Ashish Kothari

Environmentalist and author. He is one of the founders of Kalpavriksh, a non-profit organization in India which deals with environmental and development issues. He has also been a teacher at Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi. He has also worked as members of several Government of India committees, including the Environmental Appraisal Committee on River Valley Projects and committees to draft design the National Wildlife Action Plan and the Biological Diversity Act. His publications include “Pluriverse. A Post-Development Dictionary” (2019), “Alternative Futures: India Unshackled” (2017), and “Churning the Earth: The Making of Global India” (2012).