Carl Bruch is an American lawyer, currently Adjunct Professor at Johns Hopkins University and Co-Director of the Environmental Law Institute, and also a published author.
Publications
*Austin, Jay, and Carl Bruch, eds. The Environmental Consequences of War: Legal, Economic, and Scientific Perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. According to WorldCat, the book is held in 383 libraries
*Bruch, Carl, ed. Public Participation in the Governance of International Freshwater Resources. Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 2005. According to WorldCat, the book is held in 1248 libraries "Many of the chapters in this volume were first delivered at a symposium on 'Improving public participation and governance in international watershed management, ' held on 18-19 April 2003 in Charlottesville, Virginia." <ref name=wc2 />
Publications
*Austin, Jay, and Carl Bruch, eds. The Environmental Consequences of War: Legal, Economic, and Scientific Perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000. According to WorldCat, the book is held in 383 libraries
*Bruch, Carl, ed. Public Participation in the Governance of International Freshwater Resources. Tokyo: United Nations University Press, 2005. According to WorldCat, the book is held in 1248 libraries "Many of the chapters in this volume were first delivered at a symposium on 'Improving public participation and governance in international watershed management, ' held on 18-19 April 2003 in Charlottesville, Virginia." <ref name=wc2 />
Dr Vinitaa Hemant Apte (born 16 July 1962)
A multifaceted personality Vinitaa is writer, TV anchor, Actress and Founder president is Founder president of TERRE Policy Centre which is a not-for-profit organization engaged in the evidence-based policy development and project based advocacy on the sustainable development. Before August 2008 she was working in public sector bank . She was consultant in OzonActionBranch of the United Nations Environment Programme, Division of the Technology, Industry and Economics (UNEP DTIE) in Paris.
During her UNEP assignment she developed the media strategy for the organization. She bagged Gunwant Kamgar Award for her excellent work in Bank in 1994. In 2007 she was awarded for her environmental work in the 20th Anniversary of Montreal Protocol, in Montreal Canada. She is awarded a Doctorate by University of Pune for her thesis ‘Global Environment Management through Indian Wisdom’ under the guidance of Dr P C Shejwalkar.
Background and early life
Dr Vinitaa H Apte was born in Sholapur and brought in Pune . She was bright NCC student and bagged a lance corporal rank for her best performance in NCC. She had represented Republic Day parade during her NCC tenure. She completed her graduation in commerce in Pune University and started her career in Public Sector Bank in January 1984.
Family Background
Vinitaa is the youngest daughter of late Vasant Shridhar Patankar and Vasanti Vasant Patankar . She is having 3 elder brothers. She is married in 1984 with Mr Hemant Shankar Apte and have two daughters Kshitija and Mrunmayi , both the daughters are married .
Career
Dr Vinitaa Apte being a banker was very popular and communicative. She started her banking career in 1984. During her banking career she also passionate about Marathi programmes. She was great actress, innovative writer, very promising TV anchor. She was developed many Marathi programmes and make those popular. She compared more than 5000 programmes around globe.
She had participated in parallel theater and bagged many awards as prominent actress. She was acted in daily soaps on Marathi channels and also acted in the famous CID serial on sony channel. She is passionate about marathi poems and literature and so she compiled many Marathi programmes which are then crossed the borders of India.
After 25 years of service in public sector bank she took voluntary retirement and joined the most prestigious United Nation Environment programme as consultant in OzonAction at Paris as a communication expert. During her three years of consultancy she implemented the media campaigns, social media out reach around the globe. She came back from Paris in 2010 and set up her own organisation TERRE Policy centre. She is passionate to work on environment and for the youth and women empowerment.
Other projects
She has written numerous articles for the national/international news papers and magazines and very active on social media. She wrote five Marathi books. Her book on positive thoughts is now entitled for the syllabus of Pune university. Her book "Hirvya vata" based on her experiences of small and beautiful things all over the world bagged a 3 awards including National Award.
She is trustee of "Anandashram" .The trust is dedicated for the language Sanskrit . She is managing trustee of Late Madhavrao Shende Memorial trust dedicated for Hindustani classical Music. The trust is organizing classical music festival every year in the rural Maharashtra and also started ‘Kala Dalan’ to educate the rural youth for classical music at Rahimatpur.
