Chain Management, Broad College of Business, Supply Chain Management Department, Michigan State University, 632 Bogue Street, Room N351, East Lansing, MI 48824
Dr. Sriram Narayanan is a professor and Kesseler Endowed Faculty Fellow in Supply Chain Management in the Department of Supply Chain Management at Michigan State University. An internationally recognized scholar, he has earned his doctoral degree in Operations Technology and Innovation Management at University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. His industry experience includes working in procurement and project management roles in automotive and software industries. Dr. Narayanan’s primary research interests are in innovation, productivity and sustainability in supply chains. He has published more than 30 articles that include top-tier journals across supply chain management, organizational strategy and marketing journals, in addition to invited book chapters, and teaching cases. He holds several leadership roles such as Vice President of publications of the Production and Operations Management Society, and the Board of the Decision Sciences Institute, USA. He has won multiple awards for teaching, research, community engagement and service including the John D. and Dorotha, J. Withrow Endowed Emerging Research Scholar Award; Community-Engaged Partnership Award (for his inclusion work), the Lilly Fellowship (MSU), Broad Integrative Fellowship (MSU) and the distinguished service award by the India Chapter of the Decision Sciences Institute for his contributions to the society.
Chief Operating Officer, Enamor
Preeti Gupta is the Chief Operating Officer of Enamor, the leading premium lingerie brand of India. In this role, she defines the road map for all creative design strategy, retail, sourcing and factory operations.
She is a marketing graduate from National Institute of Fashion Technology, Delhi and has worked across domestic brands, international brands, exports and large format retailing in both apparel and non-apparel categories. With an experience of 20yrs +, a few of the roles that Preeti has handled are- heading Allen Solly Womens, to launch esprit in India, Category head at Reliance Trends and as Director, Licensing at Tommy Hilfiger.
Associate Professor, Department of Resource Management and Design Application, Lady Irwin College (University of Delhi)
Meenakshi Mital is an Associate Professor in the postgraduate department of Resource Management and Design Application, Lady Irwin College, University of Delhi. She did her Ph.D. in the area of Women and Poverty. She is also an MBA in marketing and has more than twenty years of research and academic experience. She has a number of published papers in national and international journals, has written books and has been on the expert panel for ILO, NIOS, NCERT, CBSE, IGNOU and Delhi University. She has received President’s award for her writings on women empowerment in a pan India competition.
She has been instrumental in forming a task force of the department of Resource Management and Design Application consisting of eminent people from industry and academia. She has been the founder and convenor of the study abroad program of the Department of Resource Management with Michigan State University, USA in the year 2008, and has initiated collaborative researches in the area of sustainable built environment with MSU both at masters and doctoral level. She also initiated Annual Symposium series on “Sustainable Built Environment”.
CEO, Radisson Casual Wear Ltd., Kalampur, Dhamrai, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Syed Fardeen Hashemy is a young professional who works for branding the apparel sector of Bangladesh as the hub of green sourcing. He’s currently leading a team of 5,000 employees and continuously motivating them towards implementing sustainable concepts in this industry. He’s already implemented several sustainable projects to contribute to SDG especially in terms of social and environmental aspects. Some of his pioneering projects in garments trade are digital wage payment, ensuring health and hygiene for female employees, reducing carbon footprints, adopting biodegradable jute-made bags etc. His affiliation with the Ella Alliance and introducing Ella pad in this sector has started to be followed by fellow industry experts. Fardeen’s early career started in the manufacturing industry in Mumbai and Vadodara, India where he adopted and applied several green models of energy reduction and productivity enhancement. Fardeen has been awarded several scholarships throughout his academic career. He’s an engineer and also possess an MBA degree from renowned Universities of the country.
