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Curriculum Vitae PURNAMITA DASGUPTA PERMANENT AFFILIATION AND ADDRESS Chair Professor in Environmental Economics & Head, Environmental & Resource Economics Unit, Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), University of Delhi Enclave, Delhi 110007, India E-mail : [email protected] [email protected] RESEARCH INTEREST AND SPECIALIZATION Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (Primary specialization), Health Economics, Rural and Development Economics, Research Methods (Total work / research experience: 25 years+) EDUCATION PhD: “Economic Issues Relating to Water Contamination and Waste Disposal: A Case Analysis of Urban Development in Delhi,” Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. M. Phil: “Energy Demand Projections and Emissions of Air Pollutants: A Sectoral Analysis for India,” Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India. Post-Graduation: Masters Degree in Economics, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi Graduation: Bachelors Degree in Economics, Presidency College, University of Calcutta PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES Grants and Fellowships Featured on International Women’s Day, in “The role of women in Climate Science”, published by The Third Pole, 8 th March, 2018. Link: https://www.thethirdpole.net/2018/03/08/the-role-of-women-in- climate-science/ Featured on International Women’s Day 2016 by the Global Water Partnership,(http://www.gwp.org/en/gwp-south-asia/GWP-SAS-IN- ACTION/News-and-Activities/International-Womens-Day-2016/#) Visiting Professor, Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University, USA, 2010-2011 L.M. Singhvi Fellowship and Visiting Professor at the Centre of South Asian Studies, University of Cambridge, UK 2007 1

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Curriculum Vitae

PURNAMITA DASGUPTA

PERMANENT AFFILIATION AND ADDRESS

Chair Professor in Environmental Economics & Head,Environmental & Resource Economics Unit, Institute of Economic Growth (IEG), University of Delhi Enclave,Delhi 110007, India

E-mail : [email protected] [email protected]

RESEARCH INTEREST AND SPECIALIZATION

Environmental and Natural Resource Economics (Primary specialization),Health Economics, Rural and Development Economics, Research Methods(Total work / research experience: 25 years+)

EDUCATION

PhD: “Economic Issues Relating to Water Contamination and WasteDisposal: A Case Analysis of Urban Development in Delhi,” Centre forEconomic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi,India.

M. Phil: “Energy Demand Projections and Emissions of Air Pollutants: ASectoral Analysis for India,” Centre for Economic Studies and Planning,Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India.

Post-Graduation: Masters Degree in Economics, Delhi School of Economics,University of Delhi

Graduation: Bachelors Degree in Economics, Presidency College, Universityof Calcutta

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Grants and Fellowships

Featured on International Women’s Day, in “The role of women in Climate Science”, published by The Third Pole, 8 th March, 2018. Link: https://www.thethirdpole.net/2018/03/08/the-role-of-women-in-climate-science/

Featured on International Women’s Day 2016 by the Global WaterPartnership,(http://www.gwp.org/en/gwp-south-asia/GWP-SAS-IN-ACTION/News-and-Activities/International-Womens-Day-2016/#)

Visiting Professor, Carey Business School, Johns Hopkins University, USA,2010-2011

L.M. Singhvi Fellowship and Visiting Professor at the Centre of SouthAsian Studies, University of Cambridge, UK 2007

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Visiting Fellow, Department of Business Management, University ofCalcutta, March 2013

Visiting Fellow, Centre on Economics of Globalization and SustainableDevelopment, Department of Economics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata,2009-10

National Scholarship (Masters Degree in Economics).

Select Recent Assignments / Research Projects : PI: Study on Forests and other Protected Ecosystems in India: Implications

for Balanced and Sustainable Development. The Nature Conservancy, USA. Lead PI: From traditional fuels to LPG & LED use: Policy instruments for a

sustainable transition of household cooking & lighting habits in IndiaICSSR- University of Lausanne, Switzerland, Scholars Exchange Grantunder Indo-Swiss Joint Research Programme

Co-PI: Developing socio-Economic Scenarios for India in the context ofClimate Change, NATCOM, MOEFCC, Government of India

Co-PI: Risks, Returns And Resilience: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach toClimate Change And Agriculture, ICSSR

Co-PI: Resource Sharing between Centre and States and Allocation acrossStates, Fifteenth Finance Commission, GoI

Co-Director: Risk and Vulnerability Analysis of Rural Farm Households inDrought prone and Coastal Areas of India, Indian Council for Social ScienceResearch (ICSSR)

Lead Author, Sustainable Development, Poverty Eradication and ReducingInequalities, Special Report on 1.5 Degree Global Warming,Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

Co-ordinating Lead Author, “Growth, Human Development and PlanetaryWelfare,” International Panel on Social Progress, Princeton University andFondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris, France. (http://www.ip-socialprogress.org/people/authors)

Lead Author, Mountain Poverty, Vulnerability and Livelihoods, for theHindu Kush Himalayan Monitoring and Assessment Programme (HIMAP),ICIMOD

Co-ordinating Lead Author, Chapter 9 “Rural Areas”, TheIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, IPCC AR5.

Member Core Writing Team, Synthesis Report: Climate Change 2014 andAuthor, Summary for Policy Makers (Working Group II), IPCC AR5

Lead PI: Modelling Study on Green House Gas Emissions & EmissionIntensity of Indian Economy, Ministry of Environment, Forests and ClimateChange (MoEF& CC), GOI, 2014-15

PI: Evaluating Impacts of climate change on health: An exploratory study,IDRC, 2014

PI: Cost Disabilities for Hill States in India, Fourteenth Finance Commissionof India, 2014

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Author, Economic Growth and Development in the context of ClimateChange: An analysis of macro-economic models for India, backgroundpaper, the New Climate Economy initiative, 2014.

