Thought Leadership

Felicitated between Edition 8 and Edition 1

Thought Leadership acknowledgment is CauseBecause saying ‘thank you’ to these extraordinary individuals for being who they are. Since Team CauseBecause has been privileged to meet, interact with, and exchange ideas with these individuals, it was a natural next step to honour and felicitate them.

These Thought Leaders have been moving and inspiring people with innovative social ideas; turning these ideas into reality; and proving how belief, commitment, and effort can bring about the desired change that each one of us wants to see at the grassroots, embracing communities across the country.

The editorial team at CauseBecause constantly interacts with central and state governments, UN agencies, social arms of businesses, non-profit organizations, and social entrepreneurs to identify individuals to be felicitated as Thought Leaders.

Thought leaders at Coffee for Cause

Jairam Ramesh

Former cabinet minister, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

Dr Atul Bagai

Country head, United Nations Environment Programme - India

Kanta Singh

Country Head, UN Women, India

Urvashi Prasad

Director, Niti Ayog

Bhaskar Chatterji

(IAS) CEO
Anil Agarwal Foundation

BS Bonal (IFS)

Ex DG, National Tiger Conservation Authority (Project Tiger)

Mary Kom

Six-time boxing world champion

Dr Pragnya Ram

Group executive president Group head - CSR, legacy documentation & archives Aditya Birla Group

Bharatendu Kabi

Head corp. comm & CSR Hero MotoCorp

Chetan Kapoor

CEO, Tech Mahindra Foundation

Sanjay Khajuria

Director, corp. affairs & sustainability, Nestle India

Nidhi Pundhir

Vice president and director HCL Foundation

Uthara Narayanan

Chief changemake, Buzz Women

Dr Umang Mathur

Executive director Dr Shroff's Charity Eye Hospital

Karnam Malleswari

Vice-Chancellor, Delhi Sports University (DSU) First Indian woman to win a medal at Olympics

Sheetal Mehta

Executive director, KC Mahindra Trust Sr VP - CSR, Mahindra Group

Naveen Soni

President, Lexus India Former VP, Toyota Kirloskar Motor

Anirban Ghosh

Chief sustainability officer Mahindra Grou

Vikram Gulati

Former cabinet minister, Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha

Rishi Pathania

Head CSR UPL Group

Vivek Prakash

Vice president & head CSR Jubilant Ingrevia

Brig. Rajiv Williams

Corporate head, CSR Jindal Stainless Ltd

Deepak Arora

President-Public Affairs Nayara Energy

Abhishek Ranjan

Director & head of sustainability, CSR and D&I Brillio

Dipanwita Chakraborty

Regional director, CSR & Sustainable Development Cargill, Asia Pacific

Dr KK Upadhyay

Chairperson, Centre for Sustainability BIMTECH

Gayatri Divecha

Head-CSR Godrej Industries

Lt. Gen Rajender Singh

Former CEO DLF Foundation

Lt Gen. SM Mehta

Former CEO The Hans Foundation

Shamik Trehan

Chief executive officer Dr Reddy's Foundation

Mohini Daljeet Singh

Trustee and advisor Max India Foundation

Sushama Oza

Former CEO Adani Foundation

Vikas Goswami

Head, consulting Boundless Environment Resource Solutions

Suresh Reddy

Lead CSR & director SRF Foundation

Vijay Sethi

Former CIO, CHRO & head CSR, Hero MotoCorp

Gunjan Patel

Director & head - philanthropy Microsoft India

Yashashree Gurjar

Chief executive officer Sulochna Thapar Foundation

Urja Shah

President Setco Foundation

Priyanka Singh

Chief - rural transformation Reliance Foundation

Shalini Singh

Head Corp Comm, Adani Cement

Col Prakash Tewari

Ex-group president-CSR Jindal Steel and Power

Brinda Malhotra

Former Head-CSR Aircel India

Anuradha Bhavnani

Former regional director Shell Foundation

Madhu Sirohi

Former CEO Vodafone Foundation

Rita Soni

Former CEO NASSCOM Foundation