Experience

• 09/2025 – Present: DST INSPIRE Faculty Fellow at Kotak School of Sustainability, IIT-Kanpur,  KANPUR, INDIA (Mentor: Prof. S.N Tripathi and Prof. Ashutosh Sharma)

• 11/2024 – 08/2025: Programme Officer Centre for Science and Environment, NEW DELHI, INDIA

• 02/2024 – 04/2024: Senior Project Assistant IIT-Hyderabad, HYDERABAD, INDIA

• 01/2022 – 12/2024: Assistant Editor Springer-Anthropocene Science, (REMOTE)

• 05/2023 – Present: Fellow-Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), (REMOTE) 

Recent Seminars, Workshops and Conferences

• 08/10/2025: Panelist, session on "Embedding ESG & Sustainability in Academia & R&D" as part of Global Scientific Conference, 2025 organized by ACS at IIT-Bombay. 

• 20/05/2025 - 24/05/2025: Completed EDP on ‘Application of Geographical Information System (GIS) for Advancing Sustainable Development Goals’ VIT-AP University.  

• 05/08/2024 - 10/08/2024: Completed FDP on ‘Sustainable Blueprint of Environmental Education and Research Opportunities’ by Integral University, Lucknow. 

• 10/07/2024: Completed Course on ‘Applying Integrated Policy Approaches to Accelerate the 2030 Agenda’ (online) by United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC), UNDP and UNICEF.

• 12/09/2022 - 09/10/2022: Completed 25-hour professional development online course on ‘Environmental Education Outcomes’ organized by Civic Ecology Lab, Cornell University. 

• 29/07/2022 - 02/08/2022: Online Training Programme on ‘Integration of Informal Sector in Solid Waste Management’ organized by Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi. 

• 26/08/2020 - 20/12/2020: Completed Course on ‘Introduction to Data Governance for Monitoring the SDGs’ organized by UNITAR UNSD Massive Online Open Course.

• 25/06/2018 - 06/07/2018: Completed FDP on ‘Climate Smart Governance’ by Indian Institute of Public Administration, New Delhi. 

Education

• 04/2019 – 12/2023: Research Scholar (PhD) Institute of Environment and Sustainable Development, Banaras Hindu University, VARANASI, INDIA (Research Advisor: Prof. P.C. Abhilash)

• 09/2017 – 03/2019: MPhil (Environmental Science and Sustainable Development), Banaras Hindu University, VARANASI, INDIA

• 07/2015 – 06/2017: MSc. (Environmental Science (Environmental Technology)), Banaras Hindu University, VARANASI, INDIA

• 07/2011 – 03/2015: B.Tech (Biotechnology), Amity University, Uttar Pradesh (Lucknow Campus),  LUCKNOW, INDIA

• 03/2008 – 03/2011: Schooling (12th & 10th) English, Environmental Studies, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Biotechnology, La Martiniere Girls' College, LUCKNOW, INDIA