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‘India 2047: Building a Climate-Resilient Future,’ brings together leading experts in climate science, public health, medicine, labor, business, agriculture, and urban planning for a series of interdisciplinary dialogues on advancing climate resilience. Explore workshop participants below.

Workshop: Climate Science of Heat and Water with its Implications on Agriculture

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Arti Ahuja has held various senior-level positions in the government of India over a career spanning 34 years. She has steered implementation as well as policymaking in different positions in Odisha, the National Academy of Administration Mussoorie, and in the Union Govt, including in the Health …

Arti Ahuja

India 2047 Conference | Former Ministry of Employment

Jane Baldwin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Earth System Science at the University of California, Irvine. Her research focuses on how large-scale atmospheric dynamics influence regional climate and climatic extremes, with applications to climate change and policy. She has worked o…

Jane Baldwin

University of California, Irvine

David Battisti is the Tamaki Endowed Chair and an atmospheric scientist specializing in natural climate variability and its interactions with the ocean, atmosphere, land, and sea ice. His research focuses on climate variability over months to decades, the impacts of climate change on global food …

David Battisti

University of Washington

Ms Suruchi Bhadwal is engaged with the Climate Change and Air Quality Programme of The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) as Director. She has been with TERI since October 2000 and has contributed to several projects. Some of the key projects she has worked on include a study on vulnerability …

Suruchi Bhadwal

TERI

Arti Bhatia is a Principal Scientist in the Division of Environment Science at ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute.

Arti Bhatia

ICAR-IARI

William Boos researches large-scale climate dynamics, focusing on atmospheric circulation, monsoons, extreme weather, and the role of water phase changes in the atmosphere. His work combines theory, observational analysis, and numerical modeling to explore key questions in planetary science. He i…

William Boos

University of California Berkeley

Debal Deb is an Indian ecologist and founder of Basudha, a rice conservation farm in Odisha, India. He has preserved over 1,400 varieties of heirloom rice, safeguarding India’s agricultural biodiversity and supporting food sovereignty. He has rescued 1480 rare rice landraces, several endangered p…

Debal Deb

Independent Scientist

Kanchan Devi is the Director General of the Indian Council of Forestry Research Education (ICFRE). She is the first woman officer to hold this position. ICFRE is India’s leading organization for advising the Government of India, the state governments and other stakeholders like farmers, industrie…

Kanchan Devi

Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education

Umendra Dutt is the Founder Member and Executive Director of Kheti Virasat Mission, Punjab, leading efforts for sustainable farming, food safety, and seed sovereignty since 1996. He serves on the National Task Force on Organic Farming, the Executive Council of the National Institute of Plant Heal…

Umendra Dutt

Kheti Virasat Mission

Harish Damodaran is the National Rural Affairs & Agriculture Editor at The Indian Express. With over three decades of experience in journalism, his work focuses on agribusiness and macroeconomic policy. Previously, he was a journalist with the Press Trust of India (1991–1994) and The Hindu Bu…

Harish Damodaran

Indian Express

Arunabha Ghosh is a public policy expert, author, and institution builder, serving as the founder-CEO of the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW). Under his leadership, CEEW has become one of Asia’s leading policy research institutions and a top global climate think tank. He played a k…

Arunabha Ghosh

Council on Energy, Environment and Water

A.K. Gosain is Professor of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi.

A.K. Gosain

Indian Institute of Technology Delhi

Ajay Vir Jakhar is a citrus farmer based in Village Maujgarh in Punjab, India. He is Chairperson of Bharat Krishak Samaj (Farmers’ Forum India) formed in 1955. A non-political association of farmers’ advocating the crucial need to focus on farmer prosperity and regenerative agriculture. Working w…

Ajay Vir Jakhar

Bharat Krishak Samaj

Peter Huybers is a Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Harvard University whose research interests lie in developing a better understanding of the climate system and its implications for society. On-going research involves trends and predictability of extreme temperatures as well as imp…

Peter John Huybers

Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, Faculty of Arts and Sciences

Roxy Mathew Koll is a climate scientist at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune. His research focuses on climate change and extreme weather events in the Indo-Pacific region, with significant contributions to the understanding of Indian Ocean warming, monsoon dynamics, heatwa…

Roxy Mathew Koll

Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

Rupa Kumar Kolli is an Honorary Scientist and former Executive Director of the International Monsoons Project Office, at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India. He served as the Chief of World Climate Applications and Services Division at World Meteorological Organization (WMO)…

Rupa Kumar Kolli

Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology

Sharath Kumar Pallerla is a Scientist G with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Government of India.

Sharath Kumar Pallerla

Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC)

The India Meteorological Department (IMD), established in 1875, is the national agency responsible for weather forecasting, meteorological observations, and seismology in India. Operating under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, IMD provides critical services such as monsoon predictions, cyclone war…

Naresh Kumar

India Meteorological Department

Buddhi Marambe has over 36 years of academic experience at the Department of Crop Science, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka. His work focuses on weed science, climate change adaptation, and food security. He is the President of the Weed Science Society of Sri Lanka and …

Buddhi Marambe

University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka

Kaighin McColl is an Assistant Professor at Harvard University, jointly appointed in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. His group uses theory, models and observations to understand the terrestrial water cycle, and its connection to w…

Kaighin McColl

Harvard University

Purnima Menon is the Senior Director for Food and Nutrition Policy at IFPRI and, as of January 2025, the Acting Director for Transformation Strategies. She works closely with IFPRI’s leadership to shape the institute’s global research strategy. A specialist in evaluating large-scale nutrition, he…

Purnima Menon

IFPRI

Vimal Mishra is the Vikram Sarabhai Chair Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, in Civil Engineering and Earth Sciences. His research examines the impacts of climate variability and change on water resources, energy, infrastructure, and food security. By integrating observ…

Vimal Mishra

Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar

Dr. Mrutyunjay Mohapatra is the Director General of Meteorology at the India Meteorological Department and the Permanent Representative of India with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). He is also the elected Vice President of WMO from 2023 to 2027.

