Dr. Ritesh Kumar heads Wetlands International South Asia. Over the last two decades, Dr. Kumar has led integrated management planning for several wetlands in the South Asia region, and coordinated multidisciplinary projects on wetlands assessment, ecosystem services evaluation, water management, sustainable livelihoods, disaster risk reduction, and climate change adaptation. Dr. Kumar has been part of several policy-making processes related to wetlands in India, the key being a part of the drafting team of national regulation on wetlands, the National Biodiversity Targets under the Convention on Biological Diversity, and indicators for Sustainable Development Goals. He advises several state governments on policy and management aspects of wetlands.