Dr. D. Narasimha Reddy has been a passionate campaigner on environmental and development issues. He was a Board member of IFOAM-Asia, Member of a Cotton Advisory Board Committee and Advisory Council, of Textile Exchange (a global non-profit). He has contributed to public discourse and policy changes in electricity, seed, rice, cotton, sugarcane, sericulture, handloom and textiles, land, water and other related areas. An intense team player, he has built campaigns, advocacy programmes and policy change projects. He is an author, writing on different subjects in regional, national and international publications. He also guides students on their Ph.D and other research activities.