Mrutyunjay Mohapatra

Indian Meteorological Department

Aditi Mukherji is the Director of the Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation Impact Action Platform at CGIAR. Previously, she was a Principal Researcher at the International Water Management Institute in India and led the Water and Air Theme at ICIMOD in Nepal. She was a Coordinating Lead Autho…

Aditi Mukherji

CGIAR

Rajalakshmi Nair has over 20 years of experience with UNICEF in public health nutrition, specializing in program development and implementation at the grassroots level. She has worked closely with frontline caregivers and policymakers, leveraging insights from field experiences to inform effectiv…

Rajalakshmi Nair

UNICEF

Victor is an Assistant Professor of Climate Change Adaptation at the International Water Research Institute of Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Morocco since 2021. His research focuses on climate change, climate services, and sustainable development over Africa. He is currently working on th…

Victor Ongoma

Mohammed VI Polytechnic University

Biraj Patnaik is the Executive Director of National Foundation for India. Prior to joining NFI, he was the South Asia Director of Amnesty International. He was formerly the Principal Adviser to the Commissioners of the Indian Supreme Court in the landmark ‘right to food’ case for close to a decad…

Biraj Patnaik

National Foundation for India

Praveen Pankajakshan has expertise in machine learning, AI and signal processing with over two decades of experience across agriculture, education, energy, healthcare, and life sciences. He is adjunct faculty at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, a visiting researcher and advisory committee member for t…

Praveen Pankajakshan

CropAI/ Harvard Data Science Initiative

L Prabhakar is Executive Vice President and Head – Social Investments at ITC Limited, a leading Indian conglomerate. In this role, he oversees all social interventions of ITC focused on enhancing social and environmental capital that includes areas like Natural Resource Management; Sustaina…

L Prabhakar

Executive Vice President and Head – Social Investments at ITC Limited

Mathyam Prabhakar is a Principal Scientist (Entomology) & PI at ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture. He’s an expert in remote sensing & GIS for crop health management, crop-pest-weather interactions, seasonal dynamics & natural biological control of crop pests.

Mathyam Prabhakar

ICAR-CRIDA

J.V.N.S. Prasadi is a Principal Scientist (Agronomy) at ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture. He’s an expert in agroforestry and short rotation forestry, carbon sequestration, and mitigation aspects of climate change.

J.V.N.S. Prasad

ICAR-CRIDA

Jonathan Proctor is an environmental economist and scientist specializing in agronomy, climate science, remote sensing, and machine learning. He is an assistant professor in Food and Resource Economics at the University of British Columbia. Previously, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard …

Jon Proctor

University of British Columbia

Daniel P. Schrag is the Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology at Harvard University, Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, and Professor of Public Policy. Schrag studies climate and climate change over the broadest range of Earth history. He is particularly interested in how informati…

Daniel P. Schrag

Sturgis Hooper Professor of Geology, Professor of Environmental Science and Engineering, Professor of Public Policy, Director of the Science Technology, and Public Policy Program, HKS

Vinay Kumar Sehgal is the Head and Principal Scientist at the ICAR – Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, with over 32 years of experience in agricultural research. His work spans crop water and nitrogen use, residue burning and pollution modeling, drought monitoring, yield fo…

Vinay Kumar Sehgal

Indian Agricultural Research Institute

Steven Sherwood is a Professor at UNSW Sydney, specializing in atmospheric dynamics and climate processes. He studies atmospheric processes, particularly storm-related processes, how they interact with water vapour and clouds, and how these relate to global warming. Sherwood has been an IPCC lead…

Steve Sherwood

University of New South Wales, Sydney

Sameer Shisodia leads the Rainmatter Foundation, where he is responsible for developing projects and building funding and investments programs. The foundation focuses on addressing climate change by supporting innovative environmental initiatives and fostering collaborations to promote sustainabl…

Sameer Shisodia

Rainmatter Foundation

Harvir Singh is a seasoned journalist with over 30 years of experience covering agriculture, rural markets, politics, and the economy. His expertise lies in the agricultural economy of India, with a strong focus on rural markets. Singh has held senior editorial roles at publications such as Amar …

Harvir Singh

Rural Voice

Jarnail Singh leads the Climate Solutions strategy at Macarthur Foundation and manages its grantmaking activities in India. He has extensive experience in climate policy and business-led climate action, having previously led the India team at The Climate Group and co-managed clean energy initiati…

Jarnail Singh

MacArthur Foundation

Dipa Sinha is a Visiting Professor at the Centre for Study of Indian Economy at Azim Premji University. specializing in food rights, nutrition, and public health. She has previously worked with the Office of Commissioners to the Supreme Court, the Centre for Equity Studies, and the Public Health …

Dipa Sinha

Azim Premji University

Vijay Kumar Soni is a scientist at the Environmental Monitoring and Research Centre of the India Meteorological Department. He contributed significantly to establish an aerosol monitoring network in India, called Skynet-India, for measurement of aerosol optical properties and estimation of aeroso…

Vijay Kumar Soni

India Meteorological Department

Akhil Srivastava is a Scientist at the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India. He specialises in Heat Wave & Cold Wave forecasting services, Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) and mesoscale modelling. His research focuses on impact-based forecas…

Akhil Srivastava

India Meteorological Department

Gabriel Vecchi is a Professor in the Department of Geosciences and the High Meadows Environmental Institute at Princeton University, where he also serves as Director of the High Meadows Environmental Institute and Deputy Director of the Cooperative Institute for Modeling the Earth System (CIMES)….

Gabriel Vecchi

Princeton University

Shri Amit Vyas is the Managing Director of Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union Ltd (Amul Dairy). He did his Engineering Graduation B.E (Instrumentation) from Pune University and a Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Development Management (PGDRDM) from Institute of Rural Management Anand…

Shri Amit Vyas

Amul Dairy

Lucas Vargas Zeppetello is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at UC Berkeley, where he leads the Plant Land-Atmosphere Climate Exchange (PLACE) group. His research explores the relationships between water, energy, and carbon at Earth’s …

Lucas Vargas Zeppetello

University of California, Berkeley

Workshop: Health

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Jazeela A. is a Public Health Hazard Analyst at the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority, specializing in disaster preparedness and public health research. She has expertise in assessing and mitigating health risks in disaster-prone regions.

Jazeela A.

