Chirag Dhara

Chirag Dhara

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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).

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A worker clears weeds from Dal lake in Srinagar, Kashmir. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

The fraught politics and ethics of climate rankings [Commentary]

Chirag Dhara 14 Aug 2026
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Behind the shimmer, the toxic story of mica and forever chemicals [Commentary]

Trisha Putturaya, Chirag Dhara 3 Sep 2025

[Analysis] Indian aviation’s turbulent path to sustainability

Chirag Dhara, Litisha Bagadia, Tanvi Kadakol 7 Nov 2023

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