Vineet Kumar Email & Phone Number

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New Delhi Area, India

Leading CSE’s work on Organic/Natural farming, Climate Change and Sustainable Agriculture - through policy research, capacity building - advocating change in policies, practices and mindsetsAssessing policy/programs, capacity building for mass upscaling of organic/natural farming in India - pilot project, demonstration, advocacyAuthor/Co-author - Reports/assessments:• Can We make India's Agriculture Climate Resilient ? (DTE, Aug, 2024)• Market Access for Organic and Natural Produce: Case Studies (2023) • State of Biofertilizers and Organic Fertilizers in India (2022) - acknowledged by NITI Aayog Task Force• State of Organic and Natural Farming in India (2020) - released by NITI Aayog Vice Chair• Coping with Climate Change: An Analysis of India’s State Action Plans on Climate Change (2018) • Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana - An Assessment”, world’s largest crop insurance scheme (2017) - raised in Parliament• Rising to the Call: Good Practices of Climate Change Adaptation in India (2014) released by Union Environment Minister• Lived Anomaly: How to enable farmers in India to cope with extreme weather events (2015) - used at Supreme Court• Insuring agriculture in times of climate change - A scoping study on the role of agriculture insurance in protecting farmers of Asia and Africa from extreme weather events (2016)• Africa – Asia report on loss and damage due to climate change - instituting a global agricultural insurance programme as a climate risk-sharing and transfer mechanism for developing countries, (2016) with contribution to “Need for a Globally Supported Agricultural Insurance Mechanism within UNFCCC (2016)•Reviewer, Report on participatory food security policy mapping in Nepal, Bangladesh” by DCA-European Union(2017)•Reviewer “Identification and scientific documentation of indigenous and best climate resilient farm practices in South Asia” by DCA-EU (2016)Articles-Annual State of India’s Environment-2016,2017,2022,2023

Contributed as a Special Invitee Member, Advisory Committee on Environment & Climate Change of BSDMA, Government of Bihar

New Delhi Area, India

Worked in the capacity of GHG Auditor/ Validator and Verifier /Authorized Technical Expert for Carbon offset projects at TUV Nord CERT GmBH (UNFCCC accredited Designated Operational Entity for Climate Change) - on Climate Change and Sustainable Development projects including Clean Development Mechanism and Carbon Offset projects. Involved in more than 55 carbon offset, climate change and sustainable development projects from diverse sectors involving diverse project promoters from private, government and development sectors. Validation & verification reports available at UNFCCC - http://cdm.unfccc.int/

Kolkata Area, India

Evaluated UNICEF’s community development programme in West Bengal to help achieve environment sustainability goal under Millennium Development Goals of UN.

Centre For Global Environmental Research,Climate Change Division,Teri, New Delhi

Assessment of existing disaster management policy framework and institutional mechanism in West Bengal state to deal with climate change related disasters, taking cyclone Aila as case study.

Sundarbans Delta, India

Understanding climate change adaptation strategies of vulnerable farming community inSundarbans delta due to sea level rise, salinity and extreme weather events.

New Delhi, Delhi, India

Involved in research and development work in Carbon Technology Unit, CSIR-NPL under Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai Fellowship, presented paper in national conference

Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India

Internship trainee to understand production activities of BHEL, Haridwar, an Indian central public sector undertaking, a Maharatna Company

Pgdm (Public Systems Management In Environment Management)

Activities and Societies: Placement Co-ordinator, Research paper selected in 3rd Annual International conference on Decisions.

Master Of Science, Physics

Post Graduate Certificate Course In “Ground Water Development And Management”, Water Management, A