Former Principal Secretary Family Welfare & Commissioner of Health Department, Gujarat, Director, Public Health, MoH & FW, GOI and Union Secretary, Jal Shakti Ministry
Retired as Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, Government of Gujarat, Shri A. M. Tiwari has held diverse portfolios. He held important positions such as Principal Secretary in Education, Social Justice & Empowerment, Tribal Development, and has been the Managing Director of Corporations like GACL, GSFC and GNFC etc. As he has an immense interest in the development sector, he is guiding the Foundation with his technical expertise in the field of livelihood and strategising the implementation activities.
Shri Sudhir Tripathi, IAS (Retd) was the chief secretary of Jharkhand State from February 8, 2018 till his retirement on March 31, 2019. He was further appointed as the chairman of the Jharkhand Public Service Commission on April 1, 2019 till September 26, 2020.
Over 40 years’ experience in Natural Resource Management and Rural livelihoods, Shri Girish Sohani worked on Village Production Systems, Appropriate Technology, Agribusiness and nurturing Farmer Producer Organisations and special involvement in work on Sustainable Development, Circular Economy, and Interdisciplinary Programme Management. He had served as an expert on various Committees of State and Central Government, NABARD, National and International Agencies.
He is a faculty at the Strategy Area of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, and Co-Chairperson of Duggal ESG Centre for Research and Innovation at IIMA. He is a Research Affiliate at the International Growth Center at the London School of Economics and Political Science and previously was an Associate at the Harvard Kennedy School Center for Business and Government. He is serving as a member of the expert committee appointed by the Honorable National Green Tribunal of India for environmental impact valuation, and a member of the Sectional Committee for Sustainable Finance of the Bureau of Indian Standards. He also serves on the board of state-owned electricity distribution utility UGVCL, Govt. of Gujarat, as an independent director and advises several start-ups in the energy-tech and smart governance space.
His research interests are in the area of institutional and governance infrastructure of emerging economies with focus on sustainable development and corporate sustainability in India. His research has been published in reputed international journals, and many national and international dailies.
His scholarship and research have received several awards including the SAP Labs India doctoral scholarship at IIM-B, the Giorgio Ruffolo post-doctoral research fellowship at Harvard, and Fung global fellowship at Princeton. His current research work is supported by BP UK through the PROSPER program, Evidence in Governance and Politics (EGAP) at University of California, Berkeley, and Google through the Geo-for-Good research grant.
Education
Fellow (Ph.D.), Corporate Strategy and Policy Area, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
B.Tech, Electronics and Communication Engineering, University of Kerala
Academic Experience
Assistant Professor in Business Policy Area, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Associate, Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Post-Doctoral Fellow, Center for Business and Government, Harvard Kennedy School of Government
Research Associate, Corporate Strategy and Policy Area, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Research Associate, Migration Research Group, Centre for Development Studies
A Tax Management Consultant and Advocate, Shri S. R. Wadhwa is the former Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, and Chairman, Income Tax Settlement Commission. He plays a pivotal role in guiding the Foundation towards financial management and achieving its overall goal of sustainable growth in the sectors of public health, skill building, livelihood generation, children with special needs and education.
