Dr Roshan P. Rai

Dr Roshan P. Rai is a development practitioner with DLR Prerna, Darjeeling-based NGO (www.darjeelingprerna.org) having studied PG Diploma Rural Development and Management. He works on issues of environment and social equity in the Darjeeling Himalaya. His work in DLR Prerna has revolved around partnerships with marginal communities where seminal experiences like Darjeeling’s first small farmer organic and fair-trade collective Mineral Spring Sanjukta Vikash Sanstha have evolved in 2001. With special interest on participatory governance, his intervention has revolved around inclusions in fair-trade movements in tea, conservation efforts, small farmer collectives, traditional community-based organisations and NGOs. He works on waste with Zero Waste Himalaya and has partnered with local urban bodies, communities and educational institutions in promoting sustainable waste management practices. In recent years he has been focusing on local food cultures, zero waste, water and communities and climate change. Roshan, representing DLR Prerna, engages at a landscape and policy level through educational institutions and platforms like Darjeeling Himalaya Initiative; Integrated Mountain Initiative.