Supriya Sahu belongs to the Indian Administrative Service. She has more than 30 years of experience in the Indian Administrative Service. She has worked extensively in areas relating to Socio-Economic Development Administration, Health, Empowerment, Environment, Climate Change, Forests and Media. She is credited with launching a highly successful grass roots environment campaign “Operation Blue Mountain” in the year 2000 to eliminate single use plastic from the Nilgiris District where she served as the District Collector. The movement also led to creation of a Guinness world record for “largest number of trees planted in a day”. She has received the prestigious “Best Collector Award” and the “Green Award” by the Government of Tamil Nadu for her work. In her current assignment, she has been instrumental in setting up India’s first Tamil Nadu Green Climate Company (TNGCC), a not-for-profit venture of the Government of Tamil Nadu to steer climate action in Tamil Nadu.