Signed & Endorsed by:
Name | Designation/Description | Organisation | State | |
1 | Dr M S Chari | Entomology expert, Ex-Director, Central Tobacco Research Institute | Managing Trustee, Centre for Sustainable Agriculture | Andhra Pradesh |
2 | Dr N K Sanghi | Plant Breeder, Ex-Zonal Coordinator, ICAR & Ex-Deputy Director General, MANAGE | Andhra Pradesh | |
3 | Dr J Venkateshwarlu | Soil Science expert, Ex-Director, Central Arid Zone Research Institute | Andhra Pradesh | |
4 | A Ravindra | Agriculture Economist | WASSAN | Andhra Pradesh |
5 | Dr G V Ramanjaneyulu | Agriculture Scientist | Centre for Sustainable Agriculture | Andhra Pradesh |
6 | Dr T S V Raghunath | Entomology specialist | Centre for Sustainable Agriculture | Andhra Pradesh |
7 | Salome Yesudas | Consultant, Gender, Water & Human Nutrition | Andhra Pradesh | |
8 | Malla Reddy | President, AP Rythu Sangam | Vice-President, All India Kisan Sabha | Andhra Pradesh |
9 | Dr K R Chowdhary | Agronomist | Member, Farmers' Welfare Commission | Andhra Pradesh |
10 | Kavitha Kuruganti | Sustainable Agriculture Activist | Centre for Sustainable Agriculture | Andhra Pradesh |
11 | Rajashekar | Agriculture Scientist | South Asian Alliance for Poverty Eradication | Andhra Pradesh |
12 | Kiran Shakkari | Agriculture Scientist | Andhra Pradesh | |
13 | K Hanumantha Reddy | Journalist & Development activist | Navya Seema Development Society | Andhra Pradesh |
14 | Dr Uma Shankari | Farmer, Sociology professor & social activist | Rashtriya Raithu Seva Samithi | Andhra Pradesh |
15 | P Balaram | Development activist | Jana Jaagriti | Andhra Pradesh |
16 | Dr Rukmini Rao | Women's rights & development activist | Gramya Resource Centre for Women | Andhra Pradesh |
17 | Kumudini | Coordinator | Stree Shakti Telangana Network | Andhra Pradesh |
18 | Dr S Jeevananda Reddy | Formerly Chief Technical Advisor - WMO/UN & Expert - FAO/UN | Andhra Pradesh | |
19 | Dr Sagari Ramdas | Director | Anthra | Andhra Pradesh |
20 | N Madhusudan | Secretary | Yakshi | Andhra Pradesh |
21 | Prof. Arif A. Waqif | Founder Dean (Retd), Schoolof ManagementStudies, Universityof Hyderabad), Director, Research & Chairman, AMDISA Fellowship Committee | Andhra Pradesh | |
22 | Saraswati Kavula | Independent film-maker | Andhra Pradesh | |
23 | S Jeevan Kumar | Human Rights activist | Human Rights Forum | Andhra Pradesh |
24 | Dr K Balagopal | Human Rights activist | Human Rights Forum | Andhra Pradesh |
25 | Asha Kachru | Promoting Organic Agriculture as an alternative lifestyle & Gender Advocacy in Agriculture | STRAINATA (women's and farmers' organisation) | Andhra Pradesh |
26 | Walter Mendoza | Independent Development Worker; Focus on 'strengthening local economies and livelihoods' currently dryland farming | Andhra Pradesh | |
27 | Suryakumar | Banker & concerned citizen | Hyderabad | Andhra Pradesh |
28 | Dr E Haribabu | Alumnus - IIT-Bombay | Hyderabad | Andhra Pradesh |
29 | Samyuktha Gorrepati | Textile Designer/cotton handloom enthusiast | Hyderabad | Andhra Pradesh |
30 | M V Sastri | Development Activist & Economist | Convenor, Centre for World Solidarity | Andhra Pradesh |
