A soil physicist by qualification, Dr Singh has worked with International Rice Research Institute for about 30 years. He is well versed with rice-based farming systems and Agroforestry practices in South and South East Asia.

A hydrologist par excellence, Dr Sikka has been active in spear heading watershed and basin research in Indian Council of Agriculture Research at different capacities for more than two decades

Prof. Ballabh is an agricultural economist of repute. His major area of work has been Natural Resource Management - particularly in the areas of Water Management and Forestry

Before joining SaciWATERS, Nimal was teaching and doing research in a Sri Lankan University for more than two decades

Amitabha has more than 12 years of extensive experience in all phases of operation of IDE. His name now figures in International WHO's WHO Historical Society

Guru is a postgraduate in management from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He has been active in the field NRM and livelihood-linked rural development for more than two decades

Dr Rajagopal is a Ph D in development economics from JNU with about 20 years of experience in research and development in water sector

Achyut’s name is synonymous with civil society initiatives in Orissa. He has been espousing the cause tribal development through NRM and rights based approach for last 20 years in different parts of Orissa

Neera is the founder and a long time director of premier NGO of Orissa, Vasundhara, which works towards democratization of natural resources governance

Pradeep belongs to Indian Administrative Services and is known for his innovative initiatives in shaping watershed development in Orissa, as Watershed Mission Director

Ganesh’s main area of work during the past fifteen years has been in people - centered water interventions. He has also been an Ashoka Fellow

Joy is known for his exemplary works in the area of participatory irrigation management and watershed development in India for the last two decades

A post graduate in Agronomy, Mr Kundu had a illustrious career of more than three decades with Ramakrishna Mission, shaping its agricultural initiatives

Hardeep left a job with a famous Agriculture University, to join development sector and has been contributing to NRM-based rural development in India for more than a decade

An illustrious engineer, Mr Patri has lead many dam projects in Orissa at different capacities

Kapileswar is a M Tech in Civil Engineering with about 10 years of teaching experience

Tapan is one of those young turks in Orissa, who has been able to successfully infused information based inputs to development sector in the state and also in influencing state’s policy through strategic advocacy In the field of NRM.

Before floating Harsha Trust, a progressive thinking and forward looking NGO, Bismay had worked with PRADAN for about a decade and half