Team - Sustaina Greens

CEO

IUCN CEC Member | Certified Carbon Management & Sustainability Professional | Industry Representative for Board of Studies to Colleges (NEP) affiliated with Mumbai University | Visiting Faculty to IIM Nagpur | International Certified Career Coach – MenTx Programme (India); Australian National University (Australia) and Yonsei University (South Korea) | Ex-Faculty of The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda | UGC – BSR Fellow (University of Rajasthan) & Junior Research Fellow (Mangalore University) | 30+ publications in highly esteemed Journals

“With over 15 years of expertise in Algal Biotechnology, Biodiversity, and Environmental Sustainability, Dr. Meenakshi Singh leads a vision to integrate science, strategy, and innovation for a greener future. As a thought leader, she champions collaborative solutions that drive impact across industries and ecosystems.”

Core Team

Garima Singh

CTO at Sustaina Greens 15+ years experience in IT Solutions and EduTech, Project Management, Big Data Analytics | Learning & Development | Certified trainer in Google Analytics, Hortonworks, and Data Visualization with Tableau.

Email: garima@sustainagreens.com

Virendra Pal Singh

Chief Sustainability Officer
Passionate about Sustainability project implementation | 30+ years of experience in Environment, Health and Safety at NPCIL | Employee training, stakeholder engagement, and Data administration.

Email: virendra@sustainagreens.com

Pratiksha Chalke

Lead – GIS & Remote Sensing at Sustaina Greens | Passionate about unravelling the stories hidden in geospatial data | 8+ years of experience in GIS and remote sensing Consulting business | 20+ diverse Govt. & Industrial projects from environmental monitoring to urban planning in geospatial technologies.

Email: pratiksha@sustainagreens.com

Bhavya Mishra

Project Manager (Ecology & Biodiversity) at Sustaina Greens | 6+ years of experience in project Management as Botanist, Ecorestoration, GIS-based Tree inventorization, Carbon sequestration & Biodiversity studies and expertise in Plant Taxonomy.

Email: bhavya@sustainagreens.com

Consulting Team

Dr. Sohail Madan

Butterfly Garden & Avian Biology Expert with 15+ years of exp. I Ex-Assistant Director at Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) I He spearheaded the development of North India’s largest butterfly park at Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary and over 85 butterfly parks across India. Also, India’s first butterfly habitat in an industrial zone in collaboration with Bridgestone India. Recognized with the Dr. B. Kiowta Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019, he also serves on the Delhi Ridge Management Board.

Dr. Ashok Singh

Retired Principal Scientist and Head in ICAR- Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation, Research Centre, Vasad, Anand, Gujarat. 35+ years of professional experience in reclamation of ravine lands of Yamuna, Chambal and Mahi rivers, soil and water conservation measures for semi-arid region, water resources conservation and management, watershed development and management, Community managed lift irrigation, water use efficiency in agriculture.

Dr. Chinmay Khanolkar

Wetland Ecology & Habitat Restoration Expert I Lead – Ecology and Biodiversity at Sustaina Greens and Co-founder of Kalamargam Trust, an NGO promoting sustainability through art preservation. With a PhD in Environmental Economics from Mumbai University, specializing in ecosystem service valuation and 15+ years of experience in biodiversity and social impact assessment. He has spearheaded innovation by establishing two centers and incubating 5+ startups, with more in the pipeline.

Dr. Surabhi Yadav

CSR Lead I 15+ years of experience in Advocacy, Policy & Compliance Advisory, Corporate training, development, & Capacity building I Certified Master Trainer with Indian Institute for Corporate Affairs (IICA), HCL Academy & WNS Care Foundation I Certified Project Evaluator for Social Projects by IIM Bangalore.

Mr. Jeevan Rai

Mr. Rai is a seasoned Wildlife Conservationist who has worked with diverse stakeholders for promoting a community conservation approach to natural resource management. He has recommended mitigation measures to avoid Human-Animal conflicts for Himalayan landscapes in Nepal and sensitized local communities through storytelling skills and community-based conservation programmes.

Dr. Chandni Valodkar

Wildlife Expert I 12+ years of Experience in Mammal Ecology, Wildlife Conservation & Biodiversity I Assistant Professor in Zoology at The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda | Ex. Research Associate at SAFES, E.I. DuPont India Pvt. Ltd., Savli | Avian Expert.

Prof. Nikunj Jain

Associate Professor of Production and Operations Management at IIM Nagpur I 15+ cross-functional work experience in Refinery Operations Excellence, Sustainable Supply Chain Management, Transportation Management, Project Management, Data Analytics, Scientific Rigor and Statistical Modeling.

Dr. Dinesh Jinger

Senior Scientist (Agronomy) at ICAR I 10+ years of experience in Agroforestry system (Agri-horticulture, Silvi-pasture, Horti-silviculture) and cropping system identification for rehabilitation of degraded lands (ravine lands) I 10+ research and development projects as Principal Investigator and published 40 research articles.

Dr. K. Chandrasekhar

Assistant Professor in Biotechnology at Vignan University I Research Professor at Yonsei University, South Korea (2019–2022), focusing on microbial electrochemical systems and environmental engineering solutions I 18+ years of exp. in sustainable biofuel innovation and waste-to-energy technologies. Recognized among Stanford University’s global top 2% scientists (2022–2024)

Anuradha Singh

Associate Director, Carbon Markets at GC Advisory I 15+ years of exp. in Carbon Markets and Nature Based Solutions I led multiple engagements leading to registration and issuance of credits under VERRA, GS and CDM I extensively engaged with Article 6 project development, interacted with multiple regulators, investors and project developers. She was a delegate of FICCI at CoP28.

Dr. Obuli Karthik

Director, EHS at Austin Elements inc., Houston, Texas, USA I 18+ years of exp. in Lithium Battery Recycling, Greenhouse gas fermentation into value products, waste biorefinery, bioreactor engineering, and bioleaching of metals I Receipient of Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships-Europe, Australian Research Council-Australia, and the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO) -Belgium and Ramalingaswamy Re-Entry Fellowship (India)

Dr. Sanjeet Mehariya

Scientist, Phytochemistry Division, CSIR-Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, (CSIR-CIMAP) I Medicinal and aromatic plants (MAPs); Natural bioactive compounds; Value addition; Microbial Bioprocess I Post-Doctoral Researcher at Qatar University, Doha, Qatar, Center for Sustainable Development (2023- 2024) and Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, Department of Chemistry (2021- 2023).