Dr. Girija K Bharat is the Managing Director of Mu Gamma Consultants, Gurugram, India. She is an international expert with three decades of experience in Water Resource Management and Environmental Management. She conducts research, capacity building and advocacies on contaminants of emerging concerns such as Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs), microplastics etc. She advises several Government of India ministries on water and environmental issues. She has over 120 publications that include scientific articles in peer reviewed international journals, book chapters, international reports, and newspaper articles.