A multifaceted personality Vinitaa is writer, TV anchor, Actress and Founder president is Founder president of TERRE Policy Centre which is a not-for-profit organization engaged in the evidence-based policy development and project based advocacy on the sustainable development. Before August 2008 she was working in public sector bank . She was consultant in OzonActionBranch of the United Nations Environment Programme, Division of the Technology, Industry and Economics (UNEP DTIE) in Paris.
During her UNEP assignment she developed the media strategy for the organization. She bagged Gunwant Kamgar Award for her excellent work in Bank in 1994. In 2007 she was awarded for her environmental work in the 20th Anniversary of Montreal Protocol, in Montreal Canada. She is awarded a Doctorate by University of Pune for her thesis ‘Global Environment Management through Indian Wisdom’ under the guidance of Dr P C Shejwalkar.
Background and early life
Dr Vinitaa H Apte was born in Sholapur and brought in Pune . She was bright NCC student and bagged a lance corporal rank for her best performance in NCC. She had represented Republic Day parade during her NCC tenure. She completed her graduation in commerce in Pune University and started her career in Public Sector Bank in January 1984.
Family Background
Vinitaa is the youngest daughter of late Vasant Shridhar Patankar and Vasanti Vasant Patankar . She is having 3 elder brothers. She is married in 1984 with Mr Hemant Shankar Apte and have two daughters Kshitija and Mrunmayi , both the daughters are married .
Career
Dr Vinitaa Apte being a banker was very popular and communicative. She started her banking career in 1984. During her banking career she also passionate about Marathi programmes. She was great actress, innovative writer, very promising TV anchor. She was developed many Marathi programmes and make those popular. She compared more than 5000 programmes around globe.
She had participated in parallel theater and bagged many awards as prominent actress. She was acted in daily soaps on Marathi channels and also acted in the famous CID serial on sony channel. She is passionate about marathi poems and literature and so she compiled many Marathi programmes which are then crossed the borders of India.
After 25 years of service in public sector bank she took voluntary retirement and joined the most prestigious United Nation Environment programme as consultant in OzonAction at Paris as a communication expert. During her three years of consultancy she implemented the media campaigns, social media out reach around the globe. She came back from Paris in 2010 and set up her own organisation TERRE Policy centre. She is passionate to work on environment and for the youth and women empowerment.
Other projects
She has written numerous articles for the national/international news papers and magazines and very active on social media. She wrote five Marathi books. Her book on positive thoughts is now entitled for the syllabus of Pune university. Her book "Hirvya vata" based on her experiences of small and beautiful things all over the world bagged a 3 awards including National Award.
She is trustee of "Anandashram" .The trust is dedicated for the language Sanskrit . She is managing trustee of Late Madhavrao Shende Memorial trust dedicated for Hindustani classical Music. The trust is organizing classical music festival every year in the rural Maharashtra and also started ‘Kala Dalan’ to educate the rural youth for classical music at Rahimatpur.
Devid Debbarma (Born october 15, in 1990) is the present Chief Organising Secretary of Twipra Students Federation (TSF), A nationalist students organisation of Tripura. He was born in Ratanpur Villaage - Khowai District, and now resides in Agartala, Tripura. Mr Debbarma did major activity for Revoke the AFSPA from the state . Mr Devid Debbarma joined TSF for the better development of indigenous people of tripura in terms of education of indigenous youth in terms of socio-economic Development among the indigenous community of tripura
About TSF: The Federation was founded on 25 October 1968 A.D. as ‘Tribal Student's Federation as platform for nationalist student's federation of Tripura ,specially among the indigenous people of Tripura. It's an non-political party and not a student wing of any party. One of its primary objectives was to protect and fight for the rights for the indigenous people of the state. Since its inception, TSF has made significant contributions towards bringing justice to indigenous Students, Youth and people of Tripura. But perhaps, one of the most important aspect of the Federation has been ‘to speak truth to power’. Over the years the Federation has raised its voice against dam construction and alienation of indigenous peoples land and lifting up of APFSA(Armed Forces Special Powers Acts) from the state. In state like Tripura where the indigenous people have been reduced to politically insignificant minority and push to the margin. Majority has become the minority in its own landThe indigenous people of Tripura are a victim of identity crisis in its own state. The majority has become the minority in its own land. It is from that margin we have challenged and struggled against anti-indigenous people policies of the state. In 1996 the Federation rechristened as “ Twipra Student's Federation” in order to encapsulate its nationalistic attributes and around the World. The Twipra Student Federation also has its branches in Shillong, Guwahati, Bangalore ,Chennai, Dehradun etc.