Author, Forest ecosystem services and their valuation: Implications forREDD+ in India, Chapter for Resource book on REDD+ in India , Forest-Plus (ongoing)

Author, Municipal Solid Waste: Data Aspects, Generation and ProjectedEmissions, report for Adelphi (inputs for developing Nationally AppropriateMitigation Action for waste sector in India)

Co-PI, Developing socio-economic scenarios in the context of ClimateChange, for India’s National Communication to the UNFCCC, MoEF&CC,2008 - 2011

Select Honorary / Advisory Positions International Specialist Advisor, CIRCLE fellowship, Association of

Commonwealth Universities, University of Greenwich, UK. (2015-2018) Member, Science and Policy Committee, Collaborative Adaptation Research

Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA) Member, Technical Committee, IPCC Scholarships Programme, 2015. Member, Advisory Board, DST Centre for Policy Research, India (2014

onwards) Member, Expert Committee to evolve Environmental Standards, Ministry of

Environment and Forests, Government of India, 2013 Member, Policy Research Committee, ICFRE, Ministry of Environment and

Forests (MoEF), GOI (multiple years). Member, Scientific Steering Group on “Economic Valuation, Costing and

Ethics,” Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), 2012 Member of the Expert Committee on E-Waste Regulation, set up by the

Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, 2009-10 Member of the Working Group to draft Regulation of E-waste Management,

Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India, 2009-10 Member of the Working Group on Security Implications of Climate Change,

Institute for Defence Studies Analysis, New Delhi, 2008-2009. Member Secretary of the Expert Committee on “NPV to be charged on forest

lands diverted for non-forestry purposes,” constituted by the Institute ofEconomic Growth, Delhi, in pursuance of Supreme Court of India directive,2006

Member: Editorial Board, Climatic Change, Springer and Climate RiskManagement, Elsevier.

Member, Climate Change and Health Review Committee, Wellcome Trust,2019

Member, Research Advisory Committee, CEEW

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Member, Working Group on Mitigation Instruments, CEEW and EDF.

Member (Several IEG committees): Purchase Committee, DepartmentalPromotion Committee, Recruitment Rules, Leave Rules, Reservation RosterSignatory, Academic Committee, and various other administrativecommittees for the Library, Staff Welfare, Publication, Dissemination andWebsite.

PUBLICATIONS (SELECTED)Book: Author: Purnamita DasguptaTitle: Climate Sensitive Adaptation in Health: Imperatives for India in aDeveloping Economy Context Publisher: Springer, 2016

Contributions to Edited Volumes: Dasgupta, P. (Lead Author), 2018. Sustainable Development, Poverty

Eradication and Reducing Inequalities, in In: Global Warming of 1.5°C. An IPCC Special Report on the impacts of global warming of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, IPCC, WMO, Geneva.

Dasgupta, Purnamita (2018). Climatic Change Impacts on Foodgrain Production in India. In Vikram Dayal, Anantha Duraiappah and Nandan Nawn Eds. Ecology, Economy and Society. pp 63 - 82. Singapore: Springer.

Purnamita Dasgupta, Ottmar Edenhofer, et al 2018. “Growth, Human Development and Planetary Welfare” in “Rethinking Societies for the 21st Century", Report of the International Panel on Social Progress, Cambridge University Press.

Gioli, G., Thapa, G., Khan, F. , Dasgupta, P. et al. 2018 “Poverty and Vulnerability in Mountain Livelihoods,” in HIMAP Comprehensive Assessment of the Hindu Kush Himalayas, Springer Nature.

Purnamita Dasgupta, 2017. “Valuing Forest Ecosystem Services” in Managing India's Forests in a Changing Climate: Emerging Concepts and their Operationalization, USAID,

Purnamita Dasgupta, Kanchan Chopra. “Economic systems and ecosystems: Interlinkages, co-evolution or disparate movement?” in Ecosystem Functionsand Management: Theory and Practise (ed) H. Sandhu, Springer, 2017.

Purnamita Dasgupta, Rizwanur Rehman, et al. “Mapping Gains and Losses from the Mayur Ecosystem,” in Water Security in Peri-Urban South Asia, (eds) V. Narain, A. Prakash, OUP, 2016.

Purnamita Dasgupta (77-78) Contributions to the Report on the Structured Expert Dialogue on the 2013-2015 - Review: Report of the Subsidiary Body

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for scientific and Technological Advice, Framework Convention on Climate Change. Bonn: United Nations. 2015. (http://unfccc.int/resource/docs/2015/sb/eng/inf01.pdf )

PurnamitaDasgupta and John Morton, “Rural Areas”, in Climate Change2014: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability, (eds) Field, C.B., V.R. Barrros,et. al. Cambridge University Press, 2014. ISBN-13: 978-1107641655ISBN-10: 1107641659

PurnamitaDasgupta, Drafting Author, “Summary for Policy Makers, ClimateChange 2014: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability,” IntergovernmentalPanel on Climate Change, WMO – UNEP, Geneva, 2014.

PurnamitaDasgupta, Core Writing Team Member, Sections on “Benefits andco-benefits, tradeoffs and spillover effects” (Section 3.2.6) and “Interactionsbetween adaptation, mitigation and sustainable development” (Section 4.5),Synthesis Report, AR5, IPCC, UNEP-WMO, 2014.

PurnamitaDasgupta and Shikha Gupta, “Measuring Environmental Sustainability with Macroeconomic Data for India,” in Essays in Honour of V. K. R. V. Rao, (ed.) B. N. Goldar, P.B. Nayak and P. Agarwal, Sage Publications, 2010.

PurnamitaDasgupta “Valuation of Ecosystem Services: Methodologies,Illustrations and Use” in Handbook of Environmental Economics in India,(ed) K. Chopra and V. Dayal, Oxford University Press, 2009.

PurnamitaDasgupta, “Economics and Climate Change: Some Relevant Aspects for Human Security in India” in Security Challenges and Implications of Climate Change for India, Academic Foundation, 2009.

PurnamitaDasgupta,“Conservation and Poverty Alleviation: Some recentevidence from Himachal Pradesh on the implications of interventions forrural women” in Gender Issues in Development, Concerns for the 21stcentury (ed) Das and Khawas, Rawat Publications, 2009. ISBN: 81-316-0191-9

PurnamitaDasgupta, “Hope and Despair: The Criticality of Data on Climate Change,” Proceedings of National Seminar on Climate Change: Data Requirement and Availability, Editors; Sunil Nautiyal and Bibhu Prasad Nayak, Published by Central Statistical Organisation, Delhi, 2009.

Indrani Gupta and PurnamitaDasgupta, “Demand for Curative Health Care inRural India: Choosing between Private, Public and No Care” in A. Shariffand M. Krishnaraj (ed.) “State, Market and Inequalities: HumanDevelopment in Rural India,” Orient Longman, 2007.

PurnamitaDasgupta, “Household Water Services in Incomplete Markets:Managing Water Stress for the Urban Poor” in Managing Water Resources(eds) Ratna Reddy and S. MahendraDev, Oxford University Press, 2006.

PurnamitaDasgupta, Rajnish Kumar, Arup Mitra “Urban Poverty and Slums:Access to Basic Amenities,” in R. Sharma (ed) Urban Poverty: Anintroduction, ICFAI University Press, 2006.

