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 rapid global changes (population growth, climate change, and 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 for two years in ISTAR, Gujarat, India. He holds doctoral degree majored in Geo-Environmental Science from University of Tsukuba, Japan. 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. Also, currently he is working as scoping expert for nexus assessment of the interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food and health in the context of climate change under Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) secretariat. He has numerous research publications including one authored book, several peer reviewed journal articles, book chapters of international repute, and a monograph to his credit.