LEED AP (BD+C) | ECBC Master Trainer | IGBC AP, Assistant Professor, Department of Building Engineering and Management, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, 6-Block-B, Indraprastha Estate, New Delhi-110002
Dr Chaitali Basu is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Building Engineering and Management, School of Planning and Architecture (SPA-D) since 2016. She received her PhD in Building Engineering and Management from SPA-D in 2018. She also holds a Master's degrees in Construction Management (SPA-Delhi), and Business Management (UK). Dr Basu was a BHAVAN Fellow in 2017-18, and completed her research in ‘Building Performance Evaluation for Energy Efficient Retrofitting Planning of Multi-family Residential Buildings’ from the School of Planning, Design and Construction at Michigan State University, USA. She is an ECBC Master Trainer, LEED AP, and IGBC AP, and has worked as Project Manager (Sustainability) for achieving LEED & GRIHA ratings for prestigious public projects across New Delhi. Her research interest spans from the functional performance of buildings, project scheduling to disaster-resilient project planning and reconstruction management.
Principal Counsellor, Indian Green Building Council - CII
M Anand is a Green Building Professional, at the CII-Sohrabji Godrej Green Business Centre, Hyderabad, India. He is a Principal Counsellor and a team member of CII’s Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) since its inception. He has work experience spanning over 29 years. He is with CII since, 1996. Thus far, he has helped more than 100 clients in incorporating green designs in building design & construction. Also involved in various IGBC Green Townships & Cities projects which includes Dholera City, GIFT City, Sricity, AURIC City, Mahindra World City in India. He has also trained professionals in green building concepts and has thus far conducted more than 210 Training Programmes on green buildings all over the country and in Singapore & Dubai. He is a member working on the green building rating system for India, IGBC Green Townships, Cities & Metro programmes. He is also closely associated the World Green Building Council (World GBC) activities.
LEED AP (BD+C) | ECBC Master Trainer | IGBC AP, Assistant Professor, Department of Building Engineering and Management, School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, 6-Block-B, Indraprastha Estate, New Delhi-110002
Dr Chaitali Basu is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Building Engineering and Management, School of Planning and Architecture (SPA-D) since 2016. She received her PhD in Building Engineering and Management from SPA-D in 2018. She also holds a Master's degrees in Construction Management (SPA-Delhi), and Business Management (UK). Dr Basu was a BHAVAN Fellow in 2017-18, and completed her research in ‘Building Performance Evaluation for Energy Efficient Retrofitting Planning of Multi-family Residential Buildings’ from the School of Planning, Design and Construction at Michigan State University, USA. She is an ECBC Master Trainer, LEED AP, and IGBC AP, and has worked as Project Manager (Sustainability) for achieving LEED & GRIHA ratings for prestigious public projects across New Delhi. Her research interest spans from the functional performance of buildings, project scheduling to disaster-resilient project planning and reconstruction management.
Director, Environmental Design Solutions (EDS)
Mr. Tanmay has a background of architecture and engineering. He works on projects dealing with sustainable development, building energy efficiency, green buildings, and energy efficiency standards and labeling in Asia, Africa and the US. Tanmay leads the Environmental Design Solutions (EDS) team of consultants working on climate change policies, energy efficient building design, building code development, energy efficiency policy development, energy simulation and green building certification process. His work over the last 25 years includes, the development of Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC 2007 and ECBC 2017) and Eco-Housing program in India, and is currently leading the Market Transformation and Integration for Energy Efficiency (MAITREE) program as part of the US-India Bilateral initiative. Since 2003 EDS has worked on hundreds of green buildings, energy efficiency, and policy research projects worldwide.
Professor, Department of BEM and Dean, Planning & Development, School of Planning and Architecture - Delhi
Prof. (Dr.) Virendra Kumar Paul is an alumnus of Chandigarh College of Architecture where he completed a degree in B. Arch. He completed Master’s Degree in Building Engineering and Management from School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi (SPA). He has been serving as a faculty at SPA since 1990. The felicitations received include: Indian Buildings Congress Medal; Architectural Engineering Gold Medal by Institution of Engineers (India); Commendation Certificate for the technical paper by Indian Buildings Congress; Felicitation Plaque by Indian Plumbing Association; Honorary Membership by Fire and Security Association of India. Prof. Paul is Honorary Fellow of Institution of Fire Engineers India and Fellow of Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS). He has published around 70 papers and made several technical presentations at national and international conferences in the areas of Fire Safety, Quality Management, Building Science. He has also authored a book entitled, Handbook for Construction Project Planning and Scheduling (2017). He is Director in the Governing Body of Indian Plumbing Skill Council and Chairs Committee for developing curriculum for various job roles for plumbing skill development. Prof. Paul has served on technical committees for Uniform Plumbing Code, IS 15883-2009 Guidelines for Construction Management, National Building Code 2005 – Approach to Sustainability; Fire and Life Safety (Part IV) and Light and Ventilation.
