Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi
faculty
Associate Professor
BITS Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus
Email: rajiv@goa.bits-pilani.ac.in
Rajiv Kumar Chaturvedi is an Associate Professor at BITS Pilani, K. K. Birla Goa Campus, where he leads research on climate change, forests, and environmental policy. His work focuses on the interactions between climate, forests, and ecosystems, with an emphasis on greenhouse gas inventories, land-use change, and climate policy. He has contributed to India’s national communications and biennial update reports to the UNFCCC, served as a lead author for IPCC and IPBES assessments, and co-developed global climate policy tools.
Keywords: Climate change, Forests, Environmental policy, GHG inventories, Land-use change
Study sites: Western Ghats