Public health physician with extensive work experience across the globe in low-, middle- and high-income countries. Following initial clinical practice, has worked as a frontline public health practitioner, strategist, advocate and leader in various settings.

Pallavi Pant is Head of Global Health at the Health Effects Institute. She has extensive experience in research and public engagement on air pollution, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Her research has focused on urban air quality, including source apportionment and exposure monitoring and assessment. She holds a Master’s in environmental sciences from TERI School of Advanced Studies, India, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Health from the University of Birmingham, UK.

Dr. Archana Walia leads the implementation of the India Program and related projects of Clean Air Asia in India. Archana has over 25 years of extensive work experience, of which 15 years has been in progressive leadership roles of country director, deputy office director, senior advisor and team lead. Her experience spreads over sectors ranging from climate change, clean energy, energy efficiency and urban development.

In the last 15 years, Paul Butarbutar has worked in the low carbon and climate change issues, including in the implementation of GHG emission reduction projects under Clean Development Mechanisms (CDM), Verified Carbon Standard, Social Carbon, or other carbon standards in various sector, such as renewable energy and energy efficiency, waste management, industrial emission, and forestry.

At TERI, A K Saxena’s profile includes managing the work on energy transitions in the India power sector to develop a roadmap for low-carbon pathways. This includes work on demand forecasting, studying economic feasibility of supply side options and technical challenges of grid integration of renewables. He also leads the work on power sector policy, reforms and regulations, demand side management action plans, smart grid, etc.