INDIA GREENS PARTY
Press Release
Unchir-Dunktok, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, 19 November 2021: The India Greens Party (iGP), which held its two-day second National Convention (online) on 17 and 18 November, elected its new National Executive Committee (NEC) for two years.
According to a press release issued at the party’s national head office (NHO) here, Ms (Dr) Apeksha Wasudeo Khobragade from Maharashtra state, and Rajendra Minz from Chhattisgarh state have been elected National Co-Presidents of the party for next two years.
Senior journalist and activist Prabhath Prabhakaran of Kerala state has been elected as Secretary-General, and Suresh Nautiyal, Founder-President, elected Chief Spokesperson of the party. Another journalist Agraj Pratap Singh will be the new Treasurer of the party.
The India Greens Party, initiated on 2 July 2017 in New Delhi, was officially founded by Suresh Nautiyal on 18 November 2018 in New Delhi with the pioneering support from Ms Anita Nautiyal, and active support from several people like Prashant Tandon, Anil Chamadia, Vinod Nautiyal, Michael Rajchandra, Rafat Jamal, Rajendra Minz, Raza Haider, VS Roy David, etc.
Founder-President Suresh Nautiyal, Secretary-General Rehana Siddiqui, and Treasurer Vinod Nautiyal, International Secretary Michael Rajchandra, and several other office bearers of the party relinquished their roles just before the election for the new National Executive Committee by the National Council on 18 November 2021.
The party also celebrated its fourth Foundation Day on the second and concluding of the National Convention. All party leaders said the party in last three years has been abeen able to graduate to toddlerhood from infancy; and, it will start running on its own sooner than later.
The press release said Michael Rajchandra (Delhi), Ms Rehana Siddiqui (Delhi), Ranmal Singh Jhala (Gujarat), Prof Jyotirmoy Goswami (West Bengal), Ms Madhubanti Sen (West Bengal), Ms Lily Shanta Minj (Chhattisgarh), Ms Ishpriya Kaur Chadha (Brihan Mumbai), Ms Nazeema AK (Kerala), and Rusi Burjor Nariman (Brihan Mumbai) were elected National Vice-Presidents of the party.
Michael Rajchandra and Ms Ishpriya Kaur Chadha will have additional roles as Co-International Secretaries.
Ms Archana Patel, Ms (Dr) Mansee Bal Bhargava, Adil Rather, Ms Harpreet Kaur, Kesar Singh Waterkeeper, Ms Lily Shanta Minj, and Parixit Kafley were elected to be Spokespersons of the party.
The new Political Affairs Committee (PAC) of the party is as follows: Ms (Dr) Apeksha Wasudeo Khobragade (Co-Chair), Rajendra Minz (Co-chair), Prabhath Prabhakaran, Suresh Nautiyal, Michael Rajchandra, Ms Rehana Siddiqui, Ranmal Singh Jhala, Ms Harpreet Kaur, Ms Ishpriya Kaur Chadha, Ms Vinita Menon, Adil Rather, Rahul Gupta Kodarapu, Akarsh Sriramoju, Ms Madhubanti Sen, Ms Shivani Bhatt, Ms Archana Patel, Ms Nazeema AK, Sunil Kumar Singh, and Ms Sarika Dabral.
New General Secretaries are: Parixit Kafley (Incharge, Assam), Ganesh Subramanyam (Incharge, Brihan Mumbai), Rafat Jamal (Incharge, Delhi), Adil Rather (Incharge, JK), Sudarshan Chhotoray (Incharge, Odisha), Ms Harpreet Kaur (Incharge, Punjab), Akarsh Sriramoju (Telangana & Andhra Pradesh), Kesar Singh Waterkeeper (Uttarakhand), and Sunil Kumar Singh (West Bengal).
