Prof. Partha Dasgupta
Cambridge University, UK

Sir Dasgupta is a renowned scholar with numerous contributions to a variety of sub fields in economics. He is Frank Ramsey Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge, and also a Fellow of St. John’s College, Cambridge. He has served as Chairman of the Faculty of Economics and Politics, University of Cambridge since 1997. Prof. Dasgupta jointly with Prof. Karl-Göran Mäler, was awarded the prestigious Volvo Environment Award in 2002 for his outstanding and pioneering contribution to environmental and resource economics. He is a member of the External Advisory Council of the World Bank Institute, Washington, DC; Member-at-Large of the Advisory Board of the Millennium Commission, and Member of the External Advisory Board of the Earth Institute, Columbia University, New York.

Anna Maria Oltorp
SIDA, Sweden

Ms. Oltorp works for the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency. She manages several research networks on environment and development economics.

Dr. A. K. Enamul Haque
United International University, Bangladesh

Professor of Economics is at the United International University in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He has been teaching environmental and resource economics since 1992. Besides teaching, Dr Haque has contributed to several high level committees in the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Bangladesh. His research fields include soil erosion, impact of agricultural land degradation, health costs and institutions related to drinking water contamination with arsenic. He has been also a consultant to the World Bank, Dhaka, GTZ,Dhaka, IUCN Bangladesh and is a member of the SANDEE management and advisory committee. He is now advising the Government of Bangladesh as a member of its Technical Committee on mitigation due to climate change. He is a life member of Bangladesh Economic Association. Dr Haque completed his PhD degree from the University of Guelph Canada in 1991.

Dr. David Glover
IDRC, Canada

Dr. Glover is Program Leader for Environmental Economics at Canada's International Development Research Centre (IDRC). From 1993 to 2006, Dr. Glover was the founding Director of the Economy and Environment Program for Southeast Asia, which supports training and research in environmental economics in ten Asian countries. Previously, Dr. Glover was Director of the Economic Policy Program of IDRC, where he developed several multi-country and multi-donor research networks. He holds a PhD in Political Economy, and has written or edited some thirty books and articles dealing with environment, agricultural policy, trade and structural adjustment.

Ms. Sattar is Head, Country Group 2 (Nepal and Pakistan) with responsibility to develop IUCN programme in Bhutan and Afghanistan. Ms. Sattar provides overall management to IUCN's interactions with members, governments, NGOs, donors and other development agencies in the Group. Previously, she has held several other key positions in both IUCN Asia and in Pakistan. As Head, Regional Emerging Programmes, she has made significant contributions towards enhancing IUCN's vision and mission in Asia.

Dr. Shyamsundar is Program Director for the South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE). As part of its various activities, SANDEE has supported over 60 research projects in the area of
poverty and natural resource management, valuation of non-market goods, and the economics of pollution management. Priya previously served as a consultant for many years to the Environment Department of the World Bank. Most recently, she led a team that was responsible for a new World Bank book on poverty and environment. Prior to her work with SANDEE and the Bank, Priya served as Senior Program Officer for the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and as Research Associate at the Institute of Social Studies Trust. Priya's research interests range over a number of topics within environment and development economics. She has a Ph.D. in Environmental Economics from Duke University.

Dr. Shanta Devarajan
The World Bank, Washington

Dr. Devarajan is the Chief Economist of the World Bank’s Africa region, and Editor of the World Bank Research Observer. In previous years, he has been the Director of the World Development Report 2004, Making Services Work for Poor People and Chief Economist for the South Asia region as well as the Chief Economist of the Human Development Network. Before 1991, he was on the faculty of Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. The author or co-author of over 100 publications, Dr. Devarajan’s research covers public economics, trade policy, natural resources and the environment, and general-equilibrium modeling of developing countries. Born in Sri Lanka, Dr. Devarajan received his A. B. in mathematics from Princeton University and his Ph. D. in economics from the University of California at Berkeley.

Dr. Y. K. Alagh
IRMA Institute, India

Dr. Alagh is currently Chairman IRMA, Chancellor, Nagaland University and Vice Chairman of the Sardar Patel Institute of Economic and Social Research, Ahmedabad. He is a Trustee of the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation and an independent Director of Tata Chemicals and Shri Cements. He was earlier Minister of Power and for Planning & Programme Implementation with additional charge of the Ministry of Science & Technology. He has been Member, Planning Commission (in the rank of Minister of State) and was Chairman, Bureau of Industrial Costs and Prices, Ministry of Industry and Secretary to the Government of India. He was Member of the Council, United Nations University and also Chairman, Scientific Steering Committee of the International Social Science Programme of UNESCO. He was Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University and was Senior Fellow, World Institute of Development Economic Research, United Nations University, Helsinki. He has been Senior Adviser and Consultant to FAO, UNFPA, ILO, ESCAP World Bank and UNDP. He holds a Doctoral Degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania and Master’s Degree from the same University and the University of Rajasthan. He has seven books and over a hundred articles to his credit published both at home and abroad. He was awarded the VKRV Rao Award in Economics for 1981.