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Barah, B.C., Dasgupta, P. et. al “Urban Water Supply and Sanitation,” in U.Sankar and O.P. Mathur (ed.), Economic Instruments for EnvironmentSustainability, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, Delhi andMadras School of Economics, Chennai, 1998.

Journals: Dasgupta, Purnamita (2018). Economic Growth, Social Progress and

Planetary Welfare. Focus. The Newsletter. No. 81, Autumn 2018. https://iias.asia/sites/default/files/IIAS_NL81_3435.pdf

Dasgupta P. and Goldar, B. (2017) Costing for Elevation in DevelopmentExpenditure: Illustrative Evidence from India, Journal of Quantitative Economics, doi:10.1007/s40953-017-0103-6.

Dasgupta P, Ebi K, Sachdeva I (2016) Health Sector Preparedness for Adaptation Planning in India. Climatic Change, 2016. (DOI:10.1007/s10584-016-1745-7)

Dasgupta P (2015a) Economic Development and the Costs of Climate Change , Yojana. Planning Commission, Government of India. December.

Venkatesh Dutta, PurnamitaDasgupta, Nathan Hultman&GayatriGadag (2015): Evaluating expert opinion on India's climate policy: opportunitiesand barriers to low-carbon inclusive growth, Climate and Development, DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2015.1067181, July 2015 . Taylor & Francis. Journal 2014 Impact Factor: 1.379; ISSN 1756-5529 (Print), 1756-5537 (Online)

Nwachukwu, I.N., 1 Shisanya, C.A., Dasgupta, P and Mbanasor, J.A(2015) Socioeconomic response patterns of farmers to climate change in Africa: Lessons from South East Nigeria, Nigeria Agricultural Journal,46(1), 147-154.

PurnamitaDasgupta and RajibDasguptaImmunisation Coverage in India:An urban conundrum”. Economic and Political Weekly, Vol - L No. 21, May 23, 2015. ISSN (Online) – 23498846.http://www.epw.in/commentary/immunisation-coverage-india.html

RajibDasgupta, PurnamitaDasgupta, Ankush Agarwal Decline in Immunization Coverage Across Well-performing Districts in India" Indian Journal of Paediatrics, September 2014, Volume 81, Issue 9, pp 847-849. ISSN: 0019-5456 (Print) 0973-7693 (Online). 2014 Impact Factor 0.867http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12098-014-1426-3

PurnamitaDasgupta (2013) Land Access and Food Security for ForestDwellers: An Economic Analysis for India” Problems of SustainableDevelopment, European Academy of Sciences and Arts, vol8, no.2,2013. http://ekorozwoj.pol.lublin.pl/n16.htm. ISSN: 1895-6912; ImpactFactor 1.98

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PurnamitaDasgupta, AnjuKumari and Disha Bhattacharya (2013) “Socio-Economic Analysis of Climate Change Impacts on Foodgrain Productionin Indian States,” Environmental Development, Elsevier, vol 8, 2013.http://authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S2211464513000900. ISSN: 2211-4645.Impact (SNIP): 1.643

PurnamitaDasgupta, NishaTaneja “Low Carbon Growth: An Indianperspective on Sustainability and Technology Transfer,” Problems ofSustainable Development, European Academy of Sciences and Arts, vol1, 2011. ISSN: 1895-6912; Impact Factor 1.98.http://ekorozwoj.pol.lublin.pl/n11.htm

PurnamitaDasgupta"Data concerns: Evolving socio economic markersfor climate change," Climate Change and Human Development, AsiaPacific Human Development Network, UNDP, 2011(http://hdru.aprc.undp.org/ext/HDRU/consolidate_climate.php).

“NishaTaneja and PurnamitaDasguptaTrade, Technology Transfer andClimate Change, Economic and Political Weekly, Vol - XLV No. 03,January 16, 2010. ISSN (Online) - 2349-8846.http://www.epw.in/commentary/trade-technology-transfer-and-climate-change.html

JayantaBandyopadhyay, Kanchan Chopra, Nilanjan Ghosh, andPurnamitaDasgupta, A Nobel for the Commons: A Tribute toElinorOstrom, Economic and Political Weekly, VolXLIV No. 45, Nov.7, 2009. ISSN (Online) - 2349-8846.http://www.epw.in/commentary/nobel-commons-tribute-elinor-ostrom.html

Chopra, Kanchan and Dasgupta, Purnamita (2008) Model for assessingeconomic and ecosystem services contribution of forests, InternationalForestry Review, December 2008. ISSN 1465-5489, Online ISSN: 2053-7778. Impact factor 1.733.http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cfa/ifr

Kanchan Chopra, PurnamitaDasgupta The Nature of HouseholdDependence on Common Pool Resources: An Econometric Study forIndia, Economic and Political Weekly,Vol - XLIII No. 08, February 23,2008.http://www.epw.in/special-articles/nature-household-dependence-common-pool-resources-empirical-study.html

PurnamitaDasgupta and B. B. Bhattacharyya “Measuring GenuineInvestment: A Concept Paper for India,” Journal of Income and Wealth,2006. Print ISSN: 0974-0309Online ISSN: 0974-0295

PurnamitaDasgupta and B.N. Goldar, Female Labour Supply in RuralIndia: An econometric analysis.” Indian Journal of Labour Economics,vol. 49, No. 2, 2006 . ISSN: 0971-7927 (print version), ISSN: 0019-5308(electronic version)

PurnamitaDasgupta“Valuing Health Damages from Water Pollution inUrban Delhi, India: A Health Production Function Approach,”

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Environment and Development Economics, Cambridge University Press,Vol 9 (1), 2004.

PurnamitaDasgupta, RajibDasgupta“Economic value of safe water forthe infrastructurally disadvantaged urban household: A case study inDelhi, India,” Water Resources Research, AGU, November, Vol 40 (11),2004

Indrani Gupta, PurnamitaDasgupta, et al. “Health of the Elderly in India:Some Aspects of Vulnerability” BOLD, Quarterly Journal of theInternational Institute on Ageing, United Nations - Malta, Vol 11, no.3.(May), 2001

Indrani Gupta, PurnamitaDasgupta“Health Seeking Behaviour in UrbanDelhi : An Exploratory Study.” World Health and Population, Volume3,no.2, 2000, Longwoods Publishing Ltd.

