Jayanta Basu is a Kolkata-based environment and climate correspondent and columnist. He has regularly covered international climate change meetings since 2009, and has led successfully a number of landmark environmental campaigns in eastern India. He is also a faculty member of the University of Calcutta. Basu is a recipient of prestigious Paryawaran Sarankshak Samman 2020 award conferred by Tarun Bharat Sangh.