More about Sidhant Pai
PhD | Chief Science Officer, StepChange | Director, Social Seva Initiatives
Co-founder and Chief Science Officer at StepChange (stepchange.earth), a venture-backed start-up that develops science-based decision-making tools for corporate sustainability, with a specific focus on carbon accounting, climate finance and climate risk assessment for BFSIs.
Founding director at Social Seva (socialseva.org), an India-based non-profit focused on using targeted technological interventions to develop affordable community-led solutions that tackle pressing social and environmental issues.
Professional interests focus on developing science-based methods and techniques to translate technical insights into actionable decision-making tools and frameworks for climate and air quality management, decarbonization, sustainable resource allocation, climate finance and risk quantification. Previously served as a postdoctoral research scientist at the Columbia Climate School (climate.columbia.edu), with a specific focus on supporting pollution monitoring efforts in India by designing, deploying and optimizing distributed sensor networks.
Hold a doctoral degree in Atmospheric Chemistry and Composition Modeling (healdgroupmit.com) and an S.B in Environmental Engineering Science (with a concentration in Economics) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Co-founder and Chief Science Officer at StepChange (stepchange.earth), a venture-backed start-up that develops science-based decision-making tools for corporate sustainability, with a specific focus on carbon accounting, climate finance and climate risk assessment for BFSIs.
Founding director at Social Seva (socialseva.org), an India-based non-profit focused on using targeted technological interventions to develop affordable community-led solutions that tackle pressing social and environmental issues.
Professional interests focus on developing science-based methods and techniques to translate technical insights into actionable decision-making tools and frameworks for climate and air quality management, decarbonization, sustainable resource allocation, climate finance and risk quantification. Previously served as a postdoctoral research scientist at the Columbia Climate School (climate.columbia.edu), with a specific focus on supporting pollution monitoring efforts in India by designing, deploying and optimizing distributed sensor networks.
Hold a doctoral degree in Atmospheric Chemistry and Composition Modeling (healdgroupmit.com) and an S.B in Environmental Engineering Science (with a concentration in Economics) from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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