Principal Policy Researcher
Professional Experience:
> Obtained funding from/managed/participated in research projects funded by: Suishinhi, Kakehnhi, ADB, APN, APAN and IFAD
>Worked in the following positions: Senior Policy Researcher, IGES, Japan (2010 onwards), Policy Researcher, IGES, Japan (2007-2010), JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Kyoto University, Japan (2005-2007), Visiting scholar, National Drought Mitigation Center (NDMC) at University of Nebraska–Lincoln (March 2007), Drought Specialist and Program Associate-DRM, United Nations Development Program-GoI DRM Program, New Delhi, India (2004-2005), Research Fellow, Rice-Wheat Consortium for the Indo-Gangetic Plains of International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), New Delhi, India (2001-2003), Research Fellow, Indian Agricultural Research Institute, IARI, New Delhi, India (2001), Research Fellow, International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India (1996).
Research Topics & Areas of Expertise
Currently engaged in the following research areas:
Measuring effectiveness of adaptation actions, Adaptation decision making frameworks, Scaling up risk insurance, Loss and damage associated with climate change, Equity and fairness in community based adaptation, Adaptive policies, Training needs assessment for climate change adaptation and Displacement and migration.
Education
Education:
1. PhD from Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi, India, 2001
2. PGD in Planning and Management, University of Hyderabad, India, 2004
3. MS (Ag) from Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University, India, 1996
4. BSc (Ag) from Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University, India, 1994
Results 291 to 300 of 326 (Sorted by date)
Presentation
S6 study meeting, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tamachi Campus
Agriculture is one of the important GHG gas contributor globally in general and in non-Annex I countries in specific. There exist several mitigation options in agriculture targeting methane and nitrous oxide emissions. However, farmers often favor those technologies that provide maximum returns per investment (high benefit:cost ratio, BCR) rather...
Presentation
![アジアと気候変動 [Asia and Climate Change]](/sites/default/files/documents/covers/2655.jpg "アジアと気候変動 [Asia and Climate Change]")
Ministery of Environment, Government of Japan, Tokyo, Japan
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Presentation
Nagoya University Global Environmental Leaders Program (NUGELP) Lecture Series on Climate Change Policies
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Presentation
JICA Training Course on Adaptation for Climate Change, Ichigaya, Tokyo, Japan. 7th October 2009
This presentation delivered at "JICA Training Course on Adaptation for Climate Change, Ichigaya, Tokyo, Japan. 7th October 2009" outlines the need why developing countries need to adapt to climate change, need for identification of good practices, categories of good practices, different approaches to identify good practices, importance of community...
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Paper presented at IGES-TERI Asia Pacific Policy Dialog on Post 2012, 22-23 October, New Delhi, India
Mainstreaming adaptation into development can offer several advantages such as reducing costs, building consensus, and generating ownership leading to better adaptation outcomes. Current level of mainstreaming adaptation into development is at a very nascent stage and doesn't exploit the full potential of mainstreaming. Considering mainstreaming as...
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Inception Workshop on Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change in Agriculture and Water Sectors 10-11 August 2009, Ballroom 2, Corus Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
The presentation outlines the current climate change impacts on agriculture and water sectors in the Asia Pacific region, assesses the vulnerabilities, and provides an update of what is happening in terms of response to the current and projected impacts including adaptation. Drawing from the analysis of current approaches, the presentation provides...
Presentation
Inception Workshop on Mainstreaming Adaptation to Climate Change in Agriculture and Water Sectors 10-11 August 2009, Ballroom 2, Corus Hotel, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Commissioned Report
Final report to the World Bank Contract No 7145543
Adaptation metrics may be defined as quantitative, semi-quantitative or qualitative measures for monitoring the effectiveness of adaptation actions. Research on adaptation metrics has been very limited, despite an urgent need from diverse stakeholders ranging from governments to donor agencies to implementing organizations. Adaptation metrics are...
Policy Report
Case Audy of Ryutaro Hashimoto APFED Award for Good Practices
The shifting course of rivers has been known to be the root cause for many socio-economic issues in most parts of Bangladesh. The Disappearing Lands project, conceived and implemented by the Practical Action Bangladesh and its local collaborating non-governmental organizations, is a good example of how small ideas can change rural lives and...
Issue Brief
IGES Briefing Notes on the Post-2012 Climate Regime
This Briefing Notes suggests that adaptation costs are going to be huge in Asia as elsewhere. Hence, a mix of pubic and private funding is to be promoted in the future climate regime. The negotiations should aim at achieving additional and sustainable finances for adaptation with developing countries having larger stakes in its management and...
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Project
Updated: September 2024
The ASEAN Climate Change Strategic Action Plan 2025-2030 Project
The ASEAN Climate Change Strategic Action Plan (ACCSAP) 2025-2030 serves as the roadmap for addressing climate change in ASEAN up to 2030. IGES contributed to the development of the “ASEAN State of Climate Change Report (ASCCR)” in 2021, the first...
Project
Updated: December 2024
IGES and Climate Security: Asia-Pacific Climate Security Project
The climate security featured page will share research findings and related information on climate security. We are exploring various topics, including international trends analysis, energy security, food security, climate-induced human mobility, cl
Project
Updated: August 2023
IGES Inputs to Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development (APFSD)
APFSD is an annual meeting convened by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) aimed at strengthening the region’s readiness for the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.