R. K. Das, PurnamitaDasgupta “Child Health and Immunization.”Economic and Political Weekly. February 26th, Vol xxxv, nos. 8 & 9,2000.

S. Lele and PurnamitaDasgupta“Water Resources, SustainableLivelihoods and Eco-System Functions.” Economic and PoliticalWeekly, May 4-10, 2002.

Selected recent media writings / interactions:(2013-2019)• Drought Aggravates Poverty, Opinion piece, Down to Earth, 1-15

March 2019. https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/agriculture/drought-but-why-how-poverty-is-aggravated-63493

• Next Step to Clean Fuel: More Information on Health Hazards of Traditional Cooking Fuels Can Make Rural Poor More Inclined Towards LPG. Op-ed, The Indian Express. 29/01/2019. https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/lpg-subsidies-cooking-fuel-clean-fuel-air-pollution-5558454/

• Economic Growth and Social Progress, Hitotsubashi University Tokyo ‘s Policy Forum report, The Nikkei, 28th December, 2018.:http://www.hit-u.ac.jp/kenkyu/file/30forum4/kaisaihoukoku.pdf

• Dasgupta, P., Edenhofer, O., & Seyboth, K. (2016, 13 October). Capitalism and Economic Growth – Friend or Foe?. Le Monde

• Interview on “The role of women in Climate Science.” The thirdpole.net. 08th March, 2018. https://www.thethirdpole.net/2018/03/08/the-role-of-women-in-climate-science/

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• In flood-prone Bihar, these eco-san toilets are redefining sanitation. THINK CHANGE INDIA, 07 SEPTEMBER 2017 https://yourstory.com/2017/09/flood-prone-bihar-toilets-sanitation/

• In Flood-prone Bihar, Eco-San Toilets Prevent Water Contamination, Provide Hope. IANS, September 9, 2017. http://www.indiawest.com/news/india/in-flood-prone-bihar-eco-san-toilets-prevent-water-contamination/article_4b4afcac-94cf-11e7-a4a0-2fb36b7a9701.html

• Eco-san toilets provide hope in flooded Bihar. The Third Pole.net. September 05, 2017.https://www.thethirdpole.net/2017/09/05/eco-san-toilets-provide-hope-in-flooded-bihar/

• Interview published by Global Water Partnership: South Asia on the occasion of International Women's Day - 2016 .( http://www.gwp.org/en/gwp-south-asia/GWP-SAS-IN-ACTION/News-and-Activities/International-Womens-Day-2016/)

• Economic Times: “IPCC’s report on climate change brings and opportunity and challenge for India”

http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-11-05/news/55798237_1_climate-change-climate-resilience-navroz-dubash

• Sciencedevnet: “Three ways to Strengthen IPCC reports”

http://www.scidev.net/global/climate-change/opinion/ipcc-climate-change-poliy-reports.html

• The Hindu: “UN Climate Change panel calls for phasing out fossil fuels.”

http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/un-climate-report-offers-hope-but-with-stark-warnings/article6557750.ece

• India Today: “Climate Change behind food production impacts inIndia”

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/ipcc-report-climate-change-un-india-risk-purnamita-dasgupta/1/398942.html

• The Indian Express (Banglore): “Reduce Water Use, Says Climate Experts.”

http://m.newindianexpress.com/bangalore/376781

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• Indian Express: “Green Panel Report Sets off Global Warming Alarm.”

http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/green-panel-report-sets-off-global-warming-alarm//

• The Economic Times: “Climate Change to Adversely Affect People's Health.”

• http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/environment/global-warming/climate-change-to-adversely-affect-peoples-health/articleshow/33338737.cms

German Radio: Interview: “Dasgupta: The poor are the losers”

http://www.dw.de/dasgupta-die-armen-sind-die-verlierer/a-17532309

• RTCC News: “UN Science Panel releases climate science report – As it Happened”

http://www.rtcc.org/2014/03/31/ipcc-live-un-science-panel-releases-climate-impacts-report/

• India Today: “India at Risk: Cant undermine sustainable development”

http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/climate-change-report-un-ipcc-india-author/1/398795.html

• CDKN : “IPCC AR5- What it means for a stronger, more inclusive India”

http://cdkn.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/CDKN-IPCC-India-launch-event-report.pdf

• Sciencedevnet: “Ideas for future climate change reports.”

http://www.scidev.net/south-asia/environment/scidev-net-at-large/ideas-for-future-climate-change-reports.html

• GreenBiz: “Three Ways to improve global climate research”

http://www.greenbiz.com/article/3-ways-improve-global-climate-research

• Asian correspondent: “Climate Change Report: What are Asia’s risks”

http://asiancorrespondent.com/128040/climate-change-report-what-are-asias-risks/

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Other Editorial articles:

Economic Times: Editorial article “Of Scholarships and Schooling,” Economic Times, Monday April 16, 2007;

Economic Times: Editorial article “Resource Planning in an Open Economy,” Economic Times, February 7, 2007;

“Greening Economic Growth” - ICRIER Think-ink article, May 15, 2007;

Editorial: Ananda Bazar Patrika, ”From Campaign to Program Approach: Rural Sanitation in Indian States,” Editorial Page, Ananda Bazar Patrika, May 1, 2008

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Economic Methods for Environmental Valuation, course taught at JohnsHopkins University, USA.

Guest lectures in Environmental Economics and on Quantitative Methods atDelhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, TERI School of AdvancedStudies, Shiv Nadar University, New Delhi.

Lectures on environmental economics in programmes for facultyupgradation /orientation /refresher courses, and training for probationers,senior and mid-career officers of the Ministries (for instance, at JNU, DU,Jadavpur University, Manipur University, University of Calcutta, WildlifeInstitute of India (Dehradun), National Institute of Public Finance and Policy(Delhi), Indian Institute of Forest Management (Bhopal), Indira GandhiNational Forest Academy (Dehradun), Centre for Science and Environment(Delhi), etc. Lectures to probationers and officers of the Indian EconomicServices, Indian Administrative Services and Indian Forest Services.

Taught economics (Basic principles, advanced courses in environmental andresource economics) to students with a background in economics and thosepursuing inter-disciplinary masters and PhD programmes: TERI University;

Advise on course curriculum and Evaluation of dissertations in Master’sprogrammes for Universities; Course curriculum development for TERIUniversity; School of Ecology and Environment Studies,Nalanda University, Amity University, Noida.

