Meena Raghunathan

Advisor - ESG & CSR Strategy

Ms. Raghunathan has 35 years' experience in the development sector - first as part of Centre for Environment Education, an NGO which was a designated Centre of Excellence under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Govt. of India; and next, starting up and heading CSR for the GMR Group, with a focus on Education, Health, Skill Training, and Livelihoods. She has significant experience at the senior-most levels in a corporate and has exposure and experience in corporate strategy, policy making etc. She chaired the Committee against Sexual Harassment of the GMR Group for several years, and was involved in supporting set-up of Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development Corporation, conceived as a PPP entity. She serves on Corporate as well as non-profit Boards. Meena Raghunathan is a certified Social Auditor, and teaches courses at the post-graduate level on Sustainability, Responsibility, Ethics; Social Entrepreneurship, etc. Her interests include Governance, Sustainability and CSR. She has over 40 publications for children and teachers, including environmental textbooks for school and college levels. She has been part of the core team involved in the development of policy papers related to Environment, Sustainability and Education on behalf of Govt. of India, including India's official submissions to UNCED, Rio de Janeiro, 1992, and World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, 2002.