Kerala State Disaster Management Authority

My research is motivated by a desire to alleviate environmental health disparities. A question we frequently ask in public health is: Why does place matter? In an effort to answer this question, my work aims to identify the specific aspects of housing, communities, and neighborhoods that shape an…

Gary Adamkiewicz

Associate Professor of Environmental Health and Exposure Disparities, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Aastha Arora is a public health expert and policy leader with over 14 years of experience in global health policy development. Currently serving at the Asian Development Bank, she has spearheaded large-scale development projects and strategic program implementations across Asia. Aastha’s ex…

Aastha Arora

Asian Development Bank

Dr. Satchit Balsari is an Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine at Harvard Medical School and in Global Health and Population at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The Balsari Lab studies the impact of public health emergencies, disasters, and war on vulnerable populations. The L…

Satchit Balsari

Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Neil Singh Bedi is currently a medical student and research assistant based in Boston. His work focuses on integrating public health and clinical care to enhance the sustainability, effectiveness, and equity of health systems. Bedi is a Zuckerman Fellow at the Center for Public Leadership and is …

Neil Singh Bedi

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Dr. Caroline Buckee joined Harvard School of Public Health in the summer of 2010 as an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2017, and to Professor in 2022. Her work focuses on infectious diseases, particularly malaria, and the health of vulnerable popula…

Caroline Buckee

Professor of Epidemiology, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Archita Chaudhary is a Senior Portfolio Manager at India Health Fund, where she focuses on identifying and investing in new healthcare technologies aimed at improving health outcomes in low-income settings. Her career spans impactful roles in healthcare and social entrepreneurship, including stra…

Archita Chaudhary

India Health Fund

Mirai Chatterjee is a prominent leader at the Self-Employed Women’s Association in India, serving as the Director of the Social Security Team. She oversees SEWA’s initiatives in healthcare, childcare, and insurance. Chatterjee has played a foundational role in establishing and leading key c…

Mirai Chatterjee

The Self Employed Women’s Association

Vishwas Chitale leads the Climate Resilience team at The Council, focusing on risk assessment and resilience building. With over 15 years of experience, he has worked on digital solutions for climate risk reduction across Asia. Previously, he led the Artificial Intelligence for Climate Action pro…

Vishwas Chitale

Council on Energy, Environment and Water

Harkesh Dabas

William J Clinton Foundation

Purnamita Dasgupta is the Chair in Environmental Economics and Head of the Environmental and Resource Economics Unit at the Institute of Economic Growth in Delhi. Her work focuses on the intersection of economics, health, and environmental challenges, with a particular interest in addressing heat…

Purnamita Dasgupta

Institute for Economic Growth

Caleb Dresser is an emergency physician whose work focuses on the impacts of climate change on healthcare systems and patient outcomes. His research includes developing and testing resources for clinicians and administrators, analyzing operational and medical records data, and using spatial metho…

Caleb Dresser

Harvard Medical School

Mangesh Gadhari is a Health Specialist at UNICEF India. With a tenure of over 13 years at UNICEF, he currently manages and supports health programs focusing on gender, maternal, neonatal, and child survival, ensuring their effective implementation, monitoring, and evaluation to achieve sustainabl…

Mangesh Gadhari

UNICEF

Raj Shankar Ghosh is a physician with over 30 years of experience in public health, spanning grassroots program implementation, policy advocacy, and management of infectious diseases and vaccines. He has held key roles in organizations such as WHO, PATH, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundatio…

Raj Shankar Ghosh

Public Health Foundation of India

Debarati Guha-Sapir is the Director of the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters at the Université catholique de Louvain, a role she has held since 1992. Her research focuses on climate security, social determinants of health, civil conflict and natural disasters, and child mortali…

Debarati Guha-Sapir

Université catholique de Louvain

Emily Gurley is a faculty member in the Department of Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, with a primary affiliation in Infectious Disease Epidemiology. She also holds a joint appointment in the Department of International Health, specializing in Global Disease Epidem…

Emily Gurley

Johns Hopkins University

Dr. Yogesh Jain is a public health physician and the founder of Jan Swasthya Sahyog (People’s Health Support Group), a community health program serving rural Bilaspur, India, and Sangwari in northern Chhattisgarh. The organization provides healthcare services to indigenous populations across more…

Yogesh Jain

Jan Swasthya Sahyog

Nishad Jayasundara is Juli Plant Grainger Assistant Professor of Global Environmental Health at the Nicholas School of the Environment & Duke Global Health Institute and Assistant Professor of Medicine at the School of Medicine, Duke University. Nishad works in the areas of heat exposure and …

Nishad Jayasundara

Duke University

David S. Jones is the A. Bernard Ackerman Professor of the Culture of Medicine at Harvard University, with appointments in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Department of the History of Science at Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences. A psychiat…

David S Jones

Harvard Medical School

Madhav Joshi is the Chief Executive Officer at India Health Fund, a not-for-profit organization established by Tata Trusts and The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. The organization focuses on reducing preventable deaths from communicable diseases by supporting the development…

Madhav Joshi

India Health Fund

Ritika Kapoor is a Science and Research Expert at NRDC, specializing in climate science, data analysis, and science-policy translation. She supports NRDC’s Science Office and India program in their research and policy activities. Her work focuses on heat events in the Indian subcontinent and thei…

Ritika Kapoor

NRDC

Dr. Nitya Mohan Khemka is Trustee at the Nand and Jeet Khemka Foundation and Nabha Foundation, focused on the conjunction of climate and public health. She is also Senior Advisor at PATH and Associate Fellow at Homerton College at the University of Cambridge. She served as co-chair on the health …

Nitya Khemka

The Nand and Jeet Khemka Foundation

Uday Khemka is Vice-Chairman of the SUN Group, a diversified investment and industrial group with interests in renewable energy, electric mobility, natural resources, real estate, aerospace, and private equity. Before joining the SUN Group, he worked at Credit Suisse First Boston and Morgan Stanl…

Uday Khemka

The Nand and Jeet Khemka Foundation

Tamorish Kole is the Director of Emergency Medicine at Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital & Research Centre, Pune, India, and an advisor for emergency care training at the Healthcare Sector Skill Council of India. He is the Past President of the Asian Society for Emergency Medicine and…

Tamorish Kole

The Healthcare Sector Skill Council

Bhargav Krishna is the Convenor of the Sustainable Futures Collaborative (SFC) and coordinates its Environmental Governance and Policy vertical. His work focuses on health and environmental policy, with research interests in air quality, climate change, and their health impacts. He previously se…

Bhargav Krishna

Sustainable Futures Collaborative

Rajesh Kumar is Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.

Rajesh Kumar

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Dr. Jason Lee is the Director of the Heat Resilience and Performance Centre at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and co-leads the Human Potential Translational Research Programme. His research focuses on heat stress, extreme physiology, and the impact of heat on health and productivity. …

Jason Lee

National University of Singapore

Nirod Baran Mazumdar is Honorary Chairman of the International Academy of Environmental Sanitation and Public Health (IAESPH) based in New Delhi. He’s an expert on waste management.

