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I'm a post-graduate from the Tata Institute of Social Services (TISS) and Hyderabad Central University, has been working with Foundation for Ecological Security(FES) for better governance and management of Commons like forests, water, land, and other life forms for the past 26 years. I have been working with the rural communities of  Odisha in crafting and strengthening community institutions for better governance of  shared natural resources in the state. I have also led multi disciplinary teams of professionals  for  implementation of large-scale projects around nature conservation, climate action, resources governance and livelihood improvement. I also liaison with government officials in the state and across for creation of an enabling ecosystem. I'm also involved in building collaborations been part of several networks, committees and forums who are engaged on issues around nature conservation, gender inclusion and climate action. Currently I'm serving as the Director, Innovation and Inclusion at FES.

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Mr. Kunal Satyarthi, currently serves as the Joint Secretary in the Department of Land Resources, Government of India. He has done his M.Sc & M.Phil in Botany from University of Delhi and Masters in Forestry from FRI Deemed University, Dehradun.
 He brings a wealth of experience from his career in the Indian Forest Service, where he has held various key positions. Throughout his career, Mr. Satyarthi has been instrumental in driving significant initiatives aimed at improving land governance and resource conservation.

Prof (Dr.) Jiju P Alex teaches at the Kerala Agricultural University. He was formerly Director of Extension of the university. He graduated from the Kerala Agricultural University and got his doctoral degree from the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi. He started his career as a scientist with the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (Agricultural Research Service) and moved on to Kerala Agricultural University. He also served the Information Kerala Mission as the head of its human resource development division on deputation. He has vast experience in subjects viz. agriculture and rural development, democratic decentralisation, technology- society interface, innovation management, entrepreneurship development, human resource development and e- governance.  He was instrumental in designing the training methodology of the e- governance programmes of local self-government institutions. He has led several research projects and published on the above topics, guided PhD students and participated in many national and international conferences. He is a member of the Board of Management of the Kerala Bank. He has also served as member of the academic/policy level committees of many academic institutions in the country. At the State Planning Board, he deals with decentralisation, housing and art and culture.

Charu Jain is a Fellow at NCAER. Her areas of research interest includes education, gender, and socio-developmental changes. She has worked in the area of land & policy related issues, agriculture, steel, handloom & textile sector, large-scale consumer studies, industrial surveys, housing indices, and macro-economic policy issues. Dr Jain has few national and international publications to her credit. She has authored a book on the ‘Quality of Secondary Education’ in India published by Springer.

Shivani joined Womanity in 2020 to lead our programs in India and is responsible for the successful launch of our newest program focused on Women’s Land Rights. She moved to do social impact work around five years ago, after more than 20 years in the consulting and technology sectors. Having spent most of her career with global consulting companies like Capgemini, Shivani has deep experience in conceptualising Capgemini, Shivani has deep experience in conceptualising business solutions, successfully implementing large complex business and technology transformations, and programs. Her transition to the development sector started at Dasra where she worked closely with adolescent-centric issues and helped to strengthen non-profits focused on adolescents’well-being, health, education, and employability.