2026 WINNER

Krutika Ravishankar

Farmers for Forests

Farmers for Forests partners with farmers to create biodiverse farms and forests that improve climate outcomes, biodiversity, and rural livelihoods.

Krutika has spent nearly a decade and a half working in rural India and across sectors like the public distribution system, health, agriculture and forests. She’s deeply passionate about wildlife, forests, growing food, rural livelihoods, and financial markets.

Before co-founding Farmers for Forests with two of her closest friends, she worked in international development and the equity markets. She studied Economics and Environmental Studies at Mount Holyoke College and continues to be fascinated with how the two can interact and intersect better. Krutika is a Mulago and Ashoka Fellow and has also received a Leadership Award and the Mary E Woolley Fellowship from her alma mater.