31 | R Murali | Secretary | MARI [Modern Architects for Rural India], Warangal | Andhra Pradesh |
32 | Nimmaiah | Director | PEACE, Nalgonda | Andhra Pradesh |
33 | Lingaiah | Director | CROPS, Warangal | Andhra Pradesh |
34 | Vijayalakshmi | Director | Grameena Mahila Mandali, Nalgonda | Andhra Pradesh |
35 | Venu Madhav | Executive Director | SECURE, Khammam | Andhra Pradesh |
36 | B Manohar Rao | Secretary | Navajyothi, Medak | Andhra Pradesh |
37 | Saleem | Executive Director | CONARE, Mahbubnagar | Andhra Pradesh |
38 | Dr Srinivas | Homoepath | Hyderabad | Andhra Pradesh |
39 | Vinita Sreepada | Psychologist | Hyderabad | Andhra Pradesh |
40 | Arun Chandra | Team Leader | Chetna Organic | Andhra Pradesh |
41 | Bharath Bhushan | Child Rights Activist | Hyderabad | Andhra Pradesh |
42 | Namrata Vaswani | Asst. professor | Ames IA, USA | |
43 | Varsha Mathrani | Environmental Health Coordinator | Anchorage, AK | |
44 | Jayanthi Reddy | Student | ann arbor, MI | |
45 | Indrani Sistla | Urban Planner | Ashburn, VA | |
46 | Nandu Parimi | Engineer | bedminster, nj | |
47 | Akhila Raman | Engineer | berkeley, ca | |
48 | Nanda Mahashetty | Biochemist | National Institute of Health Sciences | Bethesda, MD |
49 | S. Anbumani | Postdoctoral Research Associate | Blacksburg, Virginia | |
50 | Michael Muench | Writer | Brooklyn, New York | |
51 | Suryaprakash Kompalli | Student | Buffalo, NY | |
52 | Krishna Adusumilli | Engineer | AID | Carlsbad, CA |
53 | Priya Ranjan | Research Scientis | College Park | |
54 | Chaitanya Saxena | Graduate Research Fellow | The Ohio State University | Columbus |
55 | Kalyan | Software Engineer | Dayton, OH | |
56 | PD | Software Engineer | Dayton, Ohio | |
57 | Devinder Sharma | Agriculture & Food Policy Analyst | Forum for Biotechnology & Food Security | Delhi |
58 | Rakesh Tikait, Yudhvir Singh, Dharmendar Malik | Bhartiya Kissan Union, BKU | Delhi | |
59 | Shalini Bhutani | Concerned Citizen | Delhi | |
60 | Swathi Arjunwadkar | Kalpavriksh | Delhi | |
61 | Malvika Kaul | Senior Editor | Women's Feature Service | Delhi |
62 | Francis Gonsalves | Lecturer and freelance journalist | Delhi | |
63 | Anuj Grover | Engineer | AID Delhi | Delhi |
64 | Rajeshwar Ojha | Resource Manager | AID, Asha | Delhi |
65 | Rupalatha Maddala | Research Associate, Duke Eye Center | AID | Durham, NC |
66 | Srinivas Rao Chadaram | Research Associate, Duke University Medical Center | Association for India's Development (AID) | Durham, NC |
67 | Rajitha | Engineer | AID | Fairfax, VA |
68 | Somu Kumar | Programmer | AID | Fairfax, VA |
69 | Vandana Mathrani | Student | Flushing, NY | |
70 | Satya N Mishra | Electrical Engineer | Fort Collins, CO | |
71 | Rajasekhar Jammalamadaka | Engineer | Framingham MA | |
72 | Devendra Tolani | Scientist | Gaithersburg MD | |
73 | Arun Gopalan | Software | AID | Gaithersburg,MD |
74 | Murali Bala | Analyst | Germantown, MD | |
75 | Divya | Student, Baroda | Gujarat | |
76 | Kapil Shah | Organic Farming Activist | Jatan Trust | Gujarat |
77 | Vanaja | Media | Hyderabad | Andhra Pradesh |
78 | Pandurang Hegde | Social & Environmental activist | Appiko Andolan | Karnataka |
79 | Rajni Kumar | Currently, stay-at-home mother | Bangalore | Karnataka |
