About: Introduction
The School's academic and research framework on aspects of environment and sustainability centres on mitigation, adaptation and related preventive management strategies. Multilateral environmental agreements and industry-led stewardship are two major strands.
Academic Affiliation
- Alumnus, International Visitors Leadership Program, Department of State, United States of America
- Fellow, Indian Geophysical Union
- Fellow, Andhra Pradesh Akademi of Sciences
- Fellow, National Academy of Environmental Sciences
Consulting
- Sr. Consultant, Montreal Protocol & Climate Change, EESL New Delhi, working out of the Ozone Cell of the MoEFCC, Government of India (January 2018 to July 2018)
- Director, Vigyan Prasar — an Autonomous Organization under the Department of Science & Technology, Government of India (October 2012 to October 2017)
- Principal Research Scientist (Scientist SH): Environment & Climate Change Wing, and Director In Charge – Gujarat Energy Research & Management Institute (GERMI) Research, Innovation & Incubation Centre (GRIIC), Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India (September 2009 – October 2012)
- Scientist G (Programme Director – Environment Management), Centre for Environment Education (CEE: A Centre of Excellence of the Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change, Govt. of India) (June 1993 – September 2009)
- Senior Research Associate, Entomology Research Institute, Loyola College, Chennai (till June 1993)
Thoughts
There is significant scope to enhance Integrated Environmental Performance of the power sector. This is especially through a specific focus on: 1) Eco-system resilience to enhance services through preventive management and amelioration, and 2) Assessment and implementation of energy efficiency enhancement and emission reduction opportunities in energy end-use sectors as part of national missions that target integrated national and global environmental/climate gains.
Education
- Ph.D. (Biological Sciences / Microbial Ecology) – Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Andhra Pradesh
- Ph.D. (Interdisciplinary Biosciences / Chemical Ecology) – University of Madras
- LLB – Gujarat University
Professional Affiliation
- Member, Inter Ministerial Empowered Steering Committee, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India — on aspects of India's commitments to and compliance with the Montreal Protocol
- Member, Environmental Appraisal Committee for Mineral-based Industries for grant of environmental clearances, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India
Teaching
- Industry Led Sustainability
- Spoken Business Communication
- Multilateral Environmental Agreements
Areas Of Research
Areas
- Environmental performance enhancement opportunities and adaptation support
- Integrated climate and ozone layer protection industry stewardship
- Energy efficiency enhancement & emission reduction initiatives in industry
Current Research
- Environmental performance benchmarks including science-based targets for mitigation and adaptation outcomes
- Disaster risk reduction opportunities in power transmission: a climate change impacts management imperative for the power sector
- Waste minimization and cleaner production as essential elements of policies for preventive environmental management
Contact Information
Publications
Book Chapters
- Behnassi, M., Ataur Rahman, M., D'Silva, J., Gopichandran, R., Gupta, H., Pollmann, O., and Ramachandran, N. (2020). Enhancing Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security within a Changing Climate. (Peer-reviewed, final stages of publication through Springer)
- Behnassi, M., Gupta, H., Ramachandran, N., Matsa, W., Gopichandran, R. and Ashfaq, M. (2020). Effectiveness of Disaster Risk Governance and Resilience Building: Linkages, Knowledge, Inclusiveness, and Regulation. (Peer-reviewed, final stages of publication through Springer)
- Gopichandran, R. (2020). Some Important Knowledge Gaps at the Interface of Chemical Ecology and Ecosystem Based Adaptation Planning: A Public Policy Perspective. NTPC School of Business, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. (Peer-reviewed, final stages of publication through Springer)
Research Inputs To Global Reports
- Contributed to and technically edited the chapter on Asia Pacific in the United Cities & Local Governments Asia-Pacific (UCLG ASPAC) GOLD Global Observatory on Local Democracy and Decentralization, 2019: https://www.uclg.org/sites/default/files/goldv_en.pdf
- Provided review inputs to the First Order Draft of the 6th Assessment Report of the IPCC, 2019