Experienced leader, researcher and academic mentor with 25+ years experience driving equitable and sustainable growth in the water-energy-food-climate sectors in Asia and Africa. Currently leading a team of early-to-mid career researchers, pre-doctoral fellows, field associates and consultants as part of key research-for-development initiatives of IWMI, including the IWMI-Tata Water Policy Program (ITP), Solar Energy for Rural Livelihoods (SE4RL) and the Indo-German Cooperation on Agrivoltaics (IGCA). Widely recognized as a thought-leader at the intersection of science, policy and field action.