80 | Karthik Ramanathan | Researcher | Bangalore | Karnataka |
81 | Rohan | Social Activist | Bangalore | Karnataka |
82 | Vishal Sapre | Software Engineer, Bangalore | Karnataka | |
83 | Prasad Naldurg | Researcher, Bangalore | Karnataka | |
84 | Rajagopalan R | Retired IIT Madras Professor, Bangalore | Karnataka | |
85 | Gayathri | Lawyer, Bangalore | Karnataka | |
86 | Somanath Nayak | President | Nagarika Seva Trust, Dakshina Kannada | Karnataka |
87 | Dr Sharadhini Rath | Centre for Budget and Policy Studies, Bangalore | Karnataka | |
88 | Abhisheka | Artist | Bangalore | Karnataka |
89 | Prasanna Saligram | Community Worker | Bangalore | Karnataka |
90 | Shilpa | NGO | Bangalore | Karnataka |
91 | Ullash Kumar R K | Freelance Journalist | Bangalore | Karnataka |
92 | Sreelatha Menon | Kerala | ||
93 | C Jayakumar | Director | Thanal | Kerala |
94 | Prof M K Prasad | Retd. PVC of Calicut University | Kerala Sasthra Sahitya Parishad | Kerala |
95 | Sri John Peruvanthanam | Member | State WildLife Advisory Board | Kerala |
96 | T P Padhmanabhan, | Environmental Activist | Society for Environment Education in Kerala [SEEK] | Kerala |
97 | K Ajitha, | Women's rights & development activist | Anweshi Women's Counselling Centre, Kozhikode | Kerala |
98 | Aleyamma Vijayan, | Director | SAKHI Women's Resource Centre, Trivandrum | Kerala |
99 | Dr Sreepathy Kajampady | Endosulfan Spray Protest Action Committee, Kasaragod | Kerala | |
100 | Nalini Naik | Protsahan | Kerala | |
101 | S Chandrasekharan Nair | Coordinator | Kerala Farmers Internet group | Kerala |
102 | Ranjini P R | Sahayathri Trust, Trivandrum | Sahayathri Trust, Trivandrum | Kerala |
103 | M Gangadharan | President | Paddy Farmers' Forum, Wayanad | Kerala |
104 | Paul Calvert, Veena M, Anuraja, Mariakutty, Raji, Swapna and Gaspar Melchias | EcoSolutions, Trivandrum | EcoSolutions, Trivandrum | Kerala |
105 | P R Sreekumar | GREENS, Secretariat, Trivandrum | Kerala | |
106 | Sivaraj | "Uravu Bamboo Resource Centre", Wayanad | Kerala | |
107 | Dr Jaffor Palot, | Malabar Natural History Society | Kerala | |
108 | N Badushah, | Wyanad Environmental Protection Committee, Sulthan Battery, Wyanad | Kerala | |
109 | Sri Pandiyode Prabhakaran, | Secretary | National Farmers' Protection Forum, Palakkad | Kerala |
110 | Anil | Altermedia | Kerala | |
111 | Robin.C A | Chief Editor | Keraliyam, Thrissur | Kerala |
112 | C K Sujithkumar | CEDAR, Thrissur | CEDAR, Thrissur | Kerala |
113 | Dr A Latha | Research Coordinator | River Research Centre, Thrissur | Kerala |
114 | Purushan Eloor | Convenor | Periyar Malineekarana Virudha Samithi, Kochi | Kerala |
115 | Ajayan R, | Convenor | Plachimada Solidarity Committee | Kerala |
116 | Praveenkumar K | “Neythal”, Nileshwar, Kasaragod. | Kerala | |
117 | V Resalayyan, | Action Council, Vellarada, Trivandrum | Kerala | |
118 | Geo Jose | National Alliance for People’s Movement, Kochi | Kerala | |
119 | V S Nair and all staff | Zero Waste Centre, Kovalam, Trivandrum | Kerala | |
120 | Jacob V Lazer | Civil rights activist | People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Kochi | Kerala |
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