Global Online Training Demystifying data on public health and environment for communication and action

Vibha Varshney Associate Editor, Down To Earth. She joined the magazine in 2000 and has written extensively on health and science issues. She is a biologist by training and holds a PhD in Botany

Richard Mahapatra Managing Editor of Down To Earth magazine. Has been reporting from and on rural India for the past two decades.
Email : richard@cseindia.org

Rajit Sengupta Has close to 10 years of experience in working on editorial teams of national newspapers and magazines including Mail Today and Hindustan Times. Currently, with Down To Earth magazine and a member of CSE’s Environment Data Centre, which churns out data stories, factsheets and interactives and conducts workshops on data journalism.
Email : rajit@cseindia.org

Kiran Pandey Programme Director of the Environment Resources Unit at Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).  With over two decades of experience in documentation and communication services, leads the India Environment Portal and CSE’s Environment Data Centre. Author of the annual book “State of India’s Environment: In Figures”, the country's most authoritative annual publication to make a statement on the state of environment through data analysis and meaningful infographics. Promotes digital literacy and data-driven communications in India, Asia and Africa
Email: kiran@cseindia.org

Ashirbad S. Raha directs the communications strategy for Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC India). He leads the institutional efforts of simplifying research for mass consumption through targeted outreach, campaigns, media engagement, social media marketing, and public events

Air Quality Life Index, or AQLI, a key initiative of the EPIC, converts air pollution concentrations into their impact on life expectancy. “By converting air pollution concentrations into tangible terms—its impact on life expectancy—the AQLI establishes particulate air pollution as the single greatest threat to human health globally.”From this, the public and policymakers alike can determine the benefits of air pollution policies in perhaps the most important measure that exists: longer lives.

A former journalist, over the last 14 years he has spent his time working with the media, international nonprofits, humanitarian agencies, and research groups. His expertise in strategic communication and stakeholder engagement comes in from his different assignments in India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, and the Maldives.

Pranay Lal is known for his work in the spheres of public health and environment. He has been a policy advisor at Advocacy Control of TB Internationally (ACTION) as well as a director of policy at the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative

His first book, Indica: A Deep History of the Indian Subcontinent, blends India’s geological history with its ecological past through the skillful use of fossil records, tracing the formation of the subcontinent in the process.It won the 2017 Tata Lit Prize, the World Book Fair Award, among others, and was named by Mint Lounge as one of the fifty must-read books about India since Independence

His new book “Invisible Empire: The Natural History of Viruses” brings together science, history and great storytelling to paint a fascinating picture of viruses as a major actor, not just in human civilisation but also in the human body.

Rajeshwari Sinha is a Programme Manager in the Sustainable Food Systems programme at the Centre for Science and Environment. At CSE, she leads the global and national portfolio of the antimicrobial resistance programme, focusing on the animal and environmental aspects. Her work entails policy advocacy and research on issues around AMR in food systems and environment, and sustainable food systems. She holds a doctoral degree in microbial biochemistry from the Indian Institute of Technology of Delhi, following which she transitioned into working at the science-policy interface in the public health space. She is also an alumna of the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.

The Government of India awarded Dr Sanjeev Bagai with Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award in 2006 for his contributions to medical science in India He received Dr. B. C. Roy Award, the highest award for medical professionals in India in 2008.