Divyanshi Yadav’s prime focus is working on CANSA’s website and handling social media platforms such as X, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube. She is responsible for gathering and highlighting impactful climate change stories, disseminating members’ efforts across the network, structuring effective messaging for CANSA members and creating CANSA’s engaging quarterly newsletter. She also supports CANSA’s external media engagement on climate change as an active member of the CAN Communication working group.
E-mail: divyanshi@cansouthasia.net
Palash Das is an experienced leader in climate finance, inclusive growth, and sustainable development, with over two decades of work with the United Nations, international NGOs, and global advisory platforms. He has served as Director of BRAC’s Graduation Programme, Assistant Country Director at UNDP, and Country Director of Christian Aid Bangladesh, and in a senior South Asia role at Oxfam promoting economic justice, gender inclusion, and labour market resilience. He bridges the gap between climate finance frameworks and community-led action worldwide.
E-mail: palashkanti@gmail.com
Preeti Rathore, serves as the Finance Manager at the Climate Action Network South Asia (CANSA), bringing strong financial acumen and a deep commitment to nonprofit accountability. She manages project budgets, audits, and financial planning, and oversees day-to-day financial management, supports grant compliance, and contributes to strategic decision-making through clear and transparent financial reporting. Her work plays a critical role in maintaining CANSA’s financial integrity and supporting its climate justice initiatives across the region.
E-mail: preeti@cansouthasia.net
Communications Coordinator
Purnima Joshi handles CANSA’s social media strategy and website content. Her responsibilities include oversight of editing, design, and publication of reports, and includes supporting writing and distribution of international, regional, and national press releases and articles to mainstream media.
E-mail: purnima@cansouthasia.net
As Program Coordinator, Rushati Das leads the Loss and Damage program in six countries of South Asia that have demonstrated a correlation between climate change and human mobility. She has facilitated multi-country research, coordinated with member organisations, built technical capacity, and spread awareness among diverse stakeholders. She has expertise in adaptation and gender mainstreaming in Climate Change programs.
E-mail: rushati@cansouthasia.net
Program Manager
Ruchi Chaudhary has a successful track record of implementing innovative and gender-transformative programs in global organisations, and has handled multiple grant projects from bilateral and multilateral donors and private institutions under their CSR initiatives. Her expertise is in the areas of grants management, child protection and safeguarding, gender equality and social inclusion, girls’ education, and Children Under 6.
E-mail: ruchi@cansouthasia.net
Sanjay Vashist has been actively working towards mobilising civil society action on climate policies in countries of South Asia and the region. Under his leadership, CAN South Asia’s membership base has increased from 20 to 200+ NGOs, spread across countries of the South Asian region. The network has successfully consolidated the climate actions of NGOs in the region and has built bridges with the governments as partners.
E-mail: sanjay@cansouthasia.net
Santosh Patnaik has been at the forefront of working with community-led initiatives, first in natural resource management and later in the nexus of bioenergy and community-based adaptation. His interest areas include resilience planning at a local level, participatory research, and knowledge-driven policy advocacy. He is also proficient in the dissemination of research findings, awareness-raising, and capacity-building activities.
E-mail: santosh@cansouthasia.net
Shailendra Yashwant is a photographer, journalist, and activist based in India. He has been investigating, documenting, reporting, and campaigning on environmental issues across Asia for over three decades now. He was Campaigns Director with Greenpeace in India and Southeast Asia (1998-2013) and has partnered with leading international NGOs to develop campaigns and communications strategies on climate change.
E-mail: shai@cansouthasia.net
Tinu Sood, member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, has immense experience across industries and has advised on various issues involving corporate taxation, and accounting matters. In his current capacity, Tinu Sood is responsible for maintaining the balance sheets, and seamless management of the annual audit process, wherein the organization’s financial records undergo meticulous scrutiny. He is instrumental in safeguarding CANSA’s financial transparency and integrity.
E-mail: tinu@cansouthasia.net