Chirag Dhara

Chirag is a quantum physicist turned sustainability scientist: He holds a PhD in Earth Science (2017) from the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Germany, and a second PhD in Photonics (2013) from the Institute of Photonic Sciences in Barcelona, Spain. Chirag’s research interests span climate and sustainability science, and their implications for human development. He was a co-author of India’s first official climate change assessment report released by the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, MoES, Pune in 2020. He was a contributing author to the IPCC AR6’s Atlas (2021).