Harini Nagendra — Director of Engineering
Founding Director, School of Climate Change and Sustainability, Azim Premji University Research: Forest Conservation; Collective Action; Sustainable Cities; Satellite Remote Sensing; Climate Change; Climate Communications and Storytelling Non-Fiction Books 1. Nature in the City: Bengaluru in the Past, Present and Future (Oxford University Press, 2016) 2. Cities and Canopies: Trees of Indian Cities" (Penguin India, 2019, with Seema Mundoli) 3. So Many Leaves (Pratham Books, 2020, with Seema Mundoli) 4. Shades of Blue: Connecting the Drops in India's Cities (Penguin India, 2023, with Seema Mundoli) Fiction Books 1. The Bangalore Detectives Club (World - Little Brown Books - Constable; USA - Pegasus Books; India - Hachette) - New York Times Notable Books of 2022, New York Times Best Books Since 2000 2. Murder Under A Red Moon (World - Little Brown Books - Constable; USA - Pegasus Books; India - Hachette) 3. A Nest of Vipers (World - Little Brown Books - Constable; USA - Pegasus Books; India - Hachette) 4. Into the Leopard's Den (World - Pegasus Books; India - Hachette) International Science and Policy Engagements: 1. Senior Fellow, Elinor and Vincent Ostrom Workshop, Indiana University 2. Executive Committee Member, Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement (‘Green Nobel Prize’) 3. External Scientific Committee, Blanes Centre for Advanced Studies, Spanish National Research Council 4. Advisory Board, World Resources Institute Ross Center for Sustainable Cities 5. Scientific Committee, Future Earth Programme on Ecosystem Change and Society Teaching: Ecology & Development; Sustainability; Remote Sensing; Land Change
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Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Experience: 25 yrs 7 mos
Skills
- Climate Change
- Sustainability
Career Highlights
- Founding Director of School of Climate Change and Sustainability.
- Published multiple acclaimed non-fiction and fiction books.
- Active in international science and policy engagements.
Work Experience
Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement
Executive Committee Member (1 yr)
Azim Premji University
Director, School of Climate Change and Sustainability (1 yr 7 mos)
Director, Research Center (5 yrs 1 mo)
Professor (12 yrs 3 mos)
Centre d'Estudis Avançats de Blanes (CEAB-CSIC)
External Scientific Committee (1 yr 10 mos)
WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities
Advisory Board (4 yrs 10 mos)
The Ostrom Workshop
Senior Fellow (5 yrs 3 mos)
Macalester College
Hubert H Humphrey Distinguished Visiting Professor (4 mos)
Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment
DST Ramanujan Fellow (4 yrs 4 mos)
ETH Zurich
Society in Science: Branco Weiss Fellow (4 yrs 11 mos)
Indiana University Bloomington
Asia Research Coordinator, Center for the Study of Institutions, Population, Environmental Change (15 yrs)
Education
PhD. at Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
Master of Science (M.S.) at Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
Bachelor of Science (BSc) at Bangalore University
Honorary PhD at Utrecht University