Director General, OGTC ( Okhla Garment and Textile Cluster)
Mr. R.C. Kesar is a highly experienced Textile Professional who has been associated with the Textile Industry. The career profile starts as a Textile Graduate Trainee and goes up to CEO and Board Level. He has travelled widely internationally and nationally. As a Textile Professional he has been presenting papers in various textile workshops, seminar and conferences on the varying subjects of Technology, General Management, Fiscal Policies, WTO, etc. He has represented Textile Association during formulation of Textile Policy and Technological Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) at the Government and Industry interaction. He is a key crusader in getting cotton textiles free of excise duty.
Senior Fellow, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi
Saon Ray is Senior Fellow, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER), New Delhi. An economist specializing in industry and international trade issues, her areas of interest include global value chains, technological upgrading of Indian industries, free trade agreements and trade creation effects, technology transfer, foreign direct investment, efficiency and productivity of firms, energy and climate change related issues. She has published widely on these issues in books and journal articles. Her Ph.D. in Economics from the Jawaharlal Nehru University examined the role of intellectual property rights in transferring technology to developing countries.
Founder, Ella Pad Dhaka, Bangladesh
Mamunur Rahman, a development activist and heading a social enterprise. He is leading a social movement to improve women's menstrual health management with his model of low-cost green sanitary napkins. Mamunur’s works for mainstreaming gender and developing women entrepreneurship are already awarded by a number of international organizations. The U.S. State Department awarded him with the prestigious Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship and he studied and worked with leading U.S. universities including University of Montana, Michigan State University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology to design and develop his low-cost sanitary napkin model. Mamunur was awarded Chevening scholarship to do his Master in Gender and Development from the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, UK. He is recently ‘Points of Lights’ awarded by the Queen Elizabeth. In 2019, Mamunur was also awarded by the British Council as a global champion for entrepreneurialism. Mamunur’s works are featured by the leading global media including the Guardian, UK and covered by the reports of the United Nations, Harvard and Oxford University among others. Earlier he served the government of Bangladesh, European Union deligation and United Nations agencies at his different capacities.
Director (Programmes) at Centre for Responsible Business (CRB)
Devyani Hari is Director (Programmes) at Centre for Responsible Business (CRB). She has a post graduate degree in finance and started her career with JP Morgan. She then moved into the field of sustainability through her work with renewable energy financing. She has tried her hand at entrepreneurship by setting up her own social enterprise and followed this up with a role in the development sector. In her previous role as a technical expert with GIZ, Ms. Hari was responsible for working with small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and SME bankers to increase lending for sustainable investments. At CRB, she continues to focus on issues of sustainability especially pertinent to the SME sector, sustainability through global value chains, and the interface between SDGs and the private sector. When she finds time over and above being Director-Programmes & mother, she likes to read.
FORMER CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER IN-CHARGE AND HEAD, ENVIRONMENT & SOCIAL MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT, POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD, WORLD’S 3RD LARGEST TRANSMISSION COMPANY AND PRESENTLY ENGAGED WITH THE WORLD BANK AS CONSULTANT.
A seasoned professional with over 30 years of experience in the field of Environment and Social Assessment/Management of projects across various Geographies. Possess proven record of working partnership with a range of multilateral agencies like the World Bank, ADB, IFC, DFID, JBIC, KfW and AIIB etc. and countries like Nepal, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Tajikistan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Fiji particularly in respect of safeguard management & policies implementation.
Mr. Srivastava has successfully developed and executed various policies and procedures to mitigate environmental and social risks including comprehensive and exclusive “Environmental and Social Policy & Procedures” (ESPP) of POWERGRID,
Director – Sustainable Business
Bhavna Prasad leads WWF-India’s corporate engagement on sustainability that delivers transformational partnerships, aimed at improving environmental and social outcomes. These partnerships help corporates (1) understand the impact of their operations and supply chains on critical natural habitats, such as deforestation, extractives, fossil fuel emissions and (2) find solutions that mitigate business risks and enhance business opportunities that promote positive conservation outcomes, such as sustainable finance, water stewardship, climate innovation, renewable energy.
