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

 

Photo of Chella RajanSudhir 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.