Hello everyone,

I'm Girija Ramakrishna, representing the South Asia region as a candidate for the  Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA)  Election, 2025. 

Today is the last day to vote in the SuSanA Global Steering Committee Election 2025! 🗳️

I kindly request your support and your vote. Please log in to your SuSanA account to cast your vote:
🔗 www.susana.org/gsc-election-2025

🗓️ Voting closes today, 27 November 2025.

Your support today would mean a lot — every single vote truly matters.

Best regards,
Girija Ramakrishna 

#SuSanA #GSC2025 #SustainableSanitation #GlobalSouth #CircularEconomy #WaterAndSanitation #ClimateAction

🌍 SuSanA Global Steering Committee Election 2025 –Voting is Now Open! 💧
 
The SuSanA Global Steering Committee (GSC) Election 2025 hasofficially started. From 24 to 27 November 2025, all registered SuSanAmembers are invited to cast their votes and help shape the future of SuSanA
2.0.
 
🗳️ How to vote:
 
📅 Voting is open from 00:00 CET on 24 November until23:59 CET on 27 November 2025. To participate, simply log in to your SuSanA
account. Each member has one vote and every vote counts. Or follow this link: www.susana.org/gsc-election-2025

📢 The resultswill be announced on 28 November 2025.



👉 Find your regional candidates and get to know them here .
👉 Discuss theelection and share your thoughts in this forum thread!
 
Let’s shape the next chapter of SuSanA together!

Thank you so much Shivanshi for all the kind words! It's great working with you. 

Dear Team,

I’m pleased to represent the South Asia region as a candidate in the upcoming Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA) Election, 2025. With experience across sustainable sanitation, resource recovery, and circular economy approaches, I look forward to contributing to SuSanA’s next phase of advancing inclusive sanitation programmes, policy frameworks, and South–South knowledge exchange.

SuSanA has long been a platform connecting practitioners, researchers, and policymakers, and I aim to support its next chapter through strategic partnerships, grounded field insights, and collective leadership.

🗳️ Election Dates: 24–27 November 2025
🔗 Candidate profiles: www.susana.org/alliance/structure/global...tion-2025/south-asia

Every vote helps strengthen our shared mission for sustainable sanitation that leaves no one behind.

🎥 Please check the below to know my vision for SuSanA.

www.linkedin.com/posts/girija-ramakrishn...e9Edp3dlXbHSpHJz7gVw


Best Regards
Girija Ramakrishna

Good Morning, Evening and night to whichever time zone you might be in. 

I am replying to this post in support of Girija Ma'am, who is my supervisor. I feel the need to write this here as I would be able to give another perspective, other than her career profile, which is used for elections. 

I am really grateful to be working under her, which is something really hard to admit about your boss. But some important things I feel people voting should know are that she is excellent at seeing potential in things, especially working with sustainable development can be quite discouraging because the development is mostly invisible. Even with that, she can come up with clear, achievable and direct ideas with her expertise, target and mitigate any problem effortlessly. This is not just to do with her work but also her personal connections in the workspace; she can easily make out who would be the best at what task, and she can see potential that you might not even see in yourself. This skill of hers makes her a thoughtful leader, an avid listener and a great candidate. I can confidently say that if she is chosen, she will be a great example of SuSanA’s spirit. 

🌍 Our colleague, Girija Ramakrishna, stands for the SuSanA Global Steering Committee (GSC) election, 2025 🌿
We’re delighted to share that Girija Ramakrishna, Technical Expert (Reuse & Circularity) at CDD India and Doctoral Researcher at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru, is a candidate for the 2025 Global Steering Committee (GSC) of the Sustainable Sanitation Alliance (SuSanA), representing the South Asia region. 🔗 Visit the candidate profiles: www.susana.org/alliance/structure/global...tion-2025/south-asia
Kindly vote and support.

Dear Team,

Thank you very much for the update and for considering my candidature for the Global Steering Committee election.

Hello everyone,

I’m Girija Ramakrishna, Technical Expert (Reuse & Circularity) at CDD India and Doctoral Researcher at the Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru.

I’m delighted to share that I'm standing for the Global Steering Committee election, representing the South Asia Region. www.susana.org/alliance/structure/global...tion-2025/south-asia 

My work focuses on sustainable sanitation, resource recovery, and circular economy approaches across the Global South. Over the past decade, I have worked at the intersection of research, policy, and implementation, advancing inclusive sanitation programmes, policy frameworks, and South–South knowledge exchange.

My contributions have received international recognition — including being featured on CGTN America’s Zero Hour during COP26 and receiving the Bright Polestar and Innovative Polestar Team Awards from the Global Alliance of Universities on Climate (GAUC) at COP27 for promoting youth-led climate resilience and sustainability.

As part of the IWA Resource-Oriented Sanitation Specialist Group and a Global Youth Ambassador for Climate Action, I continue to advocate for collaborative, circular, and climate-resilient sanitation solutions.

Through the SuSanA GSC, I aim to:
🌿 Strengthen regional and global partnerships for locally relevant and globally informed sanitation solutions
💧 Amplify voices from the Global South
♻️ Promote climate-resilient and resource-recovery-driven sanitation systems
🟦 Support SuSanA to evolve its agenda to address emerging challenges — including climate adaptation, equality, and innovation — while maintaining its inclusive community focus.

SuSanA has long been a platform connecting practitioners, researchers, and policymakers. I look forward to contributing to its next chapter through strategic partnerships, grounded field insights, and collective leadership.

🙏 I would deeply appreciate your support and encouragement. Every vote and message of support truly matters!

Best Regards
Girija Ramakrishna

Connect with me on LinkedIn to learn more about my vision: 👉 www.linkedin.com/in/girija-ramakrishna-9b057a19/

Dear SuSanA members and friends,

The SuSanA Global Steering Committee (GSC) Election 2025 is just aroundthe corner! 🌍💧
From 24 to 27 November 2025, all registered SuSanA members are invitedto cast their votes and help determine the network’s next leadership team.

The GSC serves as SuSanA’s principal governance body. It represents its members, provides strategic direction, and ensures transparent and effective coordination of the alliance. By electing the next GSC, members play a vital role in shaping the future of the alliance and strengthening its global impact on sustainable sanitation.
 
By voting, you help shape the future of SuSanA and strengthen ourcollective work toward sustainable sanitation for all. Every SuSanA member has
one vote and every vote counts!

📢 The results will be announced on 28 November 2025.
 
Find out who’s running in your region and learn more about their visions for SuSanA here .
 
Let’s make this election another great example of SuSanA’s spirit ofopenness, collaboration, and shared purpose!