Raj M S Liberhan

CHAIRPERSON

Raj Liberhan, management and financial expert has varied experience with a significant range of responsibilities at the senior level in government, public sector and NGO environments, building and sustaining organisations, programmes and missions with sector specific objectives and services. He served as Chief Executive of the India Habitat Centre, New Delhi for fifteen years and helped create a unique institutional mechanism.

Sunita Narain

DIRECTOR GENERAL

Sunita Narain has been with Centre for Science and Environment since 1982, and has headed it since 2000. Her research interests range from global democracy with a focus on climate change, to the need for local democracy where she has worked on forest-related resource management, water and waste issues. Ms Narain serves on the boards of different organisations, and writes and speaks regularly on key concerns of environment and development.

Jagdeep Gupta

MEMBER

Jagdeep Gupta is currently the Executive Director, Planning and Operations. She brings a rare and befitting mix of a pure science background with management experience indispensable to understanding the nature of work and the ethos behind an organization like CSE. Throughout her tenure, she has excelled in talent acquisition, research monitoring, infrastructure development, and widening the outreach of CSE's research and publications. She adeptly handles diverse challenges, contributing significantly to CSE's growth in various capacities.

A. K. Shiva Kumar

TREASURER

Mr Shiva Kumar is a development economist and professor, and teaches at Harvard University and the Indian School of Business. He has served as an advisor to UNICEF-India, and as a member of India's National Advisory Council. He has also served as the Director of the International Centre for Human Development in New Delhi.

Prof R. Sudarshan

MEMBER

Prof. Ramaswamy Sudarshan has had distinguished careers in the domains of research, development programming and governance. He has a Master's degree in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics and a Master's degree in Politics from University of Oxford. He worked with UNDP from 1991 to 2011. In 2012 he joined the O.P. Jindal Global University as the founding Dean of the Jindal School of Government and Public Policy. He has an impressive track record of publications comprising books, articles, and UN policy reports, reflecting his interdisciplinary research, teaching and policy experience in development programmes, human development, law, governance, institutions and policy.