Nirod Baran Mazumdar

International Academy of Environmental Sanitation and Public Health

Raj Mariwala is the Director of Mariwala Health Initiative. Currently, Raj serves on the advisory board of Global Mental Health Action Network, as well as on the advisory board for the Lancet Commission on Stigma and Discrimination. In line with other interests, Raj is also a board member of Parc…

Raj Mariwala

Mariwala Health Initiative

Gautam Menon is a Professor of Physics and Biology at Ashoka University, where he leads the Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability (3CS) and serves as the Dean (Research). He has been appointed a Commissioner on the Lancet Commission focused on “Strengthening the use of Epidemiologica…

Gautam Menon

Ashoka University

Lauren Mills is the Research Manager at Wellcome, a global charitable foundation established in 1936 that supports science to solve the urgent health issues facing everyone.

Lauren Mills

Wellcome Foundation

Indu K. Murthy is Sector Head for Climate, Environment, and Sustainability at the Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP). Her work focuses on climate change vulnerability, land-based mitigation, and building resilience through climate-proofing development. She is a UNFCCC Rost…

Indu Murthy

Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy

Aaran Patel serves as the Executive Director of Climate at The Nand & Jeet Khemka Foundation and as a Climate and Conservation Advisor to the Godrej Enterprises Group. A Harvard Kennedy School graduate, he focuses on building strategic philanthropy initiatives that catalyze climate finance, p…

Aaran Patel

The Nand and Jeet Khemka Foundation

Purvi Patel currently serves as a Senior Consultant for Heat-health and Green & Climate Resilient Health Facilities (GCRHF) at the National Centre for Disease Control. Since April 2021, she has been instrumental in managing the Heat-health response and developing climate change-water-health r…

Purvi Patel

National Centre for Disease Control

Dorairaj Prabhakaran is a cardiologist, epidemiologist, and researcher known for his contributions to the prevention and management of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes in India. He has led large population cohort studies that have provided key insights into epidemiology, biomarkers, and nutri…

Dorairaj Prabhakaran

Centre for Chronic Disease Control

Poornima Prabhakaran is the Director of the Centre for Health Analytics and Research Trends, Trivedi School of Biosciences, Ashoka University, India. The center is focused on the establishment of a strong repository of evidence-based research on a range of issues impacting population health. She’…

Poornima Prabhakaran

Ashoka University

Bhaskar Rajakumar is the Program Director of Healthcare Initiatives at ARTPARK@IISc. ARTPARK’s Heat and Health Initiative leverages AI-driven hyperlocal forecasting to predict and mitigate heat-related health risks in India. Starting with Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, the system integrates climate, h…

Bhaskar Rajakumar

ARTPARK@IISc

Priyadarshani Rajamani is a public health professional with over seven years of experience working with non-governmental organizations and research institutions. Currently, she is engaged at the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, assessing the heat impacts on women’s health in India under …

Priyadarshani Rajamani

MSSR Foundation

Raghavendra Rao PV is the Director of Portfolio at India Health Fund, leveraging his twelve years of experience in business consulting, healthcare startups, social enterprise, and non-profit sectors. His recent work includes strategic roles with medical device startups and social enterprises, foc…

Raghav Rao

India Health Fund

Aarthy Ramasamy is a researcher and educator with over a decade of experience in noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), particularly diabetes, and holds a PhD from Deakin University. She is currently a Health and Nutrition Research Officer at the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation in Chennai. Previousl…

Aarthy Ramasamy

MSSR Foundation

Srinath Reddy is an Honorary Distinguished Professor at the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI) and the former President of PHFI. Previously, he led the Department of Cardiology at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and served as the first Bernard Lown Visiting Professor of …

Srinath Reddy

Public Health Foundation of India

Mónica M. Robles Fontán is a graduate student at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, specializing in biostatistics and public health informatics. She holds degrees in mathematics and biostatistics from the University of Puerto Rico. Previously, she worked with the Puerto Rico Departmen…

Mónica M. Robles Fontán

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Graduate Student

Alejandro Saez Reale coordinates the Global Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN) and leads its Technical Support Unit at the World Meteorological Organization in Geneva, Switzerland. He specializes in climate action and urban planning, with experience in project design and management for organ…

Alejandro Saez Reale

WHO-WMO

Sujata Saunik is an Indian Administrative Service officer and Principal Secretary to the Government of Maharashtra. She has extensive experience in public health, particularly addressing issues affecting adolescents, women, and children from marginalized populations. She has led initiatives on ma…

Sujata Saunik

Government of Maharashtra

Dr. Andrew Schroeder is the Co-Director of CrisisReady and Vice President of Research and Analysis at Direct Relief. His work focuses on data-driven approaches to crisis response and has been featured in publications such as Science, The Lancet, The New York Times, and The Washington Post. He has…

Andrew Schroeder

CrisisReady

Joel Schwartz is an epidemiologist specializing in environmental health. His research focuses on the health effects of pollutants, particularly lead, air pollution, and water contamination. His work has contributed to understanding the cardiovascular and cognitive impacts of lead exposure, as wel…

Joel Schwartz

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

Aakash Shrivastava is the Lead of the National Program for Climate Change and Human Health at the National Centre for Disease Control, India. Since 2018, Aakash has been the Additional Director and Head of the Department focusing on Environmental & Occupational Health, Climate Change & He…

Aakash Shrivastava

National Centre for Disease Control

Joy Shumake-Guillemot leads the WHO/WMO Joint Office for Climate and Health in Geneva, Switzerland, and serves as the co-coordinator of the Global Heat Health Information Network (GHHIN). An experienced environmental health scientist and public health practitioner, she has collaborated with organ…

Joy Shumake-Guillemot

WHO/WMO

Doris Sommer is the Ira Jewell Williams Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of African and African American Studies at Harvard University. Her work focuses on the intersections of literature, culture, and political theory. Professor Sommer is the author of several influential books…

Doris Sommer

Harvard University

Soumya Swaminathan is a globally recognized pediatrician and researcher specializing in tuberculosis and HIV. She was WHO’s inaugural Chief Scientist, where she established the Science Division, focusing on research, standards, and digital health. During the pandemic, she played a pivotal role in…

Soumya Swaminathan

MSSR Foundation

Abhiyant Tiwari is the lead climate resilience and health consultant at NRDC India, specializing in environmental, climate, and disaster risks to public health. He works to advance evidence-based adaptation and mitigation policies, collaborating with academia, governments, and non-profits on publ…

Abhiyant Tiwari

NRDC

Ashley Ward focuses on the health impacts of climate extremes and community resilience. She directs the Heat Policy Innovation Hub at Duke University’s Nicholas Institute for Energy, Environment & Sustainability, where she develops policy solutions to mitigate the effects of extreme heat on h…

Ashley Ward

Heat Policy Innovation Hub at Duke University

Rajiv Yeravdekar is Dean and Faculty of Health & Biomedical Sciences at Symbiosis International University (SIU). His core area of research is public health with special focus on health promotion.

