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Pinky Chandran

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Steering Committee Member at Asia Reuse Consortium
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Pinky Chandran is an accomplished researcher, policy analyst, and journalist with over 24 years of experience in waste management, policy advocacy, and community mobilization. Holding a Master of Business Law, she is the Asia Pacific Regional Coordinator for Break Free From Plastic and a founding member of the Solid Waste Management Roundtable. Colleagues describe her as a good leader and teacher.

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Experience
16 Years
Current Role
Steering Committee Member
Job Level
Junior
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
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Priorities

Topics Pinky cares about

Plastic Policy Advocacy
As a Plastic Policy Analyst and Regional Coordinator for Break Free From Plastic, she actively engages in shaping global and local policies to combat plastic pollution.
Waste Worker Livelihoods
Her work with Hasiru Dala and SWMRT focuses on ensuring inclusive livelihoods and dignity for informal waste workers, whom she calls "silent environmentalists. "
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Career

Work history

4-2024
Steering Committee Member
Asia Reuse Consortium
3-2024
BFFP Asia Pacific Regional Coordinator
Break Free From Plastic
5-2023
Board Member
TAICT - The Anonymous Indian Charitable Trust
5-2021
Independent Journalist
Citizen Matters
10-2009
Founding Member/ Trustee
Solid Waste Management Roundtable ( SWMRT)
In the press

Media appearances

Reuse Tour and Conference in Jakarta Initiates Asia Reuse Consortium’s Regional Efforts. Featured in Break Free From Plastic
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Asia Reuse Consortium Demands to Make Reuse Systems Scalable. Featured in Plastic Diet
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Education
10-2022 - 2024
Master of Business Law
National Law School of India University
2022 - 2022
Qualitative Research Methods in the Urban
Indian Institute for Human Settlements
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