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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
James H. Stock is Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability, Harvard University; the Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Faculty of Arts and Sciences; and a member of the faculty at the Harvard Kennedy School. His current research includes energy and environmental economics…
James H. Stock
Director; Vice Provost for Climate and Sustainability; Harold Hitchings Burbank Professor of Political Economy, Faculty of Arts and Sciences
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