About TSF: The Federation was founded on 25 October 1968 A.D. as ‘Tribal Student's Federation as platform for nationalist student's federation of Tripura ,specially among the indigenous people of Tripura. It's an non-political party and not a student wing of any party. One of its primary objectives was to protect and fight for the rights for the indigenous people of the state. Since its inception, TSF has made significant contributions towards bringing justice to indigenous Students, Youth and people of Tripura. But perhaps, one of the most important aspect of the Federation has been ‘to speak truth to power’. Over the years the Federation has raised its voice against dam construction and alienation of indigenous peoples land and lifting up of APFSA(Armed Forces Special Powers Acts) from the state. In state like Tripura where the indigenous people have been reduced to politically insignificant minority and push to the margin. Majority has become the minority in its own landThe indigenous people of Tripura are a victim of identity crisis in its own state. The majority has become the minority in its own land. It is from that margin we have challenged and struggled against anti-indigenous people policies of the state. In 1996 the Federation rechristened as “ Twipra Student's Federation” in order to encapsulate its nationalistic attributes and around the World. The Twipra Student Federation also has its branches in Shillong, Guwahati, Bangalore ,Chennai, Dehradun etc.
Dr. Amy Cooper Hakim, Ph.D. (born April 29th, 1977) is an author, public speaker, and industrial-organizational psychology practitioner in South Florida. She is the principal consultant for the Cooper Strategic Group, a management consulting firm. She is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.
Career
From 2002 until 2006, she worked for Office Depot as a Manager of Training Projects, and later as a Manager of Employee Programs. In these roles, she served as an internal organizational consultant to vice presidents within the retail and human resources divisions. She managed the development of selection tools for the company. She also managed the analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of training for company-wide programs and initiatives. And, she designed and implemented data gathering and analysis for a four-level evaluation plan for a company-wide customer service training pilot.
In 2006, Dr. Amy founded a management consulting practice, The Cooper Strategic Group. She served as an external consultant for Office Depot, Telemundo, A.C. Moore, and MedVance Institute.
In 2012, she authored a children’s book, Shabbat is Here. In 2016, she co-authored the book, Working with Difficult People, with Muriel Solomon through TarcherPerigee, a Penguin Random house imprint. In addition to her work as an author and consultant, Dr. Amy also serves as a public speaker for organizational meetings and professional speaking engagements.
Personal background
Dr. Amy was born in Bethesda, Maryland in 1977 to parents Dr. Louis Cooper and Ms. Susan Solomon. She has an older brother, Steven, and a younger sister, Erin. She graduated with a Ph.D. in industrial-organizational psychology from Florida International University in 2002. She is married to Elad Hakim, and they have 3 children.
Career
From 2002 until 2006, she worked for Office Depot as a Manager of Training Projects, and later as a Manager of Employee Programs. In these roles, she served as an internal organizational consultant to vice presidents within the retail and human resources divisions. She managed the development of selection tools for the company. She also managed the analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of training for company-wide programs and initiatives. And, she designed and implemented data gathering and analysis for a four-level evaluation plan for a company-wide customer service training pilot.
In 2006, Dr. Amy founded a management consulting practice, The Cooper Strategic Group. She served as an external consultant for Office Depot, Telemundo, A.C. Moore, and MedVance Institute.
In 2012, she authored a children’s book, Shabbat is Here. In 2016, she co-authored the book, Working with Difficult People, with Muriel Solomon through TarcherPerigee, a Penguin Random house imprint. In addition to her work as an author and consultant, Dr. Amy also serves as a public speaker for organizational meetings and professional speaking engagements.
Personal background
Dr. Amy was born in Bethesda, Maryland in 1977 to parents Dr. Louis Cooper and Ms. Susan Solomon. She has an older brother, Steven, and a younger sister, Erin. She graduated with a Ph.D. in industrial-organizational psychology from Florida International University in 2002. She is married to Elad Hakim, and they have 3 children.