Supervision of PhD students, including ICSSR doctoral students at IEG;Supervising summer interns and overseas PhD/M.Phil students affiliated toIEG. These students belong to various universities such as JawaharlalNehru University (JNU), Delhi University, Oxford University, University ofCambridge, University of Greenwich, Association of CommonwealthUniversities, University of Indiana Bloomington, University of Zurich, etc.

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Details of doctoral student guidance at IEG: 1. Nandan Nawn, Organic farmingin India, Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi; Supervisors: Prabaht Patnaik, JNUand Purnamita Dasgupta, IEG 2. Renuka Anoop Kumar, Cost Benefit Analysis of Malaria in Chennai, DelhiUniversity; Supervisors: Yamini Gupt, Delhi University and PurnamitaDasgupta, IEG. 3. Samraj Sahay, Climate and Health: Coping strategies for vector borne diseasein Delhi, Delhi University ; Supervisors: Yamini Gupt, DU and PurnamitaDasgupta, IEG4. Saumya Shukla, The Economics of Green Buildings in India Delhi University; Rashmi Agrawal DU and Purnamita Dasgupta, IEG.5. Deepika Kandpal – ICSSR fellowship: Essays on Social Status. Delhi Schoolof Economics, Delhi University; Supervisors: Dibyendu Maiti, Mausumi Das,DU; Advisor, Purnamita Dasgupta, IEG (ongoing)6. Shalini Singh, Impact evaluation of Janani Suraksha Yojana and Role ofAsha: A case study, Delhi University; Yamini Gupt, DU and PurnamitaDasgupta, IEG (ongoing)7. Ishita Sachdeva – Policy Instruments to Achieve Energy Efficiency in India. Delhi University; Yamini Gupt, DU and Purnamita Dasgupta, IEG (ongoing)

LIST OF WORKING PAPERS/ DRAFTS (Other than those published injournals/books)

“Economic Growth and Sustainability: The multidimensionality of socialprogress”, March 2019

"Realizing SDGs and SSPs: Growth, Poverty and Inequality Implicationsfor India" , 11th Annual Integrated Assessment Modeling Consortium (IAMC) Meeting, November 13th-15th, 2018, Seville, Spain (with ManojPanda, Rohan Bansal, Samraj Sahay)

“Perception of Cassava-Based Farmers to Climate Variability in the RainForest and derived Savannah Ecosystems of Nigeria", (with F. O. Ayinde, P.A. Johnston, O. Olujimi)

“A Question of Awareness? Policy Instruments towards sustainable transition towards clean cooking fuels in India”, (with Martina Zahno, Katharina Michaelowa, Ishita Sachdeva)

“Consumers willingness to pay for LED Bulbs: A Case study of Bikaner,Rajasthan,” (with Ishita Sachdeva, Katharina Michaelowa, Martina Zahno)

Assessing Costs And Benefits Of Climate Change Adaptation, HI-AWARE working paper 3, ICIMOD, Kathmandu, 2016

“Developmental disability Index for hill states in India,” in collaborationwith NIPFP, for Planning Commission, Government of India. NIPFPWorking Paper No. 134, April 2014 (with Rita Pandey).

“Indian Agricultural Scenario and Food Security Concerns in the contextof Climate Change: A Review,” MPRA paper, University Library ofMunich, 2010 (with Smita Sirohi).

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“Impacting Livelihoods through Institutional Innovations: Income andfood security from the Forest Rights Act.” IPPG Discussion papernumber 50, University of Manchester, UK, September 2010.

“Redressing 'historical injustice' through the Indian Forest Rights Act2006: A Historical Institutional analysis of contemporary forest rightsreform”; September 2009. IPPG Discussion Paper Series, Number 27(with Oliver Springate Baginski, et al).

“Will India’s Attainment of MDGs be an Inclusive Process?” VolumeIII Number 02, Indian Institute of Dalit Studies, 2009 (with S.K. Thorat).

“Evaluation of the Rewarding Upland Poor for Environmental Services(RUPES) programme,” RUPES Working Paper, ICRAF, WorldAgroforestry Centre, Bogor, Indonesia, 2007

“Common Pool Resources as Development Drivers: A Case Study ofNTFPs in Himachal Pradesh, India”, SANDEE Working Paper no. 15-2006.

“Energy Consumption, Air Pollution and Sustainable Development: AnAnalysis of Household Sector.” Proceedings of the National Conferenceon Environment and Industry, Calcutta, October 8-9, 1993.

SOME OTHER ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITIES: Lead & Co-ordinate research in projects (both within IEG and in

collaboration with other Institutions) funded by various agencies, bothinternational and national, such as Finance Commission (India), IDRC,DFID (UK), World Bank, UNDP, ICSSR, CGIAR, Ministry of Environment,Forests& Climate Change (GOI), Indian Council for Social Science Research(ICSSR), South Asian Network for Environment and DevelopmentEconomics (SANDEE).

Member of peer review bodies and scientific committees (national,international); evaluation of proposals, research reports, projects, studenttheses, etc. (European Research Council, ESPA, Wellcome Trust, IDRC,Universities in India and abroad).

Book Reviews, Review of Articles for Journals: Environment andDevelopment Economics, Environment and Resource Economics, EcologicalEconomics, Asia-Pacific Economic Literature, IIMB Management Review,Conservation and Society, Contributions to Indian Sociology, Down toEarth, Feminist Economics, Review of Urban and Regional DevelopmentStudies, Journal of Environmental Management, Indian Journal of MedicalResearch, etc.

Expert for University Grants Commission (UGC) - Special AssistanceProgramme

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Jury member and Advisor, UK Environment Film Fellowships, CMSVatavaran Awards; Confederation of Indian Industries Awards; speaker atbook launches and academic events organised by colleges and students ofDelhi university, multilateral funding agencies, etc.

Organising workshops, faculty up-gradation course and trainingprogrammes.

Governing Board Member of college in Delhi University.

Workshops/Seminars organised: Review on the Economics of Climate Change, December 2006, ICRIER,

New Delhi Economic Consequences of Global Climate Change for India, ICRIER,

New Delhi. Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change, LSE – IEG workshop,

IIC, New Delhi, November 2008.

Two day workshop on Valuation of Forest Resources, organised by IEG,at Indira Gandhi National Forest Academy, Dehradun, in July 2008 andin May 2009

Future Socio-economic Scenarios and Climate Change, March 2010,IEG, Delhi

Panel on Valuation and Ecosystem Services, at the Annual conference ofIndian Society for Agricultural Economics, INSEE_ ISAE, 2012.

