Centre for Sustainable Conservation Action and Protection of Ecosystems of the Seas (C-SCAPES)

About c-scapes

Tata Chemicals launched the C-SCAPES in 2018

Commemorating 150 years of Tata’s service to society through science and nation building, Tata Chemicals launched C-SCAPES in 2018. The Centre is rooted in Tata’s core sustainability values, and is a natural extension of the Company’s sustainability initiative, Dharti Ko Arpan, which means dedicated to the earth.

150

Years of
Experience

Our Vision

Committed to conserving marine and coastal biodiversity and accelerating sustainability.

C-SCAPES (Centre for Sustainable Conservation Action and Protection of Ecosystems of the Seas) anchors itself to the cause of conserving marine biodiversity and accelerating the transition to sustainable and inclusive development across coastal India.

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Strengthening Marine and Coastal Resilience: An IUCN & C-SCAPES Collaboration

Our projects highlights

Project and Initiatives

Restoration of Saltpans for Conservation of Migratory Waterbirds in Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu

Community Conservation Coral Reefs in the Lakshadweep Archipelago

Coral Reef Restoration Project, Mithapur

Whale Shark Conservation in Gujarat

Conservation and sustainable management of coastal ecosystems for increased resilience to climate change in Cuddalore district, Tamil Nadu

Conservation and sustainable management of coastal ecosystems for increased resilience to climate change in Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh

Marine Megafauna Stranding Network - Gujarat

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OUR ADVISORY COUNCIL AND TEAM

Leadership

Dr. B.C. Choudhary (Chair)

Dr. Choudhury is a coastal, marine, and inland wetland habitat ecology and resource management specialist, with over 30 years of experience. He retired as a senior scientist, professor, and Head of ...

Dr. Nanditha Krishna

An environmental, historian and writer, Dr. Krishna is a Professor at the University of Madras. From 1981, she served as Honorary Director of the C.P. Ramaswami Aiyar Foundation and was ...

Dr. Erach Bharucha

A surgeon by profession, Dr. Bharucha has been engaged in environment conservation for over 50 years, as a nature educator and wildlife photographer. In 1993 he developed BVIEER (Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of ...

Dr. Yashwant Thorat

Starting his career with the Reserve Bank of India, Dr. Thorat went on to serve as Executive Chairman of the Dryland Farming Commission, Chairman of the Agriculture Universities Recruitment Board (...

Mr. R. Mukundan

Mr. Mukundan is the Managing Director and CEO of Tata Chemicals. An engineer from IIT Roorkee and alumnus of the Harvard Business School, he joined the Tata Administrative Services in 1990. ...

Vivek Talwar

Having superannuated from the Tata Group in 2018, where he drove Business excellence organizational culture and sustainability in Tata Power and Tata Chemicals, Vivek Talwar is the Founder Director of Chrysalis, ...

Nisha DSouza

Nisha supports the development and implementation of the C-SCAPES programme strategy. She is the Founder and Director of EcoNiche, a conservation consultancy based in Goa. She has a BSc. Marine ...

Dr. Dhaval Vargiya

Dhaval worked as a Program Officer with Bharti Vidhyapeeth Institute of Environment Education and Research (BVIEER, Pune), specifically with the collaboratively-run C-SCAPES and BVIEER Green School Program. His PhD. is ...

Chirag Solanki

Chirag worked as a Program Officer with Bharti Vidhyapeeth Institute of Environment Education and Research (BVIEER, Pune), specifically with the collaboratively-run C-SCAPES and BVIEER Green School Program. He has an ...