<P><FONT color=#33711E><STRONG>Shyamala Mani</STRONG></FONT></P>
National Coordinator
Centre for Environment Education, India
Shyamala Mani is the National Coordinator of the Waste and Resource Management Initiatives (WMI) at the Centre for Environment Education (CEE) in New Delhi, India. She has been with the CEE since 1987.
Shyamala promotes environmental awareness among the general public and decision makers, seeking to influence them for planning and achieving a better quality of life for all. Between 1994 and 2001 Shyamala was the Coordinator (Delhi Branch). She started CEE’s first regional office for southern India in 1988 and was the Coordinator of the same at Bangalore (1988-1994). Shyamala is also a Waste Management Consultant and has recently worked on projects funded by USAID and the World Bank Institute, in 11 states of the country. In 2006, Shyamala was appointed a member of Regional Advisory Committee of International Water Management Institute (IWMI) for South Asia, and in 2005 was appointed a member of the National Steering Committee on Control of POPs and Mercury.
Shyamala has presented papers at numerous conferences in Asia and the Americas, including country papers on Environmental Education. Shyamala has degrees in Science and Education and received her PhD in Environmental Sciences from Jawaharlal Nehru University in 2003.