Rajiv Yeravdekar

Symbiosis International University (SIU)

Workshop: Work

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Neha Rachel Abraham is the Lead for Advocacy & Partnerships at SEWA Cooperative Federation, working with cooperatives in Gujarat to advance women’s economic empowerment. She has a decade of experience in livelihoods, skilling, and nutrition programs, with a focus on gender, intersectionality,…

Neha Rachel Abraham

SEWA Cooperative Federation

Ruchi Agarwal is the Chief Executive Officer of National Insurance VimoSEWA Cooperative Ltd., an insurance cooperative focused on providing financial protection to self-employed women workers and their families. She has over 25 years of experience in corporate governance and leadership across ind…

Ruchi Agrawal

National Insurance VimoSEWA

Kartikeya Bhatotia is a Climate Fellow at the Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute at Harvard University, where he leads the research and programmatic activities of the Institute’s Climate Platform and the Salata South Asia cluster. His work focuses on climate finance for adaptati…

Kartikeya Bhatotia

Climate Fellow, Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute

Sharon Block is a Professor of Practice and the Executive Director of the Center for Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School. A leading expert on labour and employment policy, she has served in senior roles across the U.S. government, including as Acting Administrator of the Office of Info…

Sharon Block

Harvard Law School

Heenaben joined SEWA in 1994 as a field worker in Surendranagar district, where she was involved in managing the Child Care Centre and organizing the women’s Savings Groups. Following the 2001 earthquake, she led the Naya Ghar rehabilitation program. Her work has spanned several areas, incl…

Heenaben Dave

Self-Employed Women’s Association

Cathy Feingold is the Director of the AFL-CIO’s International Department and Deputy President of the International Trade Union Confederation, representing 200 million unionized workers globally. She has over 20 years of experience advocating for workers’ rights, trade policy, and gender equ…

Cathy Feingold

AFL-CIO

Andreas Flouris is a Professor of Physiology at the University of Thessaly, Greece, where he also chairs the graduate program “Military Fitness and Wellbeing.” He advises national and international organizations, including WHO and the European Union, on the health and productivity imp…

Andreas Flouris

University of Thessaly

James Frederick was the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health under the Biden Administration. He brings over 30 years of experience in worker safety and health, including 25 years with the United Steelworkers Union. His work at OSHA focuses on fostering worker inv…

James Frederick

Former US Department of Labor

Owen Gow is the Deputy Director for Extreme Heat Resilience at the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht–Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center. He leads heat-related initiatives, develops adaptation solutions, and manages the Heat Action Platform, a tool for city officials and practitioners to add…

Owen Gow

Atlantic Council

Sahil Hebbar is the Senior Coordinator at the Self-Employed Women’s Association and Co-Director of the Sahyog Center for Promoting Health. With 15 years of experience in healthcare consulting and hospital management, Hebbar has collaborated with healthcare providers and payers in the United…

Sahil Hebbar

Self-Employed Women’s Association

Srinivasan is a Senior Fellow at the New Political Economy Initiative (NPEI) at IIT Bombay. He is a former Senior Program Officer at the Ford Foundation in New Delhi, where his grantmaking focused on employment challenges, social protection policies, and livelihood models in key industrial and ag…

Srinivisan Iyer

IIT Bombay

Tarun Khanna is the Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor at Harvard, and the first director of the Lakshmi Mittal & Family South Asia Institute, Harvard’s university-wide endeavor straddling sciences, arts and the professions. Four books, Billions of Entrepreneurs (Harvard Business Press, 2008), Winn…

Tarun Khanna

Jorge Paulo Lemann Professor, Harvard Business School; Director, Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University

Anshul Khurana is the co-founder of Entitled. Entitled is a financial wellness platform based in Mumbai that partners with employers to provide low-income workers with financial and health benefits. Their offerings include salary advances, affordable healthcare plans, flexible savings products, a…

Anshul Khurana

Entitled.co.in

The Central Provident Fund Commissioner (CPFC) of the Employees Provident Fund Organization, Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India.

Ramesh Krishnamurthi

Ministry of Labour & Employment

Dharmendra Kumar is the President of the Amazon India Workers Association. The association advocates for the rights of Amazon warehouse workers in India, focusing on collectivization, labour rights, occupational health and safety, and worker education.

Dharmendra Kumar

Amazon India Workers Association

Neelesh Kumar Sah is the Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Government of India

Neelesh Kumar Sah

Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change

Jyoti Macwan is the Secretary-General of the Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA). With SEWA since 1992, she has played a key role in organizing women workers, particularly in the tobacco industry, in Kheda and Anand districts. She led efforts to mobilize 170,000 women across 600 villages, fo…

Jyoti Macwan

Self-Employed Women’s Association

Deepak Malghan is a chemical engineer and ecological economist specializing in thermodynamics and scale theory, which explores the relationship between the economy and its encompassing ecosystem. He has received notable awards including the 2015 VKRV Rao Prize in Social Sciences and the 2023 T N …

Deepak Malghan

IIM Bangalore

Manjunath is the Additional Labour Commissioner (Industrial Relations) for the Government of Karnataka. He specializes in industrial relations, labor law jurisprudence, informal labor and social security, corporate social responsibility, and laws addressing sexual harassment.

