Colaba Conversation 2021
Navigating Faultlines of Recovery
1, 2 and 3 December
Speakers
Aaditya Thackeray
Minister of Tourism and Environment, Government of Maharashtra, India
Aaron Akinocho
CEO, AG MEDIAS CONSULTING; Editor-in-chief of Comprendre Media, Benin
Abigail Wulf
Director, Critical Minerals Strategy, SAFE, USA
Ajay Chopra
Chef, TV presenter and Managing Director, Zion Hospitality, India
Ajoy Mehta
Chairman, MahaRERA, India
Akshay Mathur
Director, ORF Mumbai
Akshima Ghate
Senior Principal, RMI-India
Almut Möller
State Secretary, Hamburg, Germany
Amar Bhattacharya
Chair, UN Independent Taskforce on climate finance; Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Amar Patnaik
Member of Parliament, India
Ambassador Robert Blake
Senior Advisor to Special Climate Envoy John Kerry, USA
Amita Bhide
Professor and Dean, School of Habitat Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), India
Ana Toni
Executive Director, Institute for Climate and Society (iCS), Brazil
Ananya Awasthi
Assistant Director, India Research Centre, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, India and Founder, Anuvaad Solutions
Anirban Ghosh
Chief Sustainability Officer, Mahindra Group, India
Annie Arakkal Marwaha
Radio Presenter and Executive Producer, 94.3 Radio One
Anumita Roy Chowdhury
Executive Director Research And Advocacy, Centre for Science and Environment
Anupama Mandloi
Producer and Independent Media Consultant
Bhavani RV
Poverty and Social Protection Specialist, FAO, Bangladesh
Brikesh Singh
Chief of Engagement & Communications, Asar, India
Chetna Gala Sinha
Founder and Chair, Manndeshi Bank, India
Claude Lopez
Senior Director, Research, Milken Institute, USA
Delfina Lopez Freijido
Head of Sustainable Finance, Banco de la Nacion Argentina
Dhaval Desai
Senior Fellow, ORF
Dhaval Monani
Director of Affordable Housing and Associate Professor at Anant National University; Resident Fellow at IDFC Institutedia
Dian Triansyah Djani
G20 Sherpa, Indonesia
Donna Redel
Professor, Fordham Law, USA
Erin Watson-Lynn
Special Advisor, G20 Women Summit, Australia
Florian Stegmann
State Minister and Head of the State Chancellery, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Frances Adamson
Governor, South Australia
Gabriele Liotta
Global Leadership Fellow, World Economic Forum
Girish Joshi
Chief Trading Operations and Listing Sales, BSE
Golam Rahman
Editor, Ajker Patrika, Bangladesh
Hasan Alhasan
Research Fellow, Middle East Policy, IISS, Bahrain
Hem Dholakia
Lead Specialist - Research, CDRI, India
Heribert Dieter
Senior Fellow, German Institute for International and Security Affairs, Germany
Indrani Bagchi
CEO, Ananta Aspen Centre, India
Jagan Shah
Resident Senior Fellow, IDFC Institute, India
James Sangma
Environment Minister, Government of Meghalaya, India
Jay Kotak
Vice-President, Kotak811
Jayant Sinha
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, India
Jo Johnson
Chairman TES Global, Senior Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School; former Minister of State for Universities, Science, Research and Innovation; former Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit
John Coyne
Head, Northern Australia Strategic Policy Centre and Head, Strategic Policing and Law Enforcement, ASPI, Australia
Kamal Kishore
Member Secretary, National Disaster Management Authority
Kunal Vijaykar
Food writer, YouTuber, author, actor, political satirist, popular television personality and food show host
Kwame Owino
CEO, Institute of Economic Affairs, Kenya
Lakshmi Puri
Former Assistant Secretary General, United Nations, India
Leena Wadia
Senior Fellow, ORF
Lubaina Rangwala
Program Head, Urban Development, Sustainable Cities & Transport, WRI, India
Lucrezia Reichlin
Professor of Economics, London Business School
Luis Miranda
