Ashish Kothari is on the core team of the Global Tapestry of Alternatives, and a coordinator of Vikalp Sangam in India. He has taught at the Indian Institute of Public Administration, coordinated India’s National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan process, and served on the boards of Greenpeace International and Greenpeace India. He is co-author of Churning the Earth: Making of Global India and co-editor of Alternative Futures: India Unshackled and Pluriverse: A Post-Development Dictionary.