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 Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability
Warming trends and increasing temperature extremes have been observed across most of the Asian region over the past century (high confidence). Water scarcity is expected to be a major challenge for most of the region as a result of increased water demand and lack of good management (medium confidence). The impacts of climate change on food...
Keywords:
Conference Proceeding
8th International Conference on Community Adaptation to Climate Change, 24-30 April 2014, Kathmandu, Nepal
The poster presents the study on adaptation effectiveness indicators both in top-down and bottom up processes in a concise manner. For more details on this work, please refer to these reports: Report on top-down indicators: http://pub.iges.or.jp/modules/envirolib/view.php?docid=4550 Report on bottom-up indicators and adaptation decision making...
Presentation
8th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation, Kathmandu, Nepal, 24-30 April 2014
Adaptation effectiveness indicators could vary by location, hazard under question, practices and stakeholders engaged. However, it is possible to identify a broad range of indicators that could be relevant to a range of conditions. A simplified AHP could be useful for prioritizing adaptation interventions at community level that could effectively...
Presentation
8th International Conference on Community Based Adaptation, Kathmandu, Nepal, 24-30 April 2014
The presentation described the research on the monitoring and evaluation of adaptation in the Indo-Gangetic Basin. This involved consultation meetings with stakeholders at national and regional levels. These were used to develop a questionnaire that was implemented with local communities. Once indicators had been identified, a local adaptation...
Research Report
The Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN) was established in 2009 in response to the growing need for collaboration among different stakeholders engaged in climate change adaptation and related areas to build resilience of vulnerable human, ecosystems and economies to climate change. The network envisages achieving this through sharing knowledge...
Research Report
There is a lack of holistic frameworks to help climate change adaptation practitioners identify and implement CCA (climate change adaptation) actions. Keeping this in view, several frameworks for CCA decision making have evolved in recent years. Though these frameworks are still at nascent stages and are yet to be field tested, studies of these...
Working Paper
IGES Working Paper
Climate change will have significant impact on rural livelihoods and poverty undermining the developmental gains made by countries in Asia, as is evident from the literature reviewed. The review suggests that these impacts will vary widely from region to region and communities within a region and country depending on the existing vulnerability and...
Commissioned Report
This publication provides all the finalized training modules for agriculture officers in the countries of Bangladesh, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Mongolia and Nepal which are resultant of various stakeholders coming together under APAN led initiative and funded by APAN and APN for the last several years. Full reports supporting these modules are also...
Presentation
Climate Change Symposium: Latest Scientific Knowledge on Climate Change and Actions on Climate Change Impacts in Japan
This presentation presents the major findings from literature reviewed on climate change impacts on agriculture liveilhoods and suggested adaptation measures. The presentation is subsequently elaborated into a working paper that can be obtained from the author.
Research Report
アジア太平洋地域適応ネットワーク（APAN）は、気候変動に対する人間や生態系システム、経済のレジリエンス確保を目的とし、気候変動適応と関連分野のステークホルダー間の協調へのニーズに応える形で、2009年に設立された。本ネットワークは、気候変動適応に関する知見や情報をステークホルダー間で共有することにより上記の目標を達成し、適応を国家および準国家レベルで達成するため、発展途上国の資金メカニズムへのアクセスに加え、適応に関する計画立案と能力構築を促進することを目的としている。近年、国際および国家レベルにて、気候変動による損失と被害(ロスアンドダメージ：L&D)に関する重要性が高まったことを受け、本調査を通じて、各ステークホルダーにおける諸課題や認識を整理することとなった。このため、本調査ではL...
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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: October 2025
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: June 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.