Secretaries are: Ashish Thakuri (Delhi), Ms Harleen Kaur (Delhi), Santosh Lalwani (Maharashtra), Ms Aakanksha Tiwari (Rajasthan), Bibhuti Deb Barma (Tripura), Krishna Teja Perannagari (Uttarakhand), and Abhishek Srivastava (Uttar Pradesh).
Website Coordinator is Michael Rajchandra, and Website Deputy Coordinator is Rahul Gupta Kodarapu. Audio-Visual Team Coordinator is Ms Harleen Kaur.
National Gender Equity Trainers are: Ms Madhubanti Sen, Ms Shivani Bhatt, Ms Harpreet Kaur, Ms Nazeema AK, and Ms Sarika Dabral.
The National Committees (NCs) are as follows: 1. Membership & Programme Monitoring Committee (Convener — Rajendra Minz. Deputy Convener — Ms Archana Patel. Members — Prof Jyotirmoy Goswami, Prabhath Prabhakaran, Ms (Dr) Apeksha Wasudeo Khobragade); 2. Policy & Manifesto Committee (Convener – Suresh Nautiyal. Deputy Convener — Ms (Dr) Apeksha Wasudeo. Members – Ranmal Singh Jhala, Prabhath Prabhakaran, Akarsh Sriramoju); 3. Strategy Committee (Convener — Ms Ishpriya Kaur Chadha. Deputy Convener — Michael Rajchandra. Members — Prabhath Prabhakaran, Akarsh Sriramoju, Suresh Nautiyal); 4. Grievances & Discipline Committee (Convener — Michael Rajchandra. Deputy Convener — Ms Ishpriya Kaur. Members – Ms Rehana Siddiqui, Ms Sarika Dabral, Ms Nazeema AK); 5. Parliamentary Board (Convener — Suresh Nautiyal. Deputy Convener – Ms Nazeema AK. Members — Rusi Burjor Nariman, Ms Madhubanti Sen); 6. Administration & Accounts Committee (Convener — Ms (Dr) Apeksha Wasudeo Khobragade Deputy Convener – Prabhath Prabhakaran. Members – Suresh Nautiyal, Agraj Pratap Singh, Ms Archana Patel); 7. Social Media, Campaigns & Creative Arts Committee (Convener – Ms Ishpriya Kaur. Deputy Convener – Michael Rajchandra, Members — Ms (Dr) Apeksha Wasudeo Khobragade, Ms Archana Patel, Ranmal Singh Jhala); 8. Fundraising Committee (Convener — Agraj Pratap Singh. Deputy Convener — Ms Rehana Siddiqui. Members – Rahul Gupta Kodarapu, Sunil K Singh, Ms (Dr) Apeksha Wasudeo Khobragade); 9. Information Technology & Technical Committee (Convener — Michael Rajchandra. Deputy Convener — Rahul Gupta Kodarapu. Members — Prabhath Prabhakaran, Suresh Nautiyal, Ms (Dr) Apeksha Wasudeo Khobragade); 10. Newsletter, Publications, Media & Communication Committee: Convener — Suresh Nautiyal. Deputy Convener – Ms Vinita Menon. Members — Prabhath Prabhakaran, Adil Rather, RK Ullash Kumar); 11. Content Writing & Quality Control Team (Convener – Suresh Nautiyal. Deputy Convener – Ms Vinita Menon. Members – Prabhath Prabhakaran, RK Ullash Kumar, Ms Archana Patel); 12. Women’s Network (Convener — Ms Shivani Bhatt. Deputy Convener — Ms Sarika Dabral. Members — Ms Rehana Siddiqui, Ms Lily Shanta Minj, Ms Archana Patel); 13. India Young Greens Committee (Convener — Rahul Gupta Kodarapu. Deputy Convener — Ms Ishpriya Kaur Chadha. Members — Ashish Thakuri, Akarsh Sriramoju, Ms Aakanksha Tiwari); 14. Research, RTI & Litigation Committee (Convener — Adv Vaibhav Nautiyal. Deputy Convener — Ms Rehana Siddiqui. Members — Ms Shila Mishra, Ms (Dr) Apeksha Wasudeo