Asha RajvanshiAsha Rajvanshi is Professor and Head of the Environmental Impact Assessment Cell at the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, India. Dr Rajvanshi holds a doctoral degree in Environmental Science. As a teacher, trainer and EA practitioner she has mad significant contributions in professionalizing EIA through development of EIA instruments and best practice guidance tools and conducting training programmes in different continents, specially targeted at mainstreaming biodiversity in the EA framework. She also provides advisory support for environmental decision making through her membership at apex bodies of Government of India. She is currently the Chair of the biodiversity section of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA). Read More Read Less