Vineeta Singh is the Chief Trustee of The Climate Agenda. By profession, she is a Librarian and Educator at Mirza Ahsanullah Beg Girls P. G. College, Azamgarh, a role that reflects her deep and lifelong love for books, learning, and knowledge. She finds particular joy in staying connected with young people and students, drawing energy from their curiosity and their capacity for change.
She is passionate about leading institutions with a strong foundation of discipline, devotion, and dedication, values she brings to her role in guiding The Climate Agenda's vision and institutional growth. Her commitment to nurturing young minds aligns naturally with TCA's belief that lasting climate action depends on empowering the next generation to lead with knowledge and purpose.
Avantika Srivastava is the Founder Trustee of The Climate Agenda and a social work professional with over 18 years of experience in gender justice, women's human rights, and rights-based development. Her work has been shaped by a consistent commitment to these fields, built through sustained professional education, research, and field engagement across the years.
At the core of Avantika's practice lies her specialisation in designing and facilitating capacity-building programmes. This has involved developing curricula and learning resources that translate rights-based principles into structured, accessible learning, enabling her to strengthen the capacities of civil society organisations, government institutions, and community-based organisations alike.
Avantika's thematic focus spans women's human rights, gender-based discrimination and violence, child rights, gender diversity and inclusion, and participatory learning. Together, these areas reflect the breadth of her engagement, addressing both the immediate realities of discrimination and violence and the broader structures of inclusion and diversity that shape gender justice work.
Through this combination of professional education, research, and field engagement, Avantika continues to work toward gender equality, social justice, and inclusive development, bringing the same rigour and consistency to her role as Founder Trustee of The Climate Agenda that has defined her career across the past 18 years.
Avaneesh Kumar is a full-time Rural Enterprise Strategist working at the intersection of rural entrepreneurship, market development, research, and strategic communication. His mission is to help rural entrepreneurs move beyond production to profitable markets, developing practical strategies for branding, value addition, product positioning, market access, and enterprise growth. He believes that sustainable rural development is created not merely by increasing production, but by building systems that connect producers with opportunities.
At The Climate Agenda, this belief finds a natural home, where building resilient systems, not just delivering interventions, is central to how communities are supported through the climate transition.
