A Sustainability Karma initiative with Lok Samvad Sansthan and Ekta Foundation
Building Sustainable Futures:
Turning Vision into Values
India Habitat Centre, New Delhi | 20 February 2026 | 9 am – 5 pm
Organised by Voices of Bharat: Yuva for Sustainability in collaboration with
India Habitat Centre
Speakers
Prof K G Suresh
Director
India Habitat Centre
Prof Dev Swarup
Vice Chancellor
Vishvakarma Skills University
Dr Anil Prakash Joshi
Padma Bhushan Awardee
Founder, HESCO
Anshu Gupta
Magsaysay Awardee
Founder, Goonj and Gram Swabhimaan
Swami Prem Parivartan
(Peepal Baba)
Founder, Give Me Trees Trust
Angelo George
CEO
Bisleri International
Raj Bhatia
President, Faridabad Industries Association (FIA), & CMD, Bony Polymers
Lakshmi Venkatesan
Founding & Managing Trustee
Bharatiya Yuva Shakti Trust
Dr Sampa Banerjee
Executive Director, World Association for Small and Medium Enterprises
K Ganesh
Director – Sustainability & Corporate Affairs, Bisleri International
Neeru Dhawan
Head of Global Communication
UFlex
Dr Smita Singh
Dy General Manager, Yamuna Expressway Industrial Development Authority
Snigdha Kala
Deputy General Manager
Blueleaf Energy
Sanjay Kaul
Founder, Sanmarg Group & Founder, UPES
Prof Avinash Singh
Former Pro-Vice Chancellor
University of Technology and Management
Prof Bijayalaxmi Nanda
Principal, Miranda House
University of Delhi
Prof Sanjeev Bhanawat
Former Head, Centre for Mass Communication, University of Rajasthan
Prof Seema Agrawal
Principal
Kanoria PG Mahila Mahavidyalaya
Prof Rihan Khan Suri
Director, Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Jamia Millia Islamia
Dr Meenakshi Narula
Director
JIMS
Dr Prithvi Sengar
Head, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, IIMT University
Bikram Upadhyay
Senior Journalist
Kalyan Singh Kothari
Co-Convenor
Voices of Bharat: Yuva for Sustainability
Rajiv Tikoo
Convenor
Voices of Bharat: Yuva for Sustainability
Naina Gautam
Editor
Sustainability Karma
Dr Manisha Pandit
Senior Manager
Voices of Bharat: Yuva for Sustainability
About
Sustainability Karma Education Awards
Apart from presentation of the Yuva Sustainability Champion Awards, the highlight of the conference will be the launch the inaugural edition of Sustainability Karma Campus Leadership Awards 2026 for institutions and Sustainability Karma Education Ambassador Awards 2026 for individuals, celebrating leadership that advances sustainability within and beyond campuses through impactful and replicable initiatives
Sustainability Karma Campus Leadership Awards – 2026
Positions your institution as a recognised Green Campus and gain national visibility for its leadership in sustainability.
Sustainability Karma Education Ambassador Awards – 2026
Positions you as a Sustainability Ambassador in education, accompanied by visibility for your leadership and impact.
Jury
The 3rd Yuva Sustainability Conference & Awards 2026 celebrates leadership that drives sustainability within and beyond campuses, recognising impactful, scalable and replicable initiatives by institutions and individuals. The conference honours excellence through the Sustainability Karma Campus Leadership Awards 2026 (for institutions) and the Sustainability Karma Education Ambassador Awards 2026 (for individuals), spotlighting those turning sustainability ambitions into meaningful action.
About the Conference
As the world accelerates toward the SDGs and net-zero targets, this conference serves as a dynamic multi-stakeholder knowledge exchange, designed to move beyond ambition and into impact. Convening educational institutions, industry representatives and media and communication experts in a shared space for dialogue, learning, and celebration of success stories, the conference positions youth at the heart of the sustainability agenda as storytellers and change agents.
Past Speakers
Past speakers included an inspiring mix of thought leaders, academics, corporate leaders, sustainability champions, media professionals and UN and NGO representatives. Through conferences, webinars and masterclasses, they shared incisive insights with youth storytellers and demystified issues related to sustainability, connecting these to everyday life and inspiring meaningful action.
About
The Organisers
The 3rd Yuva Sustainability Conference is being organised by the Voices of Bharat: Yuva for Sustainability initiative. It has been initiated by DevCom Bharat, a sustainability knowledge and communication agency, along with leading universities and colleges ranging from Miranda House, Delhi University, to the Central University of Kashmir, and two NGOs – Ekta Foundation and Lok Samvad Sansthan. Internship industry partners include Blueleaf Energy, Bisleri International, UFlex Limited and Rajasthan Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
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