Biography

Growing up in Pune, one of the most environmental conscious cities in India, I spent a large part of my childhood visiting national parks and wildlife sanctuaries, which inspired me to study Environmental Studies and Public Policy. Since then, I have conducted fieldwork in different parts of India- including the Trans Himalayas, the Nicobar Islands, Western Ghats, and the Konkan Coast, researching human-wildlife interactions. I have also worked with local governments and researchers to build India’s first district-level statistics and culture repository. After completing my master’s at Oxford as a Weidenfeld-Hoffmann scholar, I have been working in Energy Policy, where most recently, I am leading a project on the place-based impacts of copper mining on communities in Zambia. At Cambridge, I will be pursuing a PhD at the intersection of biodiversity conservation and food systems, understanding community perspectives on climate change adaptation, and the role of spatial and scientific models in land use policymaking.

Previous Education

University of Oxford MSc Environmental Change and Management 2024
FLAME University BA and PGD Environmental Studies and Public Policy 2021