Hrushikesh Patil is a Maharashtra-based independent journalist and environmental lawyer working with the Goa Foundation. His focus is on the impact of Climate Change-induced disasters on vulnerable communities. A member of the environmental communications and advocacy collective ‘Let India Breathe,’ Patil received the 12th Laadli Media & Advertising Awards for Gender Sensitivity besides other awards and fellowships.

Sejal Patel, an independent journalist and filmmaker based in New Delhi, keeps a strong research focus on rural communities and data journalism, as well as the application of artificial intelligence (AI) to the fields. Patel holds a postgraduate degree in Convergent Journalism from AJ Kidwai Mass Communication Research Centre, Jamia Millia Islamia. Through her work, she aims to challenge established norms, foster social justice, and instigate transformative change.

Pokharel is an independent researcher and science communicator based in Kathmandu, Nepal. His writings have appeared in leading national and international media outlets, including research journals. His research interests span natural resource management, water security, Climate Change and development with a focus on public policy and governance. He also serves as a faculty of research methods and skills.

Karki, a science journalist based in Kathmandu, Nepal, has rich experience in newspaper and online news portals. In recognition of his exceptional work, he was honored with the Science and Technology Journalism Award from the Nepal Academy of Science and Technology in 2021. Chhatra’s expertise spans across topics, including environment, Climate Change, science, health, and current affairs.

Sadiqur Rahman, postgraduate from the University of Dhaka, is currently employed as a journalist at The Business Standard. His 10-plus-year career in journalism includes wide reporting on Climate Change, biodiversity conservation, local business, and livelihood-related issues. 

He is a member of the Thomson Reuters Foundation Alumni Club, Bangladesh. He won two anti-corruption media awards in 2014.

Zofeen T. Ebrahim is an independent journalist who has written extensively on development issues including Climate Change, urban infrastructure, water, energy, gender, and how these impact people’s lives.

She contributes regularly to the English daily, Dawn, as well as to international publications including the Inter Press Service, The Guardian, The Third Pole, Thomson Reuters Foundation, and the Index on Censorship.

Barasha Das is an independent journalist based in Guwahati, Assam. She reports on the environment and Climate Change, and policies to combat climate disasters. Apart from having extensively reported on urban issues, she tells stories of people and places, their issues, history, and culture. She is also associated as a Research Writer with OnePointFive Tribe, a platform working for a net-zero carbon future.

Harish Borah, subject expert in cost-carbon studies in the building industry, is the Principal ‘Carbon’ expert for ADW Developments (UK) and Founder of OnePointFive Tribe. His work is spread across the United Kingdom-European Union, the Middle East, and India. He went to Antarctica with the 2041 ClimateForce Antarctica Expedition and was named among India’s top 25 leading minds in sustainability by The Economic Times.

Arshiya Syed is the founder of an architecture and urban design firm, Studio Maqam, in Hyderabad. A graduate of the School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi, she is an Urban Fellow at the Indian Institute of Human Settlements (IIHS) in Bengaluru. Syed is also a Visiting Faculty conducting urban design and housing studio in architecture schools.