Ajmal Khan AT

My name is Ajmal Khan A.T. I am a multidisciplinary scholar of the environment, development, and climate change. My research analyzes democratic and justice challenges in the context of state led development, environmental change, and anthropogenic climate change. I use ethnographic and quantitate analysis of complex environmental and developmental issues. 

I am currently an Assistant Professor at the Shiv Nadar University in Delhi, India. I was a post-doctoral fellow at the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University. I continue to be an affiliate fellow with the South Asia Institute, Harvard University. Before joining Harvard, I was Charles Wallace Trust fellow at the SOAS, University of London. 

I am one of the conveners of the Environment and Climate Change study group of the Development Studies Association in the UK and a fellow at the Earth System Governance Project based at the Utrecht University, Netherlands. I also contribute to policy and practice challenges on climate change and development where I consult and advise for the governments, international and intergovernmental organizations, policy-making bodies, and research organizations. I hold a Ph.D. in Development Studies from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai, India.  I was born and raised in a village called Anchachavadi in Kerala's Malappuram, I am a first-generation learner and academic.