Director
Livelihoods and Natural Resource Management Institute Hydeerabad, India
An economist by training with experience in the fields of environmental economics and natural resource management, environmental impact assessment, climate change, livelihoods and institutions. He is an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow at South Asian Institute, Germany. Visiting fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex; the University of Leeds, UK; and the UN-University, Dresden, Germany. Served as consultant to organisations like: The World Bank and Independent Evaluation Group (IEG); The World Bank, Washington and India; ADB; ADBI; UNDP; DFID; EC; WWF, IWMI, ICRISAT, UNU, OPM, IFDC, etc. He has published 15 books and above 200 research papers in international and national peer reviewed journals.