The Council that leads the Parliament.

The Parliament is led by its Governing Council and run by a Secretariat. The Council brings government, diplomacy, industry, standards and the academy to one table, with the convening power to bring the whole water value chain with them.

1. Erik Solheim

   • Former Minister for Climate and Environment, Norway
   • Former Special Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway
   • Former Chair, OECD Development Assistance Committee, Paris
   • Former Under-Secretary-General, United Nations
   • Former Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme

2. Meghna Bordikar

   • Hon'ble Minister of State for Water Supply and Sanitation, Government of Maharashtra

3. Harold Chase

   • Director, Government Affairs, NSF

4. Nima Farshchi

   • Director, Center for Social Value Creation, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland

5. Dr Subramanya Kusnur

   • Founder, Water Parliament, hosted at the Center for Social Value Creation, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, USA
   • Founder Chairman and CEO, AquaKraft Group Ventures
   • Founder, AqVerium, the world's first digital water bank
   • Innovation Evangelist, IIT Bombay
   • Co-Chair, U.S.-India SME Council
   • Advisor, Sustainable Development, Trimbak Municipal Council, under the aegis of the Nashik Trimbakeshwar Kumbh Mela Authority
   • Special Envoy, Water Supply and Sanitation Department, Government of Maharashtra
   • Joint Secretary, IndiaNPIM, a society created by the Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India
   • Special Officer, Civil Defence Corps, Mumbai HQ, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of Maharashtra

6. C Sridhar

   • Director, AquaKraft Group Ventures
   • Co-Founder, AqVerium, the world's first digital water bank
   • Director, AquaKraft Foundation, a non-profit Section 8 company

The organisations that work alongside the Council are on the partners page. To take a seat, register with the Parliament.