Climate Trends

Aarti Khosla

Director
Aarti is the Founder of Climate Trends, and she has over 20 years of experience working on various communication efforts across the environment sector, and FMCGs. She has dedicated the last 12 years to advance the discourse on climate change in India. She holds an MBA in marketing from the Institute of Management Studies and an undergraduate degree in Zoology from Delhi University.

Aniruddha Bhattacharjee

Senior researcher and analyst
Aniruddha Bhattacharjee tracks the Indian energy sector and the country's e-mobility transition. He specialises in technical research and analysis, as well as writing reports, op-eds for prominent voices. Aniruddha holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and has worked in the clean energy sector for over eight years.

Anushka Mohite

Senior Consultant
Anushka has over 11 years of experience in writing about climate change, climate science, environment and development issues. She completed her Masters in Internationalism Journalism from Cardiff University and currently resides in Mumbai.

Archit Fursule

Strategy Consultant
Archit is an EV enthusiast and brings with him strong experience in the clean mobility sector. He has interacted with over 2,800 companies in clean mobility tech, land base and airborne systems, and has worked to convene diverse stakeholders in the sector. He led and implemented the Urban Mobility Lab workshop to accelerate the adoption of Evs in southern India in partnership with central and state level institutions. He holds a degree VIT Pune in industrial and production engineering. At Climate Trends, he provides strategic insights from the EV ecosystem to support communication strategies.

Arijit Mondal

Sr. Manager, Finance & Operations
Arijit has vast experience working in private and public sector projects including with the World Bank, DFID, USAID, CIFF, Bloomberg, ECF, EC, SIDA, HSBC, NORAD and Government of India. He has previously worked with international organisations such as Mott MacDonald Pvt. Ltd., WWF-India, and IPE Global Ltd.

Gunjan Jain

Engagement Lead
Gunjan leads our communications for air quality and climate impacts. She holds a masters in English Literature from Delhi University and a diploma in film making and television news from Jamia Millia Islamia University.

Kartiki Negi

Communications Associate
Kartiki supports our communication efforts for air quality and climate impacts, Her expertise lies in climate science, especially weather in India. She has over 12 years of experience.

Madhulika Verma

Communications Associate
Madhulika is a media and communications associate working with the team for over two years. She has experience of broadcast media and development sector. In the past, she has led communication for grass root energy projects, clean air and renewable energy.

Manjari Sharma

Digital Associate
Manjari designs our digital outreach and engagement plans to support the organisation’s goals. She has worked in the environment field for 7 years on various projects related to climate change. She has studied development communication and extension, which provides a strong foundation for her work with the climate sector.

Moonis Ijlal

Senior Writer
Moonis writes on renewable energy and air pollution, prepares rundown of global and national climate, energy and mobility news, and writes daily briefs on India climate and energy news. He is a Science graduate with a PhD in History.

Nishant Saxena

Strategic Communications Consultant
Nishant, a post-graduate in Science and Technology Communication, brings with him experience of over 16 years in the domain of communications. He has worked with some of the top national and international development organisations, including multilateral agencies like UNICEF and UNDP.

Seema Javed

Advisor
Seema works as a Hindi, media consultant. She has a history of technical writing/storytelling & communication in the field of environment & climate change. She has an in-depth understanding of environmental & health issues and a flair for writing and communicating about them in English/Hindi &Urdu.

Sheeshan V

Senior Analyst
Shreeshan has over a decade of experience as a science and environment writer, and has worked with well known environment magazines. He holds two masters degrees, one in journalism from Cardiff University and another in globalisation and development from Maastricht University.

Shivani Shah

Communications Strategist
Shivani comes with over 15 years of experience on issues ranging from wildlife conservation, ecology, and sustainable agriculture. She has a BA in Economics and Sociology and has recently completed a Post Graduate Program in Public Policy at the Takshashila Institution. Through her career she has contributed to communications, planning and strategy development for national and international not-for-profit organisations.

Sonali Nandrajog

Communications Consultant
Sonali has over 10 years of experience working in communication profiles with organisations working on environment and nature conservation, and climate change. She supports our strategic communications work in e-mobility, climate and social inclusion, and provides overall project management support.

Vinamrata Borwankar

State Communications Associate
Vinamrata supports our communication efforts in Maharashtra across all themes - air pollution, climate communications, energy, industry, etc. She holds a post graduate degree in journalist from the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai. She has 8 years of experience writing about policies, trends and human-interest stories from the education and environment sectors.