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Mr. Padmakar Pandey Mr. Tushar Jani
Padmakar Pandey is Assistant Vice President – Sustainability at Aditya Birla As a professional in Industrial Sustainable Development, Tushar Jani
Fashion and Retail Limited. He currently leads Product Stewardship & Supply has worked on various environmental and sustainability projects across
Chain Sustainability and playing a crucial role in helping brands and supply India. He has over 40 years of experience, including 16 years in the
chains to integrate ESG and Circularity into their core business principles. He developmental sector. At present, he is engaged as Senior Programme Director
is a B. Tech, IIM LKO Alumni and Six sigma black belt practitioner with vast for the Centre for Environment Education, where he oversees nationwide
experience in the apparel Industry. initiatives for textile value chain circularity and sustainability.
Ms. Janet Arole Mr. Nitesh Patel
Janet Arole is Assistant Vice President and Head of Corporate Nitesh Patel is an expert in climate change and circular economy and has
Communications at Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited. She currently experience in planning, coordinating and implementing technical cooperation
leads Branding, Media Relations, Internal Communications and Digital projects on Sustainable Industrial Development. In the textile domain, he
Communication. She has an MBA from Universitas 21 Global Singapore, and implemented projects on the Best Available Techniques Reference (BREF)
is pursuing Stanford Business Education. She has immense experience in the Document for Textile Sector and Environment-Friendly Techniques in the
retail and apparel sector. textile sector. Having practical experience in implementing improvement
measures within industries and bringing those practices up to policy level,
with various stakeholders involving private and government.
Mr. Merwyn Fernandes
Merwyn Fernandes is Manager, Corporate Communications at Aditya Birla
Fashion and Retail Limited. He is a Digital Marketer with a passion for helping Mr. Kashyap Arya
businesses succeed through effective digital marketing strategies, skills in
Kashyap Arya is a Chemical Engineering graduate with expertise in conducting
social media advertising, content marketing, email marketing, SEO, SEM and
Resource Efficient and Cleaner Production (RECP) studies in the textile industry.
more. He has a Bachelor’s in Mass Media from Mumbai University.
Currently working as a Project Officer at the Centre for Environment Education,
focusing on sustainable practices and environmental awareness.
Ms. Kamakshi Venugopal
Kamakshi Venugopal is Manager, Corporate Communications at Aditya
Birla Fashion and Retail Limited. She is a Content Specialist with a flair Mr. Himanshu Nainani
for storytelling across digital mediums. She has a Masters in English and Ahmedabad-based former Journalist who has always been a curious Digital
Sociology from Pune University, LLB from Govt. Law College, Mumbai and a Marketeer too. A Content Creator & Hobbyist Poet at heart, Himanshu has a
PGDBM in HR from SP Jain School of Global Management. knack for storytelling through various mediums.
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