G. Manjunath

Government of Karnataka

Fahad Marzook is a Hazard Analyst at the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority, specializing in heat mitigation, lightning risk reduction, and early warning systems. He played a key role in developing Kerala’s State Heat Action Plan and State Lightning Action Plan and has extensive experienc…

Fahad Marzook

Kerala State Disaster Management Authority

Mary McBryde is Co-Founder and Chief Program Officer at Climate Resilience for All (CRA), a global climate adaptation NGO focusing on strengthening the health and livelihoods of women and other vulnerable communities from climate-driven extreme heat. Mary’s achievements include working with nonpr…

Mary McBryde

Climate Resilience for All

David Michaels is a professor at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health and a leading expert in occupational and environmental health. He served as the longest-tenured Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA, where he implemented landmark safety regulations and pr…

David Michaels

George Washington University

Sanchita Mitra is the National Coordinator at SEWA Bharat, a national federation of the Self Employed Women’s Association, based in New Delhi. With over two decades of experience in women’s empowerment and the informal economy, she focuses on organizing women into solidarity groups to secur…

Sanchita Mitra

SEWA Bharat

Jeeban brings over 18 years of diverse experience in inclusive finance, gender inclusion, climate finance, and microenterprise development. He currently serves as a Team Leader in the Technical Support Unit (TSU) at the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA), Government of India. Before th…

Jeeban Jyoti Mohanty

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

Reema Nanavaty joined the Self Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) in 1984 and became General Secretary in 1999. Today, she is SEWA’s Executive Director, overseeing organizing and development of the trade union’s 3.2 million members. She also serves on the World Bank’s Advisory Council on Gender …

Reema Nanavaty

Self-Employed Women’s Association

Rajesh D. Nayak is a fellow at the Center for Labor and a Just Economy at Harvard Law School, focusing on strategies to promote worker power in light of recent Supreme Court rulings affecting labor protections. He recently served as Assistant Secretary for Policy at the U.S. Department of Labor, …

Rajesh Nayak

Harvard Law School

Vandana Padmanabhan is a Research Scientist at NRDC India, focusing on the impacts of heat stress on communities and developing strategies for resilience. She previously worked at Community Design Agency, collaborating with architects and designers to create safe, well-engineered housing solution…

Vandana Padmanabhan

NRDC

Aruna Pandey is Head of Research, MEL, and Capacity Building at the Bharat Rural Livelihoods Foundation, an independent society set up by the Government of India under the Ministry of Rural Development to scale up civil society action in partnership with the central and state governments. She has…

Aruna Pandey

Bharat Rural Livelihoods Foundation

Vishal Pathak is a consultant at the All India Disaster Mitigation Institute. With over two decades of experience in disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, and humanitarian action, his roles include policy support, capacity building, training, pilot implementation, monitoring and eva…

Vishal Pathak

All India Disaster Mitigation Institute

Suma represents Population Services International where she led a flagship USAID-funded Urban Health Systems project, Samagra. She has close to two decades of work experience in public health, fostering partnerships, including private and public sector collaborations, for improving access and dem…

Suma Pathy

Population Services International

Rebecca Reindel is the Safety and Health Director at the AFL-CIO, where she advocates for improved workplace safety and health policies at federal, state, and international levels. She facilitates collaboration among stakeholders to address workplace hazards, testifies before policymakers, and br…

Rebecca Reindel

AFL-CIO

Shaik Salauddin is the elected National General Secretary, and a co-founder, of the Indian Federation of App-based Transport Workers, a trade union federation of ride-sharing and other gig transport workers. He is also the founder and current president of the Telangana Four Wheeler Drivers’ Assoc…

Shaik Salauddin

Telangana Gig and Platform Workers Union

Arpit Shah is an Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, specializing in urban studies and environmental policy. His interdisciplinary research explores the justice implications of urbanization and climate change in South Asia. Arpit’s recent st…

Arpit Shah

IIM Bangalore / Mittal Institute

Mansi Shah has been a Senior Technical Coordinator at SEWA for over 11 years, focusing on Rural Economic and Development. Currently, she serves as the Program Manager for the Future of Work activities at SEWA. Under the guidance of SEWA’s director, Reema Nanavaty, who is also a Commissioner on th…

Mansi Shah

The Self Employed Women’s Association

Shalini Sinha is a Home-based Work Sector Specialist and the Asia Strategic Lead for Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO). Her areas of expertise are informal workers and urban planning in Delhi, home-based workers in South Asia, and domestic workers in India. As the I…

Shalini Sinha

WIEGO

Richa Srivastava is an Assistant Professor at Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies, affiliated with GGSIP University Delhi. Specializing in labor laws, she guides courses and conducts research focused on labor welfare and the implementation of social security schemes within unorganized s…

Richa Srivastava

Vivekananda Institute

Aditi Surie researches digital labor platforms, worker well-being, and livelihoods in India. At IIHS, she leads the academic and policy research portfolio on technology and society. Since 2015, she has conducted sectoral studies on location-based and online labor platforms, examining working cond…

Aditi Surie

Indian Institute for Human Settlements

Nidhi Upadhyaya is the deputy director for global policy and finance at the Atlantic Council’s Adrienne Arsht–Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center, where she leads the adaptation finance and policy pillar and regional engagement in South Asia. Before joining Arsht-Rock in 2019, she worked at …

Nidhi Upadhyaya

Atlantic Council

Sunil Kumar Yadav currently serving as the Director of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs in Delhi. He brings expertise in urban development, housing, infrastructure planning, and policy implementation, with a focus on advancing government initiatives for sustainable urban growth. Dr. Yada…

Sunil Kumar Yadav

Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

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Husamuddin Ahmadzai is an adviser on chemicals and waste at UNDP and a partner at Mensa Milieu HB, specializing in environmental consultancy. With over 45 years of experience, he has worked on environmental protection policies, resource and energy efficiency, climate change mitigation, and Arctic…

Husamuddin Ahmadzai

Mensa Milieu

Ronita Bardhan is an Associate Professor of Sustainable Built Environment at the University of Cambridge, where she also serves as Director of Research and Deputy Head of the Department of Architecture. Her research focuses on data-driven approaches to decarbonizing the built environment, heat-he…

Ronita Bardhan

Cambridge University

Ms. Shabnam Bassi is the Deputy CEO & Secretary with the GRIHA Council and Director of Sustainable Buildings at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI). Prior to her current roles, she spent nearly five years with the United Nations Development Programme as Assistant Project Manager, focusi…

Shabnam Bassi

TERI University

Mihir R. Bhatt is a Director of the All India Disaster Mitigation Institute (AIDMI) which works at the intersection of humanitarian action, disaster risk reduction, and climate resilience.. Currently, he is working on creative ways to build the capacity of family farmers and female farmers for re…

Mihir Bhatt

All India Disaster Mitigation Institute

Jessica Brown is an internationally recognized expert and policymaker with 20 years of experience working at the nexus of climate change, development, and poverty reduction in the global South. She has led policy, finance, grantmaking, research, and consulting activities for foundations, NGOs and…