Khobragade); 15. International Committee: Convener – Michael Rajchandra. Deputy Convener – Ms Ishpriya Kaur Chadha. Members — Ms Rehana Siddiqui, Rahul Gupta Kodarapu, Ashish Thakuri); 16. Rights Committee (Convener — Ms (Dr) Apeksha Wasudeo Khobragade. Deputy Convener — Rusi Burjor Nariman. Members — Ms Celina Rajchandra, Ms Harpreet Kaur, Santosh Lalwani); 17. Public Healthcare Committee (Convener — Ms (Dr) Apeksha Wasudeo Khobragade. Deputy Convener – Sunil Kumar Singh. Members — Ms Rehana Siddiqui, Ms Nazeema AK, Ms Suchitra Naidu); 18. Agriculture & Sustainable Living Committee (Convener – Sattaru Manohar. Deputy Convener – Ms Harpreet Kaur. Members – Shaldavya Kuruganti, Bheru Lal Gaderi, Parixit Kafley); 19. Wildlife & Animal Rights Committee (Convener – Ms Shivani Bhatt. Deputy Convener — Rahul Gupta Kodarapu. Members – Suresh Nautiyal, Kailash Anerao, Amit Nautiyal); and, 20. Sports Promotion Committee (Convener – Rajendra Minz. Deputy Convener – Nazeema AK. Members – Ms Archana Patel, Krishna Teja Perannagari, Ms Aakanksha Tiwari).
The National Executive Committee (NEC) is as follows: Andhra Pradesh (1. Sattaru Manohar); Assam (2. Parixit Kafley); Bihar (3. Chandan Kumar); Brihan (Greater) Mumbai (4. Ganesh Subramanyam, 5. Rusi B Nariman, 6. Ms Sarika Dabral, 7. Ms Archana Patel, 8. Ms Shivani Bhatt, 9. Ms Ishpriya Kaur, 10. Ms Vinita Menon); Chhattisgarh (11. Rajendra Minz, 12. Ms Lily Shanta Minj, 13. Ms Manisha Lakra, 14. Johan Ram, 15. Mukesh Kumar Gupta, 16. Ms (Dr) Mansee Bal Bhargava, 17. Ms Devendari Sahu, 18. Ms Ajit K Ekka); Daman & Diu (19. Geo Sebastian); Delhi (20. Ms Rehana Siddiqui, 21. Michael Rajchandra, 22. Rafat Jamal, 23. Amit Nautiyal, 24. Ashish Thakuri, 25. Vaibhav Nautiyal, 26. Ms Harleen Kaur); Goa (27. Ms Prerna Mehta); Gujarat (28. Ranmal Singh Jhala, 29. Basant Rawat, 30. Ms Minakshi Dhawale); Haryana (31. Ms Usha Bakshi, 32. Sameer Bakshi); Himachal Pradesh (33. Jaikrishan Sharma); Jammu & Kashmir (34. Adil Rather, 35. Sadam Hussain); Jharkhand (36. Ranjeet Kumar); Karnataka (37. Ms Geeta Sahu, 38. Ms Celina Rajchandra); Kerala (39. Prabhath Prabhakaran, 40. Ms Nazeema AK); Maharashtra (41. Kailash Anerao, 42. Suyog Dixit, 43. Aniket Kulkarni, 44. Dr Apeksha Wasudeo Khbragade, 45. Santosh Lalwani, 46. Nitesh Khare); Manipur (47. Jiten Singh Konthoujam, 48. Ms Monalisa Chanu); Odisha (49. Sudarshan Chhotoray, 50. Soumitra Subinaya Mohanty); Punjab (51. Ms Harpreet Kaur, 52. Upkar Singh Bakhshi); Rajasthan (53. Bherulal Gaderi, 54. Ms Aakankasha Tiwari); Tamil Nadu (55. Ullash Kumar RK); Telangana (56. Ms Suchitra Naidu, 57. Akarsh Sriramoju, 58. Rahul Gupta Kodarapu); Tripura (59. Bibhuti Deb Barma); Uttarakhand (60. Suresh Nautiyal, 61. Deepak Dabral, 62. Asad Ullah Khan, 63. Kesar Singh Waterkeeper, 64. Krishna Teja Perannagari); Uttar Pradesh (65. Vinod Nautiyal, 66. Vineet Chaturvedi, 67. Zeeshan Zahid, 68. Abhishek Srivastava); West Bengal (69. Prof Jyotirmoy Goswami, 70. Ms Shila Mishra, 71. Sunil Kumar Singh, 72. Ms Madhubanti Sen, 73. Chandan Prasad).
