Work experience

Positions held

July 2018 - Present: Director - Climate Policy, World Resources Institute (WRI) India, Bengaluru

Apr 2017 - Dec 2017: Climate Assessment Specialist (Consultant), Asian Development Bank (ADB), Bengaluru

Aug 2015 - Mar 2017: Fellow, Climate Change Mitigation and Development, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bengaluru

Aug 2006 - Jun 2015: Fellow, Centre for Global Environment Research, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Bengaluru (on study leave during Aug 2007 - Dec 2011)

Apr 2004 - Aug 2006: Associate Fellow, Centre for Global Environment Research, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi and Bengaluru

Jun 1999 - Mar 2004: Research Associate, Centre for Global Environment Research, The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), New Delhi

May 1998 - Jul 1998: Intern, Ministry of Commerce project on WTO Agreements on Technical Barriers to Trade, and Sanitary & Phytosanitary Measures, Rajiv Gandhi Institute for Contemporary Studies , New Delhi

Teaching

2016: Frameworks for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Research, PhD-level elective course, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bengaluru, affiliated with Manipal Academy of Higher Education

2016: Module on sampling techniques and questionnaire surveys in Ph-D level course on Research Methods in Social Sciences, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bengaluru, affiliated with Manipal Academy of Higher Education

2015: Module on general equilibrium and welfare theory in PhD-level course on Economics for Environment and Development, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bengaluru, affiliated with Manipal Academy of Higher Education

2013: Advisor and reviewer for student projects for graduate-level course on Design for Sustainability (MPD 163), TERI University, New Delhi

2013: Guest lecturer for graduate-level course on Food Security and Agriculture (NRE 168), TERI University, New Delhi

2012: Guest lecturer on Climate Change for undergraduate course on Science and Technology Policy (MG 283), Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru

2012: Module on Food Security and Climate Change Adaptation, in graduate-level course on Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Options (NRC 182), TERI University, New Delhi

2011: Teaching Assistant for graduate-level course on Public Policy Theory and Process (MG 277), Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru

Major international events organized

2016: Member, Local Organizing Committee, Indian Society for Ecological Economics (INSEE) 8th Biennial Conference on Urbanization and the Environment, Bengaluru, 4-6 January 2016

2006: Member, Organising Committee, START Young Scientists’ Global Change conference, Beijing, China, 7-9 November 2006

2006: Organized International Conference on Energy, Environment, and Development: Analysing Opportunities for Reducing Poverty, on behalf of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), Veolia Environment Institute and IDDRI France, Bengaluru, 14-16 December 2006

2004-2006: Organized Delhi Greenhouse Gas Forum during 2004 to 2006, annual international CDM meet with policymakers, project developers, and carbon buyers, sponsored by International Emissions Trading Agency (IETA), World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and World Bank.

2002: Coordinated all NGO events during UNFCCC COP-8 on behalf of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF), Government of India in Delhi, 22-31 October 2002

Online courses

Smart Cities – Management of Smart Urban Infrastructures by École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) on Coursera.org (2017)

Questionnaire Design for Social Surveys by University of Michigan on Coursera.org (2016)

Model Thinking by University of Michigan on Coursera.org (2012)

Game Theory by Stanford University on Coursera.org (2012)

Languages

English and Hindi (fluent), Marathi (functional), Bengali (basic spoken), some familiarity with Kannada