Climate Change and Health Sector Adaptation, IEG- IDRC workshop,IIC, New Delhi, September 2014.

Co-convenor, Session on “Cities and their environments: AssessingClimate Change Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation strategies”,International Scientific Conference on Our Common Future, July 7-10,2015, UNESCO, Paris.

Scientific Committee, Conference on: International Scientific Conferenceon Our Common Future, July, 2015.

Seminar on Household Transition Towards Clean Fuels for Cooking andLighting, In collaboration with Swiss Embassy, Delhi, August 6, 2018.

Rethinking Society for the 21st Century, India International Centre,November 1, 2018 (in collaboration with IPSP, Princeton University andCambridge University Press).

RELEVANT TRAINING

Panel Time Series Econometrics, 2 day specialist training programme,conducted by Markus Eberhardt, University of Nottingham, UK, at IEG,Delhi, January 2013

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Policy Analysis for Environmental Economics, Workshop on PublicPolicy conducted by Nancy Oleweiler, Simon Fraser University, Canada,at SANDEE, AIT, Bangkok, May 2011.

Advanced Course on Household Models for Environmental Economics,conducted by Beijer Institute, Sweden and SANDEE, Colombo, June2003.

Media training programme, conducted by Escott Hunt in collaborationwith IPCC, sessions organised in January 2014 and March 2014,Netherlands and Japan.

MEMBERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES

The International Society for Ecological Economics The Indian Econometric Society

The Indian Society for Ecological EconomicsTreasurer, Indian Society for Ecological Economics, 2012-2014Member, Executive Committee of the Indian Society for EcologicalEconomics, 2012-14, 2008-10

SELECTED CONFERENCE PAPER PRESENTATIONS/ LECTURES (IN LAST 5 YEARS) Talk, “Beyond Biomass, communicating the LPG case…”, WLPGA

2019 Asia LPG Summit – Energy for Life, February 2019 Lecture, “Stock Taking on Valuation of Ecosystem Services,” The

International Centre for Environment Audit and SustainableDevelopment (iCED), Jaipur, January 17, 2019

Lecture, “Role of Gender Relations in Sustainable Ecosystem Services”,IFS Officers Compulsory Training Course on “Gender Sensitisation andinclusion”, IBRAD, Kolkata, January, 2019

Plenary Talk, ““Economic Growth, Inequality and Sustainability: TheMulti-dimensionality of Social Progress,” Hitotsubashi University,Tokyo, Nov 11, 2018

Lectures, Water, Science and Policy programme, Shiv Nadar University,Nov 2, 2019

Talk, IPCC Presentation, “Sustainable development, poverty eradication,and reducing inequalities”, Conference on the Climate Change SpecialReport on 1.5 Degrees, TERI-MOEFCC, October 15th, Delhi

Plenary Talk, “Equating Sustainable Development and Climate Change:Implications for Equity,” 9th International Conference on ClimateChange, TISS, Mumbai, August 2018

Talk on “Climate Change and Agriculture: Risks and Resilience,” atNational Workshop on Economic Costs of Climate Change in RuralIndia, Madras School of Economics, 12-13 July 2018

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Presentation, “Mountain Poverty and Vulnerability”, HIMAP-ICIMODsession, 2nd International Mountain Futures Conference, Kunming,China, June 6, 2018

Lectures on Economics of Climate Change, Indian Economic ServiceOfficers Training Programme, April 2018

Lectures on “Ecosystem Services and their Value” in National TrainingProgramme on Natural Resource Accounting, at The International Centrefor Environment Audit and Sustainable Development (iCED), Jaipur, 5thFebruary 2018.

Talk on “Economic Valuation of Ecosystem Services,” in "AssessingEcosystem Services in Forest Mosaic Landscape,” IFS Officers TrainingProgramme, IBRAD, Kolkata, 18th January, 2018.

Lectures, “Economic Valuation of Water”, in course on Water andEcosystem services, Shiv Nadar University, Noida, October , 2017.

Lectures, “Economics of the Environment: Climate Change and Terrain”,52nd Refresher Training Programme in Economics, Academic StaffCollege JNU, Delhi, 15th September, 2017.

“From traditional fuels to LPG & LED use: Policy instruments for asustainable transition,” presentation at 4th Indo-Swiss Joint Seminar in theSocial Sciences, Basel, Switzerland, September 2017.

Lecture, Climate Change and Indian Agricultural Scenarios, ResearchMethodology Workshop on “Impact Evaluation of Issues related toClimate Change and Agriculture”, NABARD-IEG, February 2017.

Lecture, Valuation of Ecosystem Services, Training programme for IFSofficers, IBRAD, Kolkata, January 2017

Talk, Risk and Adaptation Finance, CARIAA Workshop on Economicsof Adaptation, TERI University, January 2017.

Lectures on Climate change adaptation, Risk and Resilience, HI-AWARE Academy, Kathmandu, November 2016

Keynote Speaker, Growth and Human Development, SANEI Conference,Kathmandu, November, 2016

Lecture, CAG training programme on Public Policy and Governance,Jindal University, October 2016.

Lead speaker, Trialogue 2047 on "Economic transitions to achieveSustainable Development Goals", Development Alternatives, September2016.

Invited Talk on “Climate Change Mitigation Strategies post Paris”, at“International Conference on Climate Change: The climate agenda post2015,” Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, July 29, 2016.

Lectures on economics of Climate Change, for the IES probationerstraining programme, 13 April, 2016, IEG.

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Keynote on “Adaptation Policy”, at conference on “Climate ChangeAdaptation Policy and Science (CCAPS)”, ICIMOD, New Delhi,February 24-25, 2016

Presentation on “Tools, Techniques, Methods & Approaches forFacilitating a Landscape Approach to Sustainable Forest EcosystemManagement”, workshop on "Forest within Landscapes”, Udaipur, 19Feb, 2016.

Presentation on “Economics of climate change adaptation,” at meeting onMonitoring and assessment of climate change adaptation practices, HI-AWARE, ICIMOD, Kathmandu, November 5, 2015.

Lecture on “Development of a thesis research proposal,” 15 October, 2015, M.Sc Course, TERI University, New Delhi.