The National Council (NC), a continual and non-dissolvable body, is as follows: Andhra Pradesh (1. Sattaru Manohar, 2. Bharath Chandra); Assam (3. Parixit Kafley, 4. Dhirendra Bardoloi, 5. Rohan Sharma); Bihar (6. Chandan Kumar, 7. Ritesh Kumar, 8. Amar Alam); Brihan (Greater) Mumbai (9. Ganesh Subramanyam, 10. Rusi Burjor Nariman, 11. Ms Sarika Dabral, 12. Ms Archana Patel, 13. Ms Shivani Bhatt, 14. Ms Ishpriya Kaur, 15. Swapnil Bodhe, 16. Ms Vinita Menon); Chhattisgarh (17. Rajendra Minz, 18. Ms Lily Shanta Minj, 19. Ms Manisha Lakra, 20. Ms Malti Ekka, 21. Kishan Kumar Sahu, 22. Johan Ram, 23. Mukesh Kumar Gupta, 24. Ms (Dr) Mansee Bal Bhargava, 25. Ms Devendari Sahu, 26. Ms Ajit K Ekka); Daman & Diu (27. Geo Sebastian, 28. Ms Swati Surampally); Delhi (29. Ms Rehana Siddiqui, 30. Michael Rajchandra, 31. Rafat Jamal, 32. Agraj Pratap Singh, 33. Anurag David, 34. Vivek Shrivastava, 35. Amit Nautiyal, 36. Ashish Thakuri, 37. Vaibhav Nautiyal, 38. Ms Harleen Kaur); Goa (39. Ms Prerna Mehta), Gujarat (40. Ranmal Singh Jhala, 41. Basant Rawat, 42. Hitendra Gadhavi, 43. Ms Minakshi Dhawale, 44. Ms Manzil Nanavati); Haryana (45. Ms Usha Bakshi, 46. Sameer Bakshi); Himachal Pradesh (47. Jaikrishan Sharma); Jammu & Kashmir (48. Adil Rather, 49. Sadam Hussain); Jharkhand (50. Gautam Chaudhary, 51. Ranjeet Kumar, 52. Saurav Kumar, 53. Ranjit Kumar, 54); Karnataka (55. Ms Geeta Sahu, 56. Gaurav K Hegde, 57. Ms Celina Rajchandra); Kerala (58. Prabhath Prabhakaran, 59. Ms Nazeema AK); Madhya Pradesh (60. Ms Anu Gaur); Maharashtra (61. Kailash Anerao, 62. Suyog Dixit, 63. Aniket Kulkarni, 64. Ms (Dr) Apeksha Wasudeo Khobragade, 65. Santosh Lalwani, 66. Nitesh Khare); Manipur (66. Jiten Singh Konthoujam, 67. Ms Monalisa Chanu); Odisha (68. Sudarshan Chhotoray, 69. Soumitra Subinaya Mohanty); Punjab (70. Ms Harpreet Kaur, 71. Upkar Singh Bakhshi); Rajasthan (72. Bherulal Gaderi, 73. Naveen Kumar, 74. Ms Aakanksha Tiwari); Tamil Nadu (75. Ullash Kumar RK); Telangana (76. Ms Suchitra Naidu, 77. Akarsh Sriramoju, 78. Rahul Gupta Kodarapu, 79. Prithviraja Gajjela, 80. Srikar Potturi, 81. Prithvi Ram Bommaraboyina); Tripura (Bibhuti Deb Barma); Uttarakhand (82. Suresh Nautiyal, 83. Deepak Dabral, 84. Shaldavya Kuruganti, 85. Asad Ullah Khan, 86. Kesar Singh Waterkeeper, 87. Krishna Teja Perannagari); Uttar Pradesh (88. Vinod Nautiyal, 89. Prof Raj K Singh, 90. Vineet Chaturvedi, 91. Zeeshan Zahid, 92. Abhishek Srivastava, 93. Adv Pushpendra Singh, 94. Vineet Chaturvedi, 95. Zeeshan Zahid, 96. Abu Sultan, 97. Atul Choudhary, 98. Abhishek Srivastava); West Bengal (99. Prof Jyotirmoy Goswami, 100. Ms Shila Mishra, 101. Sunil Kumar Singh, 102. Ms Madhubanti Sen, 103. Ms Arpita Mukherjee, 104. Nababrata Datta, 105. Chandan Prasad, 106. Ms Neha Singh, and 107. Sukamal Singha Roy).
