Paras Singh Email & Phone Number

India

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Spearheaded solutions curation and management for ICC’s flagship climate solutions platform, Earth Exponential, which aims to scale India’s home-grown climate solutions across key sectors (energy, agriculture, cities, nature, and DRR) with philanthropic and CSR support; while also undertaking key stakeholder involvement, partnership management, and outreach activities for the platform. Other responsibilities included advising private and corporate philanthropic stakeholders regarding the climate adjacencies of their initiatives and detailing potential scope for climate action, outside of the EE platform.

Led the Air Quality (AQ) initiative at the ICC, by ideating, executing, and managing the implementation of flagship projects on air quality measurement, management and ecosystem-building, and providing advisory support to philanthropic partners on fundable air quality management solutions relevant to the Indian ecosystem. Assisted the Communications team with key outreach projects, monthly newsletters, social media content, and organisation and management of events and consultations as well.

Assisted the development of Giving Green (an evidence-based guide to funding climate solutions), by conducting research on a myriad of solutions to provide relevant, actionable recommendations, building and refining GG's stand-alone website, and creating communication and outreach strategies and content for digital promotion.

Bengaluru Area, India

Analysed concentration trends of rare earth + major elements in growth rings of trees using retrospective bio-monitoring principles and techniques, to substantiate their role as climate proxies and gather relevant information about local paleoclimatic conditions, as part of research internship programme.

Ahmedabad Area, India

Examined the role of radiocarbon dating in deciphering paleoclimatic conditions, by experimentally analysing climate proxies like speleothems using isotope and physical tests, as part of research internship programme.

Master Of Science - Ms, Climate Change: Environment, Science And Policy, Distinction

Graduate degree with policy pathway; studied core modules in climate science, environmental policymaking, and social research.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Geology, First Division With Distinction

Honours degree with substantial experience in fieldwork, mapping, and geophysical modelling; studied modules on earth systems science.

All India Senior School Certificate Examination, 95.80%

Activities and Societies: School Magazine (Editorial), Debating, Quizzing, Writing

Indian Certificate Of Secondary Education Examination, 94.67%

Activities and Societies: Debating, Quizzing, Writing, Theatre, Music, Badminton, Basketball