Lectures on “Accounting for the Economics of EnvironmentalResources” in Programme on Emerging Challenges for Public Policy forOfficers of the CAG, Jindal School of Government and Public Policy, 15December, 2015

Lecture on “Natural Resource & Environment”, Jindal School ofGovernment and Public Policy, 29 January 2015;

Lecture on “ The Economics of Climate Change” Centre for ProfessionalDevelopment in Higher Education, Delhi University, 24 November-13 December 2014

Lecture on “ Global CPRs & Local CPRs” Jawaharlal University, 10 September 2014

Presentation, ‘Climate Change and Rural Urban Interactions’, at New Delhi East Asia Summit Climate Change Adaptation Workshop, Government of Australia and CSIRO, 6 November, 2013

Lecture on “ EFR’s Policy Context and Distributional Issues” at training programmeon“Environmental Fiscal Reforms: International Experience and Relevance for India”, Tripura University, Agartala, 6-8 November 2013

Presentation, on ‘Effectiveness of Environmental Fiscal Reforms (EFR) in dealing with Industrial pollution in context of Political Economy of India’, at Roundtable on EFRs, Annual Event, IIM Bangalore, 12 August2013

SELECTED CONFERENCE/WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION (IN LAST 5 YEARS)(CHAIR/PANELIST/PRESENTATION/DISCUSSANT)

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Workshop on “Climate Change Mitigation Health Co-Benefits,” Universityof Washington, WHO and Wellcome Trust, London, UK, March 2019.

Presentation, “Mountain Poverty and Vulnerability”, Regional Editor’s meetand launch of the HKH Assessment Report, Kathmandu, February 2019.

Talk, and Chair, session on “Energy, Water and Sanitation”, in TransformingRural India 2030: Strategies for Sustainable Development Goals, SymbiosisUniversity, Pune, 18th January 2019.

Presentation on Public Finance for the Environment at InternationalConference on Public Finance: Theory, Practice and Challenges, at CEPPF,ADRI, Patna, 8 December, 2018

Participant, “Hindu Kush Himalaya Science Policy Forum: Actions toSustain a Global Asset”, ICIMOD, Kathmandu, November 2018

Panelist, “Interlinkages, policies, innovations and funds needed withreference to 15th Finance Commission”, Meet of the Mountain States, IMI,18 Feb, 2019.

Panelist, “Greening the GDP,” Policy Forum on Social Progress,Hitotsubashi University, Nov 11, 2018

Presentation, “Economic Growth, Human Development and PlanetaryWelfare”, at International Panel for Social Progress event, Nov 1, 2018.

Chair, “Sustainable Development Linkages,” National Workshop on Energyand Environment Modelling, WRI-CPR-MoEFCC, October 29, 2018

Panelist, “Role of Technology for Mitigating Climate Change”, ICRIER’s10th Annual International G20 Conference on From Global Cooperation toBuilding Consensus: Views from G20 Countries, October 12, 2018

Talk, “Challenges of reducing poverty sustainably in a rising temperatureregime” at the National Consultation on Adapting Agriculture in Semi-aridIndia to a Global Temperature Rise of 1.5°C, WOTR, October 3rd , Pune

Presentation on HKH Assessment, ICIMOD and MoEFCC, September 28,2018

Chair, “1.5 vs 2 deg C: Implications for Mitigation”, 9th InternationalConference on Climate Change, TISS, August 10, 2018

Participant, Annual Learning Review meeting of the CollaborativeAdaptation Research Initiative in Africa and Asia (CARIAA) program, CapeTown, South Africa, June 23 to 25, 2018.

Participant, TNC- TERI Stakeholder consultations on forest conservation,Dehradun and Hyderabad, 2018

Consultation on Trees outside forests, TERI, 10 May 2018

Invited Expert, for “Dialogue on Modelling for Low-Carbon Economy,” GIZand European Commission, 23rd March, 2018

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Panelist, “Market Based Policy Instruments for Climate and Air Pollution,”McArthur Foundation, Bangalore, 22nd March 2018.

Panelist, “Energy Access,” in Linking Climate and Development PoliciesWorkshop, Cd-Links, TERI and IIASA, New Delhi, 19th March 2018.

Chair, Discussant, Session on “Sustainable Innovation and Health”,Conference on Innovation: Inclusive Growth, Technological Change and JobCreation”, Department of Business Economics, South Campus, DelhiUniversity, 1st March, 2018.

Invited Expert, Roundtable on "Sustainable Development, Uncertainties, andIndia's Climate Policies”, CEEW, 21st February, 2018.

Invited Expert / Discussant, National Workshop on “Climate Change and AirPollution: Co-benefits of Black Carbon Control”, MoEFCC, New Delhi, 21stFebruary 2018.

Invited expert and Chair, “Equity and Sustainable Development”, atWorkshop on “Operationalising Equity in the Paris Agreement”, at TISSClimate Centre, Mumbai, 19th February 2018.

Invited to Participate in PM LPG Panchayat with Hon. President of India,organized by MoPNG, Rashtrapati Bhavan, February 13th, 2018.

Paper Presentation on “Policy Instruments for a sustainable transition toclean cooking fuels in India” at Workshop on “Well Being and SocialWelfare in 21st Century India”, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai,12th February 2018.

Invited Expert, Meeting for National GHG Inventory for BUR, MoEFCC,February 8, 2018

Talk on “Economic Aspects of Sustainability Indicators,” in "Growth versusEnvironment: Metrology is the Key", Foundation Day seminar of NationalPhysical Laboratory, 4th January, 2018.

Participant, US India Track II Dialogue on Climate Change and Energy,Ananta Aspen Centre and The Aspen Institute, New Delhi, December 6 – 8,2017

Presentation, Climate Change: IPCC AR5 findings, Amrita University,Coimbatore, 9 November, 2017.

Presentation, Climate Change: IPCC AR5 findings, St. Thomas College,Thrissur, 8 November, 2017.

Panelist, “Understanding climate change: Science, Adaptation andMitigation: Findings from IPCC AR5”, INSEE Biennial Conference, KeralaInstitute of Local Administration, Thrissur, Kerala, 8th November, 2017.

Invited Expert, Meeting on Preparedness of India’s BUR 2, MOEFCC,Delhi, 12 October 2018

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Presentation, Ecosystem Services, at Himalaya Diwas, State level event,Government of Uttarakhand, September 2017.

