May East
CEO Gaia Education
About
May East (also known as Maria Elisa Capparelli Pinheiro) is a British/Brazilian educator, spatial planner, singer and songwriter. Over the years she has alternated voices of advocacy with voices of inspiration and considered herself an artivist.
Her work spans the fields of ‘artivism’, urban ecology, and women’s studies. Designated one of the 100 Global SustainAbility Leaders three years in a row, she leads a whole generation of regenerative educators and practitioners in 49 countries working with community-based organizations and intergovernmental agencies in the development of policy guidance and projects strengthening climate resilience, food security, and livelihood action.
Since 2013 May East has been contributing articles to The Scotsman, The Guardian, the Scientific Journal of the European Ecocycles Society and Sustainability (journal)published by MDPI.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_East
Yogendra Yadav
National president-Swaraj India
About
Yogendra Yadav is an Indian activist, psephologist and politician whose primary interests are in the political and social sciences. He has been a Senior Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi since 2004. He is a former member of University Grants Commission (UGC) and National Advisory Council on Right to Education Act (NAC-RTE) constituted by the Ministry of Human Resources and Development, Govt of India, in 2010. He was a member of the National Executive of the Aam Aadmi Party until 2015.
Yadav is a founding member of Swaraj Abhiyan and Jai Kisan Andolan. He is also the first and current National President of Swaraj India.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogendra_Yadav
Devinder Sharma
Agriculture, food, and trade policy expert
About
Devinder Sharma is a journalist, Writer, Thinker, Trade Policy Analyst. Trained as an Agricultural Scientist, Mr. Sharma has dedicated his life towards working on a range of policy issues including agriculture, sustainable development, urbanization, International Trade Law. He is a distinguished food and trade policy analyst. With his articles, reports, and blogs, he has managed to get to several million people and changed the way they saw the science of eating. He is also a TEDx speaker.
Watch his TED talk: https://youtu.be/x2YDHNsco-Q
Sachin Kumar Jain
Director-Vikas Samvad Human Resource Development and Advocacy Organisation
About
Sachin Kumar Jain is the Director of Vikas Samvad Human Development Resource and Advocacy Organisation. He has written 1500 articles on issues of social concerns – Poverty, Hunger, Democracy, Governance and Identity. Also he has written 41 booklets/ primers/manuals on Food, Hunger, Gender, Food Security, Entitlements, MGNREGA, Health and Nutrition, displacement, migration, climate change etc. He is also a TEDx speaker.
He has published 13 fact-finding reports on social exclusion, displacement, migration, malnutrition etc. He has facilitated 190 training programs/dialogue sessions in 6 states. He is also associated with Right to Food Campaign and Advisor to the Supreme Court Commissioners on Right to Food.
Prosenjit Datta
Former editor of Business Today and Business World magazines
Tanisha Kohli
Tanisha Kohli is a strategist and writer working at the intersection of technology, media, and decentralisation. She has six years of experience spanning public relations, startups, and the Web3 ecosystem. Her work focuses on shaping narratives around emerging technologies with a core interest in systems thinking, internet culture, and reputation-based economies.
She consults with early-stage projects on brand, content, and community strategy, particularly in the blockchain and decentralised finance (DeFi) space.
Maharshi Sanket
Maharshi Sanket works on visual art and explores social issues through art, conversations on the road, and cycling. Wanting to bring diverse perspectives together, he set up TheGreyReview.com in 2020. His passion for understanding public opinion and political narratives often leads to trips to meet local voters, civic activists, party workers from different political parties, opinion writers, and politicians. Some of his experiences and his understanding are currently being captured in his writings.
He also actively explores various craft traditions and regional cultures through his travels and interactions with folklore researchers, artisans, travel guides, and curators. At present, he is attempting to promote various art forms and craft tradions through an upcoming project.