Current position:
Research associate, FOR2432/2 “Social-Ecological Systems in the Indian Rural-Urban Interface: Functions, Scales, and Dynamics of Transition”, subproject B02

Research interests:

  • Behavioral economics and psychology
    • Social, economic and environmental preferences
      • Sustainable eco system services

      • Previous positions:

        • 03.2022 – 10.2022: Monitoring & Evaluation Specialist, Green Innovation Center for Agriculture and Food Sector, German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ) GmbH, Bonn, Germany

          • 05.2020 – 02.2022: Monitoring & Evaluation Expert, Green Innovation Center for Agriculture and Food Sector, German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ) GmbH, Bangalore, India

            • 09.2018-05.2020: Monitoring & Evaluation Expert, Soil Protection & Rehabilitation, German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ) GmbH, Delhi, India

              • 11.2015 – 04.2016: Intern, Support to National Urban Sanitation Policy, German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ) GmbH Delhi, India

                • 03.2015 – 10.2015: Intern, Institute for Future Energy Systems (IZES), Saarbrücken, Germany

                  • 04.2015 – 08.2015: Intern, Institute for Applied Material Flow Management (IfaS), Rheinland Pfalz, Germany

                    • 12.2011 – 01.2014: Project Manager & Founding Member, Waste Warriors NGO, India


                    • Education:

                      • 11.2014 – 07.2017: Master of Science ‘International Material Flow Management’, Trier University of Applied Sciences, Germany
                        • 03.2004 – 03.2007: Bachelor of Commerce, Mumbai University, Mumbai

                        • Scholarships:

                          • 09.2016 – 08.2017: Ariadne Scholarship, Trier University of Applied Sciences
                            • 10.2014 – 03.2015: Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) Scholarship