People

Founders

DR. Biswajit Roy Chowdhury
The Founder Chairperson

Email: chairman.saiard@gmail.com
DR. Aparna bera roy chowdhury
Co-Founder & Research Director

Email: chairman.saiard@gmail.com
Dr. Devendra Pradhan
Executive Director, Climate Change & Natural Disaster
& Former Addl. DG, IMD, Govt of India
* saiardkolkata@gmail.com
Mr. Arindam Ray
Director-Academic Affairs

saiardkolkata@gmail.com
Dr. Shailendra Singh
Sr. Fellow, SAIARD, SDG Div.

saiardkolkata@gmail.com
Ms. Maya Bhattacharya
Project Associate & Head-CSR
Former Associate, Adani Group

csrsaiard@gmail.com
rajiv r. Mishra, IAS (Rtd.)
Senior Fellow, SAIARD, River & Water Resource Div. & former DG, NMCG, Min. of Jal Shakti, Govt of India
Mr. Satyabrata Datta
Executive Director - Climate Advocacy Div. and Former Official, IMD, Govt. of India

edsdg.saiard@gmail.com
Dr. simi mishra
Advisor, Institutional Capacity Building, SAIARD
Mr. C S Sharma
Senior Fellow (Hon.) & Director, Quality ouncil of India, Govt of India
Mr. ankur mittal
Assoc. Fellow, Infrastructure & Built Environment Div., SAIARD

Mr. Hitesh Vaidya
Senior Fellow, SAIARD - Urban & Climate Div. & Former Director, NIUA, New Delhi

edurban.saiard@gmail.com
Ms. antara kundu
Program Director, SAIARD

dirprog.saiard@gmail.com
Mr. Anik Biswas
Research Associate, SAIARD
Mr. sourya sinha
Asst. Executive, Publication Div.

saiardpublication@gmail.com
Mr. arnab chatterjee
Research Professor
Socio-Cultural Studies Div.

saiardkolkata@gmail.com
Dr. W. Lalit Singh
Sr. Fellow, SAIARD, SDG Div. & Convenor, N.E. India

International Fellows

MS. PAMLA GOPAUL
Head - Policy Bridge Tank, AUDA-NEPAD, South Africa
Dr. C. Sotiropoulos
CEO, Global Opportunities Commercialization, Australia
Dr. Muthmainnah
Assistant Professor at Universitas Al Asyariah Mandar Sulawesi Barat, Indonesia
Dr. Sanju Purohit
Associate Professor, Akamai University, USA
Dr. George Essegbey
Director, Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI), Council of Science and Industrial Research, Ghana
Prof. A. Peppa
Consultant E.U.: International Legal & Operations Secretariat AUGP and Vice Chancellor Europe & International Director Young Scientists University, USA , Greece
Mr. Bhaskar Thakur
Senior Fellow, SAIARD Global, Kathmandu, Nepal
Mr. ajay nair
Senior Fellow, SAIARD Global,
Smart City, Metaverse, Digital Twin, Governance Div., UK
Dr. Alan Mercel Sanca
CEO Himalayan & Nepal Arts and Culture Society, Ireland
Prof. P. Narangoda
Professor, Univ. of Kelaniya, Former Director, SAARC Cultural Centre, Sri Lanka
Prof. S. Sharmin
Professor, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dr. Nabin Bhattarai
Associate Fellow, SAIARD
Forest & Biodiversity Div.
Nepal