Garima Mishra is the Senior Advisor, Growth and Engagement, Alliance to End Plastic Waste, a global non-profit organisation established in 2019 to help end plastic waste in the environment and advance a circular economy for plastics. She has diverse experience as a development and environment sector professional. She is responsible for nurturing membership network, stakeholder engagement and project management in the South Asian region.

A seasoned development sector professional with 19 years of rich and diverse experience, working closely with diverse stakeholders like Central Ministries, State Departments, Funding Agencies, Industry, Regulatory Bodies, Municipalities; and community centric/non-profit organizations.

Her area of work includes Plastic Waste Circular Economy, Waste Management, Urban Infrastructure, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Mission), Biodiversity, Forestry, and livelihood promotion. She started her career with Confederation of Indian Industry, and has since then worked in the consulting space, managing projects across States like Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka and Assam. She holds a Master’s Degree in Environmental Studies and Natural Resource Management from The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi.