Heads of the Indian & State Governments, Hon’ble Ministers and the Parliamentarians
- Shri Tshering Wangdi Lepcha, Hon’ble Minister Forest, Environment & Wildlife Management
- Smt Alina Saldanah, Hon’ble Minister of Environment and Forests, Govt of Goa, Goa
- Smt Ambika Soni, Hon’ble Minister of I & B, Govt of India (then)
- Shri Ashok Gehlot, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Rajasthan
- His Excellency Dr Aziz Qureshi, Hon’ble Governor of Uttarakhand
- Shri Binoy Vishwam, Minister for Housing and Forests, Kerala State Housing Board
- Shri Debi Prasad Mishra, Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries & Animal Resources Development, Housing & Urban Development, Orissa
- Dr Farooq Abdullah, hon’ble Minister of New and Renewable Energy, Govt of India
- Shri Jaipal S Reddy, hon’ble Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences. Govt of India
- Ms. Jayanthi Natrajan, Hon’ble Minister of Environment and Forests, Govt of India
- Dr Karan Singh, President of Indian Council of Cultural Relations and Member, Rajya Sabha
- Shri Manik Sarkar, Hon’ble Chief Minister, Tripura
- Shri Namo Narayan Meena, Hon’ble Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Govt of India (then)
- Shri N Kiran Kumar Reddy, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh
- Shri Partha Chatterjee, Hon’ble Minister-In-Charge Commerce and Industries, Industrial Reconstruction, Public Enterprises, Parliamentary Affairs and Information Technology, Govt of West Bengal
- Shri Ramakant Goswami, Hon’ble Minister of Industries, Labour and Elections, Govt of NCT of Delhi
- His Excellency Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary, Hon’ble Governor of Meghalaya
- Prof Saif-u-Din Soz, Hon’ble Union Minister for Water Resources, Govt of India (then)
- Shri Satrucharla Vijayaramaraju, Hon’ble Minister for Forest, Environment, Science & Technology, Andhra Pradesh
- Smt Sheila Dikshit, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Delhi
- Shri Sudarsan Ghosh Dastidar, Hon’ble Minister-In-Charge PWD and Environment Department, Govt of West Bengal
- Shri Suresh P Prabhu, Former Union Minister, Govt of India
- Shri Thakur Gulab Singh, Hon’ble Minister for Public Works Departments, Govt of Himachal Pradesh (then)
- Shri Thiru T Thiagarajan, Hon’ble Minister for Forest, Science, Technology and Environment, Govt of Puducherry
- Shri T R Baalu, Hon’ble Minister for Environment and Forests, Govt of India (then)
- His Excellency Shri V B Wanchoo, Hon’ble Governor of Goa
- Shri Vijay Kapoor, former Lt Governor of Delhi
Celebrities/ Artists
- Mr Saurabh Shukla, Actor
- Mr Adil Hussain, Actor
- Shri Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Eminent Filmmaker and Dadasaheb Phalke Awardee
- Shri Amol Palekar, , Eminent Actor, Director and Producer and Jury Chairperson, 7th CMS. VATAVARAN 2014 Award Jury
- Shri Shyam Benegal, Veteran Filmmaker, Dadasaheb Phalke Award Winner and Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)
- Mr. Anant, Radio Jockey
- Mr. Girish Malik, Director, Jal
- Mr. Purab Kholi, Eminent Actor
- Ms. Tannishtha Chatterjee, Actress
- Shri Basu Chatterjee, Veteran Filmmaker
- Shri Jahnu Barua, Eminent Filmmaker
- Shri Mahesh Bhatt, Eminent Filmmaker
- Ms. Nafisa Ali Sodhi, Miss India 1976, Actress and Social Activist
- Smt Nandita Das, Eminent Filmmaker and Actress
- Shri Prakash Jha, Eminent Filmmaker
- Smt Revathy Menon, Eminent Filmmaker and Actress
- Mr. Saurabh, Radio Jockey
- Ms. Shabana Azmi, Eminent Actor
- Padma Shree Tom Alter, Eminent Actor
Ambassadors of Foreign Countries, representatives of Bilateral/ Multilateral Organisations, Embassies and Corporates
- Dr Abid Hussain, Former Indian Ambassador to the United States
- Her Excellency Ms. Ann Ollestad, Ambassador of Norway to India
- Mr.Carl Gustaf Svensson, Counsellor, Development Co-operation, SIDA
- Mr.Dennis Aig, Programme, Director, MFA Science & Natural History Filmmaking, Montana State University, Bozeman, USA
- Dr Dieter Mutz, Director, Advisory Services in Environment Management (ASEM), GIZ
- Mr.Dominique Dreyer, Ambassador of Switzerland to India
- His Excellency Mr.Eivind S Homme, Ambassador of Norway to India
- Mr. George Klussmann, Counsellor, Climate Change, Renewable Energy & Tourism, Embassy of Federal Republic of Germany
- Ms. Lise Grande, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in India
- Ms. Naina Lal
- Mr. Srinivasan Iyer, Assistant Country Director and Head, Energy and Environment, UNDP India and CMS. VATAVARAN 2014 Nomination Jury Chairperson
- Mr. Stephan Helming, Country Director, GIZ India
- Mr.Franz Kraus, Managing Director, Arri, Germany
- Shri Ganesan Balachander, Ford Foundation, New Delhi
- Dr Hakkan Tropp, Director, UNDP Water Governance Facility, Sweden
- Sir Micheal Arthur, British High Commissioner
- Mr.Michael P Pelletier, Minister Counsellor for Public Affairs, Embassy of USA
- Mr.Ralf Quibeldey, Commissioning Editor – Nature and Wildlife, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), Germany
Scientists/ Researchers/ Academicians/ CSO/ Environmentalists
- Mr. Anil Prakash Joshi (Dr), Founder Member, Himalayan Environmental Studies and Conservation Organisation (HESCO), Uttarakhand
- Ms. Aruna Roy, Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS), Rajsamand
- Shri Chandi Prasad Bhatt, Founder, Environmentalist, Dasholi Gram Swarajya Mandal,Uttarakhand
- Dr George Schaller, Vice President, Panthera and Senior Conservationist, Wildlife Conservation Society, USA
- Mr. Edgar Endrukaitis, Biodiversity Programme Director, GIZ
- Dr Isher Judge Ahluwalia, Economist and Author
- Prof Madhav Gadgil, Professor, Centre for Ecological Sciences (CES), Indian Institute of Science (IIS)
- Ms. Medha Patkar, Eminent Activist, Narmada Bachao Andolan
- Prof M S Swaminathan, Chairman, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, Chennai
- Dr Prannoy Roy, Executive Co – Chairperson, NDTV
- Shri Rajendra Singh, Social Activist and recipient of Magsaysay Award, Alwar
- Shri Sunderlal Bahugana, Eminent Environmentalist and Chipko Movement Leader
- Ms.. Sunita Narain, Director General, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Senior Government Officials
- Dr Balakrishnan Pisupati, Chairman, National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Chennai
- Dr V Candavelou, IAS, Secretary, Science, Technology & Environment, Govt of Puducherry
- Shri R M S Liberhan, Director, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
- Shri Vivek Rae, Chief Secretary, Andaman and Nicobar Administration