Arnab Basu, was born in Kolkata on 17th June 1978 and currently based out of Delhi. He is a Sustainability consultant by profession and holds B.Sc with major in Botany and Zoology from 2000 batch of University of Calcutta; MBA in Environment Management from 2004 batch of Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management (IISWBM), Kolkata; Post Graduate Diploma in Environmental Law, from NLSIU, Bangalore; Diploma in Chemical Engineering and Industrial Safety. He has more than two decades of experience in advisory work on environmental law, and sustainability; He has participated in more than 250 biodiversity expeditions, in Western Himalayas of India; Eastern Himalayas of Bhutan and Northeast India; Western Ghats; Central India; Sub-Himalayan Terai region of India and Nepal; Mangroves of India and Bangladesh; Tundra region of Scottish Highland; Rain forest of Sumatra; Desert and Grassland of Kutch, Western India; Savannah of South Africa; and Rainforest and Savannah grassland of Madagascar.