Tellus Staff
Paul Raskin President
Rich Rosen Senior Fellow
John Stutz Senior Fellow
Allen White Senior Fellow
James Goldstein Senior Fellow
Tariq Banuri Associate Fellow
Chella Rajan Associate Fellow
Marjorie Kelly Fellow
Philip J. Vergragt Fellow
Joshua Humphreys Fellow
Maurie Cohen Associate Fellow
Orion Kriegman Associate
Christi Electris Associate
Michael D. Gerst Fellow
Benjamin Linder Associate Fellow
Monica Baraldi Fellow
David McAnulty Administrative Director
Kate Robinson Assistant
Faye Camardo Assistant
Sudhir Chella Rajan
Associate Fellow
Dr. Sudhir Chella Rajan is Professor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Madras and Coordinator of the Indo-German Centre for Sustainability. Previously, he was a Senior Fellow at Tellus Institute where he worked on energy scenarios and global politics and institutions He has an extensive 20-year research background in transportation, energy systems, and the institutional and political context of environmental policy-making. He is broadly concerned with the interactions among social, political, technological and environmental factors relating to sustainable development. His research has included energy and environmental scenario analyses, the politics of automobility and pollution control, power sector reform in developing countries, and analysis of institutional reform measures to reduce corruption. Prior to joining Tellus Institute, he worked at the California Air Resources Board, the International Energy Initiative, and as an independent consultant for the United Nations Development Programme in New York.
Dr. Rajan has a doctorate in Environmental Science and Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles.