Regional Vice Chair, South & East Asia
Dr. Ritu Dhingra is the Regional Vice Chair, East and Southern Asia- IUCN CEESP (International Union for Conservation of Nature -Commission on Environmental ...
Regional Vice Chair, South & East Asia
Dr. Ritu Dhingra is the Regional Vice Chair, East and Southern Asia- IUCN CEESP (International Union for Conservation of Nature -Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy) She is looking after the themes of IUCN CEESP in 23 countries of this region. She is also member of IUCN five commissions IUCN World Commission on Environmental law (WCEL), Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP), Commission on Education and Communication (CEC), World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA), Commission on Ecosystem Management (CEM). She is also a member of European Environmental Law Forum (EELF) and Bar Council of Delhi. Ritu Dhingra has over three decades of experience in research related to environmental law, botany, biodiversity, forests, sustainable development, Indian traditions and environmental conservation. She holds a lawyer’s license from Bar Council of Delhi. She has authored three books as a trilogy on environmental jurisprudence, floral biodiversity and Indian traditions and environmental conservation consecutively, her fourth book is under publication. She has authored many papers on environmental law, ecofeminism, forest conservation, smart cities, sustainable development, climate change, climate refugees, environmental defenders, loss of biodiversity, traditional knowledge systems, conservation of biodiversity, green energy, customary laws and environmental conservation, Dr. Ritu holds a PHD in Environmental laws from The NorthCap University Gurugram, Haryana, India with topic Sustainable Development and Laws Relating to Biodiversity and Forest Conservation: An Analytical Study in Indian Perspective. She also has a Bachelor honours degree in botany from Kirori Mal college, University of Delhi, India, bachelor’s degree in law from Campus law Centre, university of Delhi, India, Post Graduate diploma in Environmental Law and Policy from National Law University Delhi and WWF Delhi master’s degree in law from Kurukshetra University, India, master’s degree in sociology from Meerut University, Meerut, India, , Post Graduate diploma in Ecology and Environment from IIEE Delhi. She has a certificate in Spanish language from Cervantes, Delhi. She had been a practicing lawyer in the High Court of Delhi and Supreme Court of India. She is an environmental law and policy consultant at a legal firm in Delhi. She has drafted and taught courses on law at few universities in Delhi NCR region like Campus law Centre University of Delhi and at NorthCap University Gurgaon. She has presented papers on environmental law at many international conferences. She has been awarded scholarships for summer schools and workshops on environmental law by universities like Hasselt University Belgium and Wuhan University, China.