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Leo
F. Saldanha
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As
Founding Trustee and Coordinator of ESG, Leo has led several of ESG’s
campaigns including the termination of Karnataka Government’s contract
with the controversial Cogentrix power project, developed a wide platform
of support to end mining in the Kudremukh National Park, initiated a variety
of reviews on the controversial Bangalore Mysore Infrastructure Corridor
Project and championed several causes by way of Public Interest Litigations
in the High Court of Karnataka and Supreme Court of India. He is an active
participant in campaigns to protect and promote green and open spaces, in
ensuring equal access to public spaces, and advocating against contamination
of settlements of un-organised and poorer communities.
His areas
of research include Environmental Law and Policy, Local Governance Legislation
and Policies, Child Labour Law and Experiential Education methodologies.
He is also the Country Coordinator of the “Cities in the 21st Century”
and Country Coordinator/Faculty of the “Health and Communities”
courses offered by International Honors Programme of Boston University.
This programme is an inter-disciplinary and experiential approach to urban
issues and students drawn from leading universities across the US study
cities in India, South Africa, Brazil and the USA over a semester.
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| K.
R. Mallesha |
Mallesha
is Office Coordinator at ESG. He has a decade long experience working with
NGOs and is office administrator and coordinates documentation and ESG's
Press Campaigns. He assists in coordinating the Solid Waste Management initiative
and is involved in field organizing for various campaign initiatives. He
has a background in Social Sciences from the Bangalore University |
| Bhargavi
S. Rao |
Bhargavi
S. Rao graduated in Environmental Science and is a Botanist with an M’Phil
degree in Aerobiology from Bangalore University. Her initial research experience
was in the areas of Microbiology and Cell Biology and she has worked at
the Microbiology and Cell Biology Department of the Indian Institute of
Science, Bangalore. She has co-authored research papers in journals like
Current Science and Virology. She has had teaching experience as a lecturer
in Botany and Microbiology at The BMS College for Women, Bangalore and also
as a high School Teacher in Geography and Economics at the Sri Aurobindo
Memorial School, Bangalore.
She coordinates
educational programmes at ESG with a focus on enhancing student awareness
and critical engagement in social and environmental justice issues. She
has co-worked as Coordinator of the India sector of the ‘Cities of
the 21st Century’ and ‘Health and Community’ courses of
the International Honors program. Her interests include Environmental
Education, Experiential Education, Gender Issues, Environmental health
and Urban and Community studies.
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| Gitanjali
Mahanti |
Gitanjali
handles documentation and Library tasks at ESG and assists with documentational
support for ESG campaigns and Projects. She holds a Masters degree in Sociology
(Urban and Rural Management). |
| Harminder
Kaur |
Harminder
handles Website maintenance at ESG. She also assists in Content Management
such as Brochures, Posters, Leaflets, etc for ESG Campaigns and Projects.
As part of the Community Access Project in Raichur, she helped develop Solid
Waste Management Posters and Leaflets for Community Education and a Comic
book for children on Waste Management. Her interests are in Gender issues
and issues concerning Dalits and oppressed communities. She holds a Masters
degree in Ecology and Environment. |
| Dolly
Kalita |
Dolly
is a Legal Research and Campaigns Assistant at ESG. She holds an LLB from
Symbiosis Society's Law College - Pune and a Masters in Environmental Law
from University Law College, Bangalore. |
| Nandini
Chami |
Nandini
has completed her M.A in Urban & Rural Community Development from the
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai in May 2007. During her M.A, she
worked on issues of contract labour in conservancy work of the Municipal
Corporation and the implementation of the Slum Rehabilitation Scheme in
Mumbai. Since then, she has been working as a Research Associate with Environment
Support Group, Bangalore. Specifically, she has worked on ESG's campaign
questioning Karnataka State Government's arbitrary siting of a 1000 MW power
plant at Chamalapura, Mysore district. |
| Divya
Ravindranath |
Divya
Ravindranath has completed her M.A in Social Work (Urban & Rural Community
Development) from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai in May 2007.
During her M.A, she worked on the issue of housing rights in with slum-dwellers
whose houses were demolished and issues of contract labour in conservancy
work of the Municipal Corporation. Before joining Environment Support Group,
she worked in a TISS project in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands that aimed
at helping communities build Information and Community Resource Centers.
As part of ESG's campaign to save Bangalore's green cover and lakes, she
has worked and researched on issues of urban planning and infrastructure |
| Priya |
Priya
is an assistant documentalist and office support person. |
