Dr. Jonathan Demenge is currently the Head of cooperation for the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation in India. He was previously the Country director of the international NGO Geres in Tajikistan, working on energy efficiency in housing and agriculture. Trained as an anthropologist, Dr. Jonathan holds a PhD from the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) in political ecology (on road construction in Ladakh). He calculated the first ecological footprint of subsistence farmers (in Ladakh). He has worked for the Netherlands Development Organization, the Overseas Development Institute, various NGOs, and as a researcher in Nepal, India, Tajikistan, Ethiopia, and West Africa.
Sakshi C. Dasgupta, is the Senior Thematic Advisor with the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). She is managing projects like CapaCITIES, Clean Energy Policy etc. and is responsible for SDC’s Urban and Environment portfolio. She has more than 15 years of professional experience in the urban development/environment sector. She was earlier associated with the German Development Cooperation (GIZ) on projects related to Sustainable Development of Smart Cities and Support to National urban Sanitation Policy in various states and cities. She has worked with organizations like TERI, Centre for Science and environment (CSE) on aspects related to water resource management, green buildings amongst others. She has extensive experience working with reputed bilateral organizations for development cooperation, research/ advocacy institutes, and state and city governments. Sakshi holds a master degree in urban and regional planning from the Centre for Environment Planning and Technology (CEPT), Ahmedabad. She completed her masters and bachelor’s degree from the Delhi School of Economics and Miranda House, Delhi University respectively.
Andrin is a Programme Officer at the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC). He is currently overseeing the SDC’s global engagements on renewable energy and energy access and various other climate-related initiatives. Prior to his current position, Andrin has worked for the SDC on climate change mitigation in India and has held various positions in the private sector in emission reduction project development and sustainability management consulting. Andrin holds a Master of Environmental Sciences from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and a Certificate of Advanced Studies in General Management from University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.
Emani Kumar has been the Executive Director of ICLEI-Local Governments for Sustainability, South Asia since its founding in 2005. Apart from overseeing the organisation’s strategic development, he also coordinates various multi-year and small scale projects and research work supported by various donors including UN agencies; State and National Governments of India and Research Organizations. He has more than eighteen years of professional experience on issues related to climate change policy and planning, local governance, renewable energy and energy efficiency, social accountability, systems management and auditing. He is the Co-Team Leader of the CapaCITIES project.
Hans-Peter has a master’s degree in Economics and more than 25 years of experience in international cooperation in the areas of trade, production, investment and infrastructure including environment and social issues. He acquired in-depth know-how regarding cooperation with businesses and financial entities of all kinds such as the World Bank, regional development banks, various UN organizations, non-governmental organizations, industries and retailers in Switzerland and in developing countries, as well as government agencies. He has 20 years of experience in innovative project management at the interface between the economy, environment and development cooperation. Through these programmes and projects, SECO acquired an international profile as an innovative agency for the promotion of sustainable trade. Switzerland gained a more credible presence in the negotiation of programmes accompanying free trade agreements with developing and emerging countries.
Reto Dettli is Managing Partner of econcept and has a broad experience in elaboration of sustainability strategies for cities and public authorities on state level in different countries worldwide. He is within the CapaCITIES project, responsible for the development of tools for city level mitigation and adaptation planning. He supports the local experts in the elaboration of climate profiles, the preparation of the city climate action plans, preparation of regulatory measures, strategies for increasing awareness on low carbon and climate resilient city development and the dissemination of project experiences to Indian cities and cities in other countries.
ICLEI South Asia
Deputy Co-team Leader & State Coach – Tamil Nadu
State Project Associate, Gujarat
ICLEI South Asia
ICLEI South Asia
ICLEI South Asia
Climate Mitigation Expert
ICLEI South Asia
ICLEI South Asia
ICLEI South Asia
ICLEI South Asia
ICLEI SA
IT Expert
City Coach – Siliguri
Senior Climate Change Adaptation Expert
ICLEI South Asia
Climate Change Mitigation Expert
Climate Change and Communications Expert
Southpole
Southpole
Econcept AG
Econcept AG
State Coach – Gujarat
City Coach – Siliguri
City Coach – Udaipur
