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
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Book Chapter
In The Paris Climate Agreement and Beyond: Linking Short-term Climate Actions to Long-term Goals
Remarks: The Paris Climate Agreement and Beyond: Linking Short-term Climate Actions to Long-term Goals http://pub.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=6075
Presentation
ANCST Workshop on Climate Change and Disaster Resilience
This presentation provides an overview on the what are non-economic loss and damages, what is their current status in policy discourse at the global and regional relevel, how to assess them and way forward in recognizing addressing them as an important means of achieving holistic adaptation and disaster risk reduction. This work is based on APN...
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Pan Pacific Adaptation on Climate Change Adaptation (PPACC) International Workshop. Hanoi, Vietnam.
Data or Tool
Methodology and Guidelines for Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment of Natural Resource-based Communities for Climate Change Adaptation
Adaptation to climate change has emerged as an important developmental concern for India. Adaptation finances are on the rise continuously, both from global and national sources. Therefore it is essential that the agencies engaged in the planning and execution of adaptation projects and programs have a set of tools made available for successful...
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Indicators for addressing the non-economic loss and damage
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Indicators for addressing the non-economic loss and damage in Bangladesh
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Indicators for addressing the non-economic loss and damage in Bangladesh
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Training and Feedback Workshop of NABARD Staff
This presentation was delivered to an internal orientation workshop with the NABARD staff on the vulnerability and capacity assessment methodology developed as a part of the NABARD-Adapt Asia collaboration overseen by AECOM and funded by USAID. The presentation provides an overview of current available methodologies on vulnerability and capacity...
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Workshop on Climate Science for Loss and Damage Projection
Non Peer-reviewed Article
In Asian Disaster Management News: Disaster Recovery: the governance, economics and social impacts
This article takls about the need to reconsider the design of risk insurance approaches to address the non-economic loss and damage.
Results 1 to 4 of 4 (Sorted by date)
Project
Updated: March 2025
Environment Research and Technology Development Fund 1CN-2206 (FY2022-2024) - Research on the national long-term roadmap to synergise mitigation and adaptation towards a net zero and resilient ASEAN
Towards the establishment of a net-zero and resilient ASEAN Community as indicated by the ASEAN Climate Vision 2050, IGES is conducting a study on the formulation of a long-term roadmap to promote integrated transition of mitigation and adaptation in...
Project
Updated: July 2026
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: July 2026
Ensuring Security in Japan and the Indo-Pacific under Climate Change: A Focus on the Linkages with Economic Security
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.