Co-Founder and Chairman, Indian School of Public Policy
Maaike Bijker
Maaike Bijker, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist (Research), United Nations Children's Fund(UNICEF)
Madhu Verma
Chief Economist, World Resources Institute,India
Malcolm Athaide
Co-founder and CEO at Agrim Housing Finance, India
Manhar Garegrat
Executive Director and Chief of Staff, CoinDCX, India
Manisha Mhaiskar
Principal Secretary, Environment and Climate Change, Government of Maharashtra
Mannat Jaspal
Associate Fellow, ORF
Maria Goretti
Author, TV Presenter and Chef, India
Mayuri Ghosh
Head of Healthy Cities and Communities Initiative, World Economic Forum, USA
Meghna Bal
Fellow, Esya Centre, India
Mihir Sharma
Director, Economy and Growth Programme, Observer Research Foundation, India
Mina Al-Oraibi
Editor-in-Chief, The National, UAE
Mithila Palkar
Actor, India
Natasha Jha Bhaskar
General Manager, Newland Global Group, Australia
Navdeep Suri
Distinguished Fellow, ORF
Nirmika Singh
Song-writer, Poet, Lyricist and Executive Editor, Rolling Stones India
Ola Doudin
CEO and Co founder, BitOasis, UAE
Olga Chepelianskaia
International Climate Change Consultant and Founding Director of UNICITI
Peter Rimmele
Resident Representative to India, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung (KAS)
Priyanka Chaturvedi
Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, India
Prof. Ujjwal Kumar Chowdhury
Secretary, Global Media Education Council
Rachana Ranade
Founder, Rachana Ranade and Associates, India; Finfluencer and Chartered Accountant, India
Radhika Gupta
MD & CEO, Edelweiss AMC,India
Rajat Kathuria
Dean, School of Humanities & Social Sciences, and Professor of Economics, Shiv Nadar University, India
Rajesh Shah
Co-Chairman & Managing Director, Mukand Industries Ltd
Rathin Roy
Managing Director, Overseas Development Institute, UK
Ravin Mirchandani
Chairman, Ador India
Rejeet Mathews
Program Director, Urban Development, WRI India
Renita D’souza
Fellow, ORF
Ruchita Beri
Senior Research Associate, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, India
Ryan Manuel
Chief Asia Strategist, Silverhorn Investment, Hong Kong
Sampada Malla
Writer, Producer, Nepal
Sanusha Naidu
Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Global Dialogue, South Africa
Saon Ray
Professor, ICRIER, India
Sarang Sathaye
Co-Founder, Bharatiya Digital Party (BhaDiPa), India
Sayli Mankikar
Senior Fellow, ORF
Shaili Chopra
Founder, SheThePeople
Shikha Bhasin
Senior Programme Lead, Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), India
Shilpa Kumar
Partner, Omidyar Network, India
Shilpi Samantray
Senior Manager and Lead, Electric Mobility, Ola Mobility Institute
Shreya Gadepalli
Founder and Managing Trustee, The Urban Works Institute
Shruti Jain
Junior Fellow, ORF
Shruti Narayan
Regional Director, South and West Asia, C40 Cities, India
Sidhartha Shukla
Journalist, ET Prime
Subhash Desai
Minister for Industries and Mining, Government of Maharashtra, India
Sumit Gupta
CEO and Co-Founder, CoinDCX, India
Sunaina Kumar
Senior Fellow, ORF
Sunjoy Joshi
Chairman, ORF
Suranjali Tandon
Assistant Professor, NIPFP, India
Swati D’souza
Country Lead and Coordinator for the International Energy Agency (IEA)
Tae-Yoon Kim
Senior energy analyst, International Energy Agency
Tajinder Singh
Deputy Secretary General, The International Organization of Securities Commissions
Ussal Sahbaz
Managing partner, Ussal Consultancy, Turkey
Victoria Panova
Vice President for International Relations, Far Eastern Federal University, Russia
Vidya Yeravdekar
Pro-Chancellor, Symbiosis International (Deemed University) & Principal Director, Symbiosis
Vivan Sharan
Partner, Koan Advisory, and Visiting Fellow, ORF
Yamini Aiyar
President and Chief Executive, Centre for Policy Research,India
