Dr. Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi
ACADEMIC RECORD
Degree
University
Year
Grade
Subjects
PhD
Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
2011
Climate Change mitigation and adaptation in Indian forests
M.A
Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University
2004
First class
Geography
About the Faculty
Dr. Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi is currently an Assistant Professor at BITS Pilani, Goa campus. He obtained his PhD from Indian Institute of Science (IISc) in Ecology from the Centre for Ecological Sciences, and a masters in Geography from Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University. Dr. Chaturvedi has been a National Environmental Sciences Fellow at IISc and has contributed to more than 40 peer reviewed articles, and to two books in the areas related to forestry, environment and climate change. Dr. Chaturvedi has worked extensively with communities, Government officials, NGOs, and UN organizations. Dr. Chaturvedi is currently the co-chair of IUCN’s forest ecosystems’ group. He is currently involved with India’s national greenhouse gas inventory programme and is listed as an UN expert on GHG inventory in the land-use and forestry sector. He has been a lead author for the regional assessment reports of the UNEP (United Nations' Environment Programme) and IPBES (Intergovernmental Panel on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services).
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Position
Name of the Organization
Period
Year
Associate Professor
BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus
July 2023 – Till Date
Ongoing
Assistant Professor
(Grade 1)
BITS Pilani, K K Birla Goa Campus
July 2018 – July 2023
5 Years
Senior Researcher
Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore; Future Earth
South Asia Regional Office
Nov 2015 – June, 2018
2 Year and 8 months
Visiting Researcher
Centre for Environment Policy and Technology,
Imperial College, London
Sept 2015-Nov 2015
1.5 Months
National Environmental Sciences
Fellow
Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore
April 2012 –
September 2015
3 Years and 5 Months