Dr. Pankaj Kumar joined IGES since April 2018 as senior policy researcher in the field of water resources and climate change adaptation. Prior to this, he worked as JSPS/UNU-IAS postdoctoral fellow in United Nations University, Institute for Advanced Study of Sustainability (UNU-IAS), Tokyo; for more than three years. Recently his research work focused on ‘Water quality assessments and scenario modeling for clean urban water environment in South-East Asian developing cities’ a transdisciplinary work; which aim to enhance community resilience to address growing water demands under global change and rapid urbanization, with ultimate intention to give a solution for sustainable water resource management at policy level. Right after completing his doctoral research, he also worked as assistant professor in ISTAR, Gujarat, India. He holds doctoral degree majored in Geo-Environmental Science from University of Tsukuba, Japan. He has received quality research exposure in the field of water resources from reputed academic institute at both national and international level. In parallel, he had work experience as Chapter Scientist for the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). He was mainly associated with the IPCC’s Working Group-II report that focuses on “Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability” which was released in December 2014. He has numerous research publications including several peer reviewed journal articles, book chapters of international repute, national and international conferences and a monograph to his credit.
