The Trustees and the Director collectively bring in their vast experience in conservation, management, academics and administrative skills that structure NSI.

Sanjay Sondhi, an alumnus of IIT Kanpur and former management professional, took premature retirement from his corporate job in 2008 to devote himself to nature conservation and environmental protection. He writes popular columns about nature in Hindustan Times and has published technical papers and books. He is also a trustee with Titli Trust. www.titlitrust.com

Dr Soumya Prasad, is an ecologist with a Masters degree from Wildlife Institute of India and a PhD from Indian Institute of Science, working on Himalayan ecosystems. She was Assistant Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru University until 2017 when she quit and joined NSI fulltime. Currently her work is centered around communicating science to people, to enable behavior shifts towards sustainable lifestyles. Her research has focused on addressing plastic ingestion by animals, climate change for forest communities, developing effective management of invasive plants and researching plant-animal interaction networks in tropical forests. Her practice has focused on translating ecological theory into lifestyle transformations, restoring natural habitats and designing adaptation strategies to ongoing climatic changes.www.donotrash.org

Paramjit Singh, retired from Defence Research & Development Organisation and decided to promote environment conservation among the people at large. He has been involde in various public-oriented conservation efforts and organisations including Pramukh. He has been instrumental in developing and successfully implementing waste compost plants at the neighbourhood with citizens' participation. He continues to contribute his time and energy to various social and charitable causes as a mentor and resource person.

Dr Raman Kumar, is a scientist who studies how changes in the environment caused by humans activities affect wildlife, particularly birds. His research is focussed on woodpeckers in sal forests. He is closely involved in citizen science programmes such as eBird and SeasonWatch that encourage ordinary people, particularly schoolchildren, to take on the role of scientists to observe and monitor the environment. He has been working to create awareness about nature among people by organising public nature walks, workshops, and by producing relevant awareness material including books. He is also a guest faculty at various universities across the country.