Sabyasachi Dutta is the co-founder and Executive Director of Asian Confluence. Sabyasachi pioneered the “Third Space” philosophy of the Asian Confluence whereby through a host of programs, the Asian Confluence provides an opportunity for civil society to enhance people to people contact between India and her neighbours and also encourage a better understanding of the cultural and socio-political issues of the region that actually are the driving force behind policies such as India’s “Act East Policy”. Sabyasachi leads the Asian Confluence in several track 1.5 and track 2 initiatives, speaks at several prestigious fora. The NADI (Natural Allies in Development and Interdependence) - River dialogues conceived and executed by the Asian Confluence is now a premier track 1.5 dialogue on regional cooperation in the Bay of Bengal region in partnership with the Governments of India and other countries. He is a core author of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)’s Civil Society Organizations (CSO) vision document for regional cooperation on rivers in the Ganga Brahmaputra Meghna (GBM) region.