Serlibon Timungpi (Cohort 3)

2021- Current

Serlibon is from Dongkamukam, West Karbi Anglong district in Assam. She completed her graduation from Hojai College in Assam and belongs to a Karbi community.
She has been a fellow at Green Hub in 2016-2017. In 2018, she, along with the local youth in her community came together and formed a collective “Youth for Nature, Dongkamukam” with the aim to work towards protecting nature. The collective also launched a campaign “Save Karpu” “Save Pangolin” in February 2021, since then they have been working on saving the Pangolin. The collective also started community based eco-tourism in Langminso village, in Dongkamukam. Here in collaboration with Green hub the collective initiated “forest project” as a pilot, with the aim of rejuvenating forest and trying to provide an alternative source of income for the people. Through North East Network and Green hub, she also helped women in the community earn a livelihood through weaving.
Apart from nature conservation, she is also a part of the Karbi literature group, where she and the local youth work to promote and bring awareness among the community to protect and preserve karbi language, through organising a karbi hirjir/hirbang amei, or karbi poet/literature festival every year. She also has a keen interest in teaching. She believes that through this ‘Sustainability Education Program’ she will be able to explore and use her expertise better.

Lokesh Mam (Cohort 1)

2018 - 2020

Lokesh belongs to the Miju Mishmi Tribe, which is one of the sub tribe of Mishmi (Degaru, Idu and Miju). He is from the Pukhuri village Lohit district in Arunachal Pradesh.

After graduation, Lokesh with his group of friends formed a social group named, ICARE and through this they have been working with youths and community people. The group has conducted social awareness campaigns against Opium, campaigns for plantations, cleanliness drive, inter school educational competitions, etc. and have been working with the community since 2015.

Being a part of Wipro’s Earthian Programme , helped him to serve his purpose as a Green Educator. Apart from working with the schools for the submissions to the Wipro earthian competition, he organized activities with the schools and in the village community.

Goldenstar Thongni (Cohort 1)

2018 - 2020

Goldenstar belongs to the Khasi tribes and resides in Meghalaya in North East India.

Along with his community who are connected to nature they continue to work together for conservation of natural resources and working for regeneration of forest by planting trees and enforcing village power towards conservation initiatives.

Goldenstar is also a member of Mawthawpdah Area Rilang Fishing Association and as the local people he and his group of community members are taking care of the fish sanctuary in the village. Also as a Member of Iatylli Eco-organisation they work to conserve and to educate people about the importance of their surrounding ecosystems.

Being a part of Wipro’s earthian Programme , has helped him serve his purpose as a Green Educator and has helped in adding more insights and value to all the activities he has been doing with the community from the beginning. He has, along with the Deputy Commissioner of South West Khasi Hills, started work as a Green Volunteer.