She has over 16 years of diverse experience ranging from banking, environmental consulting to working with environmental NGOs and multilaterals. Prior to WWF, Bhavna was a Vice President with JPMorgan Chase in New York where she covered a range of responsibilities, from helping set up the carbon trading desk to conducting environmental risk assessments for financial transactions, as well as developing 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.
Partner, Sustainability, KPMG
Manpreet is an expert in environmental finance and helps KPMG clients to assess the viability of climate-related projects and access funding for these projects. Manpreet has in-depth experience in guiding companies through the process of issuing green and social bonds to fund projects including clean power, low-carbon transport, affordable housing and energy efficient buildings.
Manpreet is an expert in environmental finance and helps KPMG clients to assess the viability of climate-related projects and access funding for these projects. Manpreet has in-depth experience in guiding companies through the process of issuing green and social bonds to fund projects including clean power, low-carbon transport, affordable housing and energy efficient buildings.
Partner, Dalberg Advisors
Nirat is a Partner at Dalberg Advisors. He leads the firm’s Delhi office, the global WASH practice, and the agriculture practice in Asia. He brings rich multi-disciplinary experience in strategy consulting, human-centered design and entrepreneurship and believes that most social problems in the world are too complex to be solved by any one method, and that value lies at the intersection of disciplines. At Dalberg, his work has involved strategy, investing approaches, program design, innovation platforms for organizations working in agriculture, sustainable manufacturing, water, waste & sanitation.
His clients have included the largest private foundations globally, multilateral and bilateral organizations, private sector companies engaged in sustainability, as well as Governments in Asia. Nirat has degrees from IIT Kharagpur & IIM Bangalore and used to be a management consultant and technology entrepreneur in previous roles.
Joint Director, Climate Change Division of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India
Ajay Raghava has more than two decades experience in the Government and is presently Joint Director in the Climate Change Division of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India. His current responsibilities include coordination of scientific programs on climate change like black carbon and long term ecological observatories, matters related to preparation of national greenhouse gas inventories and national communications to UNFCCC, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, negotiations on transparency of action and support under the Paris Agreement. In the past he has been involved in policy formulation and implementation of river conservation programs in India including National Ganga River Basin Authority’s programme. He has also served at Central Pollution Control Board in the area of environmental planning, industrial pollution control and environment management.
Ajay has degrees in Civil Engineering, Environmental Planning (SPA Delhi) and Energy & Environment Management (IIT-D). He was a British Chevening Scholar for Environment Management in 1999 at University of Bradford, UK and a Fulbright Fellow for Environmental Policy and law in 2003 at US Environmental Protection Agency, Washington DC. Ajay was a Hubert Humphrey Fellow for the year 2012-13 at Cornell University, USA in the area of water resources management and river basin planning.
Professor, Construction Management School of Planning Design and Construction MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Prof. Matt Syal serves as a Professor of Construction Management in the School of Planning, Design and Construction at Michigan State University. He is a LEED® accredited professional and received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Construction Engineering and Management) from Penn State University in 1992. He received his BS in Civil Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering (now, Delhi Technological University), MBEM from School of Planning & Architecture, New Delhi, and MS in Architectural Engineering from the University of Kansas.
Prior to joining the academic world in 1988, he worked in the engineering and construction industry in the Boston area and earlier, in India, Middle East and Africa. He is serving or has served as an advisor, trainer or consultant to over 25 industry groups, academic institutions, international agencies, and government organizations in the U.S. and worldwide.
Dr. Syal has conducted research and published extensively in the areas of Construction Project Management, Housing, and Sustainable Built Environment. He has been involved in over 50 research/outreach projects funded by the industry, U.S. state and national government agencies, foundations and international agencies. He has published over 100 refereed/professional papers and over 50 project reports/monographs. Dr. Syal has won several recognitions for his teaching and research including “National Outstanding Educator of the Year” award by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), and “Fulbright Senior Scholar” award in India and Nepal by the U.S. Department of State.
