Climate Change: An Indian perspective

Professor Anand Patwardhan

December 15, 2008, 11.30AM - 1PM

About the Speaker

Professor Anand Patwardhan is Professor in the Shailesh J Mehta School of Management at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay. He served as the Head of the School from 2003-2004, and as Executive Director of the Technology Information, Forecasting and Assessment Council (TIFAC), in the Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of India from 2004-2008. Anand has a BTech (Electrical Engineering) from IIT-Bombay and a MS (Environmental Science & Engineering) and PhD (Engineering and Public Policy), both from Carnegie Mellon University. Anand works in the broad area of environment - climate studies, focusing on the assessment of vulnerability and adaptation to climate change, and on the diffusion and adoption of clean technology. He has been a member of the Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF); and a coordinating lead author for the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Anand is currently co-chair of the Scientific Steering Committee for the Global Carbon Project, and is a member of a core consultative group on climate change for the Indian government.