Pavan Srinath

Pavan Srinath heads strategy and programmes at the Takshashila Institution.

He started his career in public policy four years ago by working on urban policy, migration and climate change adaptation at Public Affairs Centre, Bangalore. Pavan joined Takshashila after a brief stint at Arghyam, Bangalore where he worked on urban water and sanitation, including groundwater. His research interests focus on the intersection of science and policy, and includes cities, climate, sanitation, public health, drug discovery, space exploration and defence economics.

Coming from an academic background in the biosciences from the Indian Institute of Technology - Madras, Pavan trained in public policy at Takshashila. He has co-authored peer-reviewed publications in the Journal of Molecular Biology and Journal of International Migration and Integration, three books "Distance from Delhi" (Takshashila 2015), "The State of Our Cities: Evidence from Karnataka" (OUP 2012) and "Changing the Urban Face of Karnataka" (PAC 2012) along with several research papers and articles.

Pavan teaches public policy, urban governance and data visualisation at Takshashila. He contributes opinion pieces in Pragati - The Indian National Interest Review, Business Standard, Mint, NDTV.com and elsewhere. He blogs on the Indian National Interest platform and Know Your Climate.