
OUR TEAM

SANJU SOMAN
Sanju Soman is a social entrepreneur and development professional with a post graduate degree in Climate Change and Sustainability Studies. He works in the areas of climate change, water conservation, social entrepreneurship and sustainable development. He has served as a global school ambassador in UNSDSN.
email: sanjusoman100@gmail.com

DEEPA ANANTHAPADMANABHAN
Deepa Ananthapadmanabhan is an expert in education with years of formidable experience in education. Her expertise lies in the areas of Education, Environment Education and Social Entrepreneurship. She has been actively working on gender issues and is part of several women support groups.email: deepanantha@gmail.com

SOUPARNA V
Souparna V is a Development professional with an avid interest in Climate action and sustainability with a postgraduate degree in Development studies (TISS). She nurtures an active interest and commitment to social and environmental issues. She holds a PG Diploma in Environmental Law and Management from the National Law University. She has previously been part of implementing the National skill development programs, PMKK and DDU-GKY in Kerala with Quess Corp Limited. In 2015 she also associated with WWF INDIA in outreach and conservation education. Her other areas of interest are Gender politics, Biodiversity and conservation. She also wishes to settle by the ocean someday.

AMJAD ANWAR
Amjad Anwar is a law graduate from Kerala University (Mar Gregorius college of Law). He has specific interest in climate action, policy analysis and sustainable development. Currently engaged with Sustera foundation as a program officer in Trivandrum. He worked in promoting clean tech entrepreneurship in Kerala and also worked with vulnerable community from Alappuzha in participatory conservation. He aspires to make positive changes in this world and also want to a bridge the gap between law and policy implementation in the environment sector with regard to the marginalized communities. He wishes to travel around the world.
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Dr. VINAYAK PADIKKAL
Vinayak is a public health expert and advisor who has done his post graduation in Public Health from Tata Institute of Social Science, Mumbai. Currently he is engaged with World Health Organisation (WHO)as surveillance medical officer in Bihar. His areas of interest include waste management in pilgrimages, preventive and promotive health action and environmental health.

Benito Jayadas
Benito Jayadas is a development professional who has completed his professional degree on Children and Family from Tata Institute of Social Science, Mumbai. A philosophy enthusiast, with a love for travelling. He is also keen on working more on the area of community mobilization, implementing bottom up approach in climate action, using children's participatory right as a medium for climate change, sustainable development. He has had previous working experience in areas of child rights, Education, awareness creation, development of Tribal communities etc and would like to come up with more context based models in the arena of sustainable development.
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Ar. SONU T.S
Sonu is an Architect -Urban Planner who aspires to change the way Planning of regions are being articulated. She strongly believes that planning of cities and other regions has to be sustainable and has to be done in a decentralized way with proper modelling of future eventualities. She is a founder member of Ithal Charitable society. She has been working as a research assistant with National Institute of Technology Calicut researching on environmental attitudes. At Bhava India, she leads product design and peoples engagement.
Email: sonusukumaran003@gmail.com
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SUNIL K.S
Sunil is a sustainability consultant with a post graduation in Climate Change and Sustainability Studies from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. Currently he is working as an Associate with Gist Advisory (Mumbai Office) developing methodologies for impact evaluation for Human, Social and Natural Capital Externalities which includes quantification of impacts generated through CSR programs.
email : sunilsnair83@gmail.com
