Research & Project Coordination

· Core Member of the organization Team for the Workshop on Mumbai Urban Observatory, Organized by Mumbai Chamber of Commerce and Industries and RCUK-NIUA, 5-6 December 2016, Mumbai

· Coordinator, Silver Jubilee Conference on Cities and Sustainability, 29-30^th October 2013, Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai, India

· Chosen as Coordinator for the Center for Energy and Environment, a Project Proposed under a scheme of the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), Government of India (with a proposed budget of about Rs. 100 Million) - 2009

· Co-author for incremental cost analysis and the preparation for the development of a full scale GEF project proposal on Cleaner Mobility in Urban Areas, for the Ministry of Urban Development, Govt. of India and UNDP (2006-07)

· Project Director, Swedish International Development Coop. Agency (Sida) funded initiative on “Asian Regional Research Program on Energy, Environment and Climate, IGIDR (2002-06)

· Organizing Member, “Transformation and Reforms for Sustainability – Local Solutions for Global Change Urban Environment” A Special Session by the Urban Environmental Management group of IGES, JAPAN at the International Open Science Meeting of International Human Dimensions Program (IHDP), Bonn, Germany 10-13 October 2005.

· Module In-charge, Module on Environment, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Project “Socio-Economic Analysis and Policy Implications of the Roles of Agriculture in Developing Countries” – ‘Role of Agriculture’ in short, IGIDR (2002-03)

· Coordinator, Brainstorming/Inceptions Workshop on “Policies for the promotion of energy efficient and environmentally friendly technologies in urban transportation sector in India, 19^th November, 2003, IGIDR, Mumbai, India

· Organizing Committee Member, Symposium on Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development, IGIDR, 6 – 7 July 2003.

· Team Leader for a industry consultancy project on Socio-Economic Impact Assessment and Development of Relocation & Rehabilitation Plan for a Bauxite Mining and Alumina Refinery Unit at Lanjigarh, Orissa, India funded by Tata AIG Risk Management Services Ltd., India (2001-02)

· Team Leader, Evolution of Environment in Mumbai, A Commission paper from Institute of Global Environmental Strategies (IGES), Japan (2002)

· Team Leader, A research project “Green House Gas (GHG) Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste (MSW): Estimation and Selection of Economically Feasible Abatement Methodology” funded by Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India under the scheme of “Fast track proposal for Young Scientists 2000-2001”

· Program Coordinator (Leader), EETCPN Environmental Economics Training Program for the Private Corporate Sector under The World Bank’s EERC Project (June/July, 2000)

· Program Coordinator (Leader), Environmental Economics Training Programme under the sponsorship of the World Bank’s Environmental Management Capacity Building Project, held at IGIDR, Mumbai (July 13-16, 2000)

· Organizing Committee Member for the session “Energy Policy Issues and Power Sector Reforms” and “Environmental Management: Local and Global issues” in the “International Symposium on Development Policies for the Next Millennium” being held at IGIDR in July’2000.