Oct 2022 – May 2023 · 7 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India · On-site

• Modelling the distributional impacts of a carbon market for iron and steel firms in India to evaluate the efficiency and competitiveness outcomes (using an agent-based model).

Apr 2022 – Aug 2022 · 4 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

• Contributed to development of India's Long Term Low Emission Development Strategy (LT-LEDS) document released at COP27.
• Contributed to 'Climate Futures Project' that developed a common framework to assess, and interpret results of climate modelling studies in India (https://climatefuturesproject.in).

May 2022 – Jul 2022 · 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Developed policy position paper on Wastewater-based Epidemiology advocating its adoption in mainstream public health policy.
• Assisted with expanding institutional scope of science-policy engagement.

Oct 2020 – Sep 2021 · 11 mos · Himachal Pradesh, India · On-site

• Implemented project on spring-shed management in 10 project villages in Nirmand through community mobilisation and participatory methods.
• Facilitated integration of NGOs project objectives in new pilot project location.
• Mobilized local resources for execution of spring recharge programme through community involvement in rural areas.
• Generated insightful and concise reports on impacts achieved through project activities, for internal reporting within the NGO, as well as dissemination to funding agencies.
• Implemented capacity development and skill enhancement programme for 30 para-hydrogeologists across 10 villages identified through community participation.
• Conducted detailed capacity needs assessment at my project location along with discussions with the community regarding aspirations before proposing project plan as part of the YFI Fellowship.
• Worked with the field team to incorporate IT tools as part of data collection and reporting matrices to make analysis of field data simpler (including project location details such as demographics, resource apportioning, crop and weather patterns, etc.)

Sep 2020 – Sep 2021 · 1 yr

May 2020 – Sep 2020 · 4 mos · Tamil Nadu, India · Hybrid

• Transformed value generation of agricultural produce for 3-5 farmers in Chengalpattu district through implementation of sustainable technologies.
• Improved marketability of produce, and market power of farmers through aggregation model.
• Developed barebones website using simple web development tools such as WordPress for the start-up.

Oct 2019 – Apr 2020 · 6 mos

• Implemented 'Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) Partnership Project' through liaison with National Biodiversity Authority, SBBs, industry associations, academia, and local bodies in 13 districts of Tamil Nadu.
• Conducted strategic communication workshops for over 20 State Biodiversity Boards.
• Developed sector-specific tools for 3 sectors (seeds, academic research, biotechnology) to streamline compliance consistent with national biodiversity policy.

Mar 2019 – Sep 2019 · 6 mos

• Assisted with the 'Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) Partnership Project' in Tamil Nadu with capacity building initiatives for 13 Biodiversity Management Committees, 3 State Biodiversity Boards, and over 50 officers with the Tamil Nadu Forest Department empowered under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002.

Apr 2018 – Nov 2018 · 7 mos · Zürich Area, Switzerland

• Investigated the reproductive fitness differences between flanged and unflanged
• orangutan males in Borneo, Indonesia.

Jul 2017 – Mar 2018 · 8 mos · Zürich Area, Switzerland

Feb 2018 – Mar 2018 · 1 mo · Zürich Area, Switzerland

• Data entry for analysis

Jan 2018 – Feb 2018 · 1 mo · Zürich Area, Switzerland

• Organizing publishing material for conference titled European Iron Club 2018

Oct 2017 – Dec 2017 · 2 mos · Zürich Area, Switzerland

• Collection and catalogue of uterine tissue samples and embryos from wild roe deer.

May 2015 – Jul 2015 · 2 mos · Chennai

• I was entrusted with 2 projects:
• 1. Empirical study of immunological epitopes in Indian strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and their immune profiles.
• 2. Characterization of alphavirus infection and hypothesizing a model for their arthritic symptom manifestations.