Pallavi Padmanav is a Senior Associate in the Adaptation and Risk Analysis group at CSTEP.

She holds a PhD from the Centre for Climate Studies at IIT Bombay, Mumbai. She has completed her Master’s in Environmental Sciences from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, and her Bachelor’s in Chemistry from Utkal University, Odisha.

Prior to joining CSTEP, she worked as a Consultant with WRI, New Delhi.

Her areas of interest include socio-ecological systems, ecosystem services, and ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA).