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 am currently an Assistant Professor at 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 that, I was a Charles Wallace Trust fellow at the SOAS, University of London. 

My research and reviews have been published in journals such as South Asia Research, Economic and Political Weekly, Critical Asian Studies, International Area Studies Review, Engagement, Anthropology and Environment Society, Regional Environmental Change, The Journal of Peasant Studies, Environmental Politics, Earth System Governance, among others. For a more public audience, I have written for The Hindu, Indian Express, Hindustan Times, The Wire, The India Forum and The Ecologist Magazine.

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 Utrecht University, Netherlands. I was part of the UN's Conference of the Parties (COP) and IPCC report reviews. I also contribute to policy and practice challenges on climate change and development, where I consult and advise governments, international and intergovernmental organizations, policy-making bodies, and research organizations. I have been invited to speak at Harvard University, Columbia University, Oxford University, Princeton University, and Cambridge University, among others.  I hold a Ph.D. in Development Studies from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India.