SPM1

The Speakers for the Panel are:-
Swasti Raizada
Swasti is a Senior Consultant at Deloitte, with over 5 years of experience serving energy clients. In the past, she has worked with multilateral donors such as The World Bank, Climate Investment Fund, and regulatory commissions across India as a policy consultant. She holds a Master of Public Policy from National Law School of India University and is passionate about climate change and sustainability. She has also represented India at multiple international forums such as the 1st BRICS Youth Summit and World Festival of Youth and Students.

Krishna Priya Vangala
Krishna Priya graduated from NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad in 2018 and has worked in the oil and gas sector after graduation. She has experience in both international and domestic dispute resolution pertaining to the interpretation of oil and gas contracts, policy advocacy and stakeholder management in the oil and gas industry. She now wishes to explore energy transitions and the challenges therein faced by emerging economies in a rapidly changing world order; and in the context of the urgency that the ongoing climate crisis presents. She is committed to finding energy solutions that are equitable and accessible to all.

Neha Naikwade
Neha is working as an Associate Consultant at ZS Associates. She graduated as a Mechanical Engineer from Mumbai University and is a former YLAC Policy in Action Fellow. She was born to a Range Forest Officer and spent the first two decades of her life living near the woods because of which she has profound appreciation for green surroundings. She supports sufficiency over efficiency mindset for conservation

Sneha Yadav
Sneha is an incoming MPP candidate at the London School of Economics. She is currently working at JPMorgan Chase, Mumbai and is a former Teach for India Fellow. She is skilled in strategy development, project management, and stakeholder engagement. She cares about market-oriented solutions to accelerate the economy’s transition to a more cohesive, respectful, and inclusive model through eliminating entry and retention barriers for underskilled and underrepresented girl children. Her research interests are focused on exploring the progression of technology policy and economics in conjunction with social and economic variables.

Yinusa Saheed
Saheed holds a M.Sc degree in Water Management, UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, Delft, Netherlands. He is working as Water Sanitation and Hygiene Consultant at the Universum Business Technology Consulting. Previously, he worked as a WASH Consultant with Lutheran World Federation (LWF) World Service and Universum Business Technology Consulting; WATSAN Manager with Doctors Without Borders (MSF-Holland) Netherlands. Guest Speaker at the 2015 Rotary World Water Summit 7 (Brazil); Guest Speaker at the 2019 World Future Energy Summit Abu-Dhabi, UAE. Recipient of Rotary Foundation, UNESCO-IHE Scholarship and DUPC (Netherlands), UNESCO-IHE Scholar.

Shivangi Adani
Shivangi graduated from Government Law College, Mumbai in 2019 and holds a Graduate Certificate in Public Policy from Takshashila Institution. Acting on her concerns for the environment, she has worked with Wildlife Conservation Trust, Vanashakti Public Trust, C&C Advisors in the areas of wildlife, coastal, forest, oceans law and policy among others. She is also a collaborator with Initiative for Climate Action. Her primary areas of interest are water availability, consumption patterns and forest conservation.