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Governance

The Governing Council gives final approval on registrations, issuances and methodologies. The Advisory Board provides technical and strategic guidance.

5 council members12 advisory board membersProgramme Guide · section 7

Structure

How CR-I is governed

As set out in section 7 of the Programme Guide.

Apex body

Governing Council

Headed by the Chairman and Chief Coordinator. Gives final approval on registrations, issuances and methodologies.

Operations

Administrative structure

Day-to-day operations, completeness checks and evaluation of VVB performance.

Guidance

Advisory Board

Technical and strategic guidance to the programme.

Methodologies

Methodology Panel

Reviews and lists methodologies.

Governing Council

Members of the Governing Council

Anil Jauhri, Chairman

Chairman

Anil Jauhri

Former CEO of the National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies (NABCB), a constituent Board of the Quality Council of India (QCI) , and national accreditation body for certification and inspe…

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Sachin Jain, Secretary, NCCF

Secretary, NCCF

Sachin Jain

Mr. Sachin Jain, an internationally recognized expert in auditing FSC- Co C & FM Certification, third-party monitoring and evaluation, environmental certification programs, etc.

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Richard Noel Bright, Chief Executive Officer

Chief Executive Officer

Richard Noel Bright

Richard Noel Bright, CEO of Carbon Registry India, brought the Layered Assurance Framework to CR-I, integrating NCCF’s standards seamlessly with carbon: resilience first, carbon next …

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Manish Dabkara, Member

Member

Manish Dabkara

Manish Dabkara is the President Carbon Market Association of India and Chairman & MD of EKI Energy Services Ltd.

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Dr. Indumathi M. Nambi, Member

Member

Dr. Indumathi M. Nambi

Dr. Indumathi Manivannan Nambi is a professor and researcher at IIT Madras, she has been working in multiple areas of environmental engineering for over 18 years, developing technologies for water, wa…

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Advisory Board

Members of the Advisory Board

VP

Vishnu P. Sudarsan

Senior Partner, J. Sagar Associates (JSA)

SD

Saurabh Diddi

Director, Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE)

IC

Indranil Chakraborty

Director, Directorate General of Civil Aviation

AM

Avinash Mishra

Advisor, NITI Aayog

RR

RR Rashmi

Distinguished Fellow and Programme Director, Earth Science and Climate Change, TERI

SK

Dr. Shiv Kumar Dhyani

Senior Agroforestry Specialist, ICRAF India

JS

Dr. J.V. Sharma

Director, Land Resources Division, TERI

PD

Dr. Pravir Deshmukh

Counsellor, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

MD

Manish Dabkara

CMD and CEO, Enking International

KS

Dr. Kaviraj Singh

Founder and MD, Earthood Services Pvt. Ltd.

RG

Rohit Gargh

Director India Office, South Pole

JS

Jimmy Sah

Co-Founder and Head Sustainability, Infinite Solutions

The 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, with SDG 13 Climate Action highlighted. Every CR-I project contributes to at least four SDGs, including SDG 13.