Vandana Padmanabhan
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 solutions for marginalized populations. Her work integrates spatial equity, engineering, and technology services to address systemic challenges such as gender inequality, climate vulnerability, and livelihood insecurity.
The Salata Institute
The Salata Institute supports interdisciplinary research that leads to real-world action, including high-risk/high-reward projects by researchers already working in the climate area and new endeavors that make it easier for Harvard scholars, who have not worked on climate problems, to do so. Faculty interested in the Climate Research Clusters program should note an upcoming deadline for concepts on April 1, 2024.