Jessica Brown

ClimateWorks Foundation

Claudio Cambon has been a photographer for 35 years, known for his extensive work in the Indian Subcontinent. He documented the dismantling of an American merchant ship in Chittagong, Bangladesh, a project published as the book “Shipbreak” by Edition Patrick Frey, Zurich, in September…

Claudio Cambon

Independent artist

Smita is the Founding Principal at Energe-se – a development research and policy advisory organisation focussed on sustainability solutions for the built environment at the intersection of thermal comfort, resource efficiency and climate resilience. She has over 20 years of diverse experien…

Smita Chandiwala

Energe-se

Rishika Das Roy currently serves as the Lead for Sectoral Strategy and Investments at the India Climate Collaborative. Previously, she was a Resilience and Urban Policy Expert at Oxford Policy Management, where she gained over eight years of experience in climate change policy, climate adaptation…

Rishika Das Roy

India Climate Collaborative

Ramit Debnath is a University Assistant Professor and inaugural Cambridge Zero Fellow at the University of Cambridge, where he leads the Cambridge Collective Intelligence & Design Group. He is also a visiting faculty associate at Caltech’s Humanities and Social Sciences division. His re…

Ramit Debnath

Cambridge University

Gerry George is a specialist in cooling and energy efficiency with over six years of experience in climate change and energy policy. At NRDC, he focuses on sustainable cooling solutions, energy-efficient appliances, and cold-chain systems in developing countries. Previously, he worked at the Alli…

Gerry George

NRDC

Akshima Ghate is the Director of RMI India, with extensive experience leading research, analysis, and partner engagement for both national and sub-national initiatives. She serves on the Expert Advisory Group of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways of the Government of India, advising on e…

Akshima Ghate

RMI India

Akash Goenka is an energy policy specialist focused on climate-friendly cooling and building efficiency. He is a Building & Urban Cooling Specialist at NRDC India and a Research Affiliate at Berkeley Lab. Previously, he was an Associate Fellow at the Alliance for an Energy Efficient Economy (…

Akash Goenka

NRDC

Jessica Hitt serves as the Associate Director of the Adaptation & Resilience program at ClimateWorks Foundation, where she focuses on mobilizing philanthropy to fund adaptation initiatives as well as growing ClimateWork’s adaptation strategy. With over 15 years of experience in climate adapta…

Jessica Hitt

ClimateWorks Foundation

Keshav Jha is a Senior Manager (Research & Advocacy) at ICLEI South Asia, where he works on low-carbon climate-resilient development. He is also currently preparing the Delhi State Action Plan on Climate Change (SAPCC) with the Department of Environment, Government of Delhi as per the guideli…

Keshav Jha

ICLEI South Asia

Nick Jones is Program Lead for Extreme Heat Resilience at the World Bank’s Global Unit for Disaster and Climate Risk Management. He has led or contributed to extreme heat resilience technical assistance engagements across more than 10 countries and is a co-author of the World Bank’s f…

Nick Jones

The World Bank

Ramiz is Urban Advisor at the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre based in The Hague, Netherlands. He is an urban sustainability and resilience-building practitioner with over eleven years’ experience working in more than 25 cities and their respective local governments across Asia. He supports…

Ramiz Khan

Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Centre

Radhika Khosla is an Associate Professor at the Smith School of Enterprise and Environment and the Research Director of the Oxford India Centre for Sustainable Development at the University of Oxford. She leads the Zero Carbon Energy Use program at Oxford’s ZERO Institute and is the Principal Inv…

Radhika Khosla

Oxford University

Prathijna Poonacha Kodira is a researcher and practitioner who works on climate change adaptation, focusing broadly on how social and environmental systems respond to impacts of climate change, especially in urban and peri-urban geographies. Specifically, her work looks at livelihood transitions,…

Prathijna Kodira

Indian Institute for Human Settlements

Rajashree Kotharkar is a Professor at the Department of Architecture and Planning at Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT) in Nagpur, India. Her research focuses on urban environmental issues such as the impact of urban morphology on heat stress and outdoor thermal comfort, and sus…

Rajashree Kotharkar

Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology

Nikhil Kulkarni is serving as Head of City Engagement and Implementation for South and West Asia region at C40 Cities. He supports C40’s engagements with cities, other partners and overall efforts for climate action implementation in the region. Nikhil has about 15 years of experience in th…

Nikhil Kulkarni

C40 Cities

Ramesh Kumar Pandey is the Inspector General of Forests at the Ministry of Forest, Environment, and Climate Change (MoEFCC).

Ramesh Kumar Pandey

Ministry of Forest, Environment, and Climate Change

Sekhar Kuriakose is the Chief Resilience Officer of Kerala, leading the Kerala State Climate Change Adaptation Mission and serving as Member Secretary of the Kerala State Disaster Management Authority. He has played a key role in building disaster management institutions in Kerala, including deve…

Sekhar Kurioakose and Team

Kerala State Disaster Management Authority

Sameer Kwatra leads NRDC’s India program to advance clean energy, clean transportation, public health, and locally effective climate solutions in the country. He has over twenty-five years of multi-sectoral professional experience working in India, the U.S., and globally. Prior to joining N…

Sameer Kwatra

Natural Resources Defense Council

Ashok B Lall is the Principal of Ashok B Lall Architects in New Delhi, India, and a noted figure in sustainable architecture. He has participated as a jury member in the Global Holcim Foundation Awards and has a strong focus on sustainable urban development, particularly in affordable housing. Hi…

Ashok B Lall

Ashok B Lall Architects

Prima Madan leads the cooling and energy efficiency work for the India program at NRDC, focusing on policies to reduce emissions from air conditioning, refrigeration, and fluorinated chemicals. Her work includes promoting energy-efficient air conditioners, passive cooling technologies, and buildi…

Prima Madan

Natural Resources Defense Council

Ritu Mathur is a Professor at TERI University and Director of the Energy and Resources Institute at TERI. Trained as an economist, her work primarily addresses policy and regulatory aspects related to the energy sector, focusing on the potentials and challenges of cleaner energy choices, energy s…

Ritu Mathur

TERI University

Dileep Mavalankar a Distinguished Professor of Public Health & Former Director Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar. He is also Senior Consultant, Global Unit for Disaster and Climate Risk Management (IDURM) of the World Bank (GFDRR). His research focuses on maternal health, health …

Dileep Mavalankar

The World Bank

Rahul Mehrotra is the founder of RMA Architects and a Professor of Urban Design and Planning at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. His Mumbai-based firm, established in 1990, has executed projects ranging from private residences to large-scale institutional and conservation efforts, including…

Rahul Mehrotra

Harvard Graduate School of Design

Siddharth Nadkarny is Associate Director in Urban Development at AtkinsRéalis based in London, UK.

