Global Institute of Sustainable Development
Board Of Directors
Mr. Satya Narayan Ghosh
(Founder & Executive Director of GIOSD)
Mr. Ghosh has earned master in Rural Development from Visva Bharati University (Shantiniketan), India. He has served the development sector nearly two decades with critical roles to bring a sustainable change. He has been part of the top leadership teams at international organisations and led program at national and international levels. He has also played instrumental role in designing policies and programs for non-profit organizations to align with MDGs and SDGs. He is an expert in the field of inclusion, sustainability, scaling up, strategy planning and mechanism for continuous improvement.
Sudhir Jain
(Non-Executive Director)
Mr. Jain has served the corporate sector for last 38 years and has been part of Top Leadership teams of Bira 91, Molson Coors India, United Breweries, Allied Blenders & Distillers Limited, and Pepsi. He is a turnaround specialist and worked immensely in business expansions, with a special focus on green field manufacturing projects. He is an expert in the field of complete value chain covering strategy, planning, and operations.
Dr Sunita Chakravarty
(Member)
Dr Sunita Chakravarty holds doctorate in humanities from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, USA and master’s in international politics from University of Delhi. Professionally, she has spent nearly two decades as a Social Development Specialist with the World Bank, DFID, ADB etc.
Advisory Committee
John Oldfield
(Advisory Committee member)
Gordon Mumbo
(Advisory Committee member)
Mr. Mumbo holds Diploma in Water Engineering from Kenya Technical University, a Bachelor of Science degree in water engineering, a Master of Science degree in water engineering technology (low coat technology) from Pacific Western University. He has served many international organisations for last 30 years as a leader in United States, Africa and Europe.
Kanika Pal
(Advisory Committee member)
Ms. Pal is an award-winning CSR and sustainability professional with 15 years of experience. She holds a master's degree in CSR from Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand. Having worked in corporations like Apollo Tyres, Sony Pictures Network, she is presently leading the sustainable community development programme across South Asia – called “Prabhat” – at Hindustan Unilever Ltd.
Shalini Singh
(Advisory Committee member)
Ms Singh holds Master’s degree in Communications & Extension from M.S. University Baroda. She is currently the Chief Corporate Communications and Sustainability at Tata Power. She is also the Chief-CSR, CEO & Managing Trustee of TPCDT and Chief-Tata Power Skill Development Centres. She has also served as a Women Director on the board of few key subsidiaries of Tata Power. She is a TEDx speaker & has presented the social brands- Club Enerji & Greenolution at IIMA TEDx which are also case studies in IIMA. She was recently featured in Asia’s Top Sustainability Superwomen List of Honour for 2019.
Joydeep Sen
(Advisory Committee member)
Mr. Sen holds Post Graduate in Rural Development and Management degree. Hs has served the development sector as a key CSR leader. Hs is currently the CSR Head (New Ventures) at Cairn Oil & Gas; Vice President: Cairn Foundation. Previously he was CSR lead (India Sub-Continent) at GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare (GSK-CH) for India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka.
Sudhir Jain
(Advisory Committee member)
Mr. Jain has served the corporate sector for last 38 years and has been part of Top Leadership teams of Bira 91, Molson Coors India, United Breweries, Allied Blenders & Distillers Limited, and Pepsi. He is a turnaround specialist and worked immensely in business expansions, with a special focus on green field manufacturing projects. He is an expert in the field of complete value chain covering strategy, planning, and operations.
Barika Poole
(Advisory Committee member)
Ms. Poole holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Engineering, a Masters of Engineering degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering, both from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT. 18 years to the civil/environmental engineering and water resources industries, working with both public, private, and non-profit clients.
Jayanta Choudhury
(Advisory Committee member)
Dr. Choudhury holds Masters in Rural Development from VIsva Bharati University, India. He is currently an Associate Professor at North Eastern Regional Centre of National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Ministry of Rural Development, Govt. of India. Hs has also served as a faculty at the Department of Rural Studies, Tripura University and State Institute of Rural Development, Tripura.
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Sudeshna Maiti
(Advisory Committee member)
Ms Maiti is a digital communications professional with 18 years of experience in brand marketing, development communication, public relations, producing, analyzing, and developing content for website and web applications. She is currently working as the Project Leader at the India Sanitation Coalition.