CMS VATAVARAN 2014 - 6th Environment and Wildlife Travelling Film Festival and Forum

Heads of the Indian & State Governments, Hon'ble Ministers and the Parliamentarians

• 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)
• 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

• 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
• Mr Anant, Radio Jockey
• Shri Basu Chatterjee, Veteran Filmmaker
• Mr Girish Malik, Director, Jal
• 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
• Mr Purab Kholi, Eminent Actor
• Smt Revathy Menon, Eminent Filmmaker and Actress
• Mr Saurabh, Radio Jockey
• Ms Shabana Azmi, Eminent Actor
• Shri Shyam Benegal, Veteran Filmmaker, Dadasaheb Phalke Award Winner and Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)
• Padma Shree Tom Alter, Eminent Actor
• Ms Tannishtha Chatterjee, Actress

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 Eivind S Homme, Ambassador of Norway to India
• Mr Franz Kraus, Managing Director, Arri, Germany
• Shri Ganesan Balachander, Ford Foundation, New Delhi
• Mr George Klussmann, Counsellor, Climate Change, Renewable Energy & Tourism, Embassy of Federal Republic of Germany
• Dr Hakkan Tropp, Director, UNDP Water Governance Facility, Sweden
• Ms Lise Grande, UN Resident Coordinator and UNDP Resident Representative in India
• Sir Micheal Arthur, British High Commissioner
• Mr Michael P Pelletier, Minister Counsellor for Public Affairs, Embassy of USA
• Ms Naina Lal
• Mr Ralf Quibeldey, Commissioning Editor - Nature and Wildlife, Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR), Germany
• 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

Scientists/ Researchers/ Academicians/ CSO/ Environmentalists

• Dr Anil Prakash Joshi, 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
• Mr Edgar Endrukaitis, Biodiversity Programme Director, GIZ
• Dr George Schaller, Vice President, Panthera and Senior Conservationist, Wildlife Conservation Society, USA
• 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