Siddharth Nadkarny

AtkinsRéalis

Priya Narayanan is the Program Manager – Urban Forestry & Urban Development at WRI India, based in Bengaluru. She coordinates the Cities4Forests project, facilitating research, outreach, capacity building, and stakeholder engagement to support urban forest conservation and restoration. Previo…

Priya Narayanan

WRI India

Devika Panse is a climate and DRM analyst in the South Asia Resilience, Policy, and Finance Unit at the World Bank.

Devika Panse

The World Bank

Aditya Valiathan Pillai is a Visiting Fellow at the Sustainable Futures Collaborative and a doctoral researcher at King’s College London. His work focuses on climate adaptation policies, particularly addressing extreme heat in the global south, and exploring climate governance structures. He serv…

Aditya Pillai

Sustainable Futures Collaborative

Sanjay Prakash is a Principal Consultant at SHiFt: Studio for Habitat Futures based in New Delhi, India. Sanjay Prakas is an architect with a commitment to energy-conscious architecture, eco-friendly design, people’s participation in planning, music and production design. His area of practice and…

Sanjay Prakash

SHiFt

Amit Prothi is the Director General, Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI). Mr. Prothi brings a wealth of international experience and expertise on climate and disaster resilience issues. He is an international expert with nearly 25 years of progressive leadership in the fields …

Amit Prothi

Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure

Viktoria Pues is Senior Urban Development Consultant at AtkinsRéalis based in London, UK.

Viktoria Pues

AtkinsRéalis

Lubaina Rangwala is the Program Head of Urban Development and Resilience at WRI India, focusing on green infrastructure, nature-based solutions, and resilience in vulnerable Indian communities. She has led the development of the Urban Community Resilience Assessment at WRI, incorporating gender, …

Lubaina Rangwala

WRI India

Ibrahim Hafeezur Rehman is the Director of the School of Sustainability at NAMTECH, with over 34 years of experience in energy, environment, and sustainable development. Until April 2024, he led VITO’s South Asia and India operations and served as CEO of VITO Arabia LLC. Previously, as Senior Dir…

Ibrahim Rehman

NAMTECH

Rajan Rawal is a Professor at CEPT University and Senior Advisor at the Center for Advanced Research in Building Science and Energy (CARBSE). His work focuses on energy performance in buildings and cities, with expertise in passive design, net-zero energy buildings, and urban microclimates. He ha…

Rajan Rawal

CEPT University

Atul Rawatan is an Associate Professor at the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES). He has more than 16 years of experience in the energy research and consulting domain. His current areas of research are Energy Policy, Natural Gas, Sustainable Development, Energy Transition, and Clim…

Atul Rawatan

University of Petroleum and Energy Studies

Safi Ahsan Rizvi, currently serves as an advisor at the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in Delhi, India. In this role, he formulates policy recommendations on disaster risk reduction, focusing on mitigation and reconstruction strategies across various natural hazards. His prior expe…

Safi Ahsan Rizvi

National Disaster Management Authority

Bachir Sabo is a data scientist at the World Bank in Washington, DC.

Bachir Sabo

The World Bank

James E. Salzman is the Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Visiting Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and the Donald Bren Distinguished Professor of Environmental Law, with joint appointments at UCLA School of Law and the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at UC Santa Barbara. A leading …

James Salzman

Harvard Law School

Sakshi Sawhney is an Indian Administrative Officer in the Punjab cadre and serves as the Deputy Commissioner of Amritsar. She has played a pioneering role in heat action planning, including identifying heat islands and leading afforestation initiatives using remote sensing techniques. Her contrib…

Sakshi Sawhney

Government of Punjab

Mr. Sanjay Seth serves as the Senior Director of the Sustainable Infrastructure Programme at The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) and as the Chief Executive Officer of the GRIHA Council. Previously, he worked with the Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) under the Ministry of Power, Government …

Sanjay Seth

TERI University

Anupam Kumar Singh is a Professor of Sustainability at NAMTECH, with over 30 years of experience in academia and academic administration in India and abroad. Previously, he served as Dean Academics at Adani University, Principal of Adani Institute of Infrastructure Engineering, and held leadershi…

Anupam Kumar Singh

NAMTECH

Yoji Toriumi is Technology Specialist in Disaster Risk Management at the World Bank in Washington, DC. He received his Master’s degree in Urban Planning from the Harvard Graduate School of Design in 2023.

Yoji Toriumi

The World Bank

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Workshop: Climate Science of Heat and Water with its Implications on Agriculture

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Arti Ahuja

Jane Baldwin

David Battisti

Suruchi Bhadwal

Arti Bhatia

William Boos

Debal Deb

Kanchan Devi

Umendra Dutt

Harish Damodaran

Arunabha Ghosh

A.K. Gosain

Ajay Vir Jakhar

Peter John Huybers

Roxy Mathew Koll

Rupa Kumar Kolli

Sharath Kumar Pallerla

Naresh Kumar

Buddhi Marambe

Kaighin McColl

Purnima Menon

Vimal Mishra

Mrutyunjay Mohapatra

Aditi Mukherji

Rajalakshmi Nair

Victor Ongoma

Biraj Patnaik

Praveen Pankajakshan

L Prabhakar

Mathyam Prabhakar

J.V.N.S. Prasad

Jon Proctor

Daniel P. Schrag

Vinay Kumar Sehgal

Steve Sherwood

Sameer Shisodia

Harvir Singh

Jarnail Singh

Dipa Sinha

Vijay Kumar Soni

Akhil Srivastava

Gabriel Vecchi

Shri Amit Vyas

Lucas Vargas Zeppetello

Workshop: Health

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Jazeela A.

Gary Adamkiewicz

Aastha Arora

Satchit Balsari

Neil Singh Bedi

Caroline Buckee

Archita Chaudhary

Mirai Chatterjee

Vishwas Chitale

Harkesh Dabas

Purnamita Dasgupta

Caleb Dresser

Mangesh Gadhari

Raj Shankar Ghosh

Debarati Guha-Sapir

Emily Gurley

Yogesh Jain

Nishad Jayasundara

David S Jones

Madhav Joshi

Ritika Kapoor

Nitya Khemka

Uday Khemka