Nomination Jury Meet

The 8th CMS VATAVARAN’s nomination jury was held from June 24th – 26th, 2015 at the Institute for Studies in Industrial Development (ISID), Vasant Kunj in New Delhi. This three- day jury process included viewing, judging and selection of films that have been received in various categories from across the globe.

The nomination jury of this edition comprised of 24 eminent personalities from widely divergent sectors and streams. Stockholm ‪Water Prize 2015 winner and popularly called the Water Man of India, Mr. ‪Rajendra Singh, was the ‪ Chairperson of the Nomination Jury.

2015 Nomination Jury Members

S.No. Expert Position Organisation City
1 Ms Archana Chatterjee National Coordinator -Mangrove for the Future (MFF) India IUCN Delhi
2 Ms
Ashwika Kapur		 Director/Producer Cinematographer Freelance Kolkata
3 Mr Atul Thakur Principal Correspondent The Times of India Delhi
4 Dr Bitapi C. Sinha Senior Professor and HoD Wildlife Institute of India (WII) Dehradun
5 Mr D N Dutta Social Worker and Content Research You & I Foundation Hooghly
6 Mr Dinesh C. Sharma Environment Journalist and Fellow Centre for Media Studies (CMS) Delhi
7 Ms Indu Shrikent Director Hello Cinema Delhi
8 Dr Jagdish Kishwan Chief, Policy and Programme Implementation Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) NOIDA
9 Dr K. N. Bhatt Associate Professor, Environmental Economics G. B. Pant Social Science Institute Allahabad
10 Ms Kanupriya Harish Trustee Jal Bhagirathi Foundation Jaipur
11 Ms Kalpana Subramanian Independent filmmaker & Associate Professor School of Communication Media and Film, Pearl Academy Delhi
12 Mr Manoj Kumar Misra Convener Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan Delhi
13 Mr Mrinal Talukdar Consulting Editor DY 365 Guwahati
14 Ms Payal Bhojwani Molur Wildlife Education Consultant Go Wild Coimbatore
15 Mr Prabhjot Sodhi Country Program Manager GEF/UNDP SGP; CEE Delhi
16 Mr Rajiv Sharma Journalist — Delhi
17 Mr Ramesh Jain Cultural Affairs Specialist and Senior Program Manager American Center Delhi
18 Dr Rayson K. Alex Assistant Professor Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani Goa
19 Ms Sapna Sukul Educator Presidium Delhi
20 Ms Shibani Ghosh Environmental Lawyer and Consultant Centre for Policy Research (CPR) Delhi
21 Dr Shyamala Mani Professor National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA) Delhi
22 Mr Tapas Dharmpal Filmmaker — Kolkata
23 Mr Verhaen Khanna Founder New Delhi Nature Society Delhi
24 Mr Vinod Ganatra Independent Documentary & Children film maker — Mumbai