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The Team

  • 29/11/2001

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STEERING GROUP
To lend credibility to the entire rating process, a Project Advisory Panel (PAP) has been set up comprising politicians, scientists, eminent members of the civil society, lawyers and judges and industry leaders. It has been formed to advise, guide and steer the project and give the exercise a holistic outlook. This is the forum that scrutinises the ratings and gives the final nod to the results before public dissemination. The panel also acts as a sounding board for testing new ideas and building up pressure on the government in formulating fiscal and environmental policies to support sustainable development.

CHAIRPERSON
DR MANMOHAN SINGH, former Union finance minister
and Member of Parliament

VICE-CHAIRPERSONS
DR M S SWAMINATHAN, chairperson, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation
JUSTICE P N BHAGWATI, former Chief Justice of India

MEMBERS
PROF SAIFUDDIN SOZ, former Union minister of environment and forests
DR R A MASHELKAR, director-general, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
VIKRAM LAL, member-supervisory board, Eicher Good Earth Limited
T N NINAN, editor-in-chief, Business Standard
A PARTHASARATHI, chairperson, Centre for Studies in Science
Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University
ALOKE MOOKHERJEA, senior advisor, Asea Brown-Boveri Ltd
ARUN DUGGAL, chief financial officer, HCL Technologies
RAJIV DUBEY, chief executive officer, Rallis India
A S DHILLON, general manager, Tata Iron and Steel Company
BIBEK DEBROY, director-research, Rajiv Gandhi Foundation
V N DAS, director-safety, health and environment, Ranbaxy
A N JHA, former senior vice-president, Essar Investments and director,
Total Risk Management System Private Limited
PROFESSOR M K PRASAD, coordinator, Environment Centre, Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad
FATHER C J SALDANHA, director, Centre for Taxonomic Studies
M L GULRAJANI, dean-industrial research and development, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
DR G MOHAN GOPAL, director, National Law School of India
NASEER MUNJEE, deputy managing director, Industrial Development and Finance Corporation
Driving Force
The Technical Advisory Panel (TAP) imparts expertise to the project. It consists of leading technologists of the sector, who keep the GRP team focused at every stage. Be it preparing questionnaires, reviewing information or finalising the ratings. They go through the data with a fine-tooth comb, identifying the possible lacunae and technical drawbacks.

CHAIRPERSON
Dr H B MATHUR, retired professor, Mechanical Engineering Department and Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and emeritus professor, Delhi College of Engineering, New Delhi

MEMBERS
DR B P PUNDIR, professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
PROF M M MEHTA, managing director, Maharishi Technology Corporation Ltd.
Ground Squad
In 1999, the GRP team began its study on the automobile industry. To collect data on 35 production plants, CSE shortlisted qualified volunteers and appointed them green inspectors.
GREEN INSPECTORS
DEBANJAN BANERJEE, environmental manager, Bengal Chamber of Commerce, Kolkata
RAJEEV VARMA, environmental activist, Bangalore
A K JINDAL, environmental engineer, Jindal Environmental Services, Pune
VIKAS KAPOOR, consultant, Sriram Consultancy Services, Ludhiana
GANESH KULKARNI, student, Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College, Aurangabad
PRIYANKA MOHAN, environmental science student, Anna University, Chennai
SHEFALI RANGANATHAN, environmental science student, Anna University, Chennai
INDUBALA, environmental science student, Anna University, Chennai
INTERNAL TEAM
CHANDRA BHUSHAN, coordinator
Monali Zeya Hazra, Bhoopinder Singh, Anand Srivastav, Samir A Qadir, Amaresh Misra, Arvind Pandey

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