Category: Inauguration

●India’s first curated platform for social investments by a wealth management firm that connects torchbearers of wildlife, nature conservation and sustainability to highly motivated philanthropists, CSR representatives, and individuals for bringing a landmark change in the environmental programs and implement high-value projects
● Renowned Global and Indian representatives from conservation organisations, academia, governments, businesses, and local communities graced the occasion with their presence
● Commemorates the 100th Birth Anniversary of Late M. A. Partha Sarathy popularly known as ‘Tree Brigade’.

Bangalore 2nd August 2023 The Social Impact Initiative Conference -1 by Sinhasi Consultants, a leading boutique wealth management firm, exclusively serving high net worth Individuals across India through a choice of personalised holistic wealth management services, or distribution services, flagged off with its inaugural theme of Social Investments, Wildlife, and Climate Change at Satish Dhawan Hall, India Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. Renowned Global and Indian representatives from conservation organisations, academia, governments, businesses, and local communities graced the occasion with their presence.

Mimi Partha Sarathy said, “The aim of Sinhasi Social Impact Initiative is to bring the subject matter experts closer to the contributors and align their interests to solve the global problem in the nature and wildlife domain. The alliance of corporates and dedicated NGOs / institutions is necessary in particular when it comes to wildlife and nature conservation. Having trusted partners and other socially acclaimed stakeholders involved, I believe that this platform can propel the global narrative of finding effective solutions for climate change, mitigating human-animal conflict, preserving biodiversity and other recurring nature issues.”

The event was inaugurated with a welcome address from Ms. Mimi Partha Sarathy and luminaries in wildlife and nature conservation.
More than 500 participants gathered in person and online to sensitise and engage people to the urgent issue of climate change affecting the world and the importance of wildlife and conservation.
The full-day conference highlighted several high-impact issues including animal-human conflict, recent developments in the Forest Conservation Act, the role of technology in nature conservation and how climate change is impacting all parts of the world; increasing temperature is leading to unseasonal rains across India, warm winters, droughts and floods, ruining lives and destroying livelihoods, melting ice and glaciers and rising sea levels threaten more socio-economic disruption in the future and stressed on the need for a neutral and curated platform and forum like Sinhasi Social Impact Initiative to contribute to the well-being of our environment and nature and safeguard and nurture our planet for future generations with compassion, responsibility, and environmental stewardship. The entire day’s sessions were curated by Mimi Partha Sarathy .
The impact of climate change is not only limited to the environment but may have a deeper impact on the economy. The latest report of the Reserve Bank of India suggests that up to 4.5 per cent of India’s GDP could be at risk by 2030, owing to lost labour hours from extreme heat and humidity.
A brainchild of Sinhasi Consultants, the Social Impact Initiative is India’s first curated platform for social investments by a wealth management firm. Started as a mechanism to complete life’s holistic approach and built on the foundation of ‘Give Back’ and ‘Pay Forward’, this initiative aims to be an impetus for change towards social welfare. The event brought together participants from fields including ecology, animal behaviour, conservation, biology, education, indigenous communities and public services, to collaborate on forging the path to achieve the target of nature conservation.
Sinhasi designed the conference to offer an enabling platform for the torchbearers of wildlife, nature conservation and sustainability to connect with highly motivated philanthropists, CSR representatives, and individuals to bring about a landmark

change in the environmental programs and implement high-value projects. The conference was to make high-value research and analysis available to larger audiences and close the knowledge gap by creating a knowledge repository that helps the audience associate with the desirable social cause of wildlife conservation. These partnerships can drive mutual commitment and community engagement to ensure consistent efforts in environmental conservation.
Animal population across the world has declined by a whopping 69% since 1970. As per a report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) in December 2022, about 73 species of Indian fauna, including nine mammals, 18 birds, 26 reptiles, and 20 amphibians are now ‘Critically Endangered’. The number has gone up steeply from 47 in 2011.
Significant changes have been made through public-private partnerships, but the road to nature restoration and regeneration is ponderous. There is a need to rethink the strategies for large-scale and long-term conservation to reduce the negative impact. Since economies and ecosystems are co-related, it is no more of a moral case but an economic case to preserve our world.
Morning Session

1. Prof.R.Sukumar-SeniorEcologist-NationalScienceChairpersonattheIISc,Bangalore
2. Mr.ChiranjivSingh-Chairman–AMEFoundation,IAS(Retd)Officer–GovtofKarnataka&
   former Ambassador of India to UNESCO in Paris
3. Mrs.SupranaGangulyandMrs.SheilaRow-FounderTrustees–CUPA–WRRC,Bangalore
4. Mr.VanceGMartin-InternationallyrenownedNatureConservationist&FormerPresident
   of The WILD Foundation, Boulder, Colorado
5. Mr.PaulSpencerSochacazewski–FormerCommunicationsDirectorWWFInternational,
   Author and communications consultant, Geneva, Switzerland
6. Dr.TarshThekaekara-TheSholaTrust,Gudulur&Co-founderofTheRealElephant
   Collective
7. Mr.AvinashKrishnan-WildlifeBiologist,Director–ARochaIndia
8. Dr.NishantSrinivasaiah–BehavioralEcologist,FrontierElephantProgramme,Senior
   Researcher – Foundation for Ecological Research Advocacy and Learning (FERAL)
9. Mr.SanjayAjanikar-AsianNatureConservationFoundation
10. Ms Mimi Partha Sarathy- Member B.PAC – B.GREEN, Bangalore Urban Forestry & Environment Programme Afternoon Session
11. Ms.HamsiniBijlani-EcologistandFieldResearchBiologist,EnvironsKimberly,Broome, Western Australia
12. Dr.SharachchandraLele-DistinguishedFellow,AshokaTrustforResearchinEcologyand the Environment | ATREE · Centre for Environment and Development
13. Dr.NitinDRai-PoliticalEcologistandIndependentScholar
14. Dr.SiddappaSetty–Ethnobotanist,Professor-AshokaTrustforResearchinEcologyand
    the Environment – ATREE
15. Dr.TarunChabbria-SeniorEcologist,apractisingdoctor,ethnobotanist&Todasexpert
16. MrsSwarnaRamki-ManagingTrustee|ConservationIndia,Co-Founder|WildlifeforCancer
    Special Guests
17. Prof.MadhavGadgil-PadmaShri&PadmaBhushan,RenownedEcologist,Headof2010 Gadgil Commission – the Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel
18. Mr.RomulusWhitaker-PadmaShri,Globallyrenownedherpetologist,wildlife conservationist, Founder- Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, Founder- Agumbe Rainforest Research Station Karnataka
19. DrA.J.TJohnSingh-PadmaShriAwardee,DistinguishedWildlifeBiologist,Advisortothe Ministry of Environment and Forests, Honorary Scientific Advisor – WWF-India
20. Mr.RaviSingh-SecretaryGeneralandCEOatWWF-India
21. Mr.CSMurali–Chairman,EntrepreneurshipCell,SocietyofInnovationandDevelopment,
    IISc, Bangalore
    For more information about Sinhasi’s social investment initiatives, please contact: Mr. Rajanish – 9900130321
    Mr. Saisri – 9740013581
    contactus@sinhasi.com

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