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 31 to 40 of 326 (Sorted by date)
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Regional Workshop on Climate Vulnerability Monitor: Focus on East Asia
East Asia has unique regional demographic and socioeconomic characteristics that put the adaptation in the region with more public good benefits. The findings of the Climate Vulnerability Monitor 3 should be read from the perspective of the region's unique characteristics. The findings affect the region by bringing trends that the region has not...
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Issue Brief
The economic disruptions from the Ukraine war have intensified short term concerns about energy and food security, as well as access to critical minerals. Climate security is also increasingly urgent. This paper urges governments to speed up, not slow down, transitions away from fossil fuels and toward more sustainable development patterns. The war...
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Consultative Conference on 'Development of multi-hazard risk and loss and damage framework of HKH’,
The Hindu Kush Himalayan region is one of the highly significant mountainous regions that play a crucial role beyond its boundaries in terms of people's well-being by providing a range of ecosystem services. The HKH region is facing severe climate change impacts and adaptation in the region needs to take an approach that considers the multi-hazard...
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JSPS-ICSSR Seminar on Understanding and Addressing Systemic Risks Behind the Socio-economic Impacts of COVID-19 in Japan and India: Developing a Roadmap for a Resilient and Sustainable Future
This presentation dwells on reasons why COVID-19 should be considered a transboundary risk and what it means for risk management in Asia. Transboundary risks are risks that emanate from outside the boundaries of a country or region. Countries have always faced transboundary risks. Wars for example are a typical example of a transboundary risk as...
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JSPS-ICSSR Seminar 2022: Understanding and Addressing Systemic Risks Behind the Socio-economic Impacts of COVID-19 in Japan and India: Developing a Roadmap for a Resilient and Sustainable Future
This presentation introduces how COVID-19 has evolved into a systemic risk that sets the background for the seminar.
Peer-reviewed Article
In Climate
Regional droughts are increasing in frequency and climate change projections indicate an exacerbation in the occurrence of regional droughts in the future. Droughts are complex hydrometeorological events, and the complexity of cause-and-effect relationships across administrative and political borders can make drought management a challenge. While...
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The SDG2 on Zero Hunger by 2030 aims at achieving the complete eradication of hunger in all its forms. The SDG2 in specific focuses on vulnerable populations such as women (pregnant and lactating), adolescent girls, children (especially those below 5 years old), and old persons. The goal includes 5 targets and 3 means of achieving the goal targets...
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Class lecture for the students of environmnetal studies
Over the years, climate change adaptation has evolved to cover a range of issues providing long-term solutions to even the chronic developmental issues that couldn't be addressed with traditional solutions. The discourse on climate change adaptation has broadened the understanding of risk and risk management among stakeholders that contributed to...
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TA 9993-THA: Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture for Enhanced Recovery and Sustainability of Highlands
This presentation systematically describes various steps to be followed for developing a community-based adaptation plan to address the climate change vulnerabilities identified by the project team.
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TA 9993-THA: Climate Change Adaptation in Agriculture for Enhanced Recovery and Sustainability of Highlands
Highland agriculture is fraught with several challenges that are related to tough agroclimatic conditions, poor agricultural institutions and socio-economic conditions. Overlaid with these challenges is the rapid climate change that is projected in the highlands as the world highlands will experience more rapid warming than the rest of the world...
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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
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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.