Gayatri Raghwa joined UNEP in early 2019 as UNEP’s sole environmental education consultant based in India. She launched the Tide Turners Challenge in India and focuses on higher education work. As of mid-2021 Gayatri is in the process of setting up the India Green University Network. She has ensured the dissemination of Earth School (where India is second to the USA in terms of participation), and supported UNEP initiatives such as the Little Book of Green Nudges and the Race to Zero.
A teacher by training, with 22 years of experience at college and school levels in India, Gayatri also spent 15 years raising the profile of environmental education in the UAE. She advises several international organizations and is honorary Executive Director at Wildecologue, an organization committed to providing real life sustainability experiences to youth and other target audiences.
