JURY

Dr. Simron Jit Singh

Professor & Associate Dean of Graduate Studies

Dr. Simron Jit Singh is a human/social ecologist, specializing on the theoretical, analytical and empirical aspects of society-nature interactions within the framework of sustainability, development and wellbeing discourses. As an industrial ecologist, he tracks material and energy flows through island systems: what and how much resources are locally produced, imported, transformed, used, stocked and discarded. His research aims to inform science and policy on ways small islands can achieve resource and energy security, meet social and economic goals while building resilient infrastructure to endure climate change. He has conducted extensive research in the Nicobar Islands (India), Samothraki (Greece), and in several Caribbean nations. He is co-founder and lead of the research program Metabolism of Islands.

Manish Chandi

Research Scholar

Mr. Manish Chandi works in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands on the interface between communities and the natural environment. He completed his doctoral thesis in 2007 with the Oceans and Coasts programme in which he explored the impact of the 2004 earthquake and tsunami on community sharing mechanisms in the Nicobar Islands. He is currently associated with the Andaman and Nicobar Environment Team.