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Virtual
Infantry Road
Bangalore, Karnataka, 560001
India

Aditi Mayer

Creator of ADIMAY.com

Aditi Mayer is a sustainable fashion blogger, photojournalist, labor rights activist, and frequent speaker on topics of social and environmental justice. Her work looks at fashion and culture through a lens of intersectionality and decolonization. After having noticed the lack of fair wages and the ill-treatment of workers in the fashion industry, Aditi decided to help change things in the fashion industry. She has become a leading voice in the sustainability movement, approaching her work from multiple domains: from grassroots organizing in Downtown LA’s garment district to educating folks on the importance of diverse perspectives. Aditi also serves on the council of Intersectional Environmentalist, and will be spending 2021 as a National Geographic Digital Storytelling Fellow, spending one year documenting the social and environmental impacts of India’s fashion supply chain.

Aditi "Ditty" Veena

Urban ecologist, singer, poet and musician

Nature inspires art in its beauty and the unique experiences it allots each of us. Aditi Veena aka Ditty expresses these experiences through her songs and performs two songs based on this intersection of nature and her personal life. Ditty is an urban ecologist and architect by profession, with a deep-rooted love for nature thanks to her mother, a botanist, and her father who often took the family out for picnics. Ditty’s style of music is indie/alternative. She has performed at the Ziro Festival, NH7 Pune, Ranthambore Music and Wildlife Festival, Spoken Fest, Magnetic Fields and Where Have All The Flowers Gone in Manipur. She aims to give the world a wake-up call one song at a time while maintaining a sustainable lifestyle and low carbon footprint during her music tours. Her folk-tinged songs reflect an organic and earthly quality reflecting her firm belief in music as a tool for change. https://www.ditty.co.in https://www.instagram.com/heyyditty/

Mansoor Gous

Founder, Clean City Recyclers Association

Mansoor is a Waste Entrepreneur who leads a team of sorters & collectors at the Jayanagar Dry Waste Collection Centre. He manages the inventory of 10-12 tons of dry waste every month and sorts the same in 72 different categories before it goes for recycling. Mansoor attended the Scrap Dealer Training Program conducted by Hasiru Dala in early 2013 where he learned about business development strategies and work etiquette to manage relationships with both labourers and customers. With his 20 years of experience in waste collection, segregation, and management, he helps Bangalore stay waste-free along with his team! Due to his vast experience in the field of waste management, he was given the opportunity to attend the Climate Change conference in Paris for 10 days in 2015. He founded Clean City Recyclers Association (CCRA), a scrap dealers’ cooperative.

Nirupa Rao

Artist, Botanical illustrator and Author

Nirupa received a grant to create her book Hidden Kingdom—Fantastical Plants of the Western Ghats (published in 2019). She has also published Pillars of Life—Magnificent Trees of the Western Ghats (2018) in collaboration with eminent ecologists. She recently collaborated with the Centre for Wildlife Studies on Wild Shaale ('Wild School' in Kannada), an environmental and conservation-education program designed for rural school-going children, aimed at nurturing interest and empathy toward India’s wildlife and wild places. During the COVID-19 lockdown, she recorded art classes to be televised on the national channel Doordarshan, as part of a program coordinated by the Going to School Foundation, and conducted a workshop for Science Gallery Bangalore's PHYTOPIA exhibition. https://www.nirupa-rao.com/

Pranoy Thipaiah

Fifth Generation Producer at Kerehaklu

Pranoy is a fifth generation producer at Kerehaklu in Chikmagalur – who have been growers of specialty coffee, avocados and pepper among other plants since 1953 – while coexisting with local biodiversity. Having completed a BSc in Biology and Ecology at UNSW in Sydney, Pranoy is working towards making people more aware of the flora and fauna of the Western Ghats of India through Kerehaklu’s produce. He has focused particularly about the interactions between indigenous and introduced species. Being a pioneer in sustainable farm produce, Pranoy continues to explore modern farming techniques at Kerehaklu while at the same time, earnestly documenting the flora and fauna at the farm. Over the last 18 months, Kerehaklu has been working directly with chefs all over the country. Pranoy believes that there are massive gaps across the value chains in agriculture, and is working towards bridging the gap between producers and consumers.