“Water-Energy-Food in South Asia: from concept to practise,” presentationat the 2017 South Asia Regional Knowledge Forum, Australian Departmentof Foreign Affairs and Trade, Kathmandu, September 2017

Remarks, “Sustainable Landscapes – Market Issues,” Conference onSustainable Landscapes and Forest Ecosystems: Theory to Practice, USAID& MOEFCC, Delhi, September 2017

Presentation on “Climate Change and Adaptation,” Climate Change andSustainability: State of Science in India, Workshop, IISc, August 2017

Presentation on “Socio-Economic Implications of Climate Targets,” 8 th

Annual Conference on Climate Change, TISS, Mumbai, August 2017

Panelist, International conference on Mobilizing University Research forTackling Water, Climate Change and Adaptation Challenges in the HinduKush Himalayan Region at the Indian National Science Academy, NewDelhi, India October 2016.

Co-Chair, Task Group 1, Knowledge gaps on fundamental science, climate-resiliency, and actionable solutions to support AR6, IPCC and Future Earth,Stockholm, August 2016.

Presentation on “Knowledge gaps on climate-resilient and sustainablesolutions to support AR6,” Panel at workshop on "Integrated research onclimate risk and sustainable solutions across IPCC working groups: Lessonslearnt from AR5 to support AR6", Stockholm, Sweden, 29-31 August 2016.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdCBbBAqJqw&feature=youtu.be

“Economic and financial assessments of vulnerability”, Presentation at Workshop on Climate Change Impact, Vulnerability and Adaptation, NATCOM, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, GOI, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, 28-29 October, 2015.

Co-convenor, Session on “Cities and their environments: Assessing ClimateChange Impacts, Adaptation and Mitigation strategies”, InternationalScientific Conference on Our Common Future, July 7-10, 2015, UNESCO,Paris.

“Climate and Energy: The Stakes for India”, Panel Discussion, 4th DPG-IHC Neighbourhood Lecture, Delhi Policy Group, India Habitat Centre, Nov3, 2015

Chair, session on Knowledge Systems in the context of agriculture and forestsector, at National Consultation on India’s Post CoP21 Agenda and Knowledge Systems (KS) for Climate Adaptation, 16th March, 2016, India International Centre, New Delhi.

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“INDCs, Global Carbon space and implications for Adaptation,” Panelist at India-EU forum on Towards Paris and Beyond, Hyatt Regency, New Delhi, October 28, 2015

Invited comments at “Understanding National Security Implications of Climate Risks”, IDSA, New Delhi, 15 March 2016.

“Energy Driving Low Carbon Local Economies”, Roundtable conference, Development Alternatives, 10 October, 2015.

Chair, session on Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction, at Urban Policy Dialogues:2015, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore, 20-21 August, 2015.

Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability; IPCC Outreach event, August 18, United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok, 2015

Chair, panel on “Climate Resilient Development: Way ahead for India” for Impact Conclave, 2016, Sambodhi, 21 April, 2016.

Luncheon meeting on Climate Change, President of the European Affairs Commission of the French Parliament, August 31st, New Delhi

Invited Expert, closed session, “Dialogue Session on Cities,” July 8, 2015,European Space Agency, Paris, France

Keynote speaker, “Sustainable Futures”, International Scientific Conferenceon Our Common Future, July 7, 2015, UNESCO, Paris

Chair, Plenary Session, “Landscapes of Our Common Future,” InternationalScientific Conference on Our Common Future, July 8, 2015, UNESCO, Paris

Invited expert at meetings on Climate Change and the Paris agreement at High Commissions, and with President of the European Affairs Commission of the French Parliament, in New Delhi (July –October 2015)

Speaker, “Climate change, its impacts and possible solutions,” AdvocacyWorkshop on Climate Change, 23rd May 2015, All India Women'sConference, New Delhi

Expert, International Meeting on Scenarios, 18 – 20 May 2015, IIASA,Laxenburg, Austria

“Adaptation-Development Spectrum,”2nd National Consultation on ClimateChange Adaptation in India, 17th-18th April, 2015, India InternationalCentre, New Delhi

Workshop on “Indian Energy Outlook” by International Energy Agency,New Delhi, 13 April 2015

"Challenges and Opportunities for Sustainable Development in the Indiancontext”, BLISS programme, 2015, March 16, 2015, TERI University

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“Climate change mitigation options from agriculture,” for project launchworkshop, Sectoral quantification of greenhouse gas emissions in India, 27thFebruary, 2015, NASC Complex, PUSA, New Delhi, India

Speaker, DSDS 2015, Roundtable on “What next for the IPCC?” Feb 7,2015, Hotel Taj Palace, New Delhi

Key note speaker, “India’s climate policy and role of Science andTechnology,” International Workshop on “Bridging Development Divide forInclusive Growth through Science, Technology and Innovation”, 16-17thJanuary, 2015, DST-Centre for Policy Research, BBA Central University,Lucknow, India

Expert Comments, “National Consultation on Economic Valuation ofEcosystem Services,” Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Jan 5,2015, Barrackpore, West Bengal

Expert, Workshop on “CSO database on Climate Change Statistics,” October2014, Kolkata.

“Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in India,” International Consultation on Climate Change Adaptation in India and Africa, 9th October, 2014, the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS), Bangalore City Campus.

“ Nature Today: Studies in Ecology and Environment,” August 22, 2014,IEG, Delhi

“Implications of the major findings of the AR5 for India,” IPCC-AR5– What it means for a stronger, more inclusive India’, India Habitat Centre,Silver Oak Hall, in Delhi, India, 6th August 2014.

“Climate and Development Policy,” Conference on Climate Vulnerabilityand Adaptation, Centre for Science, Technology and Policy, August 27,2014, Bangalore

UNFCCC, Presentation on “Rural Areas and Human Settlements,” at theThird Meeting of theStructured Expert Dialogue on the 2014-15 Review,(SBSTA), UNFCCC, Bonn, Germany, June 2014

Conference on “Greening India’s Growth” ICRIER, Global Green GrowthInstitute and World Bank, 12 June 2014

Expert Invitee, Session 5, India’s Third National Communication,“Workshop on Climate Change Projections, Impacts-Vulnerability-Adaptation,” May 21-22, 2014 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.

“Macro Models for Climate Change” ICRIER, 14-15 April 2014

“Brainstorming workshop for Strengthening and Expanding of NIDM”, National Institute of Disaster Management, GOI, 17 January 2014

Chair, INSEE Biennial Conference Session, Tezpur, January 2014

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National workshop on “Climate Change Statistics” Ministry of Statistics and Programme implementation, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 24-25 October 2013

Moderator, “Summary for Policy Makers Sub group discussion on Adaptation,”International Meet, IPCC, Bled, Slovenia, 19July, 2013

International Conference on Green Accounting in India, Ministry ofStatistics and PI, Government of India, April 2013.

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