The State Units are as follows: 1. Bihar Ad-hoc Committee (Convener — Chandan Kumar. Members – Krishna Kant Kumar, Avinash Kumar, Vikas Kumar, Ritesh Kumar, Sonal Kumar, Jyotish Raj, Adarsh Priydarshi, Sanatan Kumar Mishra, Rakesh Sinha, Arun Kumar); 2. Brihan (Greater) Mumbai State Executive Committee (President – Rusi Burjor Nariman. Vice-President — Ms Sarika Dabral. General Secretary – Ms Archana Patel. Spokesperson – Ms Ishpriya Kaur. Secretary — Swapnil Bodhe. Executive Members — Sagar Hadkar, Tushar Shroff); 3. Chhattisgarh State Executive Committee (President – Ms Lily Shanta Minj. Vice-Presidents — Mehboob Alam and Bharat Patel. General Secretary — Ankit Chaubey. Treasurer — Johan Ram. Spokespersons — Mukesh Kumar Gupta and Ravi Shankar Baghel. Secretaries — Sunil More, Ram Prakash Thakur, Ms Anjali Khalkho and Manoj Bhagat. IT Coordinators — Ankit Tiwari and Ms Manisha Lakra. Executive Members — Ram Prasad Yadav, Ms Shalini, Anand Kumar Yadav, Ashok Ravi, Jay Prakash Manikpuri, Ms Prafulla, Ms Rajini Lakra, Pawan Bhagat, Neelam Chandra Kujur, Ms Reena Teta, Shishil Tirkey, Ms Ranjana, and Ms (Dr) Mansee Bal Bhargava); 4. Delhi Working Group (Convener – Agraj Pratap Singh. Co-convener — Ms Rehana Siddiqui. Members – Rafat Jamal, Michael Rajchandra, Amit Nautiyal, Ashish Thakuri, and Adv Vaibhav Nautiyal, Shailan Parker); 5. Gujarat Ad-hoc Committee (Convener — Ranmal Singh Jhala. Members — Basant Rawat, Ms Kamakshi Jhala, Hitendra Gadhavi, Durgesh Joshi, Mahesh Gajera, Ms Minakshi Dhawale); 6. Jharkhand Ad-hoc Committee (Co-conveners – Ranjeet Kumar, Ashok Verma, Amritesh Singh Chauhan, Ranjit Kumar); 7. Karnataka State Executive Committee (President – Baburaj Palladan. Vice-Presidents – Ms Jaji Karumbaiaha, Jayaram HR. General Secretary – Ms Geeta Sahu. Treasurer — Ms Manjula Ramaswamy. Secretaries – Ms Mamatha HP, Ms Archana. Executive Members – Sathish Samuel, Ms Asha KJ, Veerasingh David, Benjamin Reuben, Ms Shobalakshmi, Ms Gange, Venkataswami, Mari, Ramesh, Lingappa, Mithun); 8. Kerala Working Group (Members — Prabhath Prabhakaran, Ms Nazeema AK); 9. Maharashtra Ad-hoc Committee (Convener – Ms (Dr) Apeksha Wasudeo Khobragade. Deputy Convener – Aniket Kulkarni. Members — Suyog Dixit, Kailash Anerao, Nitesh Khare, Santosh Lalwani, Dhanajay Shedbale, Dr Sarala Dhudhedia); 10. Odisha Ad-hoc Committee (Convener – Sudarshan Chhotoray. Coordinator – Soumitra Subinaya. Members – Jayakrushna Hota, Subas Chandra Panda, Sachikanta Pradhan, Arun Kumar Samantray, Anil Pradhan, Gouranga Chandra Mohapatra, Prakash Chandra Sahoo, Padma Charan Mohapatra, Sankarshana Hota, Krushna Priya Sahoo, Lingaraj Sahu, Ranju Lata Mohapatra, Ms Sujata Mohanty, Sweta Snigdha Mohanty, Ms A Sailaja, A Nagamani, Samir Ranjan Dash, SR Pattnaik); 11. Rajasthan Working Group (Co-conveners – Bherulal Gaderi, Ms Aakanksha Tiwari); 12. Telangana Working Group (Co-conveners — Ms Suchitra Naidu, Akarsh Sriramoju. Members – Rahul Gupta Kodarapu, Prithviraja Gajjela, Srikar Potturi, Prithvi Ram Bommaraboyina); 13. Uttarakhand Working Group (Convener – Kesar Singh Waterkeeper. Members — Suresh Nautiyal, Deepak Dabral, Asad Ullah Khan): 14. Uttar Pradesh Working Group (Convener –Vinod Nautiyal. Members — Abhishek Srivastava, Pushpendra Singh, Vineet Chaturvedi, Zeeshan Zahid, Abu Sultan, Atul Choudhary); and, 15. West Bengal Ad-hoc Committee (Co-conveners – Sunil Kumar Singh, Ms Madhubanti Sen. Members – Chandan Prasad, Md Qaisar Bakhs, A Kumar, Indrajit Mishra, Rohit Singh, Mazar Ali, Saroj Prasad Singh, Subhranil Ghosh, Ms Shila Mishra, Prof Jyotirmoy Goswami, P Mondal, KM Kaushik, Sukamal Singh Roy, Vishwajeet Kumar).
The International Bodies, in which the iGP leaders hold roles, are as follows: Delegate to Global Greens Coordination (Suresh Nautiyal); Co-International Secretaries (Michael Rajchandra and Ms Ishpriya Kaur Chadha); Member Status on APGF Council (Ms Ishpriya Kaur Chadha); APGFWN Mentorship Programme Coordinator (Ms Anita Nautiyal); APGF – Policy Committee, Membership Committee, Political Activities Group (Suresh Nautiyal); APGF – Management and Accounts Committee (Ms Rehana Siddiqui); India Young Greens International Secretary (Rahul Gupta Kodarapu); India Young Greens Alternate International Secretary (Ms Aakanaksha Tiwari); India Young Greens Representative to APYGN (Ms Ishpriya Kaur); India Young Greens Alternate Representative to APYGN (Ashish Thakuri); iGPWN Representative to APGF Women’s Network (Ms Shivani Bhatt); APGF Women’s Network Co-convener (Ms Alpyu Singh); and, APGFWN Mentees (Ms Madhubanti Sen, Ms Harpreet Kaur).
The iGP National Council unanimously decided to address, and refer to Suresh Nautiyal as Founder-Patron-Mentor of the India Greens Party.
–Issued by Deepak Dabral, iGP Office Secretary.
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