STHIRA 2025, Meet the Jury
The Jury members of STHIRA Sustainable Food Innovation Challenge 2025 are inventors, industry leaders, academicians and practitioners from India and Italy. They all have share a common aspiration for a wiser and resilient future of the world.

Priya Bala
Food Writer and Chef
Practices sustainability everyday

Dr Naji Sulaiman
Dr Naji Sulaiman
Asst Prof of Environmental and Applied Botany, UNISG

Nagaraja Prakasam
Author, Mentor, Angel Investor, Fund Advisor

Dr Elena Corcione
Dr Elena Corcione
Research Fellow in International Law, UNISG

Krishnan N S
Co-founder & Director,
Yellow Bag Foundation

Dr Maddalena Borsato
Dr Maddalena Borsato
Research Associate,
Perception & Quality, UNISG

Dr Elena Manciopi
Founder AgroRangers & Regenerative organic farmer

Dipali Khandelwal
Dipali Khandelwal
Founder, The Kindness Meal
Youth Mentor

Ankur Bisen
Management Consultant & Author Urban thinker on sustainable waste
Dr Elena Fusar Poli
Anthropologist & Research Associate, UNISG

Dr Gurmeet Singh
Dr Gurmeet Singh
Professor and Dean
Research & Outreach, TDU

Nandan HS
Nandan HS
CEO, Last Forest &
Social Entrepreneur