Social Sciences
Professor
07/07/2003
PhD, JNU
Regular
Strategic Management
pramod@irma.ac.in
(O) 221621
Dr Pramod K Singh is a Professor at the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), where he has served since 2003. He holds an M.Sc. and M.Phil. in Environmental Sciences, and a Ph.D. in Sustainable Development from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. With over 26 years of experience in teaching and research, his expertise spands environment and development planning, green business strategy, food and livelihood security, climate change adaptation and mitigation, and the modelling of complex and hard-to-model systems.
Dr Singh has published in several high-impact international journals and led 38 research studies supported by reputed national and international agencies. At IRMA, he teaches postgraduate and doctoral courses such as Rural Livelihood Systems, Sustainable Development and Green Business, ESG, and Natural Resource Management integrating interdisciplinary knowledge with practice-oriented learning.
He served as a Lead Author for the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), contributing to the global framing of Climate Resilient Development Pathways. As Coordinating Lead Author for the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), he led the assessment on the interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food, health, and climate change responses. He is also an appointed expert to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), contributing to the evolving framework on the Global Goal on Adaptation.
Dr Singh plays a key role in representing the concerns and priorities of the Global South in these and several others international science-policy processes, advancing inclusive, just, and sustainable pathways for development.
Lead Author, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), Sixth Assessment Report. Contributed to the global framing of Climate Resilient Development Pathways, shaping development discourse for the 21st century.
Coordinating Lead Author, Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). Led the global assessment on the Nexus between Biodiversity, Water, Food, Health, and Climate Change, with a focus on synergistic responses to sustainability challenges.
Expert Member, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Contributing to the development of the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA), advancing equity and resilience in global adaptation frameworks.
Member of the Taskforce on Responsible Innovation in Agriculture of International Organization for Standardization (ISO). Developing the global standards for sustainability and ethical innovation in food systems.
Formulating an Effective Water-Energy-Efficient Pricing Policy for Sustainable Groundwater Use in Gujarat, sponsored by GWRDC
Decarbonisation of energy supply, community building and creating environmental and socioeconomic benefits [Principal Investigator, Indian part]
This is a collaborative project between 12 European agencies, India and China. In this project we define the energy islands as areas (e.g. isolated villages, small cities, urban districts, rural areas) either connected to the grid, or with a significant degree of self-supply.