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.

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institutions 

Sustainability Karma Education Ambassador Awards - 2026

Positions you as a Sustainability Ambassador in education, accompanied by visibility for your leadership and impact.

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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