GOLDEN HIVE FOUNDATION
Our Team.
Hello, community of enthusiasts!
We are a group of passionate individuals with diverse backgrounds and experiences. The connecting thread between all of us is our inclination towards sustainability and environmental conservation. We have joined forces to work towards educating people of all age groups for a better future. Join us in our journey to create a more compassionate world for generations to come!
Roopali Gupta
Roopali is a one of the Founder Trustee of Golden Hive Foundation, and holds prime responsibility as Chairperson of the Foundation.
She firmly believes that it is important to create awareness and empathy towards the bees. It is equally important to re-create 'appropriate floral diversity' that will actually assist in the regeneration and revival of the bees.
A lawyer by profession, Roopali has been successful in creating cooperative tie up opportunities for the conservation of the principal pollinators - the Bee.
Priyamvada K Bansal
Priyamvada is one of the Founder Trustee and the Chief Co-ordinator of the Foundation.
Professionally trained as an Architect and Urban Planner, Priyamvada's core belief centers on sustainable development and conservation. Being part of GHF allows her to contribute to the smallest yet most vital link in the ecosystem, which she finds incredibly rewarding.
As the Chief Co-ordinator, she creatively engages in various projects, sharing her insights on both upcoming and ongoing initiatives. Her contributions bring new perspectives to the Foundation and also fosters steady growth.
Mansi Garg
Mansi, a Founder Trustee and the Creative Head of the Golden Hive Foundation.
She is a self taught freelance artist, and expresses her love towards nature through her art. Her work captures the beauty, complexity, and interconnectedness of the natural world. Through her art, she aims to foster a deeper appreciation for nature, provoke thought about conservation or simply reflect the peacefulness and awe she experiences in the natural world. Her creations include botanical studies, animal and bird portraits, and landscapes. Each subject chosen to express her connection with nature.
She understands how important bees are for maintaining biodiversity and hence they happen to be her favourite muses. She has been creating one of a kind art for the Foundation that enhances our conviction in the conservation of bees. To see more of her beautiful works visit her Insta handle @artbymgarg
She holds a Ph.D in Statistics (2017) from Indian Statistical Institute and has co-authored several research papers.
Rakesh Gupta
Rakesh is a passionate beekeeper and the Chief Advisor of the Golden Hive Foundation. He has been observing, learning and closely interacting with bees for more than two decades now. He has excellent understanding of the complex yet simple nature of bees and continuously seeks to simplify apiary procedures and create responsible beekeepers through his personal interventions.
Realizing the region specific possibilities, he practices migratory beekeeping and in his quest of source specific uni-floral honey he has travelled widely – from coastal areas to 4000 meters above sea level. He has always supported the concept of unprocessed raw honey – unheated and only gravity filtered and his territorial reach has enabled him to provide an excellent range of finest uni-floral / multifloral honey for the connoisseur.
Realizing that beekeeping is not only about honey, he visualizes immense possibilities of backward and forward integration. He brings with him experience, exposure, passion and new ideas for beekeeping and is always ready to be associated with any beekeeping effort.
He has been independently handling training sessions and effectively imparting his ethical beekeeping know how that is perfected over the years.
Karnika Palwa
Karnika is associated with Golden Hive Foundation as an Advisor and works on the overall directional planning for all educational engagements.
Trained as an electronics engineer and has worked briefly at Wipro HQ. This was followed by some years of study (MSc. Climate Change and Development, Institute of Development Studies, Sussex) and has worked in the field of climate change ranging from carbon and energy emission calculations, green growth policy research and advocacy with Development Alternatives (DA) and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI).
Over the last few years, she has been actively involved with children to explore natural spaces. She has also studied basics in ornithology, bee and canine behaviour. Ecological restoration is one of the key directions that she is currently leaning into because she has realized that there is more meaning, hope and action in engaging with nature.