Author

Sanjay Kumar: He is a supply chain professional working with Indian Railways for 20+years. He has twin Master degrees - Environmental Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, India and Public Policy & Sustainable Development from Teri University, New Delhi, India. His interest lies in integrating sustainability concerns in the supply chain process in particular and business in general. For the last ten years, he has been leading an advocacy campaign for the implementation of Sustainable Public Procurement policy in India and other developing countries. 

He is currently working as Chief Materials Manager Central Railway, Ministry of Railway, where he leads procurement and supply chain of products and services.  He has led various initiatives in research, advocacy and implementation of Sustainable Purchasing programme in India and been an ardent advocate for implementing sustainable/green procurement in developing countries. He has written for several national and international newspapers, magazines, and journals. He has appeared on national television as a panelist for discussions on issues related to the environment, climate change and sustainable development. He has spoken in several countries as an invited speaker on sustainable/green procurement. 

He is engaged with several agencies in ongoing research in procurement related fields in honourary capacity. Some of them are: 

Honorary position/ responsibilities

i. The Voice of the SPHS (Sustainable Procurement in the Health Sector), United Nations Informal Interagency Task Team on Sustainable Procurement
ii. Member, Strategic Programme Development Committee of United Nations Environment’s One Planet Network on Sustainable Public Procurement.
iii. Member, National Task Force on Sustainable Public Procurement, Government of India.
iv. Board Member, Asia Pacific Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption & Production.
v. Member, Strategic Advisory Committee, Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council, Washington, USA. 
vi. Public Procurement Consultant and Trainer, World Bank

He has been felicitated with 2017 Individual Leadership Award by Sustainable Purchasing Leadership Council (SPLC),  Washington USA for his vision, leadership and dedicated effort that has been fundamental to the growth of the sustainable purchasing movement in India. SPLC also noted - "through active collaboration with international entities, Sanjay has become a recognized